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