Brooklyn Art Project is helping an interior design firm source street art photography for permanent installation in a Manhattan retail location. To have your work considered, upload it to Brooklyn Art Project and tag it “streetart7.”

They’re looking for images that are:

• Visually engaging
• Metaphorical
• G-rated
• Hopeful
• Upbeat
• Include street elements (brick, concrete, weathered paint, etc.)

Hurry - deadline is 9 October. Visit the site to learn more.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of the P3 Award Program, is seeking applications proposing to research, develop, and design solutions to real world challenges involving sustainability.

The P3 competition highlights people, prosperity, and the planet as the three pillars of sustainability. The P3 Awards program is a partnership between the public and private sectors to foster progress toward sustainability by achieving the mutual goals of economic prosperity, protection of the planet, and improved quality of life for its people. The EPA offers the P3 competition in order to respond to the technical needs of the developed and developing world while moving towards the goal of sustainability.

Solicitation Closing Date: 20 December 2007, 4:00 pm Eastern Time. Visit the site to learn more.

Electronics engineers, students and academics around the world are invited to submit designs for an innovative product that utilizes electronic components and has a positive impact on the environment, for example by increasing energy efficiency or reducing carbon emissions. The winning entrant will receive a cash prize of US $50,000 as well as the support to move the design towards production. In addition, up to five entrants will be eligible for ‘honorable mentions,’ each receiving a cash prize of US $5,000.

The closing date for registration is 31 October 2007 and entries must be submitted by 30 November 2007. The competition is open to anyone aged 18 or over and the winner will be announced in January 2008. Full details are available at: www.live-edge.com.

Manufacturing Jewelers and Suppliers of America (MJSA) is now accepting entries for its 17th Annual Vision Awards Design Competition, a contest that recognizes the talent and innovation of designers who have influenced the future of jewelry design. Winners will receive up to $1,000 and will be honored at the MJSA Expo New York show on April 13, 2008. Winners will also receive recognition in the MJSA Journal, on MJSA Online and in other trade publications.

All entries must be postmarked by 30 December. Visit the site for details.

Via: National Jeweler Network

Collab will hold its Fifteenth Annual Student Design Competition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Monday, 12 November 2007. This year’s competition is being held in conjunction with the celebration of Collab’s new gallery in the Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building–the first gallery in the Museum’s history to be dedicated permanently to modern and contemporary design. The opening exhibition, Designing Modern: 1920 to the Present, takes a chronological look at the Museum’s collections of modern and contemporary decorative art.

As always, the theme of the Student Design Competition is linked to Collab’s largest annual event. This year, students are asked to consider the scope of the Modern Design dialogue. The challenge is for students to design a “map” that links associations between people, things, or events within the context of revolutionary ideas and trends in art, architecture, and design. The map should communicate the the interpretation of the forces which flowed into, through and around modern design.

• First Prize - $1000
• Second Prize - $750
• Third Prize - $500

Deadline is 12 November 2007. Visit the site to learn more.

Via: Notes on Design

The prestigious HUE® Awards, presented by Benjamin Moore to recognize and celebrate architects and interior design professionals who passionately and consistently apply color in their residential and/or commercial projects, will be seeking entries for its 3rd annual competition.

Prize money totaling $25,000 in five categories will be awarded. Join the ranks of past honorees such as Will Alsop, Jamie Drake, Steven Holl, Ibarra Rosano, David Ling, Moore Ruble Yudell, Rockwell Group, Saia Barbarese Topouzanov, Ettore Sottssass, TVS Interiors and Clive Wilkinson. The deadline is 26 October. Visit the website for a list of rules for entrants. Enter to win the HUE Award and $5,000 for exceptional use of color in architecture or interior design.

Submissions due Friday, 26 October. HUE Awards Ceremony will be held in New York City in March, 2008. Visit the site to learn more.