Hasta La Ideas

For more than three decades (33 to be precise) IDSA and IDEA Awards have stood for awarding excellence in the field of products, sustainability, interaction design, packaging, strategy, research and concept design. The 2013 registrations are now open with the Early Bird phase coming to an end pretty soon. What I really like about this award is that IDSA goes the extra mile to ensure designers get adequate exposure through exhibitions and tours. Last year they had one in Boston and one in Korea.

For 2012, IDSA took it upon themselves to relay the message that “Good design is the basis for improved products, better business and a richer life.”

Every year some of the most innovative and thought-provoking products and concepts come out of the IDEA competition crowned as gold winners. These projects always leave us craving more information about the approach, their inspiration and what made them stand out from the other entries each category. IDSA has compiled an exclusive Q&As that addresses these queries in what they call “IDEA Insights” for 2012. Have a look.

Important Dates:

• Regular application deadline – Feb. 11, 2013, 11:59 PM PST
• Late application deadline – Feb. 25, 2013, 11:59 PM PST
• More Info Here

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(Good Design = Best IDEA! 2013 Registrations Are Open was originally posted on Yanko Design)

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If you are an aspiring, young or establishing-yourself kinda designer, then the next three days are very important for you. The A’ Design Award has opened doors to the Year of Design Campaign, which is an opportunity for designers to join the competition with discounted fees. The doors (or discount window of 60%) remains open for 3-days only. So this means from 27-30 December 2012. In other words it’s Santa’s way of giving you a bonus gift this year!

The reason why we resonate with A’ Design Award is that it offers a platform for designers that creates publicity, PR push and advertisement opportunities for award winners. The competition supports the global design culture by creating incentives for participants to come up with superior designs for a better future.

So once again here are the details for you:

Discounted Entry Nomination Ticket for Year of Design Campaign can be used by participants that fulfill one of the criteria below:

• Designers, Engineers, Artists and Architects
• Students in Design, Engineering, Arts and Architecture fields
• Not valid for corporations or enterprises with more than 10 workers

How to Apply

To apply to this program, you can purchase “Year of Design – Discounted Entry Nomination Ticket“. After purchase, you can directly proceed to uploading your designs, and use the ticket code that will be sent to you for completing the nomination process.

Application Dates:

• 27 – 30 December 2012.
• A Countdown Timer has been uploaded for your convenience.

During this short-time period, nomination tickets for the A’ Design Award and Competition are offered to eligible prospective participants at a 60% Discount: entries will cost 175 Euro instead of 375 Euro which is the late entry period fee.

Nominations Deadline: 28th of February, 2013.

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(A’ Design Award & Competitions’ Year of Design Campaign was originally posted on Yanko Design)

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Competition: we’re giving readers the chance to win one of five packs of greeting cards that can be crafted into model boats.

Noticing that cards are usually discarded soon after they’re received, British company Foldable Cuts designed this set so they would be kept. The front of each card has a picture of the boat you can make and the net to create the model is printed on the back with simple cut-and-fold instructions.

The series of five cards includes a dingy, sailing boat, cargo ship, cruiser and a yacht. Individual cards can be bought for £3 each and the whole collection is available for £14 from the Foldable Cuts website.

To enter this competition email your name, age, gender, occupation, and delivery address and telephone number to competitions@dezeen.com with “Not Just a Card” in the subject line. We won’t pass your information on to anyone else; we just want to know a little about our readers. Read our privacy policy here.

Competition closes 15 January 2013. Five winners will be selected at random and notified by email. Winners’ names will be published in a future edition of our Dezeenmail newsletter and at the top of this page. Dezeen competitions are international and entries are accepted from readers in any country.

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Competition: Dezeen is giving readers the chance to win one of five Pilot Stools in collaboration with Belgian design brand Quinze & Milan.

The stools have gently-curved seats with a matte top and glossy underside, finished in black or white.

The ends of the tapered oiled-oak legs are threaded so they screw into the seat, exposing four small dots of wood in the top.

Rounded caps in the same material as the seats cover the bottoms of the legs to prevent damage to floor surfaces.

Designed by Patrick Rampelotto and Fritz Pernkopf, the Pilot range includes a small stool, which can be won in this competition, as well as a kitchen stool and bar stool.

Other designs for Quinze & Milan we’ve previously featured include a folding aluminium chair designed by KiBiSi and giant versions of David Weeks’ Cubebot toys.

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To enter this competition email your name, age, gender, occupation, and delivery address and telephone number to competitions@dezeen.com with “Pilot Stools” in the subject line. Please specify whether you would like a black or white stool. We won’t pass your information on to anyone else; we just want to know a little about our readers. Read our privacy policy here.

Competition closes 8 January 2013. Five winners will be selected at random and notified by email. Winners’ names will be published in a future edition of our Dezeenmail newsletter and at the top of this page. Dezeen competitions are international and entries are accepted from readers in any country.

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Competition: Dezeen is giving readers the chance to win one of three copies of the first limited-edition It’s Nice That Annual.

135 selected art, photography, graphic design and illustration projects from the past year feature in the hardback compendium.

Dutch artist Parra designed the cover of the 264-page book, which contains large colour photographs and short descriptions about each project.

The annual is a limited edition of only 1500 copies and costs £35 to buy.

It’s Nice That is an online art and design publication founded in 2007 and this annual is their biggest print publication to date.

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To enter this competition email your name, age, gender, occupation, and delivery address and telephone number to competitions@dezeen.com with “It’s Nice That Annual” in the subject line. We won’t pass your information on to anyone else; we just want to know a little about our readers. Read our privacy policy here.

Competition closes 11 December 2012. Three winners will be selected at random and notified by email. Winners’ names will be published in a future edition of our Dezeen Mail newsletter and at the top of this page. Dezeen competitions are international and entries are accepted from readers in any country.

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