Condom comp winners revealed

The Australian Government's condom tin design competition winners have now been chosen out of 500 entries by over 7,000 votes and judges. Standouts were Brisbane local Alex Naghavi and Canberra resident Vladimir Zokic.

The competition, aimed at young people around Australia, is part of the ongoing National STI Prevention Program: sexual health campaign. The campaign aims to raise awareness about the risks of infection and encourages safe sexual behaviour, including using condoms and seeing a doctor about testing after unprotected sex.

To encourage condom carrying, competition organisers asked young people to design a condom tin that would appeal to their peer group. This competition aimed to build on the achievements of the campaign by encouraging interaction and participation from the target audience and further promotion of campaign messages.

The two winning entries were chosen by a panel of judges, who included visual and performing artist Ben Frost, pop, rock and dance music band Bluejuice and dating, sex and relationships commentator, Samantha Brett.

Naghavi and Zokic's designs will go into production shortly.