Open until 17 February 2012. Approximately 12 days remaining to attend. Read on to find out more details about how you can enter.

Organizer(s): Confindustria Ceramica, Italian Trade Commission.

You can enter or apply for free and without the need of paying an entry fee.

Winners Announcement Expected: April 2012

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The Italian Trade Commission and Confindustria Ceramica, the Association of Italian Ceramics, are proud to announce the 2012 Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition Call for Entries.

The competition, now in its 19th year, recognizes the exceptional work of North American architects and designers who feature Italian ceramic tiles in their institutional, residential or commercial/hospitality spaces.

The winning architect receives a 5-day trip to Bologna, Italy to attend Cersaie 2012 as part of a delegation of design and lifestyle journalists. Plus a a check of $4000!

Design Inspired and Imaginative Architecture Using Italian Ceramic Tiles

Submit new construction or renovation projects completed within the past 5 years. As it is a competition celebrating CERAMIC/PORCELAIN, a percentage of the products featured should be CERAMIC/PORCELAIN tile.

Projects can be submitted in the following competitive categories:

• Institutional
• Residential
• Commercial/Hospitality

The official criteria of the jury include:

• overall design of the project,
• innovative use of tile,
• tile design,
• quality of installation,
• degree that tile enhances the setting and
• the project’s sustainable attributes.

Win $15,000 in Prizes and a Trip to Italy!

Winners in each category will receive a cash prize of $4,000 and a five-day trip to Bologna, Italy to attend CERSAIE 2012 – the world’s largest exhibition for ceramic tile and bathroom furnishings – joining a delegation of top consumer and design journalists.

Ceramics of Italy will award an additional $1,000 to be shared by the winning contractor/distributor team.

Winners will be announced at the Ceramics of Italy Press Conference during Coverings, which will be held 17-20 April 2012, in the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida.

Projects Completed Between January 2007 and January 2012 are Eligible

• The Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition is open to all North American architects and interior designers.
• Domestic and international new construction and renovation projects completed between January 2007 and January 2012 are eligible for entry.
• There is no limit to the number of accepted entries.

Enter the 2012 Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition Online

Submissions must be completed online, no later than 17 February 2012, through the entry form on the official website.

No Entry Fee!

It's free to enter.

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Open until 8 February 2012. Approximately 3 days remaining to attend. Read on to find out more details about how you can enter.

Organizer(s): International Interior Design Association (IIDA).

Winners Announcement Expected: May 2012

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The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) is inviting all interior design professionals worldwide to submit projects to the 39th Annual Interior Design Competition! Submitted design projects must have been completed after 1 January 2010.

IIDA hosts the Interior Design Competition to reward outstanding Interior Design and encourage new ideas and techniques in the design and furnishings of interior space.

Projects are accepted in seven different categories and judged for suitability, originality and successful integration of interior finishes and furnishings.

The 2012 IDC is Looking for Fresh Interior Designs

The 39th Annual Interior Design Competition (IDC) is open for interior design projects in the following categories:

• Corporate
• Education/Institutional
• Government
• Healthcare
• Hospitality
• Residential
• Retail/Showroom

Submissions are judged for suitability of design to the project challenge, originality of the design solution, and the successful integration of interior finishes and furnishings.

Get Honored on NeoCon 2012 + Featured in Interior Design Magazine

Winners are honored during NeoCon 2012 at the annual IIDA black-tie gala, COOL. Winning projects appear in the May 2012 issue of Interior Design magazine.

All Interior Designers Worldwide May Enter!

• Any design professional practicing legally in their jurisdiction may submit design project(s).
• This competition is open to participants worldwide.
• The design projects must have been completed after 1 January 2010.
• Each project may only be submitted once per competition

Enter IDC 2012 by Submitting Online

To enter, prepare and submit:

• Your design firm's contact information including name, address, phone number and e-mail
• Your design project's information including name and location
• A statement describing your project
• 7-10 images of your project including a maximum of 3 floor plans
• Payment processed through iida.org.

All submissions must be sent in electronic format. No hard copy submissions are accepted.

Lower Entry Fees for IIDA Members

The cost to enter is $225 per entry for IIDA Members and $275 per entry for non-Members.

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Open until 14 February 2012. Approximately 9 days remaining to attend. Read on to find out more details about how you can enter.

Organizer(s): Society for Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD).

Winners Announcement Expected: June 2012

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The 2012 SEGD Global Design Awards are now open for entries from environmental designers, architects, students and clients. Exceptional environmental graphic design is recognized in the annual SEGD Global Design Awards Program, illustrating the pandisciplinary nature of visual communications in the built environment.

Winning projects have included complex wayfinding systems, branding and identity work, retail and interior projects, exhibition design, and public art installations.

Winners will be announced at the 2012 SEGD Conference, 8-9 June 2012 in Manhattan and Brooklyn and winning projects will be featured in the award-winning segdDESIGN magazine!

Submit Your Best Environmental Graphic Design Works

The Society for Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD) invites you to submit your best work in:

• Dynamic Environments: media facades, interactive architecture, media-based exhibitions, digital billboards, electronic public art
• Office/Workplace Environments: office buildings, business parks, mixed-use centers, industrial and manufacturing buildings, convention and conference centers
• Leisure/Entertainment Environments: walking and hiking trails, recreation centers, theme parks, arenas, stadiums, theaters, concert halls, cinemas, hotels, resorts, restaurants, spas, fitness centers, parks, gardens, cruise ships, marinas, golf courses
• Educational/Institutional Environments: healthcare facilities, libraries, schools, campuses, government facilities
• Transportation Environments: airports, ports, bus, rail, roadways, parking facilities
• Retail/Commercial Environments: service businesses, malls, storefronts, interiors, food courts, showrooms, outdoor advertising
• Residential Environments: apartments, condominiums, developments, retirement centers, dormitories
• Urban Projects: cities, mixed-use complexes, downtowns, neighborhoods, wayfinding systems, streetscapes
• Exhibitions: museums, zoos, interpretive exhibits
• Trade Shows/Temporary Events: expositions, pavilions, athletic events, festivals
• Master Plans/Planning/Research: conceptual ideas, research, recommendation studies, sign/identity/branding standards, programs
• Miscellaneous: signage, architectural graphics, placemaking, identity programs, public art, donor recognition programs, maps, symbol/pictogram systems, sign codes, gateways, landmarks

The SEGD Global Design Awards Program is open to:

• Environmental graphic designers
• Graphic designers
• Exhibit designers
• Landscape designers
• Interior designers
• Industrial designers
• Graphic artists
• Public artists
• Architects
• Fabricators
• Students
• Clients

Get Featured in the Award-Winning SegdDESIGN Magazine!

Winners will be announced at at the 2012 SEGD Conference, 8-9 June 2012 in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Winning projects will be featured in the award-winning segdDESIGN magazine and on www.segd.org.

The SEGD Design Awards are Open Globally

• Projects entered must demonstrate the use of graphic design elements (including but not limited to typography, symbols, pictograms, diagrams, color-coding, etc.) in the design solution and must focus on the communication of information, identity, or image in the built environment.
• Projects entered must have been completed between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2011.
• This program is open to both members and non-members of SEGD, but members pay reduced entry fees.
• Projects entered in previous years may be entered again if they did not win an award.
• There is no limit on the number of projects that can be entered by an individual or firm.
• Student work is defined as work done in 2010 or 2011 by full-time students enrolled in a recognized design program.
• Jurors and their firms are not eligible to enter.

Entries are Accepted Online

Entries are accepted online via omniCONTESTS. Of course, a registration is required to submit.

Entry Fees Start from $50 for Student Entries

• 1-3 projects:
  • SEGD Members: $120/project
  • SEGD Non-members: $240/project
• 4+ projects:
  • SEGD Members: $100/project
  • SEGD Non-members: $200/project
• Student work:
  • SEGD Members: $35/project
  • SEGD Non-members: $50/project
• Late Entry Fee: $50/project

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The hotel room has been fundamentally the same in design for the past hundred years: bed; desk; bathroom; chair; lamp; TV. However, guests have changed dramatically: they are more technologically savvy, design-aware, in-tune with their sleeping and grooming habits and more sensitive to their surroundings than ever before.

Marriott International and jovoto want to usher in a new wave of thinking around the way in which hotel rooms are designed and built.

Rather than refining or tweaking the traditional hotel room experience, you're invited to push the reset button and design a hotel room from the ground up, incorporating the needs and wants of not just the modern traveler, but the traveler of the future.

Design the Hotel Room of the Future!

Set your spirit free and develop the hotel guestroom experience that might exist ten years from now.

Break through traditional approaches and create a physical space based upon what you imagine are the wants and needs of the traveler in 2022 and beyond. Your thinking should be bold and groundbreaking.

Community and Jury Cash Prizes Available

The total prize money for this challenge is $15,000 and will be broken down in the following way:

• Community Prize (as voted by the Jovoto community): $7,500
  • 1st: $3,500
  • 2nd: $1,500
  • 3rd: $1000
  • 4th-6th: $500
• Jury Prize (as voted by the Jury): $7,500
  • Winner: $4,000
  • 1st Runner Up: $2,500
  • 2nd Runner Up: $ 1,000

A Challenge for Every jovoto Member

• The Room 2020 interior design contest is a public contest on jovoto, that is, everybody can join.
• The submission period is opened from 9 November 2011 until 21 December 2011, and is followed by an only rating period until 28 December 2011.

Submit Your Ideas on the jovoto Creative Platform

This contest is open to all members on the jovoto creative platform. If you don’t already have an account on jovoto, you’ll need to register. The registration is free.

Once you are registered and logged in you can submit your entries via the contest’s page on jovoto.

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Winners Announcement Expected: August 2012

The World Habitat Awards were established in 1985 by the Building and Social Housing Foundation as part of its contribution to the United Nations International Year of Shelter for the Homeless. The World Habitat Awards 2011/2012 Competition is still open for entries.

Two awards are given annually to projects that provide practical and innovative solutions to current housing needs and problems, from the global South as well as the North.

Every year an award of £10,000 is presented to each of the two winners at the annual United Nations global celebration of World Habitat Day.

WHA: Awarding Practical and Innovative Solutions to Current Housing Needs

The World Habitat Awards are open for projects that:

• Demonstrate practical, innovative and sustainable solutions to current housing issues faced by countries of the global South as well as the North.
• Can be transferred or adapted for use as appropriate.
• View the term habitat from a broad perspective and bring other benefits as well, such as energy or water saving, income generation, social inclusion, community and individual empowerment, capacity building or education.

The World Habitat Awards (WHA) competition has a two-stage entry process:

• Stage I submissions need only comprise a summary of the key aspects of the project. From these preliminary submissions, ten projects are selected by an Assessment Committee to go forward to Stage II of the competition.
• Stage II submissions are evaluated by an independent advisory group before being put to a panel of international judges, which include the Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) and the Rector of the United Nations University, Tokyo. Evaluation visits are carried out to some of the projects prior to the final judging.

Two Winning Projects Will Each Win £10,000

As well as international recognition, awards of £10,000 will be made to each of the two winning projects. Trophies will also be presented to the winning projects, and travel and accommodation costs will be met for one representative of each winning project to attend the awards ceremony.

The WHA Competition is Open for Worldwide Entries

• Any individual, organisation or government who has an innovative and practical solution to housing needs and problems from any country of the world.
• More than one entry can be made by the same individual or organisation.
• Entries should relate to housing projects and processes that are either completed or in progress. Those that are at design stage only or in the very early stages of development cannot be considered.
• Previous entrants can re-submit in subsequent years providing that the project has been further developed in the intervening time period.

Enter the WHA Competition Online

Submit your application(s) online on the official website, following the onscreen guidelines and instructions.

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Winners Announcement Expected: March 2012

Designboom in collaboration with DEP - Department of Export Promotion of Thailand, and organizer of the Thailand International Furniture Fair, TIFF - promote an international design competition.

TIFF Award 2012 will be celebrating the refined beauty and luxury of Thai homes and their outdoor lifestyle, the finest indoor/outdoor furniture and home decor accessories made in Thailand for the international market and unique leisure experiences in which aesthetics and environmentalism share equal space.

Participation is open to to applicants from every country in the world, to professionals, students, and design-enthusiasts.

Three Product Design Categories Open for Entries

Entries can be submitted in 3 product categories:

• home interiors
• garden, pool and patio areas, fireside and barbecue areas, spa environment
• resort and hotel hospitality

Each entry should consist of up to six low resolution images of your design and a brief description of the design, as an explanation to you idea.

Cash Prizes + Developing Prototypes, to be Exhibited on TIFF 2012

The designers of 3 winning entries (one for every category) will be granted with cash prize awards of $3,500 USD each. Results will be announced in March 2012, during the 2012 Thailand International Furniture Fair (TIFF).

The jury will also select about 30 designs that will be developed as prototypes by Thai industry and craft and exhibited at TIFF 2012.

Brief Competition Regulations

• The entry submitted is a low-res version of your original work: .gif, .jpeg, (72 dpi) max 150 kb, RGB color mode; 818 pixels wide. Hi-res version is only required if your work gets shortlisted.
• More than one design per artist can be submitted, but each design needs to be submitted as a separate entry.
• Projects participating in the competition, must be original works.
• Projects must be free from copyrights and any kind of obligation.
• The design shall not in any way infringe any third party’s right, including but not limited to copyright, logos, trademark, trade names, or other proprietary rights of publicity or privacy. only entries with a declaration of authorship are accepted!

How to Submit Your Design(s)?

Entries are accepted via designboom. A free registration is required to submit.

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It's time for another challenging contest on jovoto. This time the main task is to design restaurant interior.

Marriott International wants designers to re-imagine what a hotel restaurant concept could look like. They want to break through traditional approaches and introduce a highly dynamic design that can physically transform within a single restaurant space.

Unlike most stand alone restaurants, hotel restaurants need to be flexible enough to offer a variety of dining experiences including breakfast, lunch, dinner, private dining, cocktail happy hours, and even accommodate non-dining occasions such as private/small business meetings.

Objective

Design a restaurant interior that has the ability to physically transition and transform into forms that take on a whole new mood, shape, function, staging, lighting, attitude, and size. This means going beyond the typical transition cues that are commonly used like uniforms, light dimming, and table settings.

You can come up with concepts that either transform the whole space or create distinctive areas that house micro concepts or distinct zones within the bigger space. However, no matter how the concept is expressed, there must be a strong sense of coherence and harmony to the total design.

Prizes

The total prize money for this challenge is $15,000 and will be broken down in the following way:

Community Prize (as voted by the Jovoto community): $7,500

• 1st: $3,500
• 2nd:$1,500
• 3rd: $1000
• 4th-6th: $500

Jury Prize (as voted by the Jury): $7,500

• Winner: $4,000
• 1st Runner Up: $2,500
• 2nd Runner Up: $ 1,000

Rules

• The Restaurant Transformer interior design contest is a public contest on jovoto, that is, everybody can join.

How to enter?

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The winner is: Andrew Lichtenstein

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The Aftermath Project is now accepting applications for the 2012 regular grant for conflict photography.

The Aftermath Project’s mission is to support photographic projects that tell the other half of the story of conflict — the story of what it takes for individuals to learn to live again, to rebuild destroyed lives and homes, to restore civil societies, to address the lingering wounds of war while struggling to create new avenues for peace. Grant proposals should reflect an understanding of this mission.

The Aftermath Project will be giving one $20,000 grant, as well as naming four finalists.

Target Group

The 2012 Aftermath Project Grant is open to working photographers world-wide who are interested in creating work that helps illuminate aftermath issues, and encourages greater public understanding and discussion of these issues.

Grant Requirements

Proposals may relate to the aftermath of numerous kinds of conflict, not just international wars. The conflict may have been at the community level — for example, violence between rural ethnic groups or an urban riot in an industrialized country. It may have been a regional one, such as a rebel insurgency, or it may have been a full-scale war.

There is no specific time frame which defines “aftermath,” although in general The Aftermath Project seeks to support stories which are no longer being covered by the mainstream media, or which have been ignored by the media. In general, conflict should be over for a situation to be deemed an “aftermath.” There are specific cases, however, where conflict may have continued for so long, or be the result of an aftermath situation, that they will be considered to be within the scope of The Aftermath Project.

Grant Value

The Aftermath Project will be giving one $20,000 grant for a photography project on war and conflict. The Aftermath Project will also be naming four finalists.

The winning proposal will become part of the book “War is Only Half the Story, Vol Six.”

Application

Completed and signed application forms and supplementary materials must be received, via Dropbox, no later than 1 November 2011.

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WorldNomads.com and National Geographic Channel are giving one exceptional individual the chance to go on assignment with renowned wildlife photographer Jason Edwards to South Africa!

This is your chance to photograph in Kruger National Park on an 8-day trip with Gap Adventures!

A selection of your best photos will be published on National Geographic Channel where they will be viewed by thousands of travellers worldwide, offering you a once-in-a-lifetime chance to get your foot in the door of one of the most revered exploration organisations in the world!

Target Group

This opportunity is open to any non-professional trying to start a career in Travel Photography - photography students or keen amateurs/pro-amateurs looking for a foot in the door.

• Minimum age 18 with a good level of physical fitness.
• This is a global opportunity - you may be a resident of any country.
• You should be an exceptional photographer with a lust for adventure, have a strong desire to be mentored and grow your photographic knowledge and skills, an ambition to forge a career in Travel Photography, and of course a desire to travel to South Africa.
• Remember this is a scholarship, a learning experience, and therefore will not be suitable for professional or semi-professional photographers.

Number of Scholarships

This is an opportunity for an individual.

Duration

Eight (8) days

Scholarship Value

WorldNomads.com and National Geographic Channel are taking you to South Africa on an 8-day trip, for a chance to photograph in Kruger National Park. You'll also photograph Cape Town in all its vibrant colour and visit a pre-school community project on the outskirts of Cape Town.

Application

In short, here is what you need to do:

1. Shoot a series of photos (maximum of 5)
2. Add your photos to WorldNomads.com.
3. Tell the organizers in 300 words or less about your photos and why you should be chosen.

More details can be found on WorldNomads.com.

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Kaman Art Foundation is calling visual artists, performing artists and art critics to apply for the international artist village residency - Sowing Seeds 2011.

Sowing Seeds is a project that intends to create dialogues and exchanges amongst artists beyond their national identity and serves as an opportunity for rural artists to meet, share and exchange ideas, visions, and diverse views in order to create a deeper understanding of art.

The artist residency will bring together 15 international artists practicing in a wide variety of media, collaboration, outdoor sculpture, documentation, or performing to bring benefit to a specific site and share ideas and methods for a period of 14 days in the village of Barmer, Rajasthan (India).

Target Group

• Young and emerging visual artists, performing artists and critics - Artists who are able to stay at village Gelavas for the designated period of time
• Artists who are able to produce results of his or her residence activities, e.g. exhibitions, performances, concerts or presentations
• Artists who are able to communicate and collaborate with local people and participate in the exchange program

Number of Residencies

A total of 15 artists will be selected.

Duration

14 days (20 December 2011 - 2 January 2012)

Residency Value

The artists residency will provide the selected artists with full lodging and food, work space, local transportation and a small material stipend.

Application

Fill out the application form and send it together with all other required materials (see below) to: kamanartfoundation [at] gmail.com (please replace [at] with @).

Application checklist:

1. Residency Application form
2. Current resume / curriculum vitae.
3. Max. 10 images/ 5 video links with a clear description of the works.
4. Artist Statement (200 word max)
5. What is motivating you to come to Rajasthan, India (200 word max)
6. Project Proposal (200 max) will be relative to environmental, social development to village(with whom you are interested in collaborating)
7. Copy of passport

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