Hasta La Ideas

Education has been a huge focus for the creative community this year with films like David Guggenheim’s Waiting for Superman and programs like Redu calling attention to the crisis in US schools today. In conjunction with the global events coordinated for Social Media Week 2011 a group of creative agency-types have thrown down the gauntlet, challenging their peers to concept ideas to address the “creativity crisis” within the US education system over the course of the week. No Right Brain Left Behind is using this interesting media moment and giving teams of designers, agencies and consultancies an opportunity to enact some change within a local community. The brief will be announced on February 7th, the first day of social media week and teams have 5 days to pitch their ideas. Tune into their site to register your team or learn more about their well-laid plans.

No Right Brain Left Behind is a speed innovation challenge, calling on the creative industries to concept ideas that can help the creativity crisis happening in U.S. schools today.

In collaboration with Social Media Week 2011, teams from creative industries will have 5 days to concept ideas. On the last day of the week, ideas will be submitted virtually to the RightBrainsAre.us site, and an expert panel will pick 3 winning ideas that are to be featured by our media partners. The best ideas are to be piloted in 2011 and 2012.

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Tune in Thursday, January 27th for the live announcement of the LifeEdited Small Apartment Design Contest winners! With over 300+ submissions and over 500,000 page views already, we are proud to be affiliated with this challenge to do more with less. Launched in October by Graham Hill, founder of TreeHugger, the design competition for a 420sf apartment demonstrates how we can “radically reduce our urban footprint, while living better and saving money.” Check out some of the great ideas online and join the LifeEdited team for the announcement!

When: Thursday, January 27th, Noon EST
Where: Live Online!

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There’s less than a week left to register and submit your best work for consideration in IDSA’s 2011 International Design Excellence Awards.

For over 30 years, IDEA has recognized design excellence in products, sustainability, interaction design, packaging, strategy, research and concepts. The awards program honors new products that have been in distribution between Feb. 2009 and Feb. 2011. The Henry Ford will house the winners in its permanent collection.

Stop procrastinating and enter today!

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What would happen if design projects and initiatives with the potential to change the world were given the opportunity to tell their story? The good folks at ICSID are announcing the launch of the World Design Impact Prize as their answer to this question. This biennial award was created, “to be a great vehicle for social, cultural, economic and environmental progress throughout the world,” as ICSID President Mark Breitenberg explained. The organization created a unique selection process with a public review accessible online followed by 160 ICSID member organizations voting to determine the Prize winner.

Beginning Februrary 22nd, ICSID will be accepting nominations from member organizations. The winner will be announced at the ICSID General Assembly taking place in Taipei, Taiwan in October. Check out their site, www.icsid.org for more info about the Prize and the organization.

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We’re pleased to share an exciting promotion from our friends and partners at IDSA. With the deadline to enter this year’s IDEA awards just two weeks away, registrants entering within the next week can take advantage of additional discounts and offers.

Register and submit your entry by Jan 21st and receive discounted half-price premium gallery listings for your design if selected as a winner, plus you’ll be entered to win one of five passes to an upcoming regional district conference this spring. Don’t wait, enter today!

Also be sure to check out Davin Stowell’s (Smart Design) tips for creating a standout submission, and make the most of your entry this year.

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