The prestigious Innovations Design and Engineering Awards program recognizes the most innovative consumer electronics (CE) products in the industry’s hottest product categories. Innovations has become a hallmark for the best designed products in consumer technology.

Featured in a special display at the 2008 International CES at Innovations Plus at the Sands, honorees receive recognition throughout the entire show and in a variety of events and press articles before and after the International CES.

Innovations 2008 Design and Engineering Awards are open to all, regardless of CES exhibitor status. Entries will be accepted through 28 September with the honorees being announced at CES Unveiled@NY on 13 November at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City. Visit the site to learn more.

All right, web geeks. Don’t even bother to wash your hair. Or go digging for a shirt from this century. You want to really get noticed? Then enter your best work into Applied Arts Interactive Awards 2007.

Winners receive exceptional year-round recognition in:

• The glossy Interactive Issue, published in March 2008, is read by more than 65,000 clients, colleagues and competitors — many of whom are actual, real live girls.
• The year-round site, www.appliedartsmag.com, features the winners in the Awards Gallery, which attracts more than 200,000 unique visitors annually — many of whom might in fact be virtual girls.

Entries must have been active between September 2006 to September 2007.The awards are open internationally to all those involved in the process of developing Interactive Media for corporate or non-corporate organizations, companies, etc. Girls too.

Deadline for submission is 28 September 2007. Visit the site to learn more.

Create a short animation that’s 8 seconds long and that visually expresses “happy birthday.” Then, compete weekly to win Shapeshifter t-shirts and for the grand prize of the Wacom Intuos3 A5 Tablet Pen and Mouse USB Mac/Win.

Free to enter, but get crackin’ - you need to get your entry in by 6 September at the latest to be eligible for a t-shirt or for the grand prize that will be awarded 12 September. Visit the site to learn more.

With the release of the eagerly anticipated Joomla! 1.5, the time has come to allow one of the skilled designers in our midst to become a part of the success that will be Joomla! 1.5. The Joomla! 1.5 Template Contest is open to anyone with a passion for design and a desire to have their design seen and used by millions of people globally as they download and install the stable release of Joomla! 1.5.

The five finalists will each receive a Joomla! prize package that includes a Joomla! laptop bag, Joomla! shirt, Joomla! hat, and a Joomla! 256MB USB memory stick. The grand prize winner will have his/her template added as the third template to the Joomla! 1.5 core distribution to be downloaded in every Joomla! 1.5 package. Contestants will have until the 22nd of September 2007 to submit their designs via a contest thread set up in the Joomla! forums. Visit the site to learn more.

Invista Interiors is seeking entries for the 23rd annual Antron carpet fiber Design Award, including consideration for Product Innovation and Sustainable Flooring Performance honors.

“This is an excellent opportunity for firms, designers and architects to be recognized by industry peers for excellence in design and product development,” noted Bobby Berrier, an Invista vp. “Each year we are amazed by the innovative ways in which the rich colors and textures of Antron carpet fiber come to life in the hands of these talented designers. Work of this caliber helps shape the future of commercial design.”

Entries will be judged on creativity and originality, overall design, and how well the design met the client’s needs. Deadline for entries is 14 September. Winners will be announced January 2008. For more information, visit Antron.

Via: National Floor Trends

With the aim of cultivating and supporting youngsters who are interested to be designers as their future career, in conjunction with Grossé, the worldwide renowned fashion jewelry brand, the winner will be awarded to put his/ her design in production and launch it as part of the Grossé Spring / Summer 08 Collection.

The competition is open to all students who are required to provide evidence supporting their student status (e.g. student ID). Enter a jewelry set with a combination of three kinds of jewelry pieces: e.g. Necklace, bracelets, earrings, rings, brooches and so on. The prizes aren’t shabby - the “Champion” wins US$4,000, award certificate, and a place in the Grossé Centenary Show as part of the Grossé 2008 Spring/Summer Collection.

All materials must bve submitted by 30 September 2007. Visit the site to learn more.