SCION is a modern-thinking brand on the forefront of youth culture and innovation, known for engaging its consumers in an interactive quest for creative ideas. One of SCION’s trademarks is its support of organizations that also seek to connect with children and young adults in expressive, artistic ways.

In its mission to advocate community outreach and foster creativity in the younger generation, SCION now joins forces with Cut&Paste in the FRESHLY SQUEEZED WEB DESIGN CHALLENGE (”Contest”). The website design competition will benefit J.U.i.C.E., a non-profit weekly after-school program that allows the underprivileged youth of Los Angeles to express themselves artistically through dance, music, visual arts, and MC skills workshops.

As J.U.i.C.E. focuses its resources on programming and operations, they need your help: SCION’s new online competition, the FRESHLY SQUEEZED WEB DESIGN CHALLENGE summons all web designers, illustrators, graffiti connoisseurs, coding geniuses, hip-hop enthusiasts, and creatives all around to help J.U.i.C.E. refine their online presence with a brand new homepage design. Web designs submitted for the competition should embody J.U.i.C.E.’s urban aesthetic and youthful spirit, while adding to the site’s functionality as a user-friendly vehicle for communication.

So, help city kids, put $5K in your pocket, and get your work seen. Submit your designs for a new and improved Web site for J.U.i.C.E., a nonprofit hip-hop arts program for LA’s urban youth, and you’ll be entered to win five grand, courtesy of SCION. All entries must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on April 10, 2009. Visit the site to learn more.

Patricia Samaniego from Las Vegas, NV has won the EXPRESS YOUR STYLE Design Competition for her BACARDI LIMON inspired ‘Retro Cocktail Dress.’ Samaniego received a $5,000 cash prize in addition to an internship at HOLLYWOULD and a portfolio critique and interview with 24Seven, Inc. In addition, her work, along with the other four finalists will be featured in the May issue of The Daily MINI, the monthly fashion magazine.

My daughter thanks you all for my time off last week. She made out with a Zune, new jeans, about fifteen tops, a prom outfit, and something else. I don’t remember. I don’t have enough money left to feed the dog.

Have a great weekend!

Art Santa Fe, the City Different’s biennial art fair, is holding a competition to select an art installation for the east facade of El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe in the city’s new contemporary arts district. The open competition will be judged on creativity and the ability to transform the railside exterior of El Museo into a focal point for the new art district. A panel of local arts professionals will select the winning idea. Finalists will have their concepts displayed during ART Santa Fe 2007 in July and the winner will receive a $5,000 award.

Applicants can download an application at Arts Santa Fe. The deadline for entries is 20 April and the winning design will be announced 25 April.

Good 50X70 is a communication design competition focusing on five of the burning social issues which the UN recognizes as the plagues of our millennium: AIDS, Environmental damage, Human rights violation, Underdevelopment and War.

For each of this issues Amnesty, Amref, Emergency, Greenpeace, Lila, our endorsing charities, created a brief for the contestants to answer by designing a poster. Our jury will shortlist 30 finalists for each category and from them 10 posters will be selected as “Good 50×70.� One poster from all the categories will be selected as Grand Winner of the contest. All the finalists posters will be gathered in an exhibition. The same artwork will be also collated in a catalogue. The aim of the contest is to raise public awareness particularly amongst people inside the communication industry, and the relevance and importance of social communication.

The contest is now open to everyone who’s willing to confront the stereotypes of social communication and deliver a truthful and meaningful message, without any limit on age, sex, race, religion, profession or favorite color. Deadline: 10 May 2007. No registration fee. Visit the site for details.

NEW!! THE PRINTING AWARDS: In keeping with the mandate to inspire and inform Applied Arts readers, the magazine is launching a STAND-ALONE PRINTING AWARDS. Visit Applied Arts Printing.

DEADLINE: 18 May 2007

WHY YOU SHOULD ENTER? Exposure, exposure, exposure! Winners will also be featured year-round in the PRINTING AWARDS Winners Gallery on our Website, which attracts more than 200,000 unique visitors annually. Entering the 2007 PRINTING AWARDS is an opportunity to promote your talents and receive recognition for the great work you’ve done during the past year.

In today’s highly competitive market, the challenge is how to get noticed. One of the best ways is to promote your talent to Canada’s creative community and potential clients as a winner in the country’s biggest and most important awards contest. The Applied Arts Design & Advertising Awards features the very best work in a variety of DESIGN, ADVERTISING (print) and BROADCAST categories. Check out the ALL NEW easier and faster way to enter online at: http://www.appliedartsmag.com/da.

DEADLINE: MAY 4, 2007.

NEW THIS YEAR! All winning work will be displayed at the first Design & Advertising Awards Winners’ Exhibit, held Nov. 2007, in Toronto. This unique gallery show is expected to draw more than 1000 attendees(Location to be announced).