Enlightened is sponsoring a jewellery design competition for 2008-2009. The designs must incorporate their Passion Topaz® gemstone collection.

There are two categories to the competition: Basic Passion and Passion De Luxe. Basic Passion is for entrees with classic touch while Passion De Luxe is for experimental designs.

Pre-deadline is on November 30 and the final deadline is on December 31st.

Interested designers can simply upload a computer generated or hand-drawn designs at their website.

At stake is a total of 6,000 Euros, with 3,000 euros going to the over-all winner and 1,000 euro for category winners. › Continue reading

Seoul Design Competition “Design Is AIR” goal is to design environmentally-friendly designs for sustainable city life. The winner was announced last March 2008 and the competition four fields of design: Earth (Environment),  Water (Communication in Flow), Wind (Experience in Media City Scape), Fire (Objects in Urban Culture).

The entrees are all superbly designed and interestingly there are two finalist and one of them is the grand winner that solves problems by firefighters. › Continue reading