Registration Deadline: 18-Sep-2009
Submission: 2-Oct-2009

urbanSHED International Design Competition challenges designers to conceptualize a cutting-edge sidewalk shed to protect pedestrians, improve the pedestrian experience– and make New York City even more attractive for generations to come.

More than 6,000 sidewalk sheds flank New York City’s buildings and construction sites. They span more than 1,000,000 linear feet and typically remain in place for nearly a year. While these sheds protect pedestrians from construction debris and support other construction structures, they undermine the beauty of New York City’s architecture.

We’re seeking a fresh, new sidewalk shed design that’s sustainable, economical, meets or exceeds current safety requirements and City regulations, improves technical and structural performance – and creates a better environment for the people who live in, work in and visit New York City.

Awards
Stage I
$5,000 stipend for the three finalists to participate in Stage II

Stage II
The Grand Winner will receive a monetary award in the amount of $10,000. The urbanSHED International Design Competition sponsors will seek to fabricate and install the winning project on a job site in Lower Manhattan.

The NYC Buildings Department plans to issue an OTCR (Office of Technical Certification and Research) Bulletin establishing the winning sidewalk shed design as an approved standard that can be used by industry.

For more information, please visit the competition website.

Application Deadline: 11th Dec 2009
The competition will comprise two categories:

A- CERAMIC PRODUCTS SHAPED BY DRY PRESSING.
1st prize: Euro 3600
2nd prize: Euro 1800
B- CERAMIC PRODUCTS SHAPED BY OTHER METHODS
1st prize: Euro 3600
2nd prize: Euro 1800

The objectives of this competition is: The product should be innovative in terms of shape, asethetics or function, should offer enhanced decorative potential, be good value for money and be produced by a process that is environmentally friendly.

For more information, please visit the competition website.

The legendary design team Charles and Ray Eames made films, houses and classic midcentury modern furniture. Eames Demetrios, their grandson, shows rarely seen films and archival footage in a lively, loving tribute to their creative process.

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.

Daniel Libeskind builds on very big ideas. Here, he shares 17 words that underlie his vision for architecture — raw, risky, emotional, radical — and that offer inspiration for any bold creative pursuit.

About Daniel Libeskind
Being a designer of breathtaking and sometimes confounding buildings seems almost a footnote to the amazing life of architect Daniel Libeskind.

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.

Deadline:17 July 2009

The City of Seoul is pleased to announce 2009 Public Design Competition with the theme of “Seoul, I Design” as followings. This competition is open to a global audience.

1. Competition Theme : The all public design for women

2. Concept of Design
- Public design for mothers accompanied by infants and children
- Public design geared toward women’s safety
- Public design for the woman’s urban convenience
- Public design which provides women with pleasure and comfort both physically and psychologically.

Below are some past year winning entries:

For more information, please visit: http://english.seoul.go.kr/gtk/news/news_view.php?idx=892

Deadline: August 3, 2009

Demand for outdoor kitchens is exploding. According to a December survey by the American Society of Landscape Architects, outdoor kitchens are among the most popular spaces being designed for residential clients. “Homeowners are requesting landscape architects design complete outdoor rooms, such as kitchens and bars, for entertaining.“

Submit a conceptual design for an exterior residential room appointed with pieces from Kalamazoo’s Custom Outdoor Kitchen Collection.

Winning designs will be presented online and in the November/December issue of Garden Design magazine.

For more information, please visit: http://www.dexigner.com/jump/news/17964

Deadline: October 30th, 2009

The subject of this international competition is a bath designing program to complement the antelope collection on the DNA+ web site:

Products have to be designed for all, in other words have an easy access, be environmentally safe, compliant for a use in a wet environment for a residential use as well as for a commercial use. Material limitation; wood, Corian, aluminum, stainless steel, glass, acrylic glass.
Technology limitation: die making, tubing, extrusion, thermoforming, CNC machining are preferred.

DNA+ is looking for new and innovative functional designs. Each submitter is to invent new ways of relating to life in the bath environment.

Each submitter will have to be able to transition a vision into real working products for daily life use. Entries are invited for the following categories:

• FURNITURE> such as cabinets, Shelves, mirrors, wall mounted boards, seating…
• ACCESSORY> such toilet paper holders, hangers, towel bars / holders, tooth brush holders, soap dispensers, soap dishes, cups, magazine holders…
• LIGHTING> such as a wall / ceilling lights, sconces or objects with integrated light such as a mirror or a countertop…).

For more information, please refer to http://www.dna-plus.com/call_for_entries/call_for_entries.html

Mr. Huat Lim “ZLG Design: Evolved Typology”
12 September 2008 (Friday)
4pm-6pm at LR 426, Level 4, SDE 3 (Registration at 3:30pm)
Department of Architecture
School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore.

Kengo Kuma is going to give a talk about “anti-object” at NUS Architecture Department on Friday 29 August 2008.
Born in Kanagawa, Japan in 1954. He completed his Master degree at Tokyo University in 1979, and continued as a visiting scholar at Columbia University from 1985 to 1986. In 1990 he established Kengo Kuma & Associates. From 2001, he has been a professor at Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, and is currently serving as the 2007–2008 Plym Distinguished Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Illinois, USA).

For more information about the talk, please visit http://www.arch.nus.edu.sg/50/lectures/index.html