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Fly your Ideas
06.11.2008
The competition is open to college and university students from around the world, studying a degree, Masters or PhD in any academic discipline, from engineering to marketing, business to science and philosophy to design. The proposals can look at a wide range of topics including new materials, products and/or processes as well as aircraft performance, manufacturing and organisational and operational performance.
A top prize of €30,000 is offered to the team whose idea demonstrates the greatest potential for improvement. The teams will advance through different competitive and challenging rounds, concluding with a live final at the Le Bourget Airshow in June 2009.
To find out more visit the website at http://www.airbus-fyi.com/ .
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SASBE2009 Sustainability Challenge - CIB Student Competition
05.11.2008
The challenge is to propose a concept for a living area or single home that produces sustainable energy that equals out energy consumption. This includes energy for mobility, operation of buildings, product and food production, etcetera. The setting is an urban environment with different means of transport (private and public).
Competitions
Student Architect of the year competition
31.10.2008
November 14th Deadline for Student Entries.
Awarded to a student who has demonstrated devotion to elevating the art of architecture. He/she will receive publication of his/her work in the 2008 International Design Awards art book, to be distributed to museum bookstores nationwide; promotion in a newletter to 100,000 design professionals and potential clients worldwide; year-long coverage on the International Design Awards website; and critical acclaim by our distinguished panel of judges.
Find out more: www.idesignawards.com
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Brit Insurance Designs of the Year Student Competition 2008
20.10.2008
This competition is inspired by the Design Museum’s annual industry award and exhibition Brit Insurance Designs of the Year. The exhibition celebrates the most innovative and memorable new designs both nationally and internationally, across seven design categories.
Run by the Design Museum and the Specialist Schools & Academies Trust, this competition is open to all design students in Years 10 to 13 taking GCSE or post-16 design courses within Design & Technology or Art & Design subject areas. Inspiring them to develop innovative design concepts and ideas, the competition aims to increase young designers’ awareness of and enthusiasm for design.
Design briefs can be downloaded from the website
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Accordia wins 2008 Stirling Prize
12.10.2008
The six finalists for the 2008 RIBA Stirling Prize where;
- Accordia, Cambridge by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios /Alison Brooks Architects/Macreanor Lavington (odds: 5/1)
- Amsterdam Bijlmer Arena Station, Amsterdam, Netherlands by Grimshaw/ARCADIS Architecten (odds: 9/2)
- Manchester Civil Justice Centre, Manchester by Denton Corker Marshall (odds: 7/2)
- Nord Park Cable Railway, Austria by Zaha Hadid Architects (odds: 4/1)
- Royal Festival Hall, London by Allies and Morrison (odds: 5/1)
- Westminster Academy at the Naim Dangoor Centre, London, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (odds: 3/1)
The Stirling Prize 2008 was coverred live on Channel 4 and hosted by Kevin McCloud.
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Make and Sell with Ponoko
11.10.2008
Ponoko manages every detail for you to buy, make and sell stuff. This service includes a marketplace for shoppers to find the most original designer crafted goods, match making between shoppers and designers to get exactly what you want, a personal online factory for you to 'click to make' whatever you can draw, and a personal online shop to show, share or sell your stuff.
*Everyone who uploads their creations to Ponoko owns the copyright absolutely, subject to other people's rights (if any). They also enable you to set copyright license using the Creative Commons scheme - from all rights reserved through to free and open use, with a few in between.
To check out ponoko for yourself visit; http://www.ponoko.com
Send us some pics of your products to theteam[at]finalcrit.com
*Something we at finalcrit.com believe is very important. Did you know that when you create a finalcrit portfolio your work is copyrighted to you! Just check out the bottom right of you portfolio next time.
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Le Corbusier Exhibition
30.09.2008
The Art of Architecture takes an in depth look at the projects, interiors and art of Le Corbusier and reveals the man behind the myth.
The exhibition presents his most important architectural projects, furniture and interior designs, his paintings, textiles, drawings and books. It gives a comprehensive introduction to Le Corbusier's work and influences, but also reveals new views on Le Corbusier for people already familiar with his architecture.
2 October 2008 - 18 January 2009 The Crypt, Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral
- The exhibition includes:
- original architectural models
- furniture
- vintage prints
- drawings and paintings
- specially built models
- reconstructions of historical interiors
- Previously unpublished material includes original film footage by Le Corbusier,
- the large-scale mural painting from his own office and reconstructions of
- architectural models built by Le Corbusier, such as 'Ville Contemporaine', the
- monumental model of his utopian masterplan for Paris.
To find out more and book tickets visit here .
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Sizes May Very
28.09.2008
Part sketchbook, part reference book and part notebook – it is a space for composing and visualizing layouts, sketching and developing ideas, taking reference and making note.
Sizes May Vary has been published in two editions, International and US.
The content within each edition is location specific.
Contents
Detailed thumbnail illustrations for composing and visualizing layouts.
– incl. stationery, mail, audio/video & data packaging, browser windows, banner ads, press ads, posters & billboards.
Gridded paper, blank paper and 'pp' signature sheets for sketching and exploring ideas.
A detailed written reference of worldwide standardised formats and systems.
Note paper for expanding and personalising the reference.
A ‘quick reference’ poster of standard international paper sizes.
A CD containing copyright free editable vector files of all illustrations.
Specifications
336 pages, 290 x 210 mm, paperback
Poster (828 x 570mm, finished to 276 x 190mm)
Compact Disc*
ISBN 978-1-85669-543-5
*Royalty Free
To find out more, take alook inside or find local stockists visit http://www.sizesmayvary.com
Competitions
Jump the gap: Roca International Design contest for future generations of designers.
24.09.2008
"Jump the gap" starts from the assumption that young creators design today whilst thinking about tomorrow; a tomorrow when the limitations of today will not apply and when new needs, architecture, technologies and products will emerge, helping us to improve people's lives by improving their well-being, hygiene and comfort.
This year, the Roca International Design Contest is aimed at creative people who think towards the future whilst designing today.
Looking for designs that can bring forth their vision of conceptually innovative bathroom products and solutions: new products, new spaces and/or new uses and functions.
"Jump the gap" is a creative contest proposal that brings new and innovative concepts to the bathroom, understanding innovation as the anticipation of users' new desires and needs,
as well as the transformation of dreams and desires into reality.
Application deadline: 31st December 2008
Entries must arrive by 13th March 2009
Award ceremony September 2009 (100% Design London)
Visit the Website: http://www.jumpthegap.net
More information: rocacontest@bcd.es
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Transform The Future 2008
10.09.2008
The second year of the Dalsouple ‘Transform the Future’ design competition attracted entries from every corner of the world. While last year’s winner was close to home in the UK, this year the honours went to a remote corner of Argentina. Leonardo Bercovich Sisack and Noelia Canizares Majek, students at the National University of Tucuman, collaborated on a stunning design for the Luis Braille School for visually impaired children. The children helped select the Dalsouple textures and colours that were incorporated into the final design. Textured rubber was used to improve wayfinding, not only on the floors but on walls and corners around the school. Leonardo and Noelia also came up with a series of structured floor and wall games and puzzles, some using Dalsouple’s magnetised rubber tiles, to create a lively, interactive learning environment.
The interpretation of sustainability encompassed not only the use of natural materials but also the broader context of improving quality of life for an often marginalised group – the visually impaired. Recognising that human interaction and social inclusion are key facets of the sustainability story, the Luis Braille school project used natural and sustainable materials to enable pupils to move freely within, interact with and learn about their environment. This small project ‘contributes to the development of our society by making the built environment more adequate, beautiful and a truthful expression of our goals as human beings.”
Next year’s competition
To reflect the growing importance of sustainability in the design mix, Dalsouple will be running the competition again in 2009 in an expanded form. Entries will be welcome from both students and professional designers, and there will be an opportunity to submit product designs as well as interior projects using DalNaturel natural rubber.
To find out more about the 2009 competition visit - http://www.dalsouple.com/Commercial-Design-Competition.htm