Announcing the Winners of the Stop the Paper Towels Design Competition!

And now for the moment you've all been waiting for! Last month we announced the talented finalists who made it through the final cut in our <a href="http://inhabitat.com/towelcompetition/">Stop the Paper Towels graphic design competition</a> - our quest to find the most inspiring graphic to print on reusable cloth <a href="http://www.peopletowels.com/">PeopleTowels</a>. Thousands of you voted for your favorite <a href="http://inhabitat.com/towelcompetition/">designs</a>, and in the end we narrowed it down to three lucky winners - one Judges' Choice winner, one Popular Choice winner, and one Runner Up. Our winners will all receive amazing <a href="http://inhabitat.com/towelcompetition/prizes/">cash prizes and will have their design printed and sold on PeopleTowels</a>. Dying to find out who won? Click on the jump to check it out!

<h3>JUDGES' CHOICE: Less Waste, More Rings by John Grey</h3> <p> Graphic designer, photographer, artist and garden designer <a href="http://inhabitat.com/towelcompetition/less-waste-more-rings/johngray01-jpg/">John Gray's simple but powerful design</a> graphically depicting the growth rings of a tree beguiled our panel of judges, scoring him their vote.

<h3>RUNNER UP: This is Not a Paper Towel by Tiz Abbott-Donnelly</h3> <p> Product designer Tiz Abbott Donnelly's <a href="http://inhabitat.com/towelcompetition/not-a-paper-towel/tiz-abbott-donnelly-jpg/">eye-catching design lets the world know that it isn't a paper towel</a>, and we want to let her know that she won the title of runner up!

<h3>RUNNER UP: This is Not a Paper Towel by Tiz Abbott-Donnelly</h3>

<h3>POPULAR CHOICE: Cotton Forest by Luciana Simon</h3> <p> Freelance designer Luciana Simon's to-the-point <a href="http://inhabitat.com/towelcompetition/cotton-forest/peopletowel_1-jpg/">design asking us to "please turn to cotton" </a>instead of paper towels received a whopping 659 reader votes, crowning her the Popular Choice winner.

<h3>POPULAR CHOICE: Cotton Forest by Luciana Simon</h3>

Ly Truong's design is targeted toward consumers using a no-nonsense grandma figure, with a no-nonsense approach to conservation. Taking no prisoners, this lady gives it to us straight by telling us all the things we might do to improve our environment.

Brandon Blakeman's design playfully gives a voice to the trees and tells people it's time for them to stop wiping their hands on paper towels and go wipe them on someone else!

Katrina Ervin's "Tree Rex" reminds us to be careful of how we use our natural resources because extinction bites.

Devan Power's design communicates the focus of PeopleTowels using illustrated sycamore seeds to represent how the unity of people and nature can lead to a bright future.

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