Built with you, round two.


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Hey Community!

Today, we’re bringing you some exciting news: The Community Edition Project is back for 2025!


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Last year saw Nothing launch an industry first co-created smartphone, made with five of our very talented community members. The glow in the dark Phone (2a) Plus Community Edition sold out online in just 15 minutes and has even won the prestigious Gold iF award!


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Congratulations to @Astrid @Kenta @Andres_123 @Ian_H_Simmonds @Palmix Art 🇮🇹 for their achievements! 🎊

This year, the project is a little different.

For our second Community Edition Project, we’re making a few changes to keep things fresh and to improve the co-creation experience for our winners.

📱 A new platform
As you’ve probably guessed, this year we’re building Community Edition on Phone (3a)!
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⏰ Updated timeline
All briefs are being released at the same time… which is today!

You can submit your work from now, March 26 2025 until April 23 2025, 11am BST. This is to maximise the amount of time our winners have to co-create both with each other and the Nothing team.

Once the submission window closes in April, we’ll open community voting for just 24 hours, before our internal juries selects their winners.
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📚 Brand new briefs
Overall, the briefs this year are more open, allowing everyone who wants to enter the contest more freedom to be creative. The four briefs this year are:

📱 Hardware Design - dream up a new look for Phone (3a) and have your say on the look of the packaging.
👩🏽‍💻 Software Design - ideate new software design elements to deliver a unique on-screen experience.
🧢 Accessory - develop an exclusive accessory or collectible to accompany Phone (3a) Community Edition.
🎬 Marketing Campaign - submit a creative proposal that’ll launch (3a) Community Edition to the world.

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As well as an all expenses paid trip to London for co-creation workshops and, of course, the launch event at the end of the year, all winning teams/individuals will take home the final product once it’s been manufactured, plus £1000 prize money!

So, there you have it. We’re back for another round of co-creation with our community - we hope you’re as excited as we are! You can read all four briefs and submit your work NOW on nothing.tech, until April 23, 11am BST. A full list of T&Cs apply.

Please be reminded that we are not looking for submissions that adjust any aspect of the physical geometry of Phone (3a) - this means no changes to camera arrangements, Glyphs etc.

View all briefs and submit your work here.

If you have any questions, let us know down below ⬇️

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    super excited to see this make a return. We saw some incredible submissions last year so i can’t wait to see what happens this time around.

    “Hello everyone! My name is Michael, I studied photography and I currently work creatively with Procreate. I have an idea for a new design related to the Nothing Phone (3a) smartphone. I envision us exploring creative ideas for promotion, visualization, or even accessory design for this phone. This could include everything from social media graphics and wallpapers to concepts for limited editions or branding elements. I’m particularly strong in visual design and template creation. Anyone interested in joining me for a creative collaboration on this project? Please reach out via personal message!”

    For those who would like/benefit from a good starting point, i have included a Phone (3a) 3D model in the below post, along with instructions as to how i got it from the nothing.tech website. You can also grab the other colours with the same method!

    https://nothing.community/d/29511-phone-3a-3d-model-glb

    This is also a great option for those who want to portray their design in 3D but have limited 3D modelling knowledge.

    Lovely to see the community edition project make a return.

    Looks like I won’t be able to submit in all 4 stages/brief this time around due to time constraints and the shortened deadline. Have to pick one and make it count.

    @Sgnoogle - that accessory one belongs to you mate. That’s the chance you have been waiting for.

      Love a good sequel! 🔥

      The quality and commitment from the Community towards the (2a) Plus Community Edition was phenomenal.

      Super excited to see what the talented people come up with this year 👀 best of luck, to everyone!

      Will the USA be able to buy the community edition this year?