i think i told you about these guys:
definitely worth a look=
http://www.ideo.com/thinking/focus/social-impact/
Thursday, 27 November 2008
Wednesday, 26 November 2008
D&AD student competiton
http://sa09.dandad.org/studentawards09/reg/briefs.php?action=viewlist
I quite liked the brief for the reason that it is about quite straigh forward design.
They have several category for submission from different commissioner and I would quite like to do these 2 below. Submission also comes in good timing.
One is to design new range of furniture for this up-coming furniture firm, Mattew Hilton.
http://www.matthewhilton.com/
Another is to design inside/outside public environment using surface materials from Fomica.
http://www.formica.eu.com/publish/site/eu/eu/en/home.html
I have full brief downloaded if you want to take a look.
Tuesday, 25 November 2008
Counterterrorism competition
I saw this competiton on BD about conterterrorism.
I remebered there was project got AA honor a few years ago from Carlos'S based on
subject of terrorism.
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=426&storycode=3128148&c=1&encCode=000000000188f509
Tuesday, 11 November 2008
Saturday, 1 November 2008
How to design good chair for bad table?
This competition was to design chairs to match with this best selling dining table...
Ww should kindly design table as well!
bad design...
http://www.crastina.co.jp/award/index.html
Ww should kindly design table as well!
bad design...
http://www.crastina.co.jp/award/index.html
Lets choose right one!
I have just posted some competitions picked from "bustler" website that seem interesting.
I will read them through and get further comments.
I will read them through and get further comments.
Jump the Gap, 3rd International Roca Design Contest 2008-2009
Jump the gap represents Roca’s support for future generations of designers.
With the third International Design Contest, Roca is proud to provide a platform for talented young designers, architects and interior designers. “Jump the gap” offers the opportunity to create and design innovative solutions for the bathroom and it’s associated products.
With more than 50 years of experience in comprehensive management of the application of design and innovation, we at Roca know that more than 50% of the products that we will use in 10 years time have not yet been manufactured, let alone designed. So what will they be like?
A large part of those products incorporate concepts and technologies that we may not even be able to imagine today… or maybe we can. “Jump the gap” starts from the assumption that young creators design today whilst thinking about tomorrow; a tomorrow when the limitations of today will not apply and when new needs, architecture, technologies and products will emerge, helping us to improve people’s lives by improving their well-being, hygiene and comfort.
This year, the Roca International Design Contest is aimed at creative people who think towards the future whilst designing today.
We are looking for designs that can bring forth their vision of conceptually innovative bathroom products and solutions: new products, new spaces and/or new uses and functions.
“Jump the gap” is a creative contest proposal that brings new and innovative concepts to the bathroom, understanding innovation as the anticipation of users’ new desires and needs,
as well as the transformation of dreams and desires into reality.
Application deadline: 31st December 2008
Entries must arrive by 13th March 2009
Award ceremony September 2009 (100% Design London)
More information: rocacontest@bcd.es
http://www.jumpthegap.net
With the third International Design Contest, Roca is proud to provide a platform for talented young designers, architects and interior designers. “Jump the gap” offers the opportunity to create and design innovative solutions for the bathroom and it’s associated products.
With more than 50 years of experience in comprehensive management of the application of design and innovation, we at Roca know that more than 50% of the products that we will use in 10 years time have not yet been manufactured, let alone designed. So what will they be like?
A large part of those products incorporate concepts and technologies that we may not even be able to imagine today… or maybe we can. “Jump the gap” starts from the assumption that young creators design today whilst thinking about tomorrow; a tomorrow when the limitations of today will not apply and when new needs, architecture, technologies and products will emerge, helping us to improve people’s lives by improving their well-being, hygiene and comfort.
This year, the Roca International Design Contest is aimed at creative people who think towards the future whilst designing today.
We are looking for designs that can bring forth their vision of conceptually innovative bathroom products and solutions: new products, new spaces and/or new uses and functions.
“Jump the gap” is a creative contest proposal that brings new and innovative concepts to the bathroom, understanding innovation as the anticipation of users’ new desires and needs,
as well as the transformation of dreams and desires into reality.
Application deadline: 31st December 2008
Entries must arrive by 13th March 2009
Award ceremony September 2009 (100% Design London)
More information: rocacontest@bcd.es
http://www.jumpthegap.net
INDEX: AWARD
INDEX: AWARD is the biggest design award in the world and is presented every two years in Copenhagen. An award is given in five categories, and INDEX: awards the winner in each category with a prize of €100 000.
INDEX: AWARD does not categorize design according to traditional labels - visual design, apparel and industrial design - since these categories do not fully reflect the interdisciplinary approach employed in most interesting modern design. INDEX: asks that the nomination bodies think horizontally, across design categories and industries, when selecting their nominees for the five categories vital to human life; BODY, HOME, WORK, PLAY and COMMUNITY.
The winning designs are chosen by an international jury consisting of leading designers, design researchers, design writers and design thinkers from Europe, Asia and the U.S. All jury members have a great deal of professional experience from broad areas of the design industry and wide ranging experience from other internationally recognized juries.
Also, the focus on Design to Improve Life differentiates INDEX: AWARD from other design awards, as design is evaluated in a much broader sense than traditionally, focusing not only on form, but also on the context of the design, e.g. ethical and cultural considerations, and impact, including the number of people affected, sustainability and level of innovation.
http://www.indexaward.dk
INDEX: AWARD does not categorize design according to traditional labels - visual design, apparel and industrial design - since these categories do not fully reflect the interdisciplinary approach employed in most interesting modern design. INDEX: asks that the nomination bodies think horizontally, across design categories and industries, when selecting their nominees for the five categories vital to human life; BODY, HOME, WORK, PLAY and COMMUNITY.
The winning designs are chosen by an international jury consisting of leading designers, design researchers, design writers and design thinkers from Europe, Asia and the U.S. All jury members have a great deal of professional experience from broad areas of the design industry and wide ranging experience from other internationally recognized juries.
Also, the focus on Design to Improve Life differentiates INDEX: AWARD from other design awards, as design is evaluated in a much broader sense than traditionally, focusing not only on form, but also on the context of the design, e.g. ethical and cultural considerations, and impact, including the number of people affected, sustainability and level of innovation.
http://www.indexaward.dk
Discarded Dreams Mattress Recycling Competition
What can you do with a million mattresses?
Mattresses are our friends. For years, mattresses selflessly serve our sleeping pleasure. We should all be grateful for our mattresses; after all, most of us were conceived on one.
Why, then, are our mattresses being abandoned in dumps and left to the seagulls? Every year in the U.S. 40 million mattresses get thrown in the trash. Don’t our mattresses deserve another chance?
The problem is, the nature and construction of mattresses has made them difficult to dispose of. They often end up in landfills because they cannot be broken down and their component parts are hard to utilize. Until now:
Challenge
Architecture for Humanity and Rubicon National Social Innovations invite entrants to create innovative ways of converting used mattresses into useful products.
The competition aims to encourage entrants to form groups capable of creating a consumer product, instructions detailing how to make the product, and a plan for production on a larger scale.
Entrants must create designs that take into account the volume of mattress waste generated each year.
Groups are encouraged to utilize local resources, including existing manufacturing facilities and other waste products.
Design Constraints
Design Teams should consider the following:
* 80% of final product must come from the mattress itself. Preference will be given to entries whose product utilizes all mattress parts and leaves minimum unused materials.
* The designs will be judged on over-all product design, low-cost deconstruction and manufacturing, and innovative re-use of materials to create an amazing, affordable consumer product.
* Additional materials may be included, but must be recycled and/or waste products. No “virgin” materials.
* Processing and production needs to be replicable at a large scale (approximately 10,000 mattresses per month per facility).
* Entries must include a detailed description of de-construction and production process either by diagrams or text. Entrants are encouraged to use readily available tools and industrial machines.
* Size of mattress may vary and can be decided by the entrant. See ‘Resources’ for technical information.
* Teams are limited to up to 5 individuals.
* Priority will also be given to designs with cost-effective manufacturing processes.
* The Super Prize goes out to the team that has the most fun!
Open Architecture Network
Mattresses are our friends. For years, mattresses selflessly serve our sleeping pleasure. We should all be grateful for our mattresses; after all, most of us were conceived on one.
Why, then, are our mattresses being abandoned in dumps and left to the seagulls? Every year in the U.S. 40 million mattresses get thrown in the trash. Don’t our mattresses deserve another chance?
The problem is, the nature and construction of mattresses has made them difficult to dispose of. They often end up in landfills because they cannot be broken down and their component parts are hard to utilize. Until now:
Challenge
Architecture for Humanity and Rubicon National Social Innovations invite entrants to create innovative ways of converting used mattresses into useful products.
The competition aims to encourage entrants to form groups capable of creating a consumer product, instructions detailing how to make the product, and a plan for production on a larger scale.
Entrants must create designs that take into account the volume of mattress waste generated each year.
Groups are encouraged to utilize local resources, including existing manufacturing facilities and other waste products.
Design Constraints
Design Teams should consider the following:
* 80% of final product must come from the mattress itself. Preference will be given to entries whose product utilizes all mattress parts and leaves minimum unused materials.
* The designs will be judged on over-all product design, low-cost deconstruction and manufacturing, and innovative re-use of materials to create an amazing, affordable consumer product.
* Additional materials may be included, but must be recycled and/or waste products. No “virgin” materials.
* Processing and production needs to be replicable at a large scale (approximately 10,000 mattresses per month per facility).
* Entries must include a detailed description of de-construction and production process either by diagrams or text. Entrants are encouraged to use readily available tools and industrial machines.
* Size of mattress may vary and can be decided by the entrant. See ‘Resources’ for technical information.
* Teams are limited to up to 5 individuals.
* Priority will also be given to designs with cost-effective manufacturing processes.
* The Super Prize goes out to the team that has the most fun!
Open Architecture Network
Make me a Home
The Northshore Development Partnership, a joint venture between Urban Splash and Muse Developments, has today launched the ”Make me a Home” international architecture competition, challenging architects to shape the future of family housing.
The competition, organized by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), invites architects to raise the bar and deliver a new housing typology at Northshore, a £300m redevelopment scheme in Stockton-on-Tees.
It is planned that 250 family homes will eventually stand at the site, and the partners want creativity and a concept which will break the mould.
This is an RIBA International Architecture Competition and a notice has been placed in the European Journal (OJEU). The competition is open to registered architects or designers in collaboration with other design disciplines.
For more information contact the RIBA Competitions Office, or to register for this competition and receive an official declaration form; not forgetting the beautiful brief, send a £50.00 cheque payable to ‘RIBA Competitions Office’ to:
The “Make me a Home” competition will run from Friday 26 September to 12 noon on 1 December 2008. The shortlisting process will take place during January and the overall winner is expected to be announced in February 2009.
Further information about the competition and how to enter can be found in the dedicated website for this competition: http://www.northshorestockton.co.uk
The competition, organized by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), invites architects to raise the bar and deliver a new housing typology at Northshore, a £300m redevelopment scheme in Stockton-on-Tees.
It is planned that 250 family homes will eventually stand at the site, and the partners want creativity and a concept which will break the mould.
This is an RIBA International Architecture Competition and a notice has been placed in the European Journal (OJEU). The competition is open to registered architects or designers in collaboration with other design disciplines.
For more information contact the RIBA Competitions Office, or to register for this competition and receive an official declaration form; not forgetting the beautiful brief, send a £50.00 cheque payable to ‘RIBA Competitions Office’ to:
The “Make me a Home” competition will run from Friday 26 September to 12 noon on 1 December 2008. The shortlisting process will take place during January and the overall winner is expected to be announced in February 2009.
Further information about the competition and how to enter can be found in the dedicated website for this competition: http://www.northshorestockton.co.uk
Call for Submissions for MONU - Magazine on Urbanism #10 - HOLY URBANISM
The one thing that all religions on our planet have in common is their distinction between the holy and the profane. All religions appear to be organized as systems of beliefs with distinctive practices and all have built structures in relation to things holy. And those distinctive practices and structures have always shaped our cities in a profound way. The list, for example, of well-known holy practices - not even mentioning the city-shaping and structuring effects of holy constructions such as mosques, synagogues, temples, shrines, churches, or other holy facilities, that take place within cities, whether inside or outside holy constructions, whether performed individually or within groups - is endless. Just think of the terrifying urban intensity of the annual Christian celebrations during the Holy Week in Sevilla, or the tremendous density of Islamic prayers surrounding the Kaaba during the Hajj period in the world’s largest mosque in the city of Mecca, which can accommodate up to 4 million worshippers as one of the largest gatherings of people in the world.
But apart from those obvious and well-documented relations between religions and cities, our urban life is probably even more deeply penetrated by all kinds of rather unknown and hidden religious moral codes, sacred values, faith traditions, holy communal organizations, supernatural spiritualities, divine beliefs, or superstitious institutions that pervade and shape our urban realm continuously. But what do those unfamiliar penetrations actually look like and what kind of effect do they have on cities? How do the effects differ between the different religions and how do they coexist in our cities? How are they manifested in built-up form?
The upcoming issue of MONU will unveil those effects and investigate the impact of holiness, faith, and religion on cities. How does religion influence urbanity and in what way does it shape our cities? Which religion’s deep-rooted influences have we taken for granted already, so much so that we cannot even trace their roots anymore? What kind of extraordinary urban phenomena are created through religion and how could we define Holy Urbanism in general?
We invite uncompromising texts, untamed speculations, refined analysis, bold photography, and heroic projects on the topic “Holy Urbanism” for our next issue of MONU. Contributions or questions should be sent to info@monu-magazine.com by the end of November 2008. MONU #10 will be published in the winter 2009.
Bernd Upmeyer BoARD Bureau of Architecture, Research and Design MONU magazine on urbanism
Shinkenchiku International Residential Competition 2008
Four Square House Design Problem: Homage to John Hejduk
John Hejduk introduced us to the Nine Square Grid design problem and we, his audience, enjoyed and learned from his variations on the theme. I would like to make this proposal honouring his memory.
I will call it the Four Square House design problem. In a hypothetical Garden City grid of 36m by 36m, the assignment is to design four houses in any configuration, having as its only restriction that they should not exceed 162m2 and that each possess a garage and garden, “technique and nature” combined in the given 9m2 outlines. This requires a consideration of issues such as orientation, contiguity, privacy, construction, spatial structure: a series of issues that ultimately engage the neglected notion of typology . Obviously the extension of the single block to a larger area should be taken into account and in addition a certain hint about the materiality and the character of the ideal Garden City that comes as a result of the appearance of this new type.
Application and Entry
Contents
Site Plan, floor plan,elevation, section, perspective drawings and axonometric drawings in any scale. Photographs of models may be used. You are free to append detailed drawings and other charts or descriptive texts should be in English.
Submission Guideline
* Complete all drawings, illustrative materials, and texts on two sheets of A1 size (594mm×841mm). Do not use a panel.
* As well as the two A1 sheet papers, the entrant is requested to submit digital data of the two separate sheets. (PDF or JPEG format ×2—2,500pixel×3,000pixel, 72dpi)Digital data are to be compiled and burned onto CD-R or DVD-R.
* Also, all texts appeared in the two A1 sheets should be attached as text files with the digital data.
Identification
Entrants must fill in the following information for entry.
* your name
* occupation name
* age
* address (home and office)
* telephone and facsimile number
* e-mail address
Above information must be;
attached to the back of your two sheets of paper.
compiles as a text file and burned onto the CD-R or DVD-R written down on the cover of your CD-R or DVD-R
Deadline
All entries must reach the competition office no later than November 28th(Friday), 2008.
Announcement of Winner
Winners will be announced in the 2009 March issue of “SHINKENCHIKU” and vol. 73 issue (2009 Spring) of “THE JAPAN ARCHITECT”.
Prize
The prize (total: 1,500,000 yen) will be distributed at the discretion of the Judge.
Notice
No registration is necessary for entry in this competition.
Entries must never have been made public in any form previously. Nor can they be submitted simultaneously to any other competition.
The hosts reserve publication rights with regard to all entries.
Questions will not be answered by the hosts. All matters not covered in the regulations listed above are left to the discretion of the entrants.
The work must not (in total or in part) infringe on a copyright. Do not use images copied from magazines, books or websites. If a copyright infringement is discovered in the winning entry, the award may be taken back at the hosts’ discretion.
No entries will be returned.
Entries will only be accepted if they adhere to all the rules appropriately.
All necessary costs for submission (airmail charge, air courier charge, tax, insurance, etc.) must be fully paid by entrants.
Mail entries to the following address:
attn.: Entries Committee, Shinkenchiku Residential Competition 2008
Shinkenchiku-sha, Co., Ltd.
2-31-2, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku,
Tokyo 113-8501, Japan
Hosts
Shinkenchiku-sha Co., Ltd
tel. +81.3.3811.7101
fax.+81.3.3812.8229
URL http://www.japan-architect.co.jp/
Yoshioka Foundation
http://www.japan-architect.co.jp/english/1all/top_frame.html
Prisoned 2009 Design Competition
Register: Friday, November 21, 2008
Submit: Friday, March 20, 2009
Submit: Friday, March 20, 2009
Socio Design is a foundation that strives to encourage social change through design-based dialog, a dialog fostered by an annual international student architecture competition.
Prisoned, this year’s competition, scrutinizes the role of prison architecture in today’s world. What effect do their designs have on their employees, their occupants, their adjacent societies?
Prisoned asks that all students design a philosophy on what imprisonment is or should be, and create an architectural design to express that philosophy. Students from all backgrounds are welcome to participate.
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ThisNexA Library for the 21st CenturRegister: MoSubmit: Wednesday, December 03, 2008
The American Institute of Architecture Students presents:
2008 Library for the 21st Century Design Competition
Sponsored by Kawneer and administered by the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS), the program will challenge students to learn about building materials, specifically architectural aluminum building products and systems and their assembly in the design of a library. While open to any student, the competition is designed for advanced students. Total prize money is $7,225, including $2,500 for the winning design.
The objectives of this competition are:
- To research, respond to and highlight the unique aspects of designing a library that serves the selected site and community.
- To build knowledge about materials, products, and installation (primarily Kawneer architectural aluminum building products and systems that can help earn LEED certification points).
- To design a sustainable facility utilizing USGBC LEED building standards.
- To design a facility that looks to the educational, cultural and service needs of the community both now and into the future.
- To encourage designers to utilize sustainable and universal design principles for development of both the building and site.
it's pretty cool... i like the image. i haven't been too good at researching the stuff, but
i've been looking at this guy for some of my drawings: peter halley
http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/n/images/neogeo_halley303.lg.gif
neogeo, new geometry... i'm not necessarily thinking about it in terms of
the geometry, but more like the juxtaposition of these shapes. although
maybe not only in plan, maybe one could think of them as vertical section
drawings as well...... not sure, just a thought!
and alex katz... this guy's incredible....HUGE paintings...
did you watch paperrad yet??
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