SEOUL DESIGN OLYMPIAD
Organized by Seoul Metropolitan Government, in partnership with Seoul Design Centre, the event is also celebrating Seoul's designation as the World Design Capital in 2010. The entire event consists of Seoul Design Competition & Awards, Conference, Exhibition and Festival.
Call for entries: Seoul Design Competition
The competition is to be held under the theme of 'Design is AIR' with the goal to uncover environmentally-friendly and creative design solutions for a sustainable city life in the future.
Submission deadline: July 24, 2008
Call for abstracts: Seoul Design Conference
The Seoul Design Conference has been organized to discuss the role of design in future urban life for Designers, educators, city planners, and diverse experts in the design industries.
Submission deadline: July 24, 2008
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SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL CREATIVE INDUSTRY WEEK
A comprehensive platform in Shanghai to promote creative industry development. Organised by Shanghai Creative Industry Center in partnership with Nova, this year's exhibition will reach an even higher level, with increased specialisation and interactivity.
October 15-21, 2008
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17TH BRAUNPRIZE 2009
Call for entries
The BraunPrize seeks to promote the work of young designers from all over the world. This internationally recognised design competition is open to young industrial designers who are still studying or who have graduated within the last two years.
Current industrial design students as well as recent graduates are invited to submit their product concepts to Braun (the participation is free of charge).
The winner of the BraunPrize will receive EUR 12,000 in prize money and a (paid) six-month internship in the Design Department at Braun. Other finalists will each receive a prize of EUR 5,000.
Submission deadline: January 31, 2009
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NEXT-GEN PC DESIGN COMPETITION
Winners announced
Microsoft's Next-Gen PC Design Competition is a competition spotlighting the developers of innovative PC industrial designs. This year’s competition focused on designs that help people do what they feel passionate about. Congratulations to all of the 2007-08 winners!
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DESIGN OBSERVEUR
Submission deadline has now ended
The Agency for the Promotion of Industrial Creation (APCI) launches its 10th call for entries for the "Observeur du Design". The exhibition rewards the best creations from the collaboration between companies and designers and is open to all sectors of business, design consultancies or freelance designers, as well as local or private organisations.
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SHAPING TOMORROW TODAY
Applications are being accepted for volunteers at the Conference and Expo in September. It will be an exciting opportunity to be part of the team of volunteers and be among delegates from sixty countries around the world.
Conference dates: September 4-7, 2008
Montreal, Canada
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AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARDS
The recent launch of australiandesign.org marks another success in the celebration of the 550th anniversary of design excellence in Australia. The winning designs of the Australian International Design Awards are now available in the Icsid Galleria.
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