I.D. is now accepting entries into the 2009 Annual Design Review. Winners will appear in the July/August 2009 issue of I.D. Beginning this year, the Annual Design Review will also feature a new category for Student Work, replacing the Student Design Review. Students should now enter the competition using the standard Annual Design Review entry form.

Since 1954, the Annual Design Review has recognized the best in product, furniture, graphic, and environment design, from the iconic to the obscure. Throughout the years, this annual showcase has chronicled the evolution of design, and highlighted its impact on our material and visual culture. Each year, the featured work is chosen by a jury of leading practitioners, who, along with I.D.’s editorial team, focus the abundance of submissions into a clear survey of the state of design. The resulting overview is published in the July/August issue of I.D. magazine - the Annual Design Review issue.

Deadline is 1 December 2008. Visit the site to learn more.

Photo: Belkin Cable Dome, Kenneth Mori, principal designer; Dale Honda, senior mechanical engineer, 2008 Design Distinction Award.

Redesign the broken models of the 20th century. Challenge our patterns of living and working in a fuel-hungry world…come up with solutions that connect us, make us more efficient, more humane. Focus on one area that needs fixing—products, interiors, buildings and landscape, communication systems, or anything else you can imagine—and develop your idea fully.

This competition, sponsored by Metropolis’ Next Generation, is open to all designers in practice ten years or less. All entries must be submitted by 30 January 2009 at 11:59pm PST. Residents of the following states by law are not required to pay an entry fee: AZ, CT, MD, ND, and VT. Visit the site to learn more.

Above: 1st Prize [d³] contest
Raphael von Allmen (ECAL) - Chair.

This competition is one of the most prestigious competition platforms for up-and-coming designers of interior products. It is open to students and graduates from the fields of product design, industrial design or interior architecture and allows all interior products like furniture, lighting, textiles, carpets or wallpapers at the status of prototypes at the time of the fair or in preparation for serial production. The jury of the “interior innovation award” will select the best developments and present the award to up-and-coming designers at imm cologne 2008.

All entries have to be submitted by September 15th 2008 (date of postmark) to the German Design Council which is organizing the competition on behalf of imm cologne. Visit the site to learn more.

Spark is the exciting new competition created to promote great design and designers. They invite everyone to participate - designers, art directors, architects, design firms, manufacturers, institutions, ad agencies, students and novices may enter and enjoy the Spark Design Awards.

Graphics, product, transportation and architecture are just a few of the many design categories accepted. If you or your company create great designs, don’t miss the opportunity to compete in this important event.

To accommodate the greatest possible range of designs and designers, and to lower the initial cost of entry, the SparkAwards are now configured as a “two-phase” competition, just like a sports playoff series. In Phase I, the entrant will upload an image of their work and short description to the Spark website. The Phase I fee is US$125.

The first phase (virtual jury) final deadline is August 1. An international jury will carefully review the entries in early August. Phase I entrants chosen by the Jury will then have the option to participate in Phase II, as a Spark “Challenger “candidate, with payment of a second fee of $250. Phase II deadline is September 1, 2008. Jurists will judge the actual, physical works of design, so you’ll need to ship your design to the Jury site by September 5. Visit the site to learn more.

Incheon Metropolitan City, the Host city of Asian Games 2014 and Global Fair and Festival 2009 Incheon, Korea invites designers around the world to participate in the Incheon International Design Competition as part of the Incheon International Design Fair 2008.

Primary submissions are in the Product, Package, and Environment Design Fields, with a designline of Friday, 4 July 2008 at 18:00 KST. Visit the site to learn more.

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