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SABS DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD 2008 OPEN FOR ENTRIES
Pretoria (South Africa) - The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) Design Excellence Awards aims to recognise the achievements of South African product designers, encourage local product design and manufacture, and promote international competitiveness of local products.
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IF CONCEPT AWARD 2008 HONORED BEST 100 ENTRIES
Hannover (Germany) - The newly devised iF concept award student competition, held for the first time this year, more than exceeded all expectations with approximately 2,100 entries submitted from 37 different countries from around the world.
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: 2008 STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION FOR ROTATIONALLY MOLDED PRODUCTS
Glen Ellyn (United States) - The Association of Rotational Molders (ARM) International developed the Student Design Competition to encourage the use of rotational molding as a tool for design and engineering students.
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DYSON DONATION TO THE MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
Montreal (Canada) – First Dyson vacuum cleaner to be presented to a Canadian cultural institution.
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LONDON-MILAN 2008: THE DUAL CITY SUMMER SESSIONS IN DESIGN
London (United Kingdom) and Milan (Italy) - Students and new designers from around the world are once again invited to enrol onto the London Milan Summer Sessions for four weeks of design tuition and experimentation in world-renowned institutions.
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DEADLINE SET FOR THE 2008 GOOD DESIGN AWARDS
Chicago (United States) - Now in it's 68th year, The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design announces this year's deadline for GOOD DESIGN™ 2008, for the best new global product design and graphics, as July 1, 2008.
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MAYOR OF BARCELONA OPENS THE ART CENTER GLOBAL DIALOGUES
Pasadena (United States) and Barcelona (Spain) - Barcelona's Mayor, Mr. Jordi Hereu, will open The Art Center Global Dialogues on March 7th with a welcome address highlighting the impact of art and design on business innovation as demonstrated through the unique educational partnership between Art Center College of Design and ESADE Business School.
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WDC: A COMPETITION OF IDEAS FOR MERCHANDISING
Torino (Italy) - This is a major opportunity for all young designers from all around Europe. Torino 2008 World Design Capital launches a competition of ideas to create objects that will become a part of its merchandising line.
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