http://designawards4us.com/index.php Design Awards, Design Competitions, Design Contests, Calls for entry ... sr Kozmoplanet.com http://designawards4us.com/index.php/design-awards/design-and-build-a-modern-table-using-caesarstone.html Here's your challenge: design and build a modern table using CaesarStone - the rest is up to you. We are looking for designs that are sustainable, innovative and challenge conventional thinking about how CaesarStone can be used.

If your design is selected, we will give you the CaesarStone material you need and commission a fabricator to help you build the final piece. This final built piece will be judged by a special panel of experts and we will name the winner and two competition finalists. So, in addition to the glory, our competition winner will receive a $5,000 prize and the finalists get $1,000. It's time to get inspired.

Entry Period June 4 - August 7, 2008
The winning designer will receive $5,000 and two finalists will receive $1,000.]]> Furniture design, Interior design, Free]]> Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:47:50 +0200 http://designawards4us.com/index.php/design-awards/braun-prize-2009.html The theme of the new Braun Prize 2009. is Envision conscious design! The internationally recognised design competition is open to young industrial designers who are still studying or who have graduated within the last two years. In the coming days, thousands sets of competition documentation will be sent out to design schools, design universities and studios all over the world.

Deadline: January 31, 2009
Entry Fee: No entry fee - Free design competition
Who can enter: industrial design students or graduates within the last two years.
Awards: The winner of the BraunPrize will receive EUR 12,000 in prize money and a (paid) six-month internship in the Design Department at Braun.]]> Product design, Free]]> Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:07:34 +0200 http://designawards4us.com/index.php/design-awards/international-bicycle-design-competition.html The competition that bills itself as the 'only worldwide bicycle design competition is now opened for entries. The International Bicycle Design Competition, held annually and based in Taiwanese capital Taipei.

Registration deadline: August 10
Entry fee: Free
Who can enter: No restrictions
Awards: Grand prize NT$500,000 or around £8.000]]> Industrial design, Product design, Free]]> Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:47:48 +0200 http://designawards4us.com/index.php/design-awards/peugeot-design-contest-2008.html IMAGINE THE PEUGEOT IN THE WORLDWIDE MEGALOPOLIS OF TOMORROW Create a Concept Car which is designed to evolve within the cities of the future, whilst retaining the key values of the 21st century. The projects should bear Peugeot's stylistic codes and must contain the following four aspects included in this design competition: environmental awareness, social harmony, interactive mobility and economic efficiency.

Registration deadline: 20 July 2008
Entry fee: Free
Who can enter: No restrictions
Awards: first place EUR 10.000]]> Automotive design, Free]]> Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:26:43 +0200 http://designawards4us.com/index.php/design-awards/design-awards-pentawards-2008.html Icograda endorses Pentawards, the first and only worldwide competition exclusively devoted to packaging design in all its forms. It is open to everybody in all countries who are associated with the creation and marketing of packaging. The winners will receive bronze, silver, gold, platinum or diamond Pentawards according to the creative quality of their work.Packaging design from the world over created or brought out in 2007 will be judged by a likewise international jury that will select the winners in accordance with the creative quality of the work submitted.

Registration deadline: 13 June 2008.
Entry fee: Yes
Who can enter: product created or produced in 2007
Awards: bronze, silver, gold, platinum or diamond Pentawards]]> Graphic design, Packaging Design Awards, Product design]]> Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:17:08 +0100 http://designawards4us.com/index.php/design-awards/european-fashion-award-fash-2009.html Topic: "New Diversity" We are living in an era of substantial change. Clothing behavior is becoming continuously more diverse. Not only young people put together their garments in the "supermarket of styles", but instead almost all age and style groups. When it is done well, it is a chance to express one's own culture and not in the sense of "anything goes". The 2008 prizes awarded by the Stiftung der Deutschen Bekleidungsindustrie (German Fashion Industry Foundation) - SDBI - looked for fashion under the title "Attitude" in line with the needs of the environment and social policy this year. New materials and cuts, secondhand and recycling, favorite pieces and new work processes – these are the ideas for solutions of the prizewinners.

Registration deadline: June 16th 2008
Submission deadline: November 3rd 2008
Entry fee: Free
Who can enter: Students from 4th semester or higher
Awards: N/A]]> Fashion design, Free, Sustainable Design]]> Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:23:47 +0100 http://designawards4us.com/index.php/design-awards/nagoya-design-do-2008.html The 6th NAGOYA DESIGN DO! will be held in Nagoya in 2008. In this international design competition, the most outstanding works will be selected and formally recognized, and the winning artists will be invited to participate in a unique workshop held here. The experience of peoples from different corners of the world, bringing with them a wide range of ideals and insights, meeting and working together so intensively, will no doubt be a highly valuable one. In addition, all competition winners will be registered in "Nagoya Brain," our human resource database, providing them with possible opportunities to participate in future projects held in Nagoya.

Submission deadline: April 30, 2008.
Entry fee: Free design competition
Who can enter: Any individual or group, under the age of 40
Awards: 2 million yen.]]> Industrial design, Product design, Free, Glass Design]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:40:37 +0100 http://designawards4us.com/index.php/design-awards/yoyo-games-8482-game-design-competition-2008.html And so here it is: the briefly awaited, second ever, YoYo Games competition! Riding hot on the heels of our very successful Winter Game Competition, we're hoping to see a crop of games to match the exceptional standard set in that contest. As with the winter theme we've kept the constraints on competition games deliberately low, hopefully this will result in even more really creative games.The games will be judged on creativity, originality, aesthetics, and game mechanics. With marks, as usual, for the best implementation of the theme.

Submission deadline: April 27th, 2008.
Entry fee: Free design competition
Who can enter: No restrictions
Awards: 1st prize: $1000]]> Game Design, Free]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:08:17 +0100 http://designawards4us.com/index.php/design-awards/electrolux-design-lab-2008-call-for-entries.html Electrolux, a global leader in home appliances and appliances for professional use, launches the 6th edition of its annual design competition online and will select a limited number of entries to compete in Zurich at the international finals October 8 & 9, 2008.
The Internet generation comprises brand-conscious, busy young professionals between 25-35 who are independent, concerned about the environment, and whose lives are intertwined with technology and online social networks. his year's submissions should be for 2-3 years into the future and address food storage, cooking, and/or washing.

Submission deadline: May 4, 2008.
Entry fee: Free design competition
Who can enter: undergraduate or graduate
Awards: First Prize of 5,000 Euro and a six-month internship at one of Electrolux's global design centers.]]> Industrial design, Product design, Free, Sustainable Design]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:43:37 +0100 http://designawards4us.com/index.php/design-awards/power-to-the-pedal-design-competition.html Social Design Network seeks to inspire social activism through design. The Power to the Pedal design competition calls for a biking accessory or add-on for existing bikes that improves the bicycling experience and encourages more people to make biking their primary means of transport more convenient, more enjoyable, safer and more integrated into daily lifestyles. In your description, you should define the user scenario and design problem that your design attempts to solve.

Submission deadline: 30.04.2008.
Entry fee: Free design competition
Who can enter: Must register to enter
Awards: 1st prize: $5000]]> Automotive design, Product design, Free]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:26:47 +0100 http://designawards4us.com/index.php/design-awards/lite-on-awards.html Lite-On Awards, the largest-scale industrial design competition in Greater China Community, has launched the 8th annual competition. Chinese and international designers are all invited to submit entries before March 24, 2008 via online application. The total cash awards are amounted to NTD$1.29M.

Submission deadline: 24th March 2008.
Entry fee: Free design competition
Who can enter: No restrictions
Awards: cash awards are amounted to NTD$1.29M.]]> Product design, Free, Lighting Design]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:56:38 +0100 http://designawards4us.com/index.php/design-awards/the-2009-michelin-challenge-design.html The Michelin Challenge Design in January 2009 at the NAIAS will display vehicles and vehicle design concepts that hope to become America's Next Iconic Vehicle. Michelin invites you to design America's next iconic vehicle! Uniqueness emotional appeal, design courage and technical execution are elements that will be evaluated by a distinguished panel of experts from the industry.

MCD Questionnaire Deadline: April 16, 2008
Entry fee: Free design competition
Who can enter: No resrictions.
Awards: Recognition]]> Automotive design, Free]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:56:15 +0100