seoul international design competition

Objective
The "Design for All" objective is made to increase the efforts and the pursuit of design production that can be shared by all, removing emotional and physical barriers by becoming an universal communicative social solution.
Entries may be submitted to the following categories:

• Product for All
  
  
  • Product
  • System
  • Fashion
  • Craft
• Communication for All
  
  
  • Graphic
  • Advertisement
  • Moving Image
  • Animation
• Space for All
  
  
  • Interior
  • Environmental Design
  • Architecture

Please read the official Call for Entries for complete details.

Prizes
The total prize money of Seoul Design Competition 2010 amounts to US $26,000 certification and prize money awarded by the mayor of Seoul Metropolitan Government and special benefits for those who are awarded with golden and silver haechi prizes (within US $3,000 for individual/team including grants for overseas training for korean winners and invitation to the awards ceremony in Seoul for international winners).

• Golden Haechi prize: one winner, US $10,000
• Silver Haechi prize: three winners, US $2,000 each
• Bronze Haechi prize: five winners, US $1,000 each
• Iron Haechi prize: max. ten winners, US $500 each
• Honorable mention: within two hundred people, certification for each
• People's choice awards: twenty winners, certification for each

The winning submissions will be exhibited during the exhibition period of Seoul Design Fair 2010 from 17 September to 7 October 2010.
The award ceremony of Seoul Design Fair 2010 will take place on 7 October 2010 at Jamsil Sports Complex in Seoul Metropolitan City, Republic of South Korea.

http://sdf.seoul.go.kr/eng/ 

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WHO CAN ENTER?

Entrants must be professionals working in the field(s) of graphic design, photography, illustration, advertising and art direction, environmental design, film, animation & video, interactive design, architecture, copywriting, object design and typography. If your work does not fit within any of these categories, this does not necessarily mean that it isn't eligible - email info@adcyoungguns.org to make sure.

Entrants must be 30 years of age or younger when the entry site opens each year, and must have been working professionally for at least 2 years (both full-time and freelance work qualify). We will require a proof of age in the form of a Passport, State ID or drivers license from all entrants.

If you are a student with two years of the working life under your belt, you are also eligible to enter. Previous ADC Young Guns entrants ARE eligible to enter, but past ADC Young Guns winners are NOT eligible to enter subsequent cycles of the competition.

ADC Young Guns is an international competition open to all who qualify.

ENTRY FEE: $135 USD. All entries must be submitted by May 12, 2010.

Ready to prepare your portfolio? Review the Entry Instructions first.

Questions? Please contact info@adcyoungguns.org.

http://www.adcyoungguns.org/enter

Spark Design Awards

Spark is a bold new competition—a unique crossroads of design, where the interests of all participants in the community are represented and their strengths brought to bear. Spark leaps beyond the mid-century view of design. In this new world, how do the best ideas and best designs gain recognition? SparkAwards will validate superlative designs from professionals. But we also need a filter for the best novice designers and innovators, too. The world is now participating in design—let's enable the best formgivers to rise to the top.

Spark is about Change—designed change. Change for the better: studied, researched, cognizant of criteria like sustainability, suitability, context, inventiveness, process, universality—and yes, beauty.

Ultimately, one must ask why this is important. Commerce is important, but it is a means to an end. We might call the real goal "betterment." Better lives, better health, better water, better air. Great design can help us get there. 

Spark Design Awards