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Deadline: September 15, 2009
Brick-stainable
Potomac Valley Brick presents Brick-stainable: Re-Thinking Brick a design competition seeking integrative solutions for a building using clay masonry units (brick) as a primary material. Current Green and Living building initiatives acknowledge the importance of integrated design solutions to achieve sustainability goals. This competition seeks to explore the potential of brick construction in the creation of an energy efficient building and challenges design teams to maximize the physical characteristics of this construction in the creation of integrated design solutions.

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Deadline: October 30, 2009
DNA +: Water and Wind
DNA+ is looking for new and innovative functional designs. Each submitter is to invent new ways of relating to life in the bath environment. Entries are invited for the following categories: Furniture, Accessory, Lighting. Products have to be designed for all, in other words have an easy access, be environmentally safe, compliant for a use in a wet environment for a residential use as well as for a commercial use. Material limitation; wood, Corian, aluminum, stainless steel, glass, acrylic glass. Technology limitation: die making, tubing, extrusion, thermoforming, CNC machining are preferred.

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Deadline: December 11, 2009
L'argus European Design Competition for Students: Less is More: Travelling in the Era of Simplicity
The French magazine L'argus de l'automobile has launched its 8th European Design Competition. Questioning students on mobility and on the future of automobile design, L'argus Contest invites them to take up the challenge of "always less". From 1st June to 11 December 2009, they will cope with the topic "Less is more: travelling in the era of simplicity."

Prizes:
1st place: 3,000 Euro, as well as an internship within the style department of French car manufacturer Citroen
2nd place: 1,500 Euro
3rd place: 500 Euro

Email concoursdesign@argusauto.com for more information.

Early Registration Deadline: November 17, 2009
eVolo 2010 Skyscraper Competition
In the last few years we have seen hundreds of new skyscrapers developed around the world without careful consideration to the context or environment. There is a constant lack of urban planning and poor architectural design without intellectual or perceptual enjoyment. The aim of the competition is to push our imagination to redefine the term skyscraper through the use of new materials, technology, aesthetics, programs, and spatial organizations. Globalization, environmental warming, flexibility, adaptability, and the digital revolution are just some of the multi-layered elements that should be taken in consideration. There are no restrictions in regards to site, program or size. The objective is to provide maximum freedom to propose the most innovative projects for this fascinating architectural genre. Ultimately, the designs should help the environment, restructure our cities and improve our way of life.

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July 15—25, 2009
State of Design Festival
—Melbourne, Australia
In its fourth year, the State of Design Festival offers international conversations on design, with a focus on local goals to generate new and innovative products and services that can create sustainable development opprotunities.

August 6—9, 2009
Image Space Object 6: Tools for Transformation
—Denver, Colorado
In Image Space Object 6, small teams of participants and studio mentors will work together to create multi-dimensional environments, human interactions and brand strategies. User-centered narratives serve as a starting place for the design of graphic, interaction, product and environmental experiences. Research, modeling, team ideation and experiential prototyping are employed throughout the three days to produce tangible final presentations that can be brought back to work and used with your design teams.

October 15—17, 2009
Designfest 2009
—Guadalajara, Mexico
Designfest is organized by the publication REDiseno, and includes 13 conferences held by distinguished national and international designers, among them the recognized Sol Sender, creator of Barack Obama's presidential campaign logo. Other recognized speakers include Spaniard Ximo Roca and Mexicans Hector Esrawe and Oscar Salinas. As part of the event, Designfest will offer nine thematic workshops focused on interior design, brand design, animated design, illustration, fashion, product and furniture design..

October 18—20, 2009
Design, Complexity and Change: Design/Management Annual 34
—Cambridge, Massachusetts
With times of change, design managers need to think, work and execute beyond the normal-to drive business and industry in new directions and be better equipped as change agents. DMI confronts these topical issues at "Design, Complexity, and Change," Design/Management Annual 34 this October. Co-chaired by Dev Patnaik of Jump Associates; Kenneth Kaplan of the Collaborative Initiatives at MIT; and Robyn Waters of RW Trend, this conference will draw out lessons for how design can help us to reframe, rethink and reinvent our future.

January 21—24, 2010
IDS 10
—Toronto, Canada
The Interior Design Show/IDS 10 is Canada's largest contemporary design event. The newest in international and Canadian products are annually presented by 300 exhibitors. Inspirational exhibits feature both emerging and established designers; and highlight international interior design, architecture and industrial design trends.

February 2—6, 2010
Designing for Children Conference: Play + Learn
—Mumbai, India
The international conference ‘Designing for Children’ with focus on 'Play + Learn' is scheduled to be held at Mumbai, India in Feb 2010 and is being hosted by the Industrial Design Centre (IDC), at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai. This international event is aimed at deliberations and discussions concerning design issues related to children. The event is expected to throw light on the role of designing for children as related to design of objects, media and environment with focus on 'play and learn'.

May 6—September 13, 2009
Object Factory: The Art of Industrial Ceramics
—Museum of Arts and Design, New York,NY
Ten leading designers have been commissioned to develop new uses for sustainably grown and harvested materials in order to tell a unique story about the life-cycle of materials and the power of conservation and design. The featured designers and places include Yves Behar/Costa Rica; Stephen Burks/Australia; Hella Jongerius/Mexico; Maya Lin/Maine; Christien Meindertsma/Idaho; Isaac Mizrahi/Alaska; Abbott Miller/Bolivia; Ted Muehling/Micronesia; Kate Spade/Bolivia; and Ezri Tarazi/China.

May 6—September 13, 2009
Design for a Living World
—Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, NY
This exhibition explores how artists and designers are reviving interest in ceramics through collaborations with industry that enhance and sometimes subvert the industrial process, and includes over 200 pieces from artists, designers and manufacturers such as Constantin Boym, Hella Jongerius, Jurgen Bey, Ted Muehling, Kjell Rylander, Nymphenburg, Royal Tichelaar Makkum and Industreal.

May 31, 2009—January 4, 2010
Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones
—London, UK
One of the world's foremost hat designers Stephen Jones collaborates with the V&A to produce an exhibition with over 300 hats on display.

June 6—July 6, 2009
SHAPE: Arnhem Mode Biennale
— Arnhem, The Netherlands
For a month the centre of Arnhem will literally form the core of the third edition of the Arnhem Mode Biënnale. SHAPE is the connecting thread of the greatest cultural fashion event in the world. This year more than 80 fashion labels are participating, including Lanvin, Raf Simons, Hussein Chalayan, Jil Sander, Rick Owens, Martin Margiela and Viktor & Rolf. Some 150 garments in Arnhem will make it apparent what the aspect of SHAPE signifies and why ‘form’ is so topical in fashion.

June 12—July 12, 2009
Ctrl+Alt+Design
—Seattle, WA
Ctrl+Alt+Design is JOIN: Design Seattle's 1st Annual Design Review. A group show of 27 designers and collectives, Ctrl+Alt+Design features pieces from designers working in the areas of furniture, lighting, home accessories and jewelry. Ctrl+Alt+Design promotes emerging American design by providing designers a barrier-free forum to show work and get feed back. We want to inspire, motivate and connect.

June 13—July 25, 2009
Making Modern: School of the Art Institute Graduate Design Exhibition
—Chicago, IL
Showcasing design from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's (SAIC) department of Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Designed Objects (AIADO), Making Modern (SAIC Sullivan Galleries, June 13-July 25) brings together work by recent AIADO graduate students in the department's inaugural master's thesis exhibition. Included will be special projects featured during Milan's Salone Internazionale del Mobile in April, the highly regarded "Objects for the Age of Obama," "2000 Watt Living," and "The Expanding Classroom," which will be joined by "Objects That Entertain Us," a collaboration with Dupont Corian that will move to Making Modern following the annual NeoCon World's Trade Fair, held in Chicago's nearby Merchandise Mart from June 15-17.

June 19—July 12, 2009
Good 50x70
—Triennale Design Museum, Milan
This year's exhibition will feature all of the 210 shortlisted posters, as selected by this year's jury and a special review of all Good 50x70's activities to date. And of course, there will be a catalogue of all this year's shortlisted posters available to buy.

June 25—August 21, 2009
I.D. Magazine Annual Design Review 2009 at Material ConneXion
—New York, NY
Come see the winners of I.D. Magazine's 2009 Annual Design Review!

July 19, 2009
Art Center Car Classic '09
—Pasadena, CA
Art Center College of Design will host Car Classic '09, a gathering of the world's top automotive designers, collectors and enthusiasts. This year's theme, "By Air, Land and Sea," celebrates vehicles that push the boundaries of design. To reflect the broadening scope of Art Center's Department of Transportation Design, Car Classic moves beyond the automobile to showcase the best of all types of transportation. The historic and fruitful relationship between aircraft and watercraft design and the automotive industry will be explored in an exhibition featuring more than 100 rare and exotic vehicles, including classic, sports, and custom cars, hot rods, motorcycles, aircraft, watercraft and more.

August 4—16, 2009
Workshopped 2009
—Chifley Plaza, Sydney, Australia
Now in its ninth year, WORKSHOPPED design exhibition has become a permanent and widely anticipated fixture of Sydney Design 09. Co-presented with the Powerhouse Museum,the free exhibition will showcase 30 designers from across Australia at Chifley Plaza from 5 ñ 16 August. This year designers were asked to demonstrate how their work will create the future and make a difference.

September 25—27, 2009
13th DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival
—Brooklyn, NY
Art Under the Bridge is a multi-site happening unique to Dumbo since 1997, the historic post-industrial neighborhood spanning the East River waterfront between the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges. The event's enduring magic is the transformation of an entire neighborhood into a vibrant platform for self-expression over 3 days once a year. New artworks by young visual artists are created on-the-spot everywhere and anywhere: they may be specific to a particular site or they may wander. They may be projected or afloat. They may be performed or make sound, they may glow in the dark or ride an elevator, they may occupy a corporate lobby or beg your interaction, or they may just sit there and demand your attention.

November 21, 2009—June 20, 2010
Marcel Wanders at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
—Philadelphia
An exhibition of his favorite work designed by Marcel Wanders, the wildly creative, internationally-recognized designer from the Netherlands whose whimsical and decorative creations range from furniture and objects to wallpaper and hotel interiors. In conjunction with the fall opening of this landmark exhibition, Collab: The Group for Modern and Contemporary Design at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, will present Marcel Wanders with its 2009 Design Excellence Award.