Mimobot is a company that makes designer flash drives and it has joined with FriendsWithYou to present the Mimobot Flash Drive Design Contest.

Flash drives are becoming indispensable for many people because of their ability to store great deals of data in a small, easy to carry device. But one thing lacking about thumb drives is the utilitarian look most of them have. For some, this needs to be changed.

Mimobot thinks that flash drives should not only work as memory devices, they should look interesting as well. They are asking for ideas from designers to create the next fabulous art design for a flash drive.

There are only a few rules to follow:

• You must use the template they provide to submit your design and you must show the front and back design
• You can choose any colors you want to use, but the limit is 8
• If you are the grand prize winner, you agree to assign exclusive rights of your design to Mimoco
• Use only solid colors in your design. No gradients.

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GRAND PRIZE
$1000 in cash plus five 2 GB, three 4 GB, one 8 GB and one 16 GB MIMOBOT Flash drive of your winning design and one 8 GB MIMOBOT Flash Drive of your choice. An Infectious Prize Pack (one laptop skin and one iPhone or iPod skin of your choice).

5 Runners-Up Prizes
Each runner-up will receive a MIMOBOT Runner Up Prize Pack worth $160 (one 2GB and one 16GB MIMOBOT Flash Drive of the winning design, and one 8GB MIMOBOT Flash Drive of your choice. An Infectious Prize Pack (one laptop skin and one iPhone or iPod skin of your choice).

A full list of contest guidelines and FAQs about how to submit and what format to submit your designs in can be found by clicking here. To submit your entry, click here.

The contest deadline is October 6, 2009