The “Autism Connects” technology and design competition challenges students to help individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to better connect with the world around them, and allow individuals who do not have ASD to better understand and connect with those who do.

D&AD - home of the talented and skilled, the imaginative and the curious, the restless and the bloody- minded. Commercially savvy, sometimes romantic, often cynical and occasionally rather weird. A source of information and ideas: of professional development, support and inspiration, interesting people to talk and nice things to look at. All creative life is here.

With the spread of ICT, the ability for people to make diverse connections via networks with other people in all daily life situations have increased, through a variety of devices such as PCs and smart phones. as a provider of ICT products and services, Fujitsu strives to create a new society that contributes to people’s everyday lives. our aim is to make computing technology a familiar part of people’s life so that it may be used conveniently by as many people as possible. this competition is held to make the future lifestyle of people richer and even more fun, and to give a concrete shape to the future as Fujitsu sees it by promoting the use of the ever-changing technology and dramatically expanding the possibilities of our services.

World Kitchen seeks to spur innovative thinking and problem solving that will demonstrate the role of design as a core value for the Housewares industry. World Kitchen’s annual What’s Bubbling? International Design Competition explores and celebrates the role of food, its preparation and enjoyment, in today’s world.
The 2011 theme, “Kitchen Tools,” highlights the preparation, cooking, and serving of food with tools designed to suit the realities of 21st century living. Entrants are invited to explore new needs and opportunities in their cultural context to achieve innovation in both function and form. Entries will be evaluated based on the criteria, processes, and rules described in these Official Rules.

Transform 2011 is Europe's only dedicated celebration of brand rebuilding and redesign.
Judged by a jury of branding experts, communications practitioners and academics, Transform is open to all companies or agencies that have launched a rebrand between April 2009 and December 2010.
Entries are welcomed from in-house corporate professionals, branding consultants, business strategists, design firms, architects, advertising agencies, non-profit organisations, and government agencies.

EXHIBITOR Magazine's Exhibit Design Awards honor the world's best trade show exhibit designs. The most coveted design award in the industry, the competition draws domestic and international entrants from countries such as Turkey, Switzerland, Israel, Australia, and the Netherlands.

The Interior Innovation Award is one of the most prestigious awards of the furnishing sector world-wide and was launched in 2002 by imm cologne, which provides the idea behind the competition. The organiser is the German Design Council. Through this competition imm cologne and the German Design Council have succeeded in creating an effective tool for corporate positioning and product differentiation for the interior furnishings market. The Interior Innovation Award appraises top innovations in all product areas of this sector of industry. For the eighth time, furthermore, the Interior Innovation Award will be presented to three young designers who are new recruits to the profession, and whom the jury will select from the talent show D3 Contest 2011.

The Architecture, Interior, Fashion, Graphic and Product Designers of the Year will also compete for this title, awarded to one visionary in either architecture or the design of interiors, products, graphics or fashion who demonstrates extraordinary vision and creativity in his/her approach to designing the man-made world. He/she will receive a multi-platform media blast to professionals and memebers of the design press internationally.

“Green and sexy” has become synonymous with the combination of great design and minimal environmental footprint (with respect to the consumption of non-renewable resources). This could be everything from equipment (mechanical, sanitary, etc.), materials or a conceptual approach that is integral part of a design.

The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies have joined forces on two continents to present an innovative and challenging new public program: GREEN GOOD DESIGN