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.
“V for Vase” presents the processes and results of a workshop collaboration between Hans Tan Studio and the National University of Singapore Industrial Design Programme.
The “imaginative thinking” workshop directed by Hans Tan consists of a series of progressive exercises aimed at unraveling one’s imaginal thoughts and developing one’s lateral thinking abilities. “Vase” was chosen as the subject for the workshop where each of the 24 final year industrial design students apply aptitudes harnessed from the workshop to reconceptualize the notion of a ‘vase’ and develop a design proposition in the form of an object or an installation.
The exhibition reveals 24 conceptual vases and documents more than a hundred unique vase definitions developed during the workshop, which would prove more telling than that found in the dictionary – “An open container, usually used for holding flowers or for ornamentation.”
Deadline: October 31, 2009
Design a basketball shoe for a professional athlete. Choose an athlete from the past or present and create a signature design based on their attitude, position, or skill-set. Consider the upper and bottom designs and how to solve for problems such as traction, cushioning, lateral movements, ankle support, etc. The winner will be published in SLAM magazine.
Deadline: January 31, 2010 Purpose
To improve the culture of lighting design and to develop young new talent
Awards [Tax included]
Gold Award [1]
Certificate of award and 1,000,000yen
Silver Award [2]
Certificate of award and 300,000yen
Bronze Award [5]
Certificate of award and 100,000yen
Honorable Mention [Limited Number]
Certificate of award and prize
Web Best Design Award [1]
Certificate and prize
Web Excellent Design Award[2]
Certificate and prize
Entry Eligibility
Any student from institute of learning as of September 1, 2009
Can you deepen the meaning of the dining experience by designing for the many ways, places, and foods we eat today? Can your design innovation solve a problem or enhance a mood? Then World Kitchen, LLC, invites you to submit your design in its international design competition, What’s Bubbling? Redefining Dining! Three Top Award winners will receive $5,000 plus an expense-paid trip to the International Home + Housewares Show in Chicago March 14-16.
Registration deadline: 15 September 2009
Entries deadline: 15 September 2009
The Global Lenovo Mobile O1 Cover Design Competition (hereinafter referred to as “The Competition”)
is jointly organized by Lenovo Mobile O1 and NewWebPick, who has won a large following in the global
creativity sector. The Competition aims to touch up the cover of the delicate Lenovo Mobile O1 with
the designers’ brilliant concepts, thus evolving them into customized designs for the vigorous
Lenovo mobile users. Through the stylish touch of the designers’ works, the Lenovo Mobile O1 will be
re-designed to shine with the unique and colorful individuality of the users.
Awards
First Prize (1 person): USD3,000
Second Prize (2 people): USD800
Third Prize (3 people): USD500
For more information, please visit http://youwin.newwebpick.com/o1/
The [d3] contest is a yearly competition hosted by imm cologne, developed and organized by the German Design Council. In 2009 the [d3] contest is announced for the seventh time. Students and graduates from all over the world are requested to submit prototypes and designs in the field of interior design for the competition and exhibition.
In search for that perfect bag, Sembonia has created a platform for all budding and aspiring designers to dream, and make that dream a reality!
Design 2 bags that not only capture the essence of fashion but are also stylishly functional. Impress us with your designs and originality by creating the following bags:-
Day : Bold & Playful
Evening : Chic & Glam
Submit your original designs from 1 August to 15 September via this website. 10 outstanding designs will be selected by our panel of judges and fabricated for the final showcase at Zirca on 23 October 2009 .
NUS ID 2nd year student, Darren Yeo, won the top prize for Gifts and Premiums for the modern and happy office design competition and 3rd year student, Cheng Siew Ming, was also awarded the 2nd runner-up in the same competition. This competition was organized by Singapore Gifts and Stationery Show 2009.
Top prize: Diao Yu, Darren Yeo
Corporate gifts and premiums are effective marketing tools, but are easily forgotten by consumers. The attachment of an experiential encounter with the gift would, however, be able to create a lifelong memory. Hence, an exquisite teabag collection, inspired by Singapore’s iconic oolong tea, 钓鱼（diao yu）, has been created to also cater to the caffeine needs of a working adult, both locally and internationally. Besides breaking apart from conventional appearance, the tea filter will also be made with environmental-friendly material for the eco-friendly consumers.
3rd Prize: Plantimo, CHENG SIEW MING
Nature in sight can make people feel happy and relax. But what if nature plays another role in office?
“Plantimo” is the product everyone will keep eyeing on. It serves as a timer clock which counts down to the end of work. User set the time by turning the leaf knob that works on the turn-and-dial phone mechanism. Ticking off silently, the plant will rise slowly, seemingly growing to life, and finally a bud opens slightly to reveal the hidden flower. This mimics the mood of workers, blossoming after a hard day of work, revealing the fruit of labour.
The Kokuyo Design Awards opens its 8th year as the competition that seeks to commercialize outstanding product designs presented from designers and users worldwide.
In the 2008 competition we received 1240 submissions (970 from Japan, 270 from overseas) and the competition continues to expand as an international award in product design. Also last year we released three new products from 2007 winning entries, “Kamikire” writing paper, “Beetle Tip” three-tipped highlighter, and “Tidbit” memo pad.
The Kokuyo Design Award seeks to cast creativity and ideas into commercial products available to everyone. So come and participate in the Kokuyo Design Award 2009. We look forward to your creative entries.
Theme: Foundations
Needed most today are solid foundations:
Our families and friends, leaders we can trust,
Our beliefs, values, and identity,
The cause or purpose of our actions, and a reason for being,
The support for our basic needs, a place where we can live peacefully, a rewarding workplace,
The water, air, and land that make all the processes of life possible.
The competition seeks new designs for items to serve as foundations for future ways of life:
Safe and innovative stationery our families and friends can use;
Furniture that supports and enhances the energetic spirit of people we work with.
Things that prove useful in emergencies, things we can’t do without,
Tools and objects that assists us and provides us with emotional support,
Things that we feel joy in buying and continue to enable us to experience the pleasure we felt when we first acquired it.
In times of worsening economic conditions, surely there are things that are all the more vital to us than ever before.
Additionally, the competition are looking for items that are also meaningful in protecting the earth’s environment.
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