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February 2007 - Posts

DesignSingapore Scholarships
Deadline: 30 April 2007 The Scholarship is targeted at students and industry professionals who wish to pursue full-time undergraduate or postgraduate design-related courses at reputable institutions. The overseas Scholarship covers tuition fees of up Read More...
Good Design Awards 2006
The results of the Good Design Awards 2006 were announced on October 2. This year 1,034 entries of 574 companies were publicized. Good Design Grand Prize 2006 Good Design Grand Prize 2006 06A08014 Compact car i MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION 2006 BEST Read More...
DESIGN FOR ASIA AWARD 2006: Recognising good designs that are most influential within Asia
TEN winners of the DFA Grand Award, SIX winners of the DFA Best Design from Greater China and ONE winner of the DFA Special Merit Award were selected. The winning designs are: DFA Grand Awards 2006 iPod and iPod nano Banyan Tree Ringha Kimukatsu Lane Read More...
The Greatest Innovations of All Time
Larry Keeley of Doblin Inc. nominates the innovations that have most improved safety, living standards, and quality of life. His choices may surprise This list of all-time-great innovations, including the ordinal ranking shown here: 1. Weapons 2. Mathematics Read More...
DT Design Awards 2006
▼Download Image (PDF) ▼“Individuality through Universality”/ A Commentary Topics proposed by the following research partner corporations: Canon Inc. Design Center Mazda Motor Corporation, Design Division Simplex Investment Advisors, Inc. The BUTSUGAKU Read More...
NUS ID Graudate LEE Yunqin Won Nagoya Design Go 2006 Siliver Prize
Silver Prize Title: Spectrum-Eye drop application aid Comcept: Applying eye drops cab be a frustrating and difficult experience for users. This can be due to fear of the solution dripping towards the eye, or difficulty in squirting the solution in the Read More...
50 ways to become a better designer
The way you work can have a huge impact on your creative success. ComputerArt present the best advice from leading designers on every stage of the creative process, so that you can keep clients satisfied and make the most of your talents. Please refer Read More...
D&AD Global Student Awards
The 29th D&AD Global Student Awards are now open. To download the briefs along with the essential documents required for entry visit the D&AD Global Student Awards microsite Entries will be accepted from 05 March 2007 and the final deadline for Read More...
Kokuyo Design Award 2006
The Kokuyo Design Award competition was established in 2002, inviting innovative and ingenious ideas that will contribute to the creation of user-oriented products. The theme for the KOKUYO Design Award Competition 2006 is the Kanji (Chinese character) Read More...
Dyson Design & Engineering Lecture & Workshop
The industrial design department of NUS will bring as guests design engineers from Dyson, a UK based manufacturer which is characterized by a strong focus in innovation. On March 1st 2007, there will be a lecture open to general public, and a design workshop Read More...
NUS Design Incubation Centre (DIC) won Gold Prize from International Design Competition Osaka 2006.
Design Incubation Centre (DIC) has won the Gold Prize from the International Design Competition Osaka 2006. Organized by the Japan Design Foundation, the International Design competition Osaka is one of the most prestigious design competitions. Representing Read More...
NUS ID student Tan Yong Kai won iF concept award product 2007
530 entries from 32 countries were received and only the top 20 will get an award. iF is one of the top design awards from the commercial design world and Yong Kai's winning entry will be published in the iF design year book as well. For more information, Read More...
Design of Strida - Folding Bike with Triangular Frame
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-344646924407298798 Details of how strida 3 was created. Shows the design process and philosphy, history and evolution of the product. The Strida is a radical ... all » triangular folding bike, that folds up like Read More...
Chartered Society of Designers : CSD Student Awards 2007
Deadline: May 1, 2007 Each year all second year design students on any full-time design course around the world are invited to submit any project for scrutiny by a panel of CSD and design industry judges. The panel initially judges the entries and awards Read More...
red dot award: design concept 2007
Entries deadline: 15 June 2007 The red dot award: design concept directs attention to the importance of ideas. A window to the future, the award challenges inventors, engineers, design professionals and design students to test the fundamentals of product Read More...
Shelter Me
Deadline: June 17 2007 Design a temporary emergency shelter for deployment in a natural disaster In the past two years, widespread catastrophic events have called forth large-scale relief efforts throughout both urban and rural areas of the world. How Read More...
Child's Play
Entries deadline: 17 June 2007 Design an object that encourages children to cultivate their own imagination and creativity Children's toys are very often prescriptive in their function, designed with a certain task or role-play in mind. This competition Read More...
2007 Lightouch Design Competition
Deadline: March 30, 2007 It used to be that being at the right place and the right time was the ultimate 'trick' to perfect. Many still try. But most soon realize that it is more of a gamble, and that much of life is what you make it to be. Designers Read More...
2007 Liteon Award
Contestants will submit designs of the following categories of 4C products (Computer, Communication, Consumer electronics and Car electronics) that will enhance the quality of all aspects of life of the user. 4C digital devices for a life of mobility: Read More...
2007 Taiwan International Design Competition
Deadline: May 10, 2007 Theme ─ Amusement The speed of urban sprawl and the impassivity of urban residents grow hand in hand. The city itself is not the cause of the impassivity. The souls of the residents just stopped flexing after urbanization becomes Read More...