This is the third edition of Faces of Design's hugely successful interdisciplinary design competition raising 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, fashion or interior design). This collection of profiles is distributed to over 1.500 key decision makers at more than 400 companies, design institutions, and the design press.

On top of this, the three candidates with the most panel votes overall receive extra promotion, including special press features and personal introductions to key individuals within the industry.

This year, VAC/GMHC is running a competition to find a poster to promote our World AIDS Day activities. It’s a great opportunity to learn more about HIV and how it affects Victorians, and to see your work displayed around the city, on trams and online. There are also great prizes to win and the 20 shortlisted entries will be exhibited during the period of AIDS Awareness Week in the CBD.

The 2012 REBRAND 100 Global Awards are now open for entries! Any rebrand launched anywhere in the world between January 2009 and September 2011 is eligible to compete. The REBRAND 100 Global Awards is the first and highest worldwide recognition of its kind.

Some of science’s most powerful statements are not made in words. From the diagrams of DaVinci to Rosalind Franklin’s X-rays, visualization of research has a long and literally illustrious history. To illustrate is to enlighten. How many people would have heard of fractal geometry or the double helix or solar flares if they had been described solely in words? In a world where science literacy is dismayingly rare, illustrations provide the most immediate and influential connection between scientists and other citizens, and the best hope for nurturing popular interest.

The poster festival Weltformat is for the first time this year opening up for an international poster competition for students. The posters are reflections of the society that views them and for whom they are produced and hung in masses. The high requests and the interest from society are reflected in this fascinating media: its needs, its wishes and its dreams. The students are being challenged to consider the advantages and the powers of posters as an advertisement- and communication media. Posters for the poster - this must be the visual statement of the poster design.

The Italian Cultural Association MoCA (Modern Contemporary Art), in collaboration with Arte Laguna, organizes the Sixth International Art Prize “Arte Laguna” aimed at promoting and enhancing the contemporary art.

Make art. Not waste! That’s the motto of the ScrapLab Design Contest. Enthusiastic designers and hobby crafters worldwide are invited to submit their creative designs made of scrap on the contest platform. The objective is to recycle waste materials in form of new products such as furniture, accessories or artwork and to bring them back into the economic circle.

The RSA Events team in partnership with Nominet Trust are launching an open competition, offering a fantastic opportunity to bring ideas to life in new and exciting ways. To get involved, simply listen to the featured audio excerpt chosen from our events programme and create a visual accompaniment which illustrates the concepts in a vivid, clear and original style.

Do you have an iPhone™, iPod Touch™ or iPad2™? Then there’s a film studio in your pocket! That’s why we created this unique film festival - to showcase the creativity, talent and imagination of you, the iphone filmmaker. So put your film studio to work. It’s as easy as Shoot Edit & Upload. We’ve recruited a panel of experienced industry professionals from the worlds of advertising, film and television to watch what you come up with. They will pick their favorites and we’ll give away some cool prizes - fame awaits! All we need now is your masterpiece. Get out there and Shoot Edit & Upload!

For ten years The Economist has presented Innovation Awards to some of the world's leading creators, entrepreneurs, innovators, scientists and thinkers - people who map our future by changing the way we work, think and live, such as De Soto, Gates, Jobs, Miyamoto, Wales and Zuckerberg. This year's theme is "the essence of truly great innovation," so The Economist has invited every Innovation Award winner from the last ten years to attend this year's ceremony: the Anniversary prize will be awarded to the innovator of the decade voted for by you.