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.

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.

Design can be bold, intelligent and passionate; it can be humorous, serious and confident. But most of all, it can simply be excellent - and carry an iF design award. Since 1953, iF has invited international manufacturers and designers to enter their products in the iF design awards. Design experts from all over the world come together in the iF juries to evaluate the entries: excellent design is recognized and rewarded. The iF design awards have long been a trademark feature of iF and the iF label is recognized the world over as a seal of design excellence.

The American Academy in Rome invites applications for the Rome Prize competition. One of the leading overseas centers for independent study and advanced research in the arts and the humanities, the Academy offers up to thirty fellowships for periods ranging from six months to two years. Rome Prize winners reside at the Academy’s eleven-acre center in Rome and receive room and board, a study or studio, and a stipend. Stipends for six-month fellowships are $14,000 and stipends for eleven-month fellowships are $26,000.

Guylian’s interactive packaging design competition is aimed at finding the best packaging idea for its Sea Shell Chocolates. The microsite www.whiteboxcontest.com has been launched as a hub where users can register to join the competition and present their design idea. Participants and visitors to the site will be able to share their opinions on the submitted designs and vote for their favourite. For the first time ever, Guylian invites consumers, chocolate lovers and fans to create a new look and feel for the packaging of their hero product, Guylian Sea Shells. Guylian is challenging professional & amateur designers and Guylian fans to create innovative designs from a consumer perspective.

In response to the theme 'Design at the Edges' of the '2011 IDA Congress Taipei' there is no country that isn't using creativity as the driving force behind various industries towards the development of aesthetics economics, integrating technology with human culture and fusing sensations with experiences, and is using the interweaving of the three dimensions of consumer psychology, social consciousness and sustainable development to explore insights on designs for the benefits of human living.

For the fourth time Lodz Art Center would like to invite to take a part in the make me!contest. The competition is opened to young designers (both individual and project groups). All the participants must be between 20 and 30 years old. There are no other restrictions! We would like to discover talents with fresh look at design and give them the opportunity to exhibit their works during 5th International Design Festival in Lodz, 20-30 October 2011.

One Condoms feature more than 200 different designs, with many created or voted on by customers like you. Since the first One Condoms Design Contest in 2004, innovative designers have helped push the One brand in exciting new directions, and inspired people to think about condoms in new ways.

You are invited to enter the 2011 annual Coupe International Design and Image Competition, among the most unique and spirited creative competitions in the world. All winning entries will be profiled in all their glory, along with contact information, in the Fall/Winter 2011 issue of Coupe. One winning entry will be chosen as ‘Best of Show’ and will open the issue.

Artists Wanted, 3rd Ward and Scope are looking to launch the careers of six selected artists. This is your moment to present your work at the premier showcase for international contemporary art. Hosting art fairs in London, basel, New York, Miami and the Hamptons, Scope has become one of the most influential presences in the expanding global art market.