100,000 Luft Balloons
If each RedBubble member was 2 meters tall and if we laid us all end-to-end we would not circle the globe. We wouldn’t even come close really. And a lot of us would need to get up and go to the toilet while the others were getting ready to lie down. And just flying everybody in from places like Iran and Mexico would be a nightmare. So we aren’t going to do this.
But we have now surpassed 100,000 members. Which is pretty phenomenally amazing, as it seems like only yesterday that Ed was explaining to the strategy we used to get to 50,000 members.
To celebrate reaching 100,000 members we had a new logo competition running. We had a thoroughly inspired field of entries – here.
Opening the envelope (drum roll), we have TWO winners Faizan and Edgeplus. Both will have their logo’s up for a week (they also get a little something for Christmas shopping).
And for those of you who can’t recall our strategy here it is explained diagrammatically again.
Martin (aka Pilgrim)


Rebecca Bryson
ummm I believe if I remember from german it should be Luft Balloons :) just thought yo would like to know
RedBubble replied
Your right, I have double checked and it is definately luft. Have made the change!
psygon
Congratulations to the two winners!! :)
o0OdemocrazyO0o
woot!
Rob Davies
Big gratz on the 100k mark :) RB Deserves it :)
dougie1
completely unattractive
Janis Zroback
Wonderful news..congratulations to the winners…
dougie1
why did you need to upload it twice?
RedBubble replied
Not sure, why it put it in your account twice, sorry.
jacqi
Amazing! Well done. Congrats to the two winners also.
Faizan Qureshi
Thank you Martin and everyone. So glad to see that we have two winners… I absolutely love that entry!
Damien Mason
Your diagram needs more tubes
NautilusBlue
Congratulations Red Bubble on reaching 100,000. That’s a lot of people. WOW
Yep Boss Bubbles understand those forecasts perfectly lol
Globalphotos
Wow congrats, awesome logos, well done !!! Huge congrats to RB for creating a place where community, friendship and art can foster :))
artyfifi
Well done the winners!! Both excellent solutions.
Kristina K
way to go, and congrats to the winners and to all who entered the challenge..:))) k
Stephen Vecchi...
Congrats on the 100K mark…makes me want to work harder to upload even better work with all the competetion here.
edgeplus
OMG!!!! I just read this journal – wow – am thrilled to bits!!!
Bev Woodman
Congratulations to the winners of the comp – well done.
E.R. Bazor
100,000 WOW!!!!!
Way to go!!!
MICKSPIXPHOTOS
Ok, The diagram is pretty easy, but I’m a little shakey on the laying end-to-end thing.
This is very cool. I’m excited to be one one hundred thousandth of RedBubble.
Maximus
Now, if every member buys just one card from me… I would be very, very grateful. :)
cybercat
That’s awesome!
Mel Brackstone
So much talent in this site!!! Congrats to you both!!!! Love balloons to everyone!
Solomon Walker
Thats real wonderful news RB. Best wishes on further growth!!
shanghaiwu
BRILLIANT & congratulations
go REDBUBBLE as well!
Pilgrim
I checked the spelling with Google and it said Luf balloons. I originally had luft balloons but then changed it because the Internet told me to. Have I got it wrong!
Donna Adamski
WoooooooooooooHoooooooooo!!!! Congrats on your win….well deserved. :)
joan warburton
All the entries were fantastic. Two of the very best won. I have faith.
veronicapurcell
Go Faizan! I love his design.
Jan Piller
I’m a little disappointed. I think if you had worked just a bit harder on the diagram, you would have figured out why people buy plasticine.
Shanina Conway
Congratulations to the winners and to Red Bubble…can’t believe 100k members…amazing growth;)
Rose Moxon
congrats!!
dougie1
you do this with every message that you send!
Diesel Laws
Awesome work RB and way to go to the winners! Im just glad I made the top 10 – well done to all involved!
DianasCreations
Congrats….!!!!!!
AnitaInverarity
Congrats x
aleci
fantastic!!!!
Hugh Waller
Congratulations and thank you to all the staff at Red Bubble.
KSkinner
wtg
Rhys McDonald
Just use the diagram is the logo, it’s very eye catching
that on a t shirt = many buys
georgieboy98
It only seems a couple of days ago that we were jumping up and down at having hit 80,000. How about a challenge to pick the date we hit the next milestone (say 150,000 or whatever you decide -at the rate you’re going even the quarter million mark may not be all that far away!!) Peter
Samantha Goode
Congratulations to the winners and for reaching 100,000 plus members!
Glenn Alderson
This is a big moment in time for RedBubble & its great to be a part of it , well done & congrats :)
Lawford
Hundert tausend Luftballons
Ja. Das gut.
Helen Phillips
Congratulations! Yay!
Firedrake
Woo hoo! Congrats!
Btw – all journal entries from the RB account come into my Activity Monitor twice, and have done for weeks now…must be a wee bug.
izzybeth
Absolutely fantastic.
Rosalie Dale IPA
Congrats Faizan and Edgeplus – Martin I think I may need something stronger than coffee to help me understand the diagram (and you may deserve something stronger than coffee for having survived the past 20 months or so!!!) :) Onward and upward!!!
Emma Wertheim
Congrats!!! :)
Simon Sherry
Congratulations guys – two excellent designs. Congrats also to the powers at be for clocking in at the big 100000.
Great stuff!
bev langby
Congrats to both winners well done ..
I always get it twice too lol
Christopher E...
congrats winners!!! both are great! love the creativity of them
Larry Davis
Way to go Bubblers.
And to think that I am part of all of this great big family….
Yeahhhhhhhhh
lightsmith
Are you prejudiced against those normal size of us who are only one metre tall?
I demand equality.
I demand that you don’t lay us short people down to not circle the globe as well.
CazzieCreations
WooHooo Congrates!! :))
Keith Reesor
Congrats to the winners, everyone who entered and all of us here. We’re a wonderful community!!
Cheryl Hall
Why do I get RedBubble journal entries twice every week?
Cheryl
Alyssa Passlow
that is fantastic – what a milestone!! well done red bubble… and congrats to the two worthy winners… great work :)
Nick Ford
Congratulations Faizan and Edgeplus!!!!! I’m stoked to be in the Top Ten, you guys must be over the moon!
Darren Stones
And a lot of us would need to get up and go to the toilet while the others were getting ready to lie down.
I think STRINGER had the answer to that earlier in the week. :)
Cheryl Hall
I just had a look in my husbands account and he gets the RB journal twice every week too….what gives?
Cathie Tranent
Congratulations to you BOTH!!
Has the 100,000th member joined yet??
Cheryl Hall
Stringer is a legend before his time!
Cheryl Hall
I think the 100 000 member should get a prize too!
Adrian Kent
GO winners, both great!
SPQQKY
Well Done.. :) :)
Neophytos
GONGRATS to the winners !!! to Red Bubble !! and to all of US !! Cheers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rebecca Bryson
Laughing, anyway Congrats to RedBubble for the celebration of 100,000 members! This Is one of the best commuities that I have encounterd and am honored to be a part of!
macquaid
Onward and upward congrats to all the bubblers.Regards.
Joanne Bradley
Congratulations to RB and to the winners of the logo contest!
dc witmer
redbubble 200,000 by next weekend, who’s with me?
hmmmm, not many hands
well, anyway, congrats to the winners!
Firedrake
If all 100,000 members bought a print of mine, I would be able to buy a length of raspberry licorice long enough to circle the globe.
Adam de la Mare
fab… Fab… &... FAB!!!
burntfeather
Congratulations!
Jim Phillips
I personally considered it an honor to participate in the Logo challenge, understanding what it stood for. Congratulations Redbubble and to the winners.
Damian Harding
awesome
Jane Keats
Nice one RB!! Well worth uploading this news as many times as you see fit :oP Such a great community, such awesome talent from all over the globe!! Merry Christmas!
Congrats too, to the winners of the logo comp, love those designs!
Jeannette Sheehy
congratulations RB!! and congrats to the winners!! RB rocks!
robpixaday
We get potty breaks?
Cool!!
Seriously: WOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Congrats to the winners and those of who….... er….......didn’t win…..becuase we’re winners anyway, since we’re on Redbubble!!! YAY!
CardLady
Congrats to the winners!!! Some awesome designs by all.
Darren Post
I think our management team are using the same strategy…. Congrats on 100,000 :-)
Gary L. Suddath
congrats to the winners and RB with the big 100,000 milestone…glad i’m a part of that number
Jen Cannella
Congrats to the winners! What a great place this is!!
Kazzoom IPA
congrats to the winners thank you to the powers that be and a big congrats to all the members, yippeee
Dave Lloyd
Congratulations all round !! For the logo winners and for RedBubble. It is a wonderful place.
Danny
I noticed Lostboy has been kicked off again
IS that our present?
Good one.
Ozcloggie
It is definitely not definAtely, Martin. Grrrrrrrr!
Becoming my pet hate, even more than awesome.
Love Nautilusblue’s t-shirt!! Way to go! Awesome!!
Congratulations to the winners!!
Meanwhile, I still haven’t worn out the one designed by Marilyn (MBTshirts). :( :)
MrJoop
100 000 lucht ballonnen!! Fatastisch!! (Means: awesome!! in Dutch)
StefanNicholson
Congratuations to the winners, and to RB project team.
I was going to send you some Riccadonna (red of course) for you to see some real red bubbles . . . but I drank it all . . . Cheers ;)
Elana Bailey
Congrats to the winners and to red bubble for achieving this tremendous milestone. Yippee. Cheers Elana Bailey
Pilgrim
It is interesting: Faizan is one of RedBubble’s oldest (young) members and Edgeplus is just new the Bub (only been here for 3 weeks). And both are from the UK.
artgirl99
Congratulations to the winners and RedBubble!
everascot
Well deserved winners….yeah!!!! 100,000 – incredible!
Up, Up and away in our beautiful RED balloons.
mimulux
congratulations to RedBubble on the 100000 .. and congrats to the winners :)
eXposure
Congratulations to all the people of Redbubble
and the wonderful team for putting such an awesome dream into effect!
and congratulations to the logo winners …
hip hip hooray
nkbellani
A landmark achievement for all at RB. Congratulations!
Shelley Heath
Congratulations guys, well done
J. D. Adsit
Congrats to the winners and to Redbubble :)
Midori Furze
Congratulations to the winners!!!
Go RB!!!
: )))
MuscularTeeth
whooohooo congrats to the winners and to the redbubble company for making it an even 100k ! well done! whooohooo party time!
Becca71
Way to go winners!!!!!!! RedBubble Rocks!!!!
NeWDaWn
Congratulations to the winners and to RB! 100,000 and counting …..
Priscilla Rodr...
awesome!=))
AmandaWitt
It is indeed Luftballons .
Mel Fielding
Congratulations to Redbubble and to the winners – both very deserving.
pauldrobertson
congratz may your camels be ever blessedly free from fleas and your armpits also.
er… congratulations are in order. you have fostred the warmest and most positive site i have come across. your dedication has meant more than i can express to you… so intensely has this site helped me. i mean. i can express a LOT. i have thought of becoming a wet nurse.
i hope you receive bountiful rewards for your compassion and dedication to excellence. my hat is off, i bow low and curtsy mighty fancy;
to your virtual grace in humility, but most of all, most ardently – with respect.
paul.
Pat Lucas
Well done to the winners! 100,000 members is fantastic….......now, if you all bought just one card from me…..........;)
Jacqueline Mu...
Congrats to the winners and redbubble!
JavaJane
Brilliant! Can’t think of a better place to be than within a red bubble :)
Not one to be greedy, but, if half of you bought a card from me, and the other half 2 cards, I can feed my horses for another month :D
gabriele
ok first of all, i am happy for the winners , they both deserved the recognition for their professional looking designs, my congratulations to both. The diagram doesnt say anything at all to me , i think the challenges are a great way to view and share how artists see the same subject in different ways its very interesting to me but i dont quite understand how a new member with only a few contacts would ever have the fair chance to win with his or her entry if it cant be noticed by anyone exept members to red bubble and those who are on that persons list
Gilberte
Congrats to the winners!
C J Hummel - ...
Congratulations to the winner it is truly awesome.
You are just keeping it for one week?!!!??..... why not to the end of 2008….. geez give the guy/girlly some real exposure here. She/He deserves it.
telberry
congrats to the winners, awesome design! and many of them are excellent!
Daphne Johnson
Love the strategy, and congrats to the winners. good job!
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Congrats! But note: Einhunderttausende LuftballonEN.
:-)
stelfox1
congrats to the winners, great job and congrats to RB for having such a huge following!!!
ozlat
congrats to all the winners and entrants… some awesome entries !!
TimHatcher
Well done Y’all. Onwards and Upwards!
Hidemi Tada
Congrats for achievement! that’s the reason Redbubble is the most exciting site in the world.
venessaS
wooo hoo
1000 artists 99000 stalkers
Dorit
Congratulations to the winners… great logos and congrats to RB for a brilliant site.
PS. it’s actually Luftballons if it’s supposed to be German :-)
Karin Taylor
congratulations guys!!!
edgeplus
Thanks all for the encouraging words and as just new the Bub! I can’t believe it has taken me this log to find RB!!
Congratulations to everyone who participated in the logo Comp there were some fantastic designs and highly original ideas so claps all round. I know I have said it before, but I will say it again I am ecstatic to have found RB, as both a resource, inspiration and an outlet ;o)
Here’s to many more milestones!!
edgeplus
Oh and I also meant to say that I am an Aussie currently living in the UK…
Isa Rodriguez
love the strategy plan ! thats so rad ! and bubly ! woot ! on those logos.. they are the fantastic ! and i feel a part of this wonderful bubliciousness!!!!!!!
I can fly in from mexico just fine , too!!!
Kym Breeze
edgeplus…congrats and go the Aussie
well done to RB great to be part of such a creative network…cheers guys x
momleeb
Great job RB! Its the coolest site to be on…....here’s to another 100…
DoreenPhillips
Way to go…RB…x…...Now tho I cant seem to stop singing the song …I think it was by NINA….?....U know the one…....xxx….. Bubbleena xxx
aspectsoftmk
congratulations all around…..what a beautiful day in the neighborhood….
Tom Newman
A fantastic achievement :-)
Surf
Pilgrim, about 8 hours ago
It is interesting: Faizan
Funny and interesting u could say . A person standing back looking in could say the winner works for the company …...... sorry , donates his time for nix , to an organisation that makes millions . Voted by a closed group . Think about it …. just don’t suck up.
KazM
Bubbles is brilliant
RBers are great
I love it here.
Congrats to all,
Here is to the next 100000.
Bravo!
kimie
Congrats to the winners and RB, keep up the great work you do on here x
Thomas Pettit
deezy
is that a comment ? very arty lol
Heather Rivet...
wow..congrats well done
Sherry Sagle
Impressive and congrats to the winners.
Danzo
Two hundred thousand or bust…bring it on…..nice to know there is so many like minded people out there….long live art not bombs…....congrats..
Rosalie Scanlon
Congrats to the winners and redbubble, awesome community
riverotter
Congrats to the winners and to redbubble for being such an amazing community!
barnsis
Now I know, I am 1/100,000 part of something great. Glad to be a part regardless of how insignificant the number seems. Congratulations to RB and the winners.
Tamara Bobst
Congratulations to the winners and to all the wonderful members. Thank you Redbubble for being such a positive place to show case our works.
Carlos Teófilo
Congratulations!!!
Virginia N. Fred
congratulations to the winners
Arletta
Congratulations to the winners! Of course if I had been aware of the contest, and entered, then I would now be .. congratulating the winners. So, nothing much changed, there.
C J Lewis
Congratulations to the winner and a BIG congratulations to the RB team for such a wonderful result :)
CJ Jones
Hooray to the winners! Redbubble 100,000, very clever design. Good advertisment. I will wear one.
taiche
Congratulations to you both – great logo’s and well deserved promotion!
Cheyenne
Well that is sweet!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m so proud! I love this site!!! Go REDBUBBLE!!!!! Congrats you two!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) Xo-Cheyenne!!!!!!
Tony Waite-Pullan
Congratulations Red Bubble on reaching 100,000. That’s a lot of people. and to 1/100,000th of it fantastic.
CapturedByKylie
Congratulations to both the winners of the red bubble logo competition as well as to the staff and members of red bubble- this is a great site and without a terrific base of staff and wonderful members adding their artworks, this site wouldn’t be what it is today!
Keep up the great work everyone!!
Rachel Stickney
That is fantastic! Congrats to Red Bubble and to the logo winners!
Danielle Bailey
Congratulations to the winners. Perhaps I should start reading my bubble mails more diligently coz I didn’t even know about this challenge! LOL.
The two designs look great.
Stephen Mitchell
Now I feel old.
Yet it is great to see such a formidble site grow and expand at such a rate in a relatively short time.
Congrats to all who are contributing-artists upon Redbubble ... Keep adding the great artwork!!
Bradley Shawn ...
The images that won are so awesome. Congrats to the winners and well done to all those who entered the challenge. I am so honoured to be a part of this group. Thank you for all your hard work and Redbubble. What a brilliant milestone to reach.
Kerry Cooper
FYI, should be: Luftballons—one word, one “o”. Check any online German-English dictionary.
ladiluck
congrats!! this has indeed opened up my world to photography, new friends and art in general,,,wooo way to go..and gongrats to the 2 winners!!
fatfatin
congrats to the winners!
C.C. Arshagra
Amazing as this is, I would like to thank RedBubble for its integrity to the soul of art. If the soul integrity of RedBubble ever changes, then this number will not really matter anymore.
So, next stop: 200k, 1-million RB members; let’s see now, that equals—a lot more beauty in all its forms.
By beauty here I think what I am trying to say is your are: RedBubble is: and the impossible ends of compassion and creative will actually may be expanding beyond the knowing of physics, and into some cosmic giggle or profound joy born of all things creative.
We can grow and never really have to compromise the soul integrity of the arts. We can be and become, and be and become … art that somehow cares. The art of RedBubble is very fine.
Excellent work.
Good composition.
Beautifully done.
I am moved to tears.
This makes me feel alive.
A site that tends to creative dignity, respect, to the possible and even into what nurtures the wellbeing of what is not.
RedBubbles’s gift may be it is living for and into the empathy of art—beyond the politics of any self inflicted demise of itself. Such careful beauty tending to the parameters of fair play, for what is dying to be born, a good place to touch death and not fear it, love, and bare life itself.
It grows on. We may never stop learning to become all we are, were, and will be.
Congratulations! Nice capture.
Fine parenting.
Cheri Perry
Congrats to the winners….well done! Nice work
andreasphoto
congrats to all !
and it’s “Luftballons” – one word ;-) – if you want to use the German word
ragman
100K that’s 100,000 sensible people who have made a great choice ~ congrats Redbubble ~ glad to be one in 100,000
journey360
wow that’s really good
owlspook
thank you RedBubble … I’ve found my home … a safe nurturing place to grow in my art (big smile) and oh ya and for the opportunity to meet so many wonderful like-minded new friends (big smile)
karmadesigner
Congs!!!!
MVP1
Congrats RB!!! Phenomenal work!
Joni Philbin
WHHOOOPIE!! I put the REDBUBBLE website address on my massage business card a year ago and tell people about it all the time! I’m so proud of my bubble. I found you soon after I met my hubby, where we began to reside in our own personal Bliss bubble. :)
hancheng
Congratulations to the winners! Excellent Logo!
GlennB
Cool logos – City of London should have consulted RB when loking for 2012 Olympics logo – haha. Hmmmmm….. Any other big event/business logos need doing, maybe RB is the way to go….......
Congrats Faizan & Edgeplus!
Lorraine Creagh
Congrats to the winners…
Nicolas Rix
Congratulations to the winners! and to everyone on Redbubble. I’m a proud member for almost 1 year. Whoop Whoop! :)
ryenart
Congratulations! Cheers!
Vestque
Congrats Guys. Redbubble deserves it!
Maria Mann
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, thank you for all that you have done for all of us, the support, the friendships we have made, the bubble we live in and log into every day.
flokot
This is so funny, love the graph illustration. Very cool!
Andrew Price
Bless the winners and Bless RedBubble, thanks for having me!
Keegan Wong
Congratulations to Redbubble and the two winners! Thoroughly deserved.
IWML
aceness. does anyone know just WHO this 100000th redbubbler is? i think they should be informed – after all, it’s THEM who made it happen, not any of us!
congrats to everyone but!
micmac
FÉLICITATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JayBakkerArt
Congrats to the winners ! Great designs !
blackjack
The winning logo looks a bit like the Eventful logo:
http://eventful.com
..but not entirely the same. Not a “hater,’ just noticed a similarity..
BusbyTest
wow that is a huge number of balloons….
Pinaytest
Robin Borland
I am proud to be one of 100,000.
What number am I???????
paulwhiteuvme
Congratulations are in order!!
Erhan OZBIYIK
Congratulations to the winners.. And GLAD TO BE HERE !!!!!
Yeahoooooooo !!!!!!!!!!
HUGS ALL
Cvail73
Congratulations and thank you so much for providing this amazing platform that is RB :))
I have 3 suggestion (not sure it’s the right place?) for future features:
- possibility to find Redbubblers by regions/location to create local connections :)
- Possibility to arrange our work by theme
- Possibility to rearrange portfolios quickly by dragging/dropping
Just ideas, I am aware that it means lots of work for you guys :)
boldartist
Congratulations to redbubble and the winner’s of the contest Faizan and Edgeplus!
Charlene Aycoc...
Congrats to the winners great work
Patricia Bolgo...
Congratulations to the winners! And to Red Bubble, thanks for supplying such a great forum for sharing art and ideas.
Rachel Counts
Very cool. :)
nanasx4
good job I like them both ! cheers ; >)