Archive for July 2008
20 July 2008
Shift has been trying to offer artists many platforms to showcase their works online. The Shift calendar competition held from 2003 successively, pushes the boundaries between online and off line using a “calendar” as its medium. Entries are invited from all over the world and selected works will be distributed throughout the world in the format of a physical calendar.
This year, selected works will be exhibited and sold at PRINT’EM web site for a year with support by PRINT’EM, a graphic print center operated by Mitsubishi Paper MIlls Limited.
The deadline for this competition is 10 September 2008. Visit the site to learn more.
17 July 2008
All photographers, amateur and professional, are invited to submit their work for the 2009 International Garden Photographer of the Year.
Building on the success of 2008, International Garden Photographer of the Year offers photographers the opportunity to win in excess of £20,000 cash and equipment as well as international exposure in an exhibition at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The Award is open to all photographers who are invited to submit works within seven categories: Wildlife in the Garden; Plant Portraits; Garden Views; People in the Garden; the Edible Garden; Trees and World Botanic Gardens. There is also an award for the Young Garden Photographer of the Year for budding photographers under 16 years old.
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17 July 2008
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Blu-ray are changing the way you watch movies! Be part of the ultimate in high definition by creating your own poster, ad or video for Blu-ray. Sony encounrages you to design an original, exciting and passionate expression of why Blu-ray offers the best movie experience with its high definition, better-than-cable or satellite quality, better picture than DVD and pure hi-def audio. Come up with an incredible idea as well as the tagline, “Why Blu?” and you could win amaing Sony prizes including a Sony PlayStation 3 with built-in Blu-ray Disc Player and $250 cash or scholarship.
Deadline is 30 July 2008 at 11:30 pm PST. Visit the site to learn more.
17 July 2008
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Rethink the idea of what a conference is and should be while sharing the vision and insights of Webby Award Winners and Academy members. Come see what’s next in interactive media, entertainment and advertising, all at this exclusive event. WebbyConnect will take place from October 22 to 24 at The Ritz-Carlton in beautiful Laguna Niguel, California.
Today is the final day to save $400 on WebbyConnect. Register now for the all-access summit pass to take advantage of this amazing offer.
15 July 2008
The street designs of the past are not adequate to meet 21st-century challenges. Therefore, Transportation Alternatives is looking for new conceptual and physical approaches to the planning of public streets by asking participants to redesign the intersection of 9th Street and 4th Avenue in Brooklyn, NY. The street will be re-imagined as a healthy, safe, and sustainable 21st-century street. The competition will conclude with an exhibit in a public place in December 2008. A publication will also be produced to highlight entries with significant merit that may not have been included in the exhibition and all submissions will be available for public review on this web site once awards have been announced.
The competition is open to the entire public: they hope that community members without any design training as well as design professionals and students will submit their ideas for street design improvements at this intersection. The registration deadline is July 18 (this week!), and all entries are due on August 18 by 5 PM. Visit the site to learn more.
15 July 2008
Above: “HELP!” by Lana Sef.
DESIGN 21: Social Design Network, a joint-venture project founded by Felissimo and UNESCO to inspire and promote design for the greater good, is proud to announce the results of its Millennium Promise competition. The latest in a series of thought-provoking online competitions, designers of all disciplines were invited to develop a new, web-based media campaign for this non-profit organization with the mission to achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals (MGDs) in Africa by 2015. These eight globally endorsed objectives address the many aspects of extreme poverty, hunger and preventable disease. Close to 80 designers from 26 countries responded to this challenge. Millennium Promise selected “Eight Goals” by Jisuk Jung of South Korea as the Overall Winner. Jung will be awarded $5000. In addition, a DESIGN 21 jury, consisting of four members of its advisory board, selected winners for a prize of $1125 each. There was also an awareness-raising popular vote for a prize of $500, which generated hundreds of responses from around the globe.
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