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The Ample Sample design competition seeks ideas for using material scraps that would otherwise go in the garbage:

...Answer our call for something useful and beautiful with upcycled materials; specifically, carpet samples. Ample Sample is again challenging designers to rethink and repurpose carpet samples after their usefulness to a design project, to make a design product. The best ideas will be showcased at NeoCon 2009 and featured on the website, complete with blueprints and instructions for their designs.

Got any ideas? You've got about a week to get it together! Click here to read about the contest and see the most recent submissions.