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Competition: Nest.co.uk is giving Dezeen readers the chance to win a special-edition Fauteuil Direction chair by Modernist designer Jean Prouvé.

The Fauteuil Direction metal-framed armchair was first designed by French designer Jean Prouvé in 1951. It features triangular back legs bent from steel to support weight where it’s most needed and wood armrests mounted on a tubular metal frame.

The armchair was one of seventeen items of Prouvé’s furniture updated and produced by furniture brand Vitra as part of the RAW collection created in collaboration with fashion label G-Star.

These limited-edition pieces ended production in April but the winner of this competition will receive the grey Fauteuil Direction armchair pictured.

To enter this competition email your name, age, gender, occupation, and delivery address and telephone number to competitions@dezeen.com with “Jean Prouve Fauteuil Direction 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.

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Competition closes 23 October 2013. One winner will be selected at random and notified by email. The winner’s 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 more information from Nest.co.uk:

Part of the recent Prouvé RAW collection from Vitra and G-Star, the Fauteuil Direction chair is a classic item, reinvented for a modern audience.

The Prouvé RAW collection was an exclusive collaboration between Vitra and fashion house G-Star which saw 17 of Prouvé’s designs re-imagined with a fresh colour palette and revised functionality.

The Fauteuil Direction balances industrial architectural forms with exceptional comfort, making the best use of Prouvé’s preferred material: sheet steel. Prouvé’s characteristic design principles of championing honest materials and employing a democratic approach to design were closely followed with the re-introduction of the Fauteuil Direction and careful consideration was taken over the colour. Prouvé’s daughter, Catherine Prouvé, helped refine the colour palette of aluminium, charcoal and gunmetal grey – a shade which was a personal favourite of her fathers.

Production of the Prouvé RAW collection was strictly limited and manufacture ceased this April. All pieces are now collectable items.

Nest.co.uk is a modern design superstore based in the heart of Sheffield’s city centre. Founded in 2002 by Christian Hawley, the company now operates a successful website selling a large collection of the best classic and contemporary design. The collection includes well-known names such as Vitra, Tom Dixon and Cassina, as well as new and emerging talent such as La Chance, Resident and Areti. With a dedicated team of specifiers, Nest.co.uk also offer support and guidance for design projects – from small-scale residential to large, corporate projects. Go to Nest.co.uk to find out more.

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“You’ve got to have a problem that you want to solve; a wrong that you want to right.” This quote from the movie JOBS is all indeed the lifeline of a good designer. Edging you towards your success and giving you the platform to make your impression is what the A’ Design Award and Competition is all about. Besides bestowing you with accolades, the organizers of this competition move the extra mile to ensure you get enough press and business opportunities as well.

A’ Design Award and Competition’s primary aim 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.

Every year, projects that focus on innovation, technology, design and creativity are awarded with the A’ Award. The 50-person jury panel is under pressure to select only the deserving projects and have stringent rules and norms to follow. The Jury of the A’ Design award includes Academics, Professionals, Enterprise and Focus Group members and provide a fair and ethical evaluation.
Major Categories: Industrial Design, Product Design, Appliance Design, Architecture; know more here.

This what the A’ Design Award Winners get: Extensive PR Campaign, Press Release Preparation, Press Release Distribution, Communicated to Magazines, Communicated to Blogs, Newsletter Announcement, Award Trophy, Winners’ Certificate, Exhibition Certificate, Winners Badges, Competition Logo, Good Design Mark and many more goodies, know more here.

Some Award Winning Designs:

Butler by Curtis Micklish

Golden Moon by Laboratory For Explorative Architecture & Design Ltd

Rulo by Ozgu Gundeslioglu

Tako by Maurizio Capannesi

Conceptum Works: Neue Klasse by Ying Hern Pow

Register here and know more here.

Deadline for submission is September 30, 2013, Yanko Design will publish select winners and results will be announced on April 15, 2014 right here.

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(A’ Design Award and Competition – Deadline Approaching Fast! was originally posted on Yanko Design)

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Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with creative website It’s Nice That to offer readers the chance to win one of five copies of its Printed Pages magazine.

It’s Nice That‘s latest issue of Printed Pages contains interviews with high-profile and up-and-coming creatives, accompanied by their graphics, illustrations and photographs.

Graphic designer Seymour Chwast talks about his industry experience and Belgian illustrator Jan Van Der Veken discusses his career over the past decade.

The quarterly arts and design magazine also includes features about Brazil’s creative scene and an in-depth interview with Taschen‘s sexy books editor Dian Hanson about her life in porn publishing.

The Printed Pages Autumn 2013 issue retails for £4 and you can pick up your copy here.

To enter this competition email your name, age, gender, occupation, and delivery address and telephone number to competitions@dezeen.com with “Printed Pages” 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 14 October 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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I am a big fan of designers that are proactive in putting themselves out there in the spotlight. It takes a good dose of courage to put your work in front of an esteemed jury comprising of more than 40 members! I am talking about the A’ Design Award, a platform that not only recognizes commendable works but also works with the designers to get them their deserved fame!

Here is a look at Ten Innovative Designs from this year’s A’ Design Award winners, that our YD team curated. View all winners here; view all categories here.

Meduse Pipes by Jakub Lanča

An elegant shisha pipe featuring organic lines that are inspired by underwater sea life!

Mabrada by May Khoury

A unique console crafted from painted wood with stone finish, showcasing an old authentic coffee grinder, which goes back to the ottoman period. Tickles the coffee addict in us!

Bucket 40 by Scarabeo Ceramiche Srl

Simple yet chic, we simply love this witty take on the bucket that is fashioned as a washbasin.

Arm Loader by Hoyoung Lee

‘ARM LOADER’ helps the driver’s seat to be stable and not waver, despite the rugged terrain.

Absolute Box Small House Post Disaster by Anna Rita Emili

This self-sufficient emergency structure is made of two structural steel frames enveloping a volume of plasterboard panels coated with high-resistance HDPE panels. Impromptu housing at its best!

Omni Clip Sustainable Shoe Holder by Young Joo Tak

The new shoe packaging “OMNI CLIP” is a revolutionary design that displays shoe products in an innovative style. The redesign is practical and environmentally friendly.

The Remains by Yau Kai So

Fashion pundits will love this inspirational design from the Chinese Relics and ceramics.

Haiku by Tess Simon

Who would have thought that four blades and a rotating machine could be so sexy! Haiku’s three-dimensional curvature offers a vast improvement in performance over flat blades.

Xifix2base Rocking-Chair-One by Juergen Josef Goetzmann

Love this rack-design based rocking chair that requireds minimum of physics and material – only one endless pipe!

Spotlight, Interior Luminaire by Rubén Saldaña Acle

Zen is a new and fully customizable spotlight, and is one of the smallest spotlights in the market.

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(2013 A’ Design Award Winners – A Quick Glimpse was originally posted on Yanko Design)

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Competition: Dezeen and laminate brand Formica Group have teamed up to give readers the chance to win a limited-edition Eames table and copies of the brand’s latest book.

Designers Charles and Ray Eames first created the Wire Base Low Table in 1951, with a stand formed from welded wire rods.

To celebrate Formica Group’s 100th anniversary the brand has introduced 12 new patterned laminates to top the tables, which are produced by design brand Herman Miller.

Also commemorating occasion, Formica Group has released a book containing over 400 images and a series of essays that document the evolution of the brand.

Graphic designer Abbott Miller modelled the Formica Forever book on a Formica Group laminate swatch book from the 1960s.

One Dezeen reader will win a Red Ellipse table, while five runners-up will each receive a copy of the book.

To enter this competition email your name, age, gender, occupation, and delivery address and telephone number to competitions@dezeen.com with “Formica” 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 1 October 2013. 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 details from Formica:

Formica Eames Wire Base Low Table

In the late 1940s, Charles Eames noted all the “fantastic things being made of wire.” That fascination led Charles and Ray Eames to develop a mass-production technique for simultaneously welding wire rods. One result was the Wire-Base Table, which was introduced in 1951. The Eames Wire Base Low Table (1950/2012) is remarkable for the elegance it achieves using simple, practical materials. The table is just 10″ high and it provides a handy surface for a stack of books or a place to rest a drink.

Formica Group is proud to present a limited edition of the Eames tables topped with Formica Laminate Anniversary Collection. The collection features 12 new patterns that reflect the Formica brand and its history giving a fresh look to its iconic design. The Anniversary Laminate tables are limited edition and only 227 have been made worldwide. The tables are designed and produced by Herman Miller.

The Formica Forever book

Formica Group, the inventor of laminate, celebrates 100 years of global design with Formica Forever, a commemorative book that captures the company’s 100-year evolution through cultural shifts, economic uncertainties, trend exploration and global growth. Formica Forever presents the story of how luck and ingenuity, colour and pattern, and design and manufacturing contributed to make Formica brand laminate a truly global brand.

The book includes a series of essays with the focus on different aspects of the story; Phil Patton writes about Formica Group’s Global Business Expansion, Alexander Langer talks about Formica Group’s design legacy and Peter York looks at the cultural impact Formica Group has had during its 100 years. Designed by Abbott Miller, a partner in the renowned international design consultancy Pentagram, the book contains more than 400 images and is modelled after a Formica brand laminate swatch book from the 1960s.

The book can be purchased worldwide from bookstores and also online.

Formica Group

Formica Group is a worldwide leading provider of branded, design coordinated surfacing solutions for commercial and residential customers. As the largest manufacturer of High Pressure Laminate (HPL) its worldwide network of manufacturing, distribution and sales operations maintains the recognition of Formica as a global brand. Formica Group celebrates its 100 years anniversary this year.

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