The Lighting Architecture Movement Project (LAMP) has launched its 2015 International Lighting Design Competition, to once again offer designers the opportunity to engage their talents in unique conceptual explorations and to connect the local community to architecture and design. This year the competition is themed “Crystallize” and open for entries in three (3) separate categories: Student, Emerging & Established. The L A M P 2015 competition includes a Grand Prize of $1,000, a $500 Inform Interiors Award and a professional internship at Andlight.

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After the successful first edition, Association Amici of the Future Film Festival of Bologna is very pleased to announce the second (2015) edition of the Scrambler You Are international video contest. The aim is to discover new filmmakers, giving them the opportunity to express their creativity through the Scrambler World, the iconic motorcycle of Ducati. The 2015 Scrambler You Are prize fund includes a total of 6,000 Euro, 5,000 Euro of which are reserved for the Official Jury award and 1,000 Euro for the People’s Jury award.

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The Alliance for Artisan Enterprise is calling all artisans and artisan supporters to share their perspective on the value and impact of the $34B a year artisan economy and how artisan enterprise empowers individuals, families, and local economies around the world. The organizers want your photos, videos, drawings, or other multimedia to help them spread the word on the value of artisan enterprise as the next startup economy. Participants will have the chance to win an expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C., cash, and a feature in the Alliance global marketing campaign for the artisan sector! The cash prize for the winner is $1,500.

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To discover today’s finest photographers capturing the best spontaneous moments of the world we live in, LensCulture is hosting its first ever Street Photography Now 2015 Awards. The competition is open for all professional and amateur street photographers around the world, 18 and older. Winners receive $15,000 in cash grants, global recognition, and exposure to LensCulture’s audience of over 1.4 million.

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XHY Intelligence is hosting a design competition for smart pet systems, called SparxSmart Design Contest 2015, inviting all creatives older than 21 to participate. The objective is to design the SparxSmart Pet Kit system, for a chance to win three (3) months of paid working experience in China, cash or products. The SparxSmart Pet Kit consists of the following six (6) products, which need to be designed:

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The Fumetti in Treviso association announces the 4th International Competition for New Authors “TCBF” in collaboration with the Scuola Internazionale di Comics and in occasion of the Treviso Comic Book Festival 2015. The theme of the 2015 competition is Future Handicraft. The compositions must be stories related to the handicraft, craftsmen, their skills, instruments, places, in the past, present and especially future… The prizes, offered by Scuola Internazionale di Comics, are: 500 Euro for the winner, 300 Euro for the second place and 200 Euro for the third place.

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The Taiwan International Graphic Design Award (TIGDA) 2015 competition has opened for entries and designers from all regions and countries are invited to participate. The Competition is open for innovative works in two categories – Poster Design and Corporate Identity Design – through individual or group registration. Almost 30 separate awards – medals and certificates – will be announced in November 2015 and the best works will be features in a special publication prepared by the organizer.

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The Berlin Festival of Lights announces its 1st (2015) international projection mapping competition, to award outstanding, creative and innovative video mappings and art works. The competition is open to both professionals and amateurs for individual or team entries. A total of 20,000 Euro will be awarded in prize money and the winning works will be shown during the whole festival for 10 nights, 5 hours per night. The creator(s) of the winning works will also be invited to the festival.

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The INDUSTART international industrial design awards have recently launched in Ukraine, as an annual competition open to industrial designers in more than 30 countries. INDUSTART is not only a multilevel competition but great annual arrangement that will become the event in the sphere of design, modern art, technologies and business perspectives for everyone who need the beauty and harmony of the human-made objective reality. The INDUSTART 2015 winner will get an unforgettable trip to the most anticipated event, the epicenter of creative ideas – Maison & Object exhibition, which will be held in Paris in January 2016. The winner will also be awarded a Wacom Cintiq 13HD interactive display.

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Registration in the eVolo 2016 Skyscraper Competition for high-rise architecture has been opened. Architects, students, engineers, designers, and artists worldwide are invited to take part. Established in 2006, the annual Skyscraper Competition by eVolo magazine is one of the world’s most prestigious architecture awards. It recognizes outstanding ideas that redefine skyscraper design through the implementation of novel technologies, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations along with studies on globalization, flexibility, adaptability, and the digital revolution. The prize fund for 2016 includes a total of $8,000, of which $5,000 are reserved for the 1st place winning entry. Winners and special mentions will also be published in the book eVolo Skyscrapers 3 and several international print publications.

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