Daily Telegraph Adventure Travel Show photography competition is searching for the nations (as in UK) best amateur travel photographer. Over the coming months leading up to the opening of the show they are asking you to scour your albums for just one image that captures the spirit of adventure travel. Anyone can enter; all you need is a keen eye, a dash of adventure and digital camera.

Only send photos taken personally by you, or your family, for non-professional and non-commercial purposes. They reserve the right to crop or re-size your image so that it fits the format of our web gallery but will not otherwise alter it. Please read their terms and conditions before submitting your photos.

The prize is a free place on ‘Spirit Of Cuba’, a learning holiday in Cuba in autumn 2008, at which the winner can develop their travel photography (and/or travel writing) with expert tutors on location. Over 7 days the winner will be visiting and practicing in Havana, Trinidad and Vinales - the three most photogenic locations in Cuba. Prize includes accommodation and tuition, but not flights. The winning image will also feature as part of the 2009 show advertising campaign.

Closing date for the competition is midnight on Friday 4th January 2008. Visit the site to learn more.

Hey folks - here’s another view of a turkey for your Thanksgiving holiday. Actually, it’s Istanbul, Turkey.

I enjoy this holiday weekend as it allows me to catch up on overdue work while everyone’s out stuffing their faces. No interruptions, in other words. Nice. Too short.

But, this is a great time to get together with family and friends, and I hope you all have a great time. Just please don’t call me and tell me about it as I really do enjoy my solitude. Have a great weekend and I’ll see you on Monday!

The Singapore Design Festival is a biennial platform that brings the best minds in the field of design from Singapore and around the world together to engage in a dynamic design dialogs. The Festival is not just a showcase of leading-edge design; it creates opportunities for networking and exchange of ideas, transforming Singapore into a vibrant and creative international design hub of activity from 28 November to 8 December 2007.

With contributions from more than 130 partners from different industries, the events range from major international presentations to Singaporean showcases to trade events, alongside award ceremonies, talks, workshops, product launches, open houses and designer parties.

All this is made possible by the fact that this city state is an increasingly emerging creative design hub with a dynamic pool of Singapore and international design talents and design-led companies. As the city where diverse cultures converge and multi-national businesses gather to trade thoughts and commerce, the Singapore Design Festival is fast becoming recognized as a “must-attend” event on the international design calendar.

Integrating Habitats is a premier international design competition aimed at generating innovative ideas and site designs that protect and enhance water quality, as well as fish and wildlife habitats. Integrating Habitats calls for innovative, visionary design proposals that combine design excellence, ecological stewardship and economic enterprise.

Integrating Habitats seeks multi-disciplinary, collaborative designs of the future that integrate built and natural environments. Winning designs selected by this world-renowned jury will redefine the current language and standards of environmental sustainability by fostering balance between conservation and development, maximizing biodiversity and safeguarding water quality for this generation and those to come.

Deadline for competition is 17 December. Visit the site to learn more.

The National Association of Home Builders’ 50+ Housing Council has issued a call for entries for The Best of 50+ Housing Awards 2008, the premier design and marketing competition for the seniors housing industry. Professionals involved in this market niche have until February 29, 2008 to enter their best community designs, model merchandising, and advertising and marketing efforts.

The 2008 program features more than 50 categories covering all aspects of the 50+ housing market. Active adult categories range from overall community and clubhouse design to condominium unit design and model home merchandising. Other design categories include aging-in-place, assisted living, congregate-living community, continuing care retirement communities, mixed-use, multifamily housing, renovated housing and special-needs housing.

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Microsoft has announced the launch of its 6th annual worldwide Imagine Cup competition with a total prize fund of USD 200,000. This year’s theme is “Imagine a world where technology enables a sustainable environment”.

The Imagine Cup now incorporates nine categories, consisting of Software Design, Embedded Development, Game Development, Project Hoshimi: Programming Battle, IT Challenge, Algorithm, Photography, Short Film and Interface Design.

The competition is open to all college or university students in part-time or full-time education. Last year, more then 100,000 students from over 100 countries participated in the event. Deadline dates all vary on the category, but all must be received before the end of June 2008. Visit the site to learn more.