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/ 

ADC Young Guns 8

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

Northern Design Competition

Northern Design Competition 2010

Deadline: April 23rd, 2010  -  prize: 18,570 USD

The Northern Design Competition was developed to raise the profile of design talent in the North, by highlighting opportunities to employers and students. This contest is open to all students in pre-16 education and further or higher education studying at a school, college or university which is based in Scotland, Wales, Northern England or Northern Ireland. Entries are welcomed from students who have a permanent residence outside of these areas as long as their education institution is located in one of the UK entry zones. There are several key categories and a number of special prizes: Architectural Design, Fashion Design, Film & Animation, Graphic Design, Illustration, Interactive Media, Photography, Product Design, Young Northern Designer, Maurice Miller Design Champion, Thompson Real World Prize, North Inspired Prize. The intellectual property rights in any entry to the Northern Design Competition remain the property of the entrant.

Northern Design Competition

Adobe Design Achievement Awards

Organization: Adobe
The Adobe® Design Achievement Awards celebrate student achievement reflecting the powerful convergence of technology and the creative arts. The competition - which showcases individual and group projects created with industry-leading Adobe creative software - honors the most talented and promising student graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, digital filmmakers, developers and computer artists from the world's top institutions of higher education.

Adobe Design Achievement Awards