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Here is news that will warm some hearts and give relief from the bitter cold sweeping across the United States of America; WDR announced the World Design Rankings in Arts, Architecture and Design. United States takes the first place among 69 represented countries in 2013 with 112 Design Awards won globally. I have recapped some samples of the kind of amazing works that have won at the A’ Design Awards & Competition; of course the rank order is in there as well.

WDR World Design Rankings announced the updated design rankings of countries based on the number of design awards won at international juried design competitions and awards. United States ranked as number 1 among the 69 represented countries, followed by Italy, England, Japan, Brazil, China, Germany, Korea, Hong Kong and Turkey, which took the top positions in 2013.

The main objective of the world design rankings is to contribute to global design culture through advocating and highlighting good design.

Debuting new countries that were added to the list include Puerto Rico and Iceland, a new section called “Design Business Insights” has been introduced. The is a new way to get quick answers, the “Design Classification Platform” ranks designers, artists and architects in hundreds of creative fields and design categories. Using this platform you can get instant answers to questions like “What is the best advertising design agency in the world?”, “Who is the worlds’ leading architect?”, “Who is the best Graphics designer in Japan” etc.

The Designer Rankings provides an overall score and ranking of all designers based on the number of design awards won globally, in more than hundred creative disciplines including product design, graphic design, architecture, interior design, fashion design and service design.

Up Bathroom Collection by Emanuele Pangrazi

Rising Moon by Stanley Siu

Smartstreets-Cyclepark by Chris Garcin and Andrew Farish Smartstreets Ltd

A’ Design Awards & Competition

A’ Design Award and Competition aims to highlight the excellent qualifications of best designs, design concepts and design oriented products worldwide. The primary aim of the award is to create publicity, PR push and advertisement opportunities for award winners while supporting the global design culture, creating incentives for entrants to come up with superior designs for a better future. Learn more or submit your projects here.

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(WDR World Design Rankings: United States Is Numero Uno! was originally posted on Yanko Design)

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This is the sevent anniversary of one of the largest international design awards for young design talent. The iF concept design award is for students and graduates from all design disciplines and the jury is looking for concepts that represent a response to future challenges and that consider intelligent and contemporary design strategies.

The iF concept design award 2014 is one of the largest international young talent awards that’s open to all design disciplines. Enter now and use the opportunity to present and compare your ideas on an international level!

• The top 100 entries will be acknowledged with an iF concept design award 2014! Out of these, the very best entries will each get a share of a EUR 30,000 cash prize.
• There will also be two special prizes with a prize money of EUR 5,000 each where you can register additionally: The ‘Hansgrohe Preis 2014: Efficient Water Design’ as well as the “Haier Special Prize 2014: Wonderful Home Life – free your imagination on the elements of food, water and air”.
• All entries to the iF concept design award that match these themes can also be submitted to the special prizes. You only need to check the respective tick boxes in the registration form.

Register your entries by 9 January 2014: 
Online registration

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Yanko Design
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(The iF concept design award 2014 – Enter NOW! was originally posted on Yanko Design)

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Name, fame and accolades, the perfect ingredients to a successful launch or a sustainable career! The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) opens its International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) 2014 and wants you – yes designers – YOU, to participate and win all of the above in just one go. The call for entries will remain open until February 14th, 2014 and the awards are open to designers, students and companies worldwide. The important dates and further instructions are after the jump.

IDEA accepts entries in the following categories:

• Automotive & Transportation
• Bathroom, Spa & Wellness
• Children’s Products
• Commercial & Industrial
• Communication Tools
• Computer Equipment
• Design Strategy
• Digital Design
• Entertainment
• Environments
• Garden & Patio
• Home Furnishings
• Kitchen
• Sports, Leisure & Recreation
• Medical & Scientific
• Office & Productivity
• Outdoor Products
• Packaging & Graphics
• Personal Accessories
• Research
• Service Design
• Social Impact Design
• Student Designs – Concepts Welcome

For complete competition information visit: http://www.idsa.org/idea

Timelines and Fees are here.

• Regular application deadline: Feb. 14, 2014, 11:59 PM EST
• Late application deadline: Feb. 24, 2014, 11:59 PM EST

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Yanko Design
Timeless Designs – Explore wonderful concepts from around the world!
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(The International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) 2014 was originally posted on Yanko Design)

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Competition: Dezeen is giving readers the chance to win a set of Christmas cards printed with wintery images of London‘s Modernist architecture by designer Stefi Orazi.

Stefi Orazi‘s range of six Modernist London Winter Edition greeting cards are festive versions of her original Modernist London range.

The cards depict the Barbican Estate, Centre Point tower, Golden Lane Estate, 2 Willow Road terraced housing, Brusnwick Estate and the penguin enclosure at London Zoo, all in the snow.

Orazi’s greeting cards can be purchased from her online store.

To enter this competition email your name, age, gender, occupation, and delivery address and telephone number to competitions@dezeen.com with “Modernist London Christmas cards” 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.

You need to subscribe to our newsletter to have a chance of winning. Sign up here.

Competition closes 2 December 2013. Five 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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Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Intier Automotive Eybl to give readers the chance to win one of three chairs moulded from flax.

The FLAXX Chair by Austrian designer Martin Mostböck has a seat shell made from natural flax fibres taken from linseed crops, which are moulded into a three-dimensional form by pressing multiple layers of the material.

All four legs are connected at the front of the chair, so the seat and backrest are cantilevered. This form allows the chairs to neatly stack on top of each other.

Available in a range of colours, the pictured model with a sand seat and white frame will be received by winners of this competition. For more information about the design visit the FLAXX website or check out the company on Facebook.

To enter this competition email your name, age, gender, occupation, and delivery address and telephone number to competitions@dezeen.com with “Flaxx chair” 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.

You need to subscribe to our newsletter to have a chance of winning. Sign up here.

Competition closes 18 December 2013. 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.

Here’s some more information from Intier Automotive Eybl:

The FLAXX Chair is a hybrid design which offers the comfort of a free-swinging chair as well as the functionality of a conventional four-legged chair. The novel structure of the support frame and the combination of advantages from both designs is a contemporary interpretation in both form and function. The seat shell is made from natural fibre mats, which are moulded into a stable three-dimensional form by pressing multiple layers of the material. The mats predominantly consist of flax, an annually renewable raw material, and are held together by textile polypropylene as an adhesive.

The seat shell and frame are made of 100 percent recyclable materials. The FLAXX chair is part of permanent collection of the Design Museum Holon/Tel Aviv and the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art – MAK in Vienna.

www.flaxx.at

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