The contest for the design that will appear on the 2026 Membership Card has concluded, and it was a resounding success with more than 2,000 votes overall.
The winning project was a collaboration between member Matteo Pasqual, who conceived the idea of ​​the generational transfer of a passion for collecting from grandfather to grandson, and the very young Christian Martino, who created the graphic design. During printing, the background color will be slightly modified to gold, and the logo will be replaced with the official logo for the 50th anniversary of the phone card, which has been registered as a trademark with the relevant Ministry.
As per the contest, Matteo Pasqual will receive a free membership for 2026 (he’s already the 21st registered member for 2026) and Membership Card 001, while Christian Martino will receive a prize during the PIM, and we hope he too will become a passionate phone card collector.
Here’s the winning project with 1,174 votes
Cristofaro Gozzolino’s project came in second with 728 votes. It represented the evolution of the telephone card with a minimalist and technical style, enriched with details such as 1976 in Morse code at the top and the binary string 2026 in the center right. Below is an overview of some of the technologies used over the years.
Here’s his project.
Federico Peluso came in third with 259 votes. His project explored the evolution of telephone communication between the home phone and the card, all with colorful and impactful graphics.
Here’s his project.
As an association, we’d like to thank all the participants and the many voters who, on this occasion, took the opportunity to browse the website and learn more about everything the WPC Club, with the passion and dedication of its active members, offers and achieves to promote phone card collecting and to organize the fantastic PIM fair, the world’s largest phone card exhibitor event.
Click the link to see the final standings: https://phonecardscollectorsclub.com/contest-membership-card-2026/
A new contest will be available soon!!
Happy 2026!
