This ideas competition is organized within the framework of the Programme for Transnational Cooperation Slovakia – Austria 2007–2013, a project that aims at finding innovative solutions for Europe to become a more socially attractive and ecologically sustainable environment. The competition is open to entrants living in the European Union and looks for unrealized ideas and designs involving waste products (re-use design) that will be presented to the public and offered to companies active in the socioeconomic field in order to be eventually implemented.

The Design Institute of Australia’s Australasian Student Design Awards (ASDA) fosters the future of Sustainable Design practice by rewarding the region’s best emerging designers. As the foremost student design awards, the ASDA multidisciplinary program attracts an exceptional range, depth and quality of entries.

The challenge: design something that solves a problem

Young designers and engineers are brimming with creative ideas to change the world – it’s this ability to think differently that the James Dyson Award celebrates and encourages.

Do you have a secretly scribbled design, a flash of inspiration or some untapped talent? Then enter the Present Time DESIGN CONTEST 2010, launched to give creativity the platform it deserves. The winning design will be produced as part of one of the brands of Present Time, with YOUR NAME listed on the packaging as the signature designer. Naturally, you will get an official contract and receive a royalty!

The young gerneration contest "lebens(t)räume" (dreams for life) is being organized since 2004 by Vincentz Network, in collaboration with the "universal design GmbH" and "organized by iF". It aims at young people to design for the older generations as well as for disabled people.

Faces of Design is launching a new interdisciplinary competition to raise the visibility of hot design talent worldwide. The competition is based on participants’ existing portfolios, and culminates in the publication of a printed volume, showcasing the 25 most promising design talents, by design discipline (e.g. graphic design). This collection of profiles will be distributed to more than 1.000 key decision makers at more than 300 companies, including firms such as vitra, IKEA, the Richemont Group (including prestigious brands such as Montblanc, Cartier and Chloé), the design press, and designers’ studios such as the Campanas’ and Bouroullecs’.

In its tenth year, the Saul Bell Design Award competition continues to recognize artists whose work challenges traditional perceptions of jewelry design. We invite you to enter your most inspired creations in the 2010 Saul Bell Design Award competition. 

As one of the world's most well-known design competitions, the iF product design awards represent a vital platform for obtaining a professional evaluation of product design quality. The iF product design awards represent an annual distinction for products which succeed especially well in combining functionality with convenience and esthetics as well as in satisfying the requirements for innovation.

The aim of the Contest is to select and promote the products of young design, and to organize their professional presentation in the post contest exhibition. Individuals, legal persons, project groups and other entities can take part in the Contest. All the participants must be between 20 and 30 years old. The Contest is involved with industrial design projects, including textile design, and glass or pottery design, except for unique works. Only new or fundamentally modified products created within the three years before the present edition of the Contest can enter the Contest.

Up to 100 design projects embodying the concept of Italian-made products will be selected by an outstanding committee and will be showcased at Macef, at Fiera Milano - Rho, the beautiful exhibition area designed by Massimiliano Fuksas. Three winners will be selected and their names will be announced by the selection committee during the Macef fair.