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Expedia announces luggage tag competition
Wednesday, 10th April 2013 at 5:01pm
After they produced a new advertising campaign that created clever words from the IATA codes found on luggage tags, Expedia.co.uk has launched a new competition on its Facebook Page.The competition asks entrants to try and create their own slogans or phrases using over 9,500 available IATA codes, as seen in the campaign which we previously featured, in an effort to win a £2,000 Expedia holiday. Entries are made through an app on their page, where you can also view entries by others. The competition will run for four weeks, with a winner chosen at random.
The original campaign was the idea of copywriter Jon Morgan and art director Mike Watson at Ogilvy & Mather.
It is a clever way to build on what must have been a successful campaign for the company and, in turn, will increase their visibility on Facebook as people need to 'like' their page before being able to enter.
Try out the app for yourself here.Tagged Marketing, social media, advertising, Facebook, Expedia, IATA codes, luggage tags, Ogilvy & Mather, competition
Fancy a seat with some style?
Wednesday, 13th February 2013 at 9:33am
Creative furniture company Sixinch is giving away their amazing Hex Stool.It's very easy to enter; all you need to do is email them at pr@sixinch.eu with your name by the 28th February, and you will be entered into a draw to win one of five of these funky bits of furniture.
Sixinch specializes in the design and manufacturing of high concept foam coated furniture and architectural products.
Find out more here.
Tagged Competition, seating, design, innovation, furniture, promotion, Hexstool, Sixinch, funky
bam! wins YAP MAXXI 2013
Sunday, 10th February 2013 at 11:30pm
Turin-based studio bam! (bottega di architettura metropolitana) has designed the winning entry of the 2013 Young Architects Program (YAP) MAXXI in Rome. YAP is an annual competition that supports and promotes young and emerging architects in collaboration with MAXXI Architettura, MoMA/MoMA PS1 of New York, Constructo of Santiago and, for the first time, Istanbul Modern, Turkey.
The winning design, called "He" is intended to attract and impress viewers, with its massive scale and innovative ideas.
The project will see the MAXXI facade transformed with a giant yellow prism-shaped balloon, which will provide shelter from the sun during the daytime and light the area in the evening throughout the summer.
As well as providing shade "He" will also drip water, creating a refreshing curtain for the public trying to escape the heat, whilst in the evening it will drench the area with a warm yellow glow as it rises up to the height of the museum, acting as a lantern in the sky.
Being installed on the 20th June 2013 for the duration of the summer, "He" will then be deflated, with it's Helium being collected and used for scientific and medical research, whilst the balloon itself will be recycled.Tagged Architecture, competition, design, winner, creative, Bam, Maxxi, Rome, Architettura
CAMAC's Student Wallpaper Design Competition
Sunday, 15th July 2012 at 7:42am
To celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of AWN Pugin, a master in the use of colour, pattern and ornament and who was an ardent campaigner for the Gothic style, CAMAC Design partnered with the Fashion & Textile Museum to organise a wallpaper design competition.
Best known for his interior designs of the Palace of Westminster, Pugin was one of the first to promote the idea of 'honesty' and 'propriety' in ornament and design, enlisting ornament as a moral influence in society.
CAMAC Design has partnered with the Fashion & Textile Museum in London's Bermondsey Village, which was founded by iconic British designer Zandra Rhodes. The museum showcases a selection of designs from entries to the 4th Annual Student Wallpaper Design Competition during its current exhibition Pop! Design, Culture, Fashion.
A second display of students' work is also on show at Ramsgate Library in Kent until 20th August. Ramsgate is where Pugin designed and built The Grange, his family home, and also nearby St Augustine's church.
The full exhibition will be held in London from 14th - 20th September, forming part of the 10th London Design Festival. Set up to build links between new designers entering the creative industries and the professionals already in it, CAMAC Design is a new company founded by Caroline McNamara, an experienced event and exhibition organiser, and Vice Chair of TEXERE, Textile Education and Research in Europe.
For more information please click here.
Photographs of Power celebrated at Prix Pictet
Sunday, 8th July 2012 at 8:34pm
The Rencontres d’Arles festival has announced the shortlist for the fourth Prix Pictet with the subject of Power. There are 12 shortlisted photographers from ten countries that present a wide range of unique perspectives.
These vary from the veteran lenses of Joel Sternfeld, whose images capture “moments of horror” on the faces of attendees to the 11 United Nations Conference on Climate Change as they hear about ecological collapse, to Robert Adams – the oldest nominee – whose documentations of deforestation in the American Northwest are as terrible as they are moving.
See more of these fantastic images here.
RIBA hunts for unique pews and perches
Friday, 30th December 2011 at 4:29am
The winners of Pews & Perches will receive funding to build their designs which will be showcased around the Royal Docks in East London in time for the 2012 Olympic Games.
The deadline for submissions is 30 January 2012.
Click here for more details
Young Designers Competition - Conceptual Experiential Structure
Monday, 14th November 2011 at 11:48am
To find about other projects Whitecircle are involved in or to learn more about their solutions, services and exhibitions visit www.whitecircleltd.com.
IFAC 2012 - The International Festival of Art & Construction
Tuesday, 8th November 2011 at 12:14pm
- It is an initiative of the nonprofit association “self-sufficent movement” which seeks to promote the philosophy of self-sufficiency in society, invest aggressive consumer trends, encourage and disseminate self-sufficient practices, investigate and explore ways to self-sufficiency.
- I.F.A.C. is a project focused on 200 young artists and architects from across Europe to live together 10 days in a space of creation and integration of different arts, the result will be creations , publishing, construction and various designs in any field of art.
- I.F.A.C. will be located in a rural setting, to provide a fun work environment where a festive atmosphere will be the framework for debates and discussions about contemporary concerns.
IFAC is developing a preliminary contest in order to select and reward the future Tutors of the IFAC Workshop, the competition seeks a diversity and richness of workshops, to express and work around current issues in art and construction. Registration is free, you may submit projects to the workshop on 5th December 2011.
The awards are 10 prizes of € 100 for each workshop or the chance to lead your project and be published or the free assistance of a tutor to I.F.A.C.
Visit www.IFAC2012.com for more information on how to enter or go to plusmood to read the full article.
Heineken asks young designers for nightclub of the future
Monday, 24th October 2011 at 11:12am
Launched earlier this year, Heineken Open Design Explorations Edition 1: The Club auditioned hundreds of promising designers, eventually selecting the best 19 from four countries - Japan, Brazil, USA and Italy. The chosen designers have now been put into groups, each of which will a present a design for a new nightclub concept.
The nineteen selected designers, who come from motion deign, graphic design, product design and interior design backgrounds, all demonstrated a love of nightlife and an exceptional level of creativity. Yukihiro Shoda, a motion designer from Tokyo, shared his enthusiasm at being selected saying, 'The project has given me an exciting opportunity to work with designers from across the world and from other disciplines. The collaboration element will allow each of us to really explore our potential, and the input from consumers is something that will help inspire me to push my ideas to new levels.' Graphic designer Sandra Garcia Pagola from of New York City said, 'To present the conclusions of our journey during Milan's famous design week is an unbelievable opportunity for any designer. I feel really lucky that Heineken has created this opportunity and selected me alongside the other designers to showcase our work on such a revered global stage.'
To follow the designers and read the full article visit The Interior Design Blog.
Inftatable Mobile Architecture Competition PFFF
Monday, 17th October 2011 at 3:18am
The pavilion will be used many times and it will have to be easily transportable and installable in squares, parks, meeting places of different cities and FARM Cultural Camp tour’s stops.
Find out more on Arch Daily
LOFT 2011 - London's Vertical Farming Competition
Tuesday, 12th April 2011 at 9:42am
LOFT requires the design of a vertical farm with residential use. As advanced as it sounds, the benefits of such a structure range from the continuous supply of agricultural products to the reduction of cultivated land, generating its own energy and contributing to the ecosystem's balance. The new tower would be inserted in the City's skyline, an extremely strategic site for public transportation and a strong demand for housing. The competition represents a chance to build a real vertical city, which may well include a plaza, shopping areas, and restaurants. Early registration begins in May 2011 and the winners will be announced in September, after the summer.
Click here to read more.
The iPad 2: More to it, less of it
Monday, 7th March 2011 at 3:58am
This new version is faster, 33 per cent thinner, and “up to” 15 per cent lighter than the original iPad, while boasting the same 9.7-inch LCD screen. Steve Jobs believes Apple to be ore on top of their game than ever before claiming 'While others have been scrambling to copy the first generation iPad, we’re launching iPad 2, which moves the bar far ahead of the competition and will likely cause them to go back to the drawing boards yet again.” Will this bold statement be proved correct in sale numbers? Let's watch this space.
If you haven't yet had a look at Apple's latest venture then click here to formulate your own first opinion.
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