This year, One Show provides industry ringside seats for Mexican wrestler themed extravaganza.

On May 9, the One Show Interactive awards, the industry’s most prestigious awards competition, will become more interactive than ever as they honor the year’s best digital media and web design. In celebration of the fascinating world of Luchadores, the striking and mysterious masked wrestlers of Mexico, they will install a regulation-sized wrestling ring right in the middle of New York City’s Nokia Theatre.

“Bloody fights, killer instincts, masochistic contenders dressed in outrageous outfits— isn’t this a typical day at the office for the industry’s interactive leaders?” laughs Kevin Swanepoel, President of The One Club. “Seriously, this year’s theme is a literal interpretation of the battles creatives wage everyday—against themselves, the industry, the zeitgeist, you name it. You can’t get any more interactive than putting a small agency in the ring with a big industry and letting them duke it out. We’ve been doing just that with One Show Interactive for eleven years now, and let me tell you, the results can be very surprising.”

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Electrolux Design Lab 2008 invites industrial design students around the world to create tomorrow’s home appliances for the Internet generation, deadline May 30.

Electrolux, a global leader in home appliances and appliances for professional use, launches the 6th edition of its annual design competition via www.ElectroluxDesignLab.com and will select a limited number of entries to compete in Zurich at the international finals October 8 & 9, 2008.

The Internet generation comprises brand-conscious, busy young professionals between 25-35 who are independent, concerned about the environment, and whose lives are intertwined with technology and online social networks.

This year’s submissions should be for 2-3 years into the future and address food storage, cooking, and/or washing. “We are looking for daring ideas and solutions,” says Henrik Otto, Head of Global Design at Electrolux. “Entries should reflect the iGeneration’s core interests and concerns like mobility, convenience, time, materials, personalization, entertaining, technology, and sustainability.”

About Design LabSince 2003, thousands of design students have participated in the Electrolux Design Lab competition, which culminates in a different city every year at an international press event. Previous venues include Paris, Barcelona, Stockholm, New York, and Budapest.

Last year’s competition “Green designs for 2020” was won by Levente Szabó from Moholy-Nagy University of Art & Design, Hungary, with E-wash, a compact washing machine that uses soap nuts instead of detergent.

The Design Lab 2008 has a First Prize of 5,000 Euro and a six-month internship at one of Electrolux’s global design centers. The second prize is 3,000 Euro and third prize 2,000 Euro. An international jury will judge the entries based on intuitive design, innovation, and consumer insight.

Entries must be submitted by May 30, 2008 via the website. A limited number of finalists will be chosen by the end of June and invited to Zurich to make a final presentation to the jury on October 8 & 9 where the winner will be announced and the prizes awarded.

For more information about the competition, high-resolution photos of previous finalists and their concepts, broadcast quality b-roll, and to watch videos from last year’s competition on Design Lab TV, visit www.ElectroluxDesignLab.com.

The premier design and interactive media competition for higher education students from around the world. The Adobe Design Achievement Awards celebrates student achievement reflecting the powerful convergence of technology and the creative and interactive arts.

The competition honors the most talented and promising interactive, motion and video, and traditional media created by students.

Prizes awarded include a trip to the Adobe Design Achievement Awards in New York City, over $60K US in cash and Adobe software prizes.

12 categories in 3 Media Areas

Interactive Media Categories
Browser-Based Design
Non-Browser-Based Design
Designer/Developer Collaboration
Mobile Design
Installation Design
Motion and Video Categories
Animation
Live Action
Motion Graphics
Traditional Media Categories
Illustration
Packaging
Photography
Print Communications

For more info, please visit the site.

Throughout the world climate change is affecting the conditions of nature and local weather. Most people experience these changes as an imbalance between nature and the human environment. This IFLA student competition, with the theme, “TRANSFORMING WITH WATER, THE WAY TO PARADISE?” seeks to stimulate the discussion about the specific contribution of landscape and urban planning and design to realize a new balance between nature and the human environment.

You are invited to name the (local, regional) problem in nature or the human environment that you are most intrigued with, and to link the problem to a specific site/region. You are asked to invent a new, innovating and inspirational solution for the problem and site. Your ideas should include one or more of the following concepts: utopia, autarchy, paradise, sustainability, self-sufficiency. You will also present plans and designs that reflect your ideas. You are free to use a variety of graphic methods to present your ideas. Part of the challenge is to graphically communicate your work as effectively as possible. Scales are free. You are to add a brief (max.350 words) written summary of the project, including project context, ideas and issues addressed and main features.

The 1st place award of $3500 will be awarded by the landscape architecture firm HAN GROUP KOREA, the 2d place award (the Zvi Miller Prize) of $2500 by IFLA and the 3d place award of $1000 by the host association. Closing date of submission is 1 May 2008. Visit the site to learn more.

The Fifth Annual Atlanta Underground Film Festival (AUFF) will take place 20-24 August 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia. The 2008 AUFF will showcase every genre of independent film from across the world during this celebration of the independent artist.

AUFF is a forum where artists can thrive outside the mainstream arena. Creative artists who continuously break the boundaries of film, video, art and music are promoted through AUFF, so they too may have a voice in a market which is typically saturated with commercial entertainment designed to satisfy the audience’s expectations.

Much more than the traditional stuffy film festival, AUFF will showcase short and feature films, art, live music and plenty of late night parties. Special events during AUFF include the Animation Attack! with two nights of animated shorts, demonstrations & discussions. Entry Deadline: 1 May 2008 (postmarked date). Visit the site to learn more.

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) released the call for entries for its 2008 professional and student awards program. The awards honor the best in landscape architecture from around the globe, and will be presented at the ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO in Philadelphia, 3-7 October 2008.

The professional awards entry deadline is 1 February 2008, and submissions must be received by 15 February 2008. Student entry forms are due 9 May 2008, and submissions must be received by 23 May 2008.
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The Adobe® Design Achievement Awards celebrate student achievement reflecting the powerful convergence of technology and the creative arts. The competition - which showcases individual and group projects created with industry-leading Adobe creative software - honors the most talented and promising student graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, digital filmmakers, developers and computer artists from the world’s top institutions of higher education.

The 2008 Adobe Design Achievement Awards gives higher education students from around the world the creative license to propel their careers in the future. Enter in 12 categories in 3 media areas endorsed by the industry, over 60$K US in cash prizes will be awarded in New York City.

Submissions close 2 May 2008. Visit Adobe to learn more.

This film fest offers four categories including: Feature (over 55 min); Short (under 55 min); Documentary and Animation. The festival will accept DVD and MiniDV formats from pre-view screening. Accepted film must be made available on DVD for festival presentation. Productions that are not in English must be subtitled or dubbed in English. Each entry must be submitted with completed entry form. A press kit must accompany each entry. All cash awards will be given to the primary applicant.

Early Bird Deadline: 1 February 2008; Regular Deadline: 1 April 2008; Late Deadline: 1 May 2008. Only the late deadline will be noted on the calendar. Visit the site to learn more.

Every year, Getty Images awards five photojournalists individual grants of $20,000 each, for a total of $100,000. Grant recipients are given the opportunity to sign a one-year exclusive-rights deal with Getty Images whereby their work will be marketed and available for license to customers worldwide through gettyimages.com, while retaining copyright of their imagery.

Upcoming grant application deadlines are 15 November 2007 (Two grants will be announced February 2008) and 15 May 2008 (Three grants will be announced September 2008). Visit the site to learn more.