Below are works of last year winners: Natacha Lesty with “Disco Choco” wins Design Challenge 08!
The Disco Choco concept focuses on the theme “disco”: it wants to share the good vibes of pleasant moments, shiny colours, music, pop … The pack wants to be attractive in store and should make consumer desire this product.
Embrechts with “Soft Chocolate Skin” wins the Public Prize
The feeling of existing chocolate packs is always very boring and clean. Also chocolate packaging makes noise and this can sometimes be annoying for you or other people when you want to enjoy your chocolate in a public place.
he student initiatives with the most powerful and provocative solutions will be given financial awards to help fund the implementation of their project. A total of $15,000 will be awarded to the concept or concepts that have the demonstrated ability to ignite change within their local community based on the following broad parameters:
» Addresses a pressing social need within a community
» Can be implemented within that community
» Delivers positive results that can be measured
Awards will be given to fund the material costs of executing the project. Design Ignites Change believes that designers should be compensated for their time when executing socially minded projects. As such, up to 10% of your total requested award amount may be earmarked as an honorarium to cover your time. Monies will be disbursed in one of two ways:
» Paid directly to the vendors contracted to execute the project
» Paid to the school or organization who will oversee the execution of the project
Deadline
The application deadline is December 31, 2009. A complete case study must also be posted on the Design Ignites Change website by December 31, 2009.
Eligiblity
The following groups enrolled in Design Ignites Change are eligible to submit projects developed in 2009 for an award:
» Colleges/universities engaged in projects that use design thinking to address social issues
» Colleges/universities engaged in a youth mentoring program around social issues
» Creative professionals engaged in a youth mentoring program around social issues
Participants in the basic Create! Don’t Hate. billboard mentoring program are not eligible, but any unique extensions – in addition to the billboards – of the Create! Don’t Hate. program, developed by the mentoring organization and the mentees, can be submitted.
Selection
All applications will be reviewed by an independent committee of creative professionals, business, civic and non-profit leaders. Projects will be evaluated on concept, viability, potential for impact, as well as a detailed plan for timely execution.
Modern Painters magazine and Louise Blouin Media are proud to announce the inaugural Re:Vision Design Awards.
The Re:Vision Design Awards challenges emerging designers of all stripes to revisit, rethink and reimagine how we live in our homes.
Whether in the fields of furniture, lighting, product, interior or environmental design, submissions are welcome from across the design spectrum that thoughtfully explore new ways to live, work, play, and interact in the domestic environment.
The first prize winner of the Re:Vision Design Awards will receive $10,000; two runners up will be awarded $2,500.
All three will be featured in the May 2010 issue of Modern Painters.
The jury includes Ross Lovegrove, Renny Ramakers (co-founder, Droog), David Mcfadden (chief curator, Museum of Arts and Design), Rosanne Somerson (professor, RISD) and Cristina Grajales (modern and contemporary furniture dealer, NYC).
At TEDxUSC, computer graphics trailblazer Paul Debevec explains the scene-stealing technology behind Digital Emily, a digitally constructed human face so realistic it stands up to multiple takes.
About Paul Debevec
Paul Debevec’s digital inventions have powered the breathtaking visual effects in films like The Matrix, Superman Returns, King Kong and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
About TedTalk
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.
TEDTalks began as a simple attempt to share what happens at TED with the world. Under the moniker “ideas worth spreading,” talks were released online. They rapidly attracted a global audience in the millions. Indeed, the reaction was so enthusiastic that the entire TED website has been reengineered around TEDTalks, with the goal of giving everyone on-demand access to the world’s most inspiring voices.
Reuse of syringes, all too common in under-funded clinics, kills 1.3 million each year. Marc Koska clues us in to this devastating global problem with facts, photos and hidden-camera footage. He shares his solution: a low-cost syringe that can’t be used twice.
About TedTalk
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.
TEDTalks began as a simple attempt to share what happens at TED with the world. Under the moniker “ideas worth spreading,” talks were released online. They rapidly attracted a global audience in the millions. Indeed, the reaction was so enthusiastic that the entire TED website has been reengineered around TEDTalks, with the goal of giving everyone on-demand access to the world’s most inspiring voices.
Exhibition Opening
22 Nov 2009
5:00pm onwards
Open to public (Opening drinks kindly sponsored by Bombay Sapphire)
Free admission
Exhibition
22 – 29 Nov 2009
10:00am–7:00pm daily
Free admission
The City Hall, Level 4, Waiting Room 2
An exhibition which showcases the outcome of a workshop jointly held by the National University of Singapore and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle (ENSCI-Les Ateliers). The theme for the workshop was ‘water, its relationship to everyday life, the cultural aspects, and the challenges facing sustainable development’. The exhibition presents five different innovative concepts based on the following themes:• Conservation in conversation – how can we involve customers in saving water in a social dining environment?
• How can cities turn rain into a good opportunity through energy?
• Water power – taking a not-necessarily-ecological viewpoint?
• Can we control the dryness in homes by harvesting humidity or rainwater?
• Rain like you have never seen before
This exhibition is made possible with support of Region Ile de France and Embassy of France in Singapore.
What do you get when you release 15 accomplished industrial designers from their strict corporate guidelines; and give them permission to “design anything they want”?
To find out, visit the “Small Thoughts, Big Ideas” exhibition, held at The Arts House, from 20-29th November 2009 (Opening hours: 11am to 8pm daily). The exhibition showcases the broad range of work designed by these talented individuals, and is a fringe activity of the Icsid World Design Congress 2009, organised by the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA).
Known as The Little Thoughts Group, the participating designers are practicing professionals, working for electronic, automotive, computer, furniture, sports and other companies – in Singapore as well as various parts of Asia. Their work is the expression of their different backgrounds and deeply personal perspectives. And the exhibition was conceptualized as a look into a designer’s mind when he’s not at his day job!
From electrical appliances to furniture; from decorative ornaments to fascinating gadgets, the work on display includes experimental installations and even ideas that never saw the light of day – concepts in the form of models, idea sketches and art-work.
Every design has an engaging story. Some are fascinating, some moving, some inspiring, some simply amusing. Come view the designs and discover the stories of how small thoughts grow into big ideas.
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