7th L’argus Competition

Launch of the 7th L’argus Competition’s web site “Invent a vehicle that is useful for Society”
the 7th L’argus Design Contest, open to European students, is online! After 6 years dedicated to the commercial vehicle, the Competition extends its scope to the broader sense of “vehicle” that is an original, innovative and useful concept for the […]

Saint Etienne International Design Biennial, France 2008

10 years of meetings, exhibitions and exchanges, that focus on design and designers!

Original and unique event in the world of design, having been created by the Saint Etienne School of Art and Design (formerly the Ecole régionale des Beaux-Arts (regional school of fine art), the Saint Etienne International Design Biennial has, since its early days, […]

ARTEINGENUA, PLAY THE GAME

INTERNATIONAL PAINTING, SCULPTURE AND PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION FOR YOUNG ARTISTS
PLAY THE GAME – get into the game with art
One of the enterprises supported and promoted by ARTEINGENUA S.p.A. (hereafter referred to as ARTEINGENUA) is the organisation of the second International Competition “ARTEINGENUA Prize 2008” offering the following awards:
-First prize €30,000.00
-Second prize €7,000.00
-Third prize €3,000.00

The Second ARTEINGENUA […]

DESIGNR RDV, THEWHITEHOTEL

Thewhitehotel exceptionally opens its doors to become the meeting place between an upmarket audience and the design world.
Pro Materia and Thewhitehotel are launching two new editions of DESIGNR.RDV on 14TH/15TH June and 13TH/14TH December 2008.

Encouraged by the great success of the first DESIGNR.RDV event, that took place in September 2007, in the light of design […]

Trophée Up Design 2008

until September 30th 2008
THE POLE ENFANT SEARCHES THE BEST YOUNG DESIGNERS IN CHILDREN’S PRODUCTS TROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

After having studied over 120 projects sent in by nearly 250 art and design school students, the 2006 “Trophée Design” is ‘growing up’ and is now the “Trophée Up Design”.
The aim is to spot the best projects in art […]

Breakthrough for Life-improving design

Today Singapore’s Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, Dr. Lee Boon Yang, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Copenhagen, Denmark with the Danish Minister for Economic and Business Affairs, Bendt Bendtsen. This MOU will see the establishment of a Singapore-Denmark Cooperation program on Design to Improve Life. The signing of the MOU is […]

Peugeot Design Contest 08

“IMAGINE THE PEUGEOT IN THE WORLDWIDE MEGALOPOLIS OF TOMORROW”
Create a Concept Car which is designed to evolve within the cities of the future, whilst retaining the key values of the 21st century. The projects should bear Peugeot’s stylistic codes and must contain the following four aspects included in this design competition: environmental awareness, social harmony, […]

Samsung Young Design Award

The multinational company Samsung Electronics Italia is taking off for the second time with its competition aimed at students of Italian design schools, the Samsung Young Design Award.

Milan, April 8th, 2008. Samsung Electronics Italia presents the second edition of the Samsung Young Design Award, a competition aimed at all Italian design students. After the […]

PENTAWARDS 2008

from 1st May 2008 to 13 June 2008.
Pentawards, Pentawards is the first and only worldwide competition exclusively devoted to packaging design in all its forms. It is open to everybody in all countries who are associated with the creation and marketing of packaging. The winners will receive bronze, silver, gold, platinum or diamond Pentawards according […]

Design Observeur 09 competition is open

Registration deadline : june 6th 2008
The Design Observeur 09 exhibition will be held at the Cité des sciences et de l’industrie in Paris from October 2008 to January 2009. It will presents the all of the products labellised by the Design Observeur in 2008.

Organised since 1999 by the APCI, the Observeur highlights and rewards each […]

Restructuration of public spaces of the Eiffel Tower

In celebration of the 120th birthday of the tower, the Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel decided to restructure the public reception and access areas of the tower. The proposal of SERERO Architects aims to create a temporary horizontal extension of the third floor of the tower in order to increase the quality of the […]

IIR 2008 AWARD “COPPER AND THE HOME”

Deadline : September 30, 2008.

The Italian Copper Institute promotes a competition for the creation and design of objects made with copper or its alloys.
Topic of the competition
The design of a home décor object whose realization provides for the use, in a proper and significant way, of copper or its alloys (brass, bronze, cupronickel, etc.).
Design criteria
The […]

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