Ron Arad Exhibition, New York, Photo by Glen Jackson Taylor

Competitions

Competitions | Conferences & Events | Exhibitions

Deadline: November 28, 2008
Australian International Design Awards
Entry is open to all professionally designed products available for sale in Australia including products available for delivery to Australia through online retail outlets. Products are assessed on their own merits, not 'by category', however Awards may be presented in category order for ease of communication at the presentation night, exhibitions or in publications.

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Deadline: November 30, 2008
Dong-A International Photo Competition
The Dong-A Daily Newspaper Company, a Korean publisher of newspapers and magazines, is seeking new photographers. Enter this competition and submit 3-5 photos visualizing the concept of "Freedom." Grand prize is $7,500+, with four other winners receiving money and Cannon camera equipment.

Deadline: December 3, 2008
2008 Library for the 21st Century Design Competition
The American Institute of Architecture Students challenges students to learn about building materials, specifically architectural aluminum building products and systems and their assembly in the design of a library. While open to any student, the competition is designed for advanced students. Total prize money is $7,225, including $2,500 for the winning design.

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Deadline: December 5, 2008
SCA Packaging Design Challenge 08
Your Challenge: Create a total packaging concept to sell chocolate in-store! Create a total packaging concept that works from the chocolate manufacturer, to the warehouse, into the retail store and all the way to the end consumer.

Prizes:
First Prize: €3000 + internship
Places 2 to 5: €1000

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Deadline: December 5, 2008
55DSL Logo Remix Challenge
Partnering with Cut&Paste the Logo Remix challenges graphic designers, illustrators, and typographers, as well as all-around creative types, to take the iconic 55DSL Shield logo and spin it into a remix that reflects 55DSL's culture and spirit, its origins and its future. All of the submissions will be showcased at Cut&Paste's online gallery, where you can vote for your favorite logo and help elect the People's Choice Award winner.

Prizes:
Grand Prize: €1055 + design will be promoted
People's Choice: Will receive a one-of-a-kind 55DSL goodie bag

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Deadline: December 8, 2008
INDEX Award: Call for Entries

International design awards are generally assessing design only according to form. INDEX: on the other hand - because of our focus on design to Improve Life - assesses design also according to its impact and its context. We do this to highlight the true potential of design and the broader scope of the design discipline. INDEX: asks that the nomination bodies think horizontally, across design categories and industries, when selecting their nominees for the five categories vital to human life; BODY, HOME, WORK, PLAY and COMMUNITY

Prizes:
Five winners will each receive a monetary award of €100,000 in August 2009.

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Deadline: December 15, 2008
ICFF Studio Bernhardt Design - Call for Entries

ICFF Studio invites submissions from designers working on any and all the product categories exhibited at the ICFF: furniture, seating, carpet and flooring, lighting, outdoor furniture, materials, wall coverings, accessories, textiles, and kitchen and bath. Selected designers win a spot to display their prototypes at ICFF Studio, a group area with individual booths on the exhibition floor.

Winners will be announced January 12, 2009.

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Deadline: December 15, 2008
I.D. Annual Design Review: Call for Entries
I.D. is now accepting entries into the 2009 Annual Design Review. Winners will appear in the July/August 2009 issue of I.D. Beginning this year, the Annual Design Review will also feature a new category for Student Work, replacing the Student Design Review. Students should now enter the competition using the standard Annual Design Review entry form.

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Deadline: December 15, 2008
Communication Arts Interactive Competition
Any interactive project created for digital distribution on the World Wide Web, CD-ROM, interactive kiosk or handheld device is eligible. Selected by a nationally representative panel of distinguished programmers, interface designers and creative directors, the winning entries will be published in the 2009 Interactive Annual of Communication Arts and online.

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Deadline: December 15, 2008
BEER BOTTLES: International Sustainable Design Competition
How can empty glass bottles left in public meeting areas create design opportunity? How can design be a tool for tackling social and environmental degradation in public areas? Develop a scenario and design the related product(s) and/or service(s) considering the stakeholders representative of the various phases in the product's life cycle as part of the solution (these include: groups of consumers, bars, pubs, local beverage traders, street beverage traders, area residents, and AMSA, the company that manages urban waste collection and disposal in Milan).

Prizes:
3 winning entries will be awarded a free exhibition space during Milan Design Week 2009. The designer of the top entry will be offered travel expenses.

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Deadline: December 19, 2008
2009 SXSW Web Awards

Websites that have been launched or completely redesigned in the 2008 calendar year are eligible for entry in the 2009 competition. However, websites launched before January 1, 2008 can be entered into the "Classic" category.

Finalists in each category receive two complimentary registrations to the SXSW Interactive Festival and SXSW Web Awards Ceremony, along with a unique Web Awards trophy and prize package of course.

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Deadline: December 19, 2008
id Design Award 2009

In the Japanese design market, there are limited opportunities for designers to spontaneously present their authentic ideas. To encourage the design market of Japan, we believe that we need to take on board as many ideas as possible for new life-style products. Environmental problems are no longer ignorable. The word "Environment" maybe widely interpreted. We are looking for designs focused on the environment with concrete solutions.

Prizes:
Grand Prize: ¥5,000,000
2nd Prize: ¥1,000,000
Special Award: ¥500,000

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Deadline: December 21, 2008
Invent a Vehicle
The 7th annual L'argus European Design Competition for students is asking you to "Invent a vehicle that is useful for society." The goal is to come up with original, innovative and useful concepts for the movement of goods and people.

Prizes:
1st Prize: €3000
2nd Prize: €1500
3rd Prize: €500

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Deadline: December 22, 2008
MACEF Design Competition: Beyond Silver
MACEF & Designboom are looking for functional and prestigious silverware with a new twist. Innovative, must-have, high-value home accessories, tableware, utensils - made of silver. You are invited to participate with new designs, timeless gifts,new material combinations as silver & wood, stone, leather, plastic,... new production methods and glamorous new applications.

Prizes:
3 winning entries will be granted with cash prize awards: €3000
Designs will be presented for possible realization.

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Deadline: December 31, 2008
Restaurant and Bar Design Awards
The awards are open to UK based restaurants and bars and their national / international designers. Eligible restaurants and bars must have launched or been renovated in the UK between the 1st April 2007 and 31st December 2008 and their project and product designs. The awards ceremony will be held in April 2009 before an audience of the UK's leading design, lifestyle and hospitality professionals

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Deadline: End of December, 2008
ENLIGHTENED - Swarovski Elements Jewellery Design Competition
This competition asks international jewellery- and design-lovers abroad to share their ideas and design creative and innovative jewellery pieces incorporating our applied ENLIGHTENED - Swarovski Elements genuine Topaz assortment.

Those who participate and submit their designs by November 18th, 2008 will have the chance that their designs will be presented at BASELWORLD, the world's largest jewellery & watch fair, held in Basel, Switzerland, from March 26th to April 2nd, 2009.

Prizes:
1st Prize: €3000
2nd Prize: 2 x €1000
3rd Prize: 2 x €500

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Deadline: December 31, 2008
Pure Creativity Competition
Rapid prototyping technology provides the opportunity to cross the current limits of design, translating almost every concept into a 3-dimensional form. The object you create has to be modeled using a 3D modeling software (3ds Max, AutoCAD, Maya, Rhino, Softimages XSI, LightWave, CATIA, SolidWorks...).

Prize:
The winner will see his/her 3D model made into a prototype using the stereolithographic process with MGX. He/She will also win £1,000 cash and have the opportunity to get an article with Philippe Starck published in IDFX magazine.

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Deadline: January 6, 2009
Tea Off! Tea Kettle Design Competition
The heritage of tea is laden with ritual and meaning. You're invited to translate this heritage into an icon of contemporary life, with form that functions at all levels of the experience. There are 3 categories: Glass. Metal and Ceramic

3 Winners will receive:
$5,000 USD cash
$1,000 USD award to a faculty advisor if a winner is a student.
And an Expense-paid trip to attend the International Housewares show in Chicago, March 22-24, 2009.

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Registration Deadline: January 9, 2009
iF Concept Award 2009
Students in the fields of design, architecture, marketing and engineering from all over the world are invited to submit their innovative, trend-setting ideas and concepts in the competition for an iF concept award 2009. The projects entered must not be more than two years old and must have been completed during the student's study time. Entries can be made by individuals as well as by groups.

Prize:
An independent, international jury of experts will select the "Best 100" of all the entries in an open session during the CeBIT Show on March 3, 2009. Outstanding entries will be rewarded with prize monies totaling €30,000, provided, among others, by GOLD Sponsor Samsung Electronics (Seoul).
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Deadline: January 19, 2009
eVolo Skyscraper Competition
eVolo invites architects, engineers and designers to explore new ideas and concepts for vertical density which take into consideration the historical and social context, the existing urban fabric, the human scale, and the environment.

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Deadline: January 30, 2009
2009 Metropolis Next Generation Design Competition
Rising energy costs present new design problems. Redesign the broken models of the 20th century. Challenge our patterns of living and working in a fuel-hungry world, come up with solutions that connect us, make us more efficient, more humane.

Prize: $10,000

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Deadline: January 31, 2009
BraunPrize 2009
Braun invites Design students to participate in the 17th BraunPrize. The theme "Envision conscious design!" can be applied to any product category at home, work or school, during sports and leisure activities or in the context of health and personal care.

Prizes:
Winner: €12,000 + six-month (paid) internship
Finalists: €5,000

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Conferences & Events

Competitions | Conferences & Events | Exhibitions

September 14—November 23, 2008
International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale
—Venice, Italy
The 11th International Architecture Exhibition entitled Out There: Architecture Beyond Building, will take place in the Arsenale and Giardini exhibition venues and several exhibits will be held throughout the city.

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November 15—30, 2008
2008 Saint Étienne International Design Biennial
—Saint Étienne, France
Held at three main venues, the Biennial will host exhibitions, lectures, workshops and events throughout the city. City Eco Lab organized by John Thackara will explore approaches design can take in order to bring about much needed change in our lifestyles, with a view to creating a sustainable world.

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November 18—December 18, 2008
PSFK Presents Good Ideas In 2009 In Collaboration
—New York, NY
PSFK are running a series of breakfast discussions in New York City, the salons are part of the Good Ideas initiative that you will find inspirational and helpful as you prepare for next year.

Good Ideas In Mobile - Tuesday November 18
Good Ideas In Design - Thursday November 20
Good Ideas In Collaboration - Tuesday November 25
Good Ideas In Digital - Tuesday December 2
Good Ideas In Social Media - Thursday December 4
Good Ideas In Design II - Thursday December 11
Good Ideas In Collaboration II - Tuesday December 16
Good Ideas For The Future - Thursday December 18

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December 3—6, 2008
Design Miami
—Miami, FL
Launching in 2005, Design Miami has quickly established itself as one of the most high-profile design events in the US attracting dealers, collectors, curators and design celebrities.

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December 3—6, 2008
EuroMold 03
—Frankfurt, Germany
The 15th EuroMold, a trade fair for Moldmaking and Tooling, Design and Application Development looks at the whole process chain "From Design to Prototyping to Series Production".

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December 3—7, 2008
Seoul Design Festival
—Seoul, Korea
The theme of this year's event is "Art Works" presenting work from Korea's leading designers. The highlight of the show is Hara Kenya's exhibition 'HAPTIC: Awakening the Senses'.

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December 5, 2008
Leadership Effectiveness - Breaking the Barriers to Success
—Santa Monica, CA
In a customized seminar for APDF, Rhoda Pitcher will discuss how to determine issues that are barriers to design companies' growth. She also will show how reinventing a firm's leadership can create a higher-platform for business performance.

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January 5—9, 2009
Macworld 2009
—San Francisco, CA
Macworld Conference & Expo is a five day event featuring exhibitions, demonstrations and over 140 educational sessions taught by renowned industry experts.

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January 8—11, 2009
2009 International Consumer Electronics Show
—Las Vegas, NV
The CES is the largest consumer electronics show in the world, over 2,700 exhibitors will fill more than 1.7 million net square feet of exhibit space to showcase their latest products and services to more than 130,000 attendees.

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February 8—11, 2009
SolidWorks World 2009
—Orlando, FL
SolidWorks Corporation's annual user conference and exposition takes place over 4 days with over 150 technical breakout sessions led by industry experts and will feature the latest 3D CAD technology offered by more than 100 exhibitors.

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February 27, 2009
Greener Gadgets
—New York. NY
Innovators, entrepreneurs, visionaries, and eco-designers will return to New York City to discuss the future of sustainability for the consumer electronics industry. Register online before November 26 to enjoy the special early bird rate.

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Exhibitions

Competitions | Conferences & Events | Exhibitions

September 13, 2008—January 4, 2009
Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future
—Walker Art Center,Minneapolis, MN
The Walker Art Center and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts jointly present this first major museum retrospective of architect Eero Saarinen's short but prolific career.

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September 25, 2008—January 11, 2009
Cold War Modern: Design 1945-1975
—V&A Museum, London
Cold War Modern is the first exhibition to explore international developments in modern art, design, architecture and film in the context of the Cold War.

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September 19, 2008—December 12, 2008
100 Best Posters 07: Germany, Austria & Switzerland
—Vienna, Austria
Each year graphic artists from Germany, Austria and Switzerland put themselves to the test of an internationally renowned expert jury. For the third time running, the MAK pays its homage to the 100 best poster designers in 2007 with the show, "100 Best Posters 07".

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October 16, 2008—February 1, 2009
OURS: Democracy in the Age of Branding
—Parsons New School, New York
A multi-disciplinary investigation of democracy as a brand, positioning this form of governance in terms of marketing and market shares, design and visual concepts, and consumer culture and agency.

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October 17, 2008—January 18, 2009
Second Nature, from the depths of a sea of memories
—Tokyo, Japan
This exhibition questions the future of design as well as the mysterious powers of nature which transcend the limits of human imagination. Tokujin Yoshioka, the director of the exhibition, has attempted to incorporate in his own design work the many laws that exist in nature, while at the same time exploring the possibilities of technology

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November 7—December 20, 2008
Ron Arad: Guarded Thoughts
—New York, USA
New York's Friedman Benda Gallery presents a new body of work from Ron Arad continuing his mix of cutting-edge technology and hands-on craftsmanship.

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November 8—November 22, 2008
Cast_1 by Konstantin Grcic
—Berlin, Germany
Konstantin Grcic has curated a pocket exhibition of work lamps at 032c's Museum Store in Berlin. The program is the start of Grcic's tenure as unofficial Creative Director of the space within 032c, his intention being to bring together new, forgotten, anonymous and reissued models of the same design product.

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November 20, 2008—January 17, 2009
Digital Cities: London's Future
—London, UK
The exhibition will look at how digital technology helps understand and improve the planning and experience of London. It will look at the impact on movement in cities: how communication and information technologies enhance a person's experience of place; how people interpret cities with the use of technology; and how mapping influences the design and planning of cities.

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November 28, 2008—February 22, 2009
Perishable Beauty Exhibition
—Bangkok, Thailand
Anti-ageing creams, cosmetic surgery, botox, stem cell therapies, and even World Heritage sites - all are symbols of our struggle to conquer impermanence. How do we create business opportunities out of the perishable beauty around us?

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December 4, 2008—April 26, 2009
Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination
—Sydney, Australia
Go on an epic journey through the Star Wars universe with over 80 costumes, models and full-scale replicas from all six films.

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