Archive for January 2008
8 January 2008
The Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft, the Stiftung Zürcher Kunsthaus and the City of Zurich announce an international architectural competition for the Kunsthaus extension. Architects are invited to apply for the pre-qualification round. Design work will begin in April, and the winning submission is to be chosen by the end of 2008. The application deadline is 1 February 2008; relevant documents and an updated list of jury members can be found at http://www.stadtzuerich.ch/hochbau.
Re: Dexigner
6 January 2008
The Chronicle of Higher Education is currently hosting a contest for Bush Library Design Proposals that are to be sketched on the back of a size-10 envelope as if you were just conversing with the President and quickly jotting down some ideas.
Design proposals cans be ’serious, humorous, adventurous, or all of the above’ and the grand prize is a iPod Touch. Plus, the posterity of being the one who offered the design in the first place. I know I’m going to enter this one. I have a great idea (it has something to do with the moon). Postmark deadline is 1 February 2008.
Via: TOI Studio
6 January 2008
The Design Institution invites students and professionals to compete with designing the ideal designer’s workstation for the twenty-first century. Competitors will be able to choose the area of design of their proposal: industrial design, interior design, architectural design, fashion design, etc.
Only digital images are accepted for entry, and they must include concept, technical plans, 3D views, and more. First prize in the student category is $2,000 and first prize in the professional category is $4,000. Winning designs and other selected works will be published in a virtual exhibition at The Design Institution web page.
Registration begins 15 January and the last deadline date for registration is 15 March. You have a choice between early and late registrations and student and professional registrations. Visit the site to learn more about the specs and registration fees and time frames.
6 January 2008
Celebrating the beauty and delicacy of the marine environment, popular websites Wetpixel.com and DivePhotoGuide.com, in association with Our World Underwater, one of the largest consumer dive shows in the US, announce a final call for entries for their 3rd annual, international underwater photography and video competition. The competition has become the “Superbowl” of international underwater imagery competitions, with world-class prizes, major industry involvement, celebrity judges, and the opportunity to have your images showcased to the world as some of the best. Truly an international competition, last year winners hailed from 17 different countries.
Photographers will compete in seven still-image categories and two video categories, to win more than $50,000 in prizes including trips to some of the top dive destinations in the world, including Socorro, Wakatobi-Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Ambon-Indonesia, the Red Sea, Grand Cayman, the Solomon Islands and Vietnam. Other prizes include housings, strobes, lighting systems, signed books and other valuable items.
Deadline for submissions is 15 January 2008. The official competition website has links to entry forms, guidelines prizes and more information: UnderwaterCompetition.com.
6 January 2008
Rodos International Films + Visual Arts Festival Ecofilms, invites the participation of documentaries, shorts and features with environmental and ecology themes, encouraging conservation issues and issues related with the natural, the human and the built environment.
Prizes are awarded to the films for their innovative approach in conservation issues for their daring proposal in subject matter and their artistic qualities overall. The International jury awards prizes for both the international and national competition categories and the two audience awards are coordinated by the Rodos Cinema Society.
If you have made a film that you feel fits within the described themes please sent a viewing cassette with English subtitles for the preselection committee to view. Deadline is 1 March 2008. Visit the site to learn more.
6 January 2008
Rings & Things invite you to show them your favorite handmade design — it can be anything made from six categories including glass, gemstone, alternative materials and more. Winning entries (with credit to the designer) could be featured in their catalog and promotions. That’s exposure to more than a million people per year worldwide.
Entries accepted from 1 February through 29 February 2008. Winners announced the first week of May. Be aware that by submitting an entry, you give Rings & Things permission to use images of your piece in print and online publications. Visit the site to learn more.
6 January 2008
It worked before, so they’re doing it again: Webware is launching its second Webware 100 Awards, honoring the people’s choice for the best Web 2.0 apps and services. There are 10 categories for awards in the Webware 100 including audio, browsing, video, publishing and photography, communications and more. Each category will have 10 winners in it.
The first stage in this contest is a nomination phase, so if you know of a site that you want people to vote on, nominate it now. Nominations will close on 25 January 2008.
As a warning, there’s no need to nominate a site more than once or to encourage friends to nominate an application or site that you’ve already nominated. Save those efforts for the voting phase, which will be announced after Webware has processed the nominations. Visit the site to learn more.
6 January 2008
Every year PhotoshopCAFE’s biggest event is the design challenge. This year will be no exception (They already had to move the site to a dedicated server because of the contest traffic). Join creative minds from around the planet and battle for over $10,000 in prizes and R-E-S-P-E-C-T. As always, there is no cost to enter. This year, they are designing a cover for a Video Game. It’s a Photoshop theme and even if you don’t enter, the entries are a ton of fun to look at!
All entries must be posted no later than midnight PST 31 January 2008. Visit the site to learn more.
6 January 2008
Agora Gallery of New York City is pleased to announce its 23rd juried competition. Awards valued at Thirty Eight Thousand dollars ($38,000) will be distributed as follows: exhibition at the Chelsea gallery, cash awards, Internet exposure and publicity in ARTisSpectrum magazine.
The exhibition will take place in Chelsea, New York City. The gallery/artist split will be 50/50. In the spirit of giving, Agora Gallery will split its share of artwork sales resulting from the competition exhibition with Art Start, an innovative program that brings art and artists to homeless children.
Visit http://www.agora-gallery.com/2008 to enter online or download the submission form. Deadline: 7 March 2008.
6 January 2008
The College Television Awards competition, sponsored by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation, rewards excellence in college student video, digital and film productions. Students currently enrolled in a community college, college or university may apply, and for the first time, can submit their video entries online. The entry deadline is 15 January 2008. Visit the site to learn more.
