People’s Design Award 2009

Nomination is now open for the Cooper-Hewitt People’s Design Award for 2009. Selection criteria are the following; excellence, innovation, and enhancement of the quality of life. There are 7 design awards namely Architecture, Communications, Fashion, Interaction, Interior, Landscape Architecture, and Product Design to be given under 3 categories.

Enlightened Design Competitions

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 […]

Design is AIR

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 […]

Illustrated Web Designs

Many design studios and freelance designers have website designs that are rich in graphics and illustrations. Most of these sites are done in flash with animations, the only problem with flash is that search engines won’t be able to index the content of the site, thus lesser possibility of ranking. […]

Cooper-Hewitt People’s Design Award 2008

Cooper-Hewitt gives out design awards every year and this year’s winner was announced on October 23 at the National Design Awards gala in New York City. There are 276 entries for the Design Award and here’s the top nominated entries; Zon Hearing Aid, Design Observer, Bennington Bookmarks, Inhabitat, Zip tie […]

Renato Ong – New Web Design Project

We have recently launched a new website for Renato Ong, a renowned sculptor from the Philippines. The website is still a work in progress as we have yet to add content to the site and we are still waiting for any comments from Mr. Ong. Here’s the work in progress […]