It’s that time again - time for the reddot design award. Participation extends to all designers, design studios, companies, research laboratories, inventors, design professionals and students from anywhere in the world are eligible to enter.

All kinds of inventions, novelty designs and aesthetic designs that are not in the market, and not produced for sale before 1 December 2008 can be entered. Award decisions are taken on the concept presentations directly by the jury during the adjudication process.

Registration deadline is 11 July 2008. Visit the site to learn more.

Diesel Wall is an international art contest that aims to bring intriguing/inspiring/insightful/inciting contemporary ideas to giant urban canvases in city centers around the world. Diesel Wall was born out of a need to salvage what precious public space is left. They will take your art, your powers of dissuasion; your ability to disrupt; incite; excite; inspire and intrigue; to make comment; to make beautiful; to make real; to make people think again. And they will give you walls in four major cities around the world to express yourself!

You must be logged in as a DIESEL CULT user to upload file. Deadline is 11 July 2008. Visit the site to learn more.

The 2007-2008 ImpressInPrint.com Inspired Artist scholarships are awarded four times per year in the amount of $500 each. The scholarships are open to eligible students currently attending university, college, trade school, technical institute or vocational program in the 2007-2008 academic year. Eligible students may not have already been receiving or awarded a full-tuition scholarship or waiver from another source. International students are welcome to apply.

You must explain why you chose art as your direction of study over other educational opportunities and what contribution your art will make to the world and society. Then, you must explain how will the ImpressInPrint.com Inspired Artist Scholarship help you meet your educational and professional goals. One digital image or photo of one piece of artwork is required as well. Deadline is four times per year. Upcoming deadline is 14 July 2008. Next deadline is 14 October 2008. Visit the site to learn more.

LittleBigPlanet is a new type of game in which characters and levels are designed by players, who can then share their creations with the world. It’s a platformer with a creative edge - described as the Youtube for games, it’s going to be an endless pixel canvas for your wildest design schemes.

Sony have asked us to seek out the best character design to be incorporated into the retail version of the game. That means, of course, that not only will hundreds of thousands of people see your design, but they’ll be using it throughout the game - a fairly unparalleled way of getting your unique style recognised.

Your character will be in good company - so far, 20 creative visionaries have contributed their level designs, including: Build, Kate Moross, Peepshow, Trevor Jackson and Yuko Kondo.

Voting on entries begins on July 14 2008. For more information, brief and the design template, check out the site at Don’t Panic.

Two freelance editors are currently working on a new book about graphic design and designers. They need your help with collecting some statistics about your prefession and professional habits. The survey shouldn’t take more than five minutes of your time. Just think - you’ll be part of history! So help these folks out and take the survey…

One of the most important topics in the upcoming presidential election is immigration reform. Here’s your opportunity to express your opinion creatively and collectively make a difference as part of the Student Voices community. Create an illustration, political cartoon or piece of art about Mexican/American immigration reform and you could win $500! Demonstrate the current ideas and attitudes towards immigration reform in your town or school and show us what your friends and family think by showcasing your artistic talent. Support your ideas by voting in your next election!

Open to anyone who is a resident of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia or Mexico, has access to the Internet, and is 18 or older at the time of entry. Deadline is 17 July 2008. Visit the site to learn more.

Over $15,000 in prizes to be awarded in the latest MyToons animation contest including trip to NYC to see winning animation in Times Square! Deadline is 4 September 2008.

MyToons.com – now in HD – today announced the launch of its latest innovative and imaginative contest for animators all over the world. “Get with the Times!,” an HD animation contest sending one Grand Prize Winner to New York City to see their animation played on a Clear Channel billboard, powered by Adobe Flash technology, in Times Square. Animators are invited to submit their HD animations at MyToons.com/contests/TimesSquare.

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You’ll have to have your head in gear for this one, as it’s due this Sunday, 29 June! Fiat, in association with Don’t Panic, wants artists to design a poster on the theme of ‘Everyday Masterpieces.’ This is to celebrate the spirit of classic design inherent in the recently revamped Fiat 500.

The theme can be interpreted pretty broadly. Look at the brilliant designs that they might take for granted but couldn’t live without, like the new Fiat 500, for example. The poster design doesn’t need to include the Fiat, so don’t think of it as an ad for the car. Instead, reinterpret the classic designs around you – the drawing pins, tea pots, scissors, chopsticks (okay, most things on your desk) – and creatively re-envision them. Rethink the icons of the everyday.

The winning poster design will be printed on one side of our Future poster in July, and distributed in 160,000 Don’t Panic packs around the globe. Plus, the winner will be sent exclusive invitations to the 500 Picnic. This will be hosted at Alexandra Park on 5 July, and guests will be presented with designer Guzzini hampers, brimming with Italian food and drinks. The afternoon will be packed with events, from volleyball games to tai chi lessons, and they have personally guaranteed glorious weather. Picnic attendees will also be able to enter competitions to win their own brand new Fiat 500 and many other prizes. Learn more at the Don’t Panic (seriously!) Web site.

Architecture for Humanity is teaming with Google SketchUp to host “Sportables,” a one-week design sprint. Nothing connects kids like the power of play. Yet, too often kids cannot afford necessary equipment and do not have access to competitive facilities. How can they build a unit that turns would-be play spaces around the world into instant stadiums–equipment and all? Help them design a demountable play space and equipment library. Designs will be showcased on the Open Architecture Network and on Google SketchUp’s 3D Warehouse. The winning team will receive $1,000 design stipend to further develop their concept.

Deadline for this competition is 30 June 2008.

At right: Sleepwalker, Josephine Sacabo.

Fifteen photographer’s portfolios are to be featured in Artists’ Showcase, The Center for Fine Art Photography’s new print publication.

Additional awards include:

• Cover photo in Artists’ ShowCase
• Portfolio exhibition in the Center’s gallery
• Online gallery exhibition of the 15 selected portfolios for two years
• Inclusion in the Center’s Annual Collection CD that goes to publishers, collectors, designers, and brokers

The Deadline for submissions is July 25, 2008. For more information or a prospective about this and other call for enties please visit the Center’s website.