Are you the best?? Change The World With Your Web Design!

Are you the best??? Show the world your skills and be a part of a project that benefits human rights, pushes social issues, aids world hunger, and saves lives! Site structure already done, you just need to do the style! GUARANTEED WINNER!

The basic site structure is already done, we just need you to work your magic and come up with the design!
Files (logos and layout mocks):
http://www.planetwize.com/site
Structure:

Two column, with subnav on right, and primary nav on top.
Page variations:Main home landing page, news (ala blog) page, and an empty shell page

Tag line:GLOBAL MUSIC - CULTURE - ACTIVISM

Metaphors: ****Something international, a passport/greencard/visa (this is the favorite!)*****

Parchment with a very African theme

Red-peace (as opposed to green peace) theme

An international newswire

A protest/march

Examples of metaphors used in other sites:These are not specific to our design but are good examples of how metaphors and story-design really achieve a good look.. we would love to see something done using one of our metaphors as listed above.
http://www.rxmonsters.com/
http://www.tommybahama.com/store/index.jsp
http://www.notyouraveragejoe.com/
http://www.wrapragecure.com/
http://www.tischlerei-klehn.de/
http://www.aliciabell.com/

Top Level Navigation Categories:Albums

News

Shop

Calendar

Categories
to be reworded to match metaphor of design (with the exception of 'albums' which should stay the same)... for instance:

Albums

Dispatch

Provisions

Happenings

Style:

Organic,
earthy, grass-roots, savy, and multi-cultural. The style is about
social empowerment, pushing human rights issues, as well as activism
through music!

Can be dirty, gritty, with superimposed
details (dust, scratches, torn edges, etc) - without being cluttered,
the layout still needs to be clean.

Iconography to
represent each section (top posts, new posts, top commentors, etc),
custom designed - should not be cheesy/chintzy, should have depth and
appear to "sit" on the page (similar to apple.com's usage)

Colors:Lighter colors, strong red accent, tan, gray, browns, NO GREEN

Details (PLEASE READ):

All work submitted must be 100% original and not use any stock icon's, stock photography is OK as long as the designer has the ability to use said work with no licensing issues.

WINNING ENTRY OR ELEMENTS OF WINNING ENTRY CAN NOT BE USED, DISPLAYED, OR POSTED ANYWHERE ONCE SELECTED. ALL EXCLUSIVE COPYRIGHT AND UNLIMITED EXCLUSIVE LICENSE ARE TRANSFERED TO US AT THE COMPLETION OF THE CONTEST.

After the completion of the contest please be sure to remove any of our logo branding from your layouts. We do not grant any rights to our logo to be used in any way shape or form (even for portfolio).

Good luck to all!

Styles to AVOID:

GREEN, organic, eco-environmental.