Karmaloop.com and The Cool Kids have teamed up to deliver the biggest contest ever to hit the internet – the $10,000 Cool Kids Cool Cash Contest. They’re looking to find the illest t-shirt design that exemplifies the style, creativity, originality, and straight up dopeness of the Cool Kids! The Grand Prize winner will take home a never-heard-before $10,000!

The winner will be chosen on or before 31 January 31 2009 by loyal Karmaloop customers through online voting. The top 10 vote getter’s designs will be presented to Mikey Rocks and Chuck Inglish of The Cool Kids, and they will pick which design is the winner. The winner will then take home the $10,000. Make sure you get all your friends to vote for your design! Visit the site to learn more.

ID is calling for entries for their 2009 Annual Design Review. Consumer products, equipment, and furniture must have been released to the market during the 2008 calendar year. Graphic, interactive, and packaging designs must have been published or distributed within this period. Environmental submissions must have been realized during this period. Concepts must have been completed during this period. Student work must be the result of a classroom/academic assignment and must have been completed during the 2007-2008 academic year. Students must include a photocopy of an official student I.D. from that year. Any submission that does not meet these criteria will be disqualified.

Entry fee is $100 for each submission, except in the Student Work category. For the Student Work category, the fee is $25 for each submission. Late entries (postmarked after December 1, 2008) must include a $25 late fee ($15 late fee for student entries). Entries postmarked after December 15, 2008, will be accepted only on a case-by-case basis. There is a $10 fee for all returned checks or declined credit cards. Visit the site to learn more.

HUGO Create is an innovative platform for graphic designers, illustrators & photographers: professionals, students or everyone creative at heart. The contest by HUGO Fragrances wants to act as a spotlight for creative talents from around the world.

Round 6 of the HUGO Create contest is now open for entries. The new challenge is: imagine that you have the chance to build your own small world. What would it look like? The aim of this round is to select the things you like on planet Earth and to mix & match them to create your personal universe. The 10 best entries will receive cash prizes of 500$ and the work of the round winner will be published in i-D Magazine.

Deadline for this round is December 5, 2008. Your world is in your hands! So fire up your creative minds & get started. More info on http://www.hugocreate.com.

iGame2, a new social network community for gamers, where people gather to discuss games, game-related media and gamers themselves, announces its recent launch and the kick-off of “Silent Night,” a Gears of War 2 montage competition. The grand prize winner of “Silent Night” will receive a Gears of War 2 prize package, complete with items signed from one of the game’s producers. iGame2 is found online at www.iGame2.com.

“Whether it’s a Midnight launch, convention or other game-related event, iGame2 is there to represent gamer culture. iGame2 features everything a community site should, including blogs, forums, events, personalized profiles and polls, as well as programs unique to the site, such as the deathknox podcast, an interactive video podcast, and the Wire, your ear to the videogame streets,” says Gil Pierre of iGame2. “iGame2 is holding ‘Silent Night’ in collaboration with the site’s launch to showcase the lively atmosphere of gamers and gaming culture it celebrates.”

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Don’t miss your opportunity! Each year thousands of entrants from all over the world compete to gain recognition for their outstanding media solutions. Horizon’s mission is to provide an international stage to promote that great work and to give credit where credit is due! Enter now for your chance to win the highly coveted Horizon Interactive Award and get the recognition that you deserve!

Enter Web sites, CD-Rom, DVD, Video, Flash, Online Ads, Games and more, and you may win a complimentary, double matted winner’s certificate, promotion of your great work on an international stage, free winner’s tools and the ability to own the one-of-a-kind, custom designed Horizon Interactive Awards Statue.

Deadline is 20 February 2009. Visit the site to learn more.

Smith Micro Software, Inc. Consumer Group today announced the availability of GroBoto, a fun and easy-to-use software program that lets artists generate fresh and innovative 3D images and animations in minutes.

Available for PC and Mac users, GroBoto provides a set of powerful and professional-quality 3D modeling, imaging and animation tools to create imaginative images and animations without the hassle of long 3D render times. GroBoto can be used with 2D graphics tools for unique webpages, fliers, posters and illustrations and with 3D tools to build whimsical scenes and objects.

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