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Tiny Canvas, Big Impact: How Art of ONE® Uses Wrapper Art to Spark Condom Conversations

For over two decades, ONE® Condoms has stood out on shelves and nightstands across the globe because of its signature round wrappers featuring memorable designs. When a wrapper makes someone laugh, feel represented, or stop to read a poem, the awkwardness vanishes and the real conversation starts.

To our public sector partners, sexual health educators, and outreach advocates: you know firsthand how vital it is to meet people where they are with materials that resonate culturally and emotionally. That’s why we are thrilled to introduce Design ONE®: a global creative campaign under our Art of ONE® program. Design ONE® takes artwork submissions from the public with the goal of making designing condom wrappers more accessible, inclusive, and collaborative than ever.


What is Art of ONE®?


Art of ONE® is our creative initiative that unites visual arts, public engagement, and sexual health advocacy under a shared mission: using artistic expression to destigmatize sexual health and empower communities worldwide. Under Art of ONE®, we create incredible wrapper art collections that represent the diverse world we live in through many kinds of marketing campaigns:

  • ​Curated artist collections: We collaborate with illustrators and graphic designers from around the world to create dedicated wrapper collections. Most recently, we collaborated with Brooklyn-based artist Shanée Benjamin for our ONE® Unity Collection. Known for her vibrant illustrations celebrating queer and Black joy, this curated wrapper collection featuring Shanée’s designs celebrates unity, resilience, and LGBTQ+ pride. Other curated collections include our MSM Collection, Artist Collection, Street Art Collection, and the Tom of Finland Collection.
  • ​Design Contests: These contests inspire communities to become condom wrapper designers. We hosted the Design ONE® Contest for nearly 20 years with winners from around the world. We’ve also partnered with various communities on specific contests, such as the Do it For Canada contest for the country’s 150th anniversary – and for cities like the Los Angeles Condom and Toronto Condom (CondomTO) contests.
  • The ONE® Poetry Contest: In 2025, we expanded beyond visual arts to celebrate the power of words by launching the ONE® Poetry Contest. Seeking out the next "Poe of Prophylactics," this initiative turned winning short-form poetry submissions into a new artwork collection for our ultra-thin Vanish® condoms, launching in late 2026.
  • Open community submissions (Design ONE®): Today, we’ve reimagined our long-running Design ONE® Contest into a new rolling submission platform inviting anyone in the world to submit their artwork for future collections.
  • Artist partnerships and the ONE® freelance network: We actively recruit and commission independent creatives for paid contract campaigns and brand collaborations.


Design ONE®: The Next Chapter


For nearly 20 years, ONE® engaged our audience through seasonal Design ONE® Contests. People submitted clever "ONE Liners" or cool graphics, the internet voted, and winners took home prizes. From this, we built our famous Contest Collection printed on ONE®’s signature round wrappers. We’ve donated thousands of condoms to sexual health organizations chosen by the winners. Anyone could be the next “Rembrandt of Rubber.”

While we love that legacy, we have officially transitioned the contest into Design ONE®, a 365-day-a-year rolling submission program. Now, there’s no need to wait for an open contest window. Whether someone sketches a design during an outreach workshop, paints something fun over the weekend, or snaps a photo of their pet, they can submit their work whenever inspiration strikes.

Design ONE® is the arm of Art of ONE® that is accessible to every skill level: you don't need a fine arts degree or to be actively working in a creative field to participate. We’ve literally printed photos of someone’s cat on millions of condoms because it made people smile. Hand-drawn art, digital creations, clever typography, street art… if it fits on a 2-inch circle, it’s fair game!


Design Guidelines at a Glance


If you are hosting a workshop, running a student group, or working with local creatives who want to submit, here is everything they need to know:

  • Eligibility: Anyone who is 18 years or older. Any country. Any time. No deadline to submit. No purchase necessary to enter. Submit as many designs as you want!
  • Content: Original work only. No copyrighted images, weapons, drug use, or hate speech.
  • File specs: Artworks will be printed in a 2-inch circle (download the round design template here). Submit hi-res files: minimum 1500 x 1500px, 300 DPI (Formats: JPG, PNG, PSD, AI, or PDF).
  • Logos: Incorporate the ONE® logo (if it’s left out, our team will add it to the design). Do not use other brand logos.
  • Text: Throw a clever one-liner on it or keep it purely visual. Your call. If you can’t add it to your image on your own, you can type it in the submission form and we can add it for you. 

The ONE® team reviews submissions on a rolling basis. If a design is chosen for a printed collection, the artist will receive a check for $200 USD and 100 custom condoms featuring their art to hand out to friends, dates, or clients. Artists will keep the rights to their works.


Merch with a Message


In recent years, we’ve taken our favorite works from the former design contest and turned them into apparel, creating fun items (that people will actually wear) to raise awareness and spark conversations. Check out our Glam Creature t-shirt, designed by Spring 2022 contest winner Hannah Francis!

This is the Art of ONE® vision: a design submitted or commissioned for a humble condom wrapper can evolve into a nationwide campaign that advocates for body positivity, open conversations about sexual health, and inclusivity.


Why This Matters for Health Educators & Public Sector Clients


For public health organizations, university wellness centers, and community clinics, stocking condoms is just as much about engaging with the public as it is about distributing resources. When young adults and community members see wrappers with relatable humor, fun designs, and culturally affirming messages, the stigma surrounding picking up barrier methods evaporates. Design ONE® allows real community members (including the populations you serve) to shape the tools used in health promotion.


Help Us Spread the Word!


Great public health campaigns are built together. We are calling on our community of educators, clinical partners, and advocates to help us spread the word. Send this info to your local artists, share it across your student boards, bring it up at your next meeting, and blow up your group chats:

Ready to make condoms un-boring? Check out Art of ONE®!


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