Car Design Awards China 2013 contest launches

Future car designers in China are again being challenged to meet the needs of the future by entering the CDN competition which is dedicated to identifying the most promising talent. The fourth annual Car Design Awards China is now open, and entries are invited from students of any design discipline who are studying full time at a college in China.
They will work to briefs set by the design chiefs of brands including Audi, JAC, Qoros, Volvo Trucks and Volkswagen. A panel of distinguished senior designers whose background is both inside and outside China will judge their entries.

Chris Bangle was the master of ceremonies at last year's awards

The winning designed of the 'Best Exterior Design' category, 'Nissan Cross Pickup Concept' by Xu Yixiong

Prizes for the winners will be fully-funded placements at one of the international design schools which are currently being lined up as partners for the competition. An indication of the opportunity this brings for Chinese students, the schools for the 2012 winners were: the College for Creative Studies (CCS) in the US; Coventry University in the UK; Istituto d'Arte Applicata e Design (IAAD) in Italy; Strate College in France; and Umea Institute of Design in Sweden. Their students mixed with classmates from all parts of the world and were exposed to Western design teaching.
As an additional prize this year, a student winner who designs to the Volvo Trucks brief will receive a 3-month placement at the Volvo Group studio in Shanghai, plus a trip to one of the group's international studios. A brief centred on heavy commercial vehicles is a first for the competition this year.
The closing date for submissions is 11 January 2013, by which time all entries must have been uploaded to the competition website. The Awards will culminate in a glittering prize-giving ceremony held on the evening of 18 April 2013, just before the opening of Auto China 2013 (the Shanghai motor show).
All the briefs, together with how to enter, are on the competition website. Also displayed there is the work of all the past winners.
There are nine Awards in the 2013 competition, which will be made for the best entries in: exterior design; interior design; luxury concept; lifestyle design; eco solution; innovation; production model; and virtual design. The judges will select from all the entries to make an award for the best design in harmony with China's heritage.
Brilliance on display
The work of all the finalists will be on display at the Awards ceremony, along with their nervous creators. After the category winners have been announced, just one of them will receive the ultimate accolade of Student Designer of the Year.
"It was so difficult for us to decide on a winner, the entrants were so strong," commented one of the judges, Simon Loasby, Director of Design at VW China, at the concluding judging session of last year's competition. "On one hand we had very creative, out-there designs... and on the other brilliantly-resolved products."
Olivier Boulay, Vice President at Daimler's Advanced Design Center, added: "China is reinventing itself, which gives huge scope to...be creative. It's our job to encourage this direction and let these designers fly a little bit into future."
CDN has created a league table of China's design schools based on the success of their students in the past three competitions. The Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) tops the league, ahead of Tsinghua University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
The league rankings use a scoring system based on which students achieve shortlisted, finalist and winner status. The league is intended to track the development of design teaching expertise at China's schools.
In similar vein, the 2013 competition will again acknowledge and publicise the teachers of the winning entries, recognising that raw talent alone is not enough in becoming a professional designer of the future.
To find out more about the Car Design Awards China contest please visit the dedicated Chinese and English websites.
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CEA and Eye-Fi Solicit Photos for ‘Best Shots’ Contest

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has launched its fourth annual digital photo contest in partnership with Eye-Fi. Submission to the “Best Shots” contest will be accepted until 16 December 2012. Entrants can submit one photo in each of four categories: people, travel, pets and cellphone shots. A slate of expert judges will select finalists in each category. Winners will be chosen via an online vote that will run from 8-11 January 2013. The grand prize winner, to be announced 11 January 2013, at the 2013 International CES, will receive a Canon EOS Rebel T3i and an Eye-Fi wireless SD memory card. You can submit your photos through the website below. Note that this competition is open to US residents only. As always we suggest that you read the rules before entering your work.

CEA Press Release

CEA and Eye-Fi Solicit Photos for ‘Best Shots’ Contest

Fourth annual competition categories include people, pets, travel, cellphone images

Arlington, Va., Nov. 13, 2012 – The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today launched its fourth annual digital photo contest in partnership with Eye-Fi, maker of the world’s first wireless memory card. The grand prize winner, to be announced January 11, 2013, at the 2013 International CES®, will receive a Canon EOS Rebel T3i and an Eye-Fi wireless SD memory card. All photo entries will be displayed at the LVH in the PMA@CES exhibits at the 2013 CES, the world’s largest innovation event. A slate of expert judges will select finalists in each category. Winners will be chosen via an online vote that will run from January 8 - 11, 2013.

Submission to the “Best Shots” contest will be accepted until December 16, 2012. Entrants can submit one photo in each of four categories: people, travel, pets and cellphone shots. Contestants can enter photos at CE.org/BestShots.

“Today, we are able to interact with photos in progressively more innovative ways with so many options to share, create and manipulate images,” said Grace Ellis, CEA spokeswoman. “Eye-Fi and CEA want to see what people can do with their ‘Best Shots.’”

Prize packages are as follows:

One Grand Prize:

·      Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Eye-Fi Wireless Memory SD Card

Four Top Prizes (one camera winner per category):

·      Nikon Coolpix P300 with Eye-Fi Wireless Memory SD Card

·      Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX150 with Eye-Fi Wireless Memory SD Card

·      Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS20 with Eye-Fi Wireless Memory SD Card

·      Fujifilm FinePix F770EXR with Eye-Fi Wireless Memory SD Card

Five Honorable Mention Prizes:

·      Eye-Fi Wireless Memory SD Card

The explosion of digital camera options available in today’s market has increased the number of images captured. According to CEA research, family, friends, natural scenery and pets are the top subjects photographed. Additionally, as smartphone household penetration grows, consumers are using their cellphones more often to capture spontaneous photos. Not only are they taking more photos, but they are also emailing photos to others and posting to social networks once they are captured.

About Eye-Fi
Eye-Fi is dedicated to building products and services that help consumers manage, nurture and share their digital memories. Eye-Fi’s patented and patent-pending technology wirelessly and automatically uploads photos and videos from digital cameras and smartphones to online, in-home and retail destinations. Eye-Fi has helped people wirelessly upload more than 500 million photos since being founded in 2005.

Headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., the company’s investors include NTT Docomo, Opus Capital, Shasta Ventures and TransLink Capital. Eye-Fi Inc. card products include proprietary technology developed and patented by Eye-Fi, Inc. See patents at http://www.eye.fi/patent.

Eye-Fi products and services are now available at Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Target, Office Depot and Apple stores nationwide and online. For more information about Eye-Fi, please visit http://www.eye.fi.

About CEA:
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is the preeminent trade association promoting growth in the $206 billion U.S. consumer electronics industry. More than 2,000 companies enjoy the benefits of CEA membership, including legislative advocacy, market research, technical training and education, industry promotion, standards development and the fostering of business and strategic relationships. CEA also owns and produces the International CES – The Global Stage for Innovation. All profits from CES are reinvested into CEA’s industry services. Find CEA online at http://www.CE.org, http://www.DeclareInnovation.com and through social media:    .

UPCOMING EVENTS

CES Unveiled LONDON
November 15, 2012, London, UK
2013 International CES
January 8-11, 2013, Las Vegas, NV 

Source :  http://www.photographyblog.com/news/cea_and_eye-fi_solicit_photos_for_best_shots_contest/

2013 Young Writers Contest

Contest Guidelines

Writers, ages 13-19, are welcome to submit once in each category, but must complete a separate form for each entry.  Deadline for submission is March 1st, 2013. All submissions must be written in English and submitted with the completed form (below).  There is no fee for participation.  All participants will receive a certificate of participation.

In all divisions your work should attempt to:

• Show day to day life.
• Show family relations and friendships.
• Show outside forces at work (ie. weather, government/politics, social pressures, etc.)
• Avoid stereotypes and generalizations.  Dig beneath the surface to explore common humanity and universal themes.

Fiction Division:

Submit an original unpublished short story of 800-1000 words in the voice of a character from another country or culture.

Poetry Division:

Submit one to three poems totaling no more than 100 lines in the voice of a character from another country or culture.

Nonfiction Division:

Write an 800-1000 word essay about a social, political, environmental, or familial challenge faced by individuals within a cultural group, or a personal experience with another culture.

Awards:

First, second, and third place prizes will be awarded in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry categories.

• First place winners will receive $50.
• Second  place winners will receive $25.
• Third place winners will receive $10.
• All winners will be published in DoveTales Literary journal, a publication of Writing for Peace.
• The author will retain copyright of the literary work with the understanding that Writing for Peace may publish the work online with a printed option, or republish at a later date in a printed anthology.

2013 Young Writers Contest

Please read our contest guidelines carefully before submitting your entry. Personal contact information is for interoffice use and not for publication.

Contest Division*

• Poetry
• Fiction
• Nonfiction
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• Sumber : http://writingforpeace.org/2013-young-writers-contest-guidelines/

The 2013 Hilti Mobile App Competition

Do you have ideas on how mobile applications can support a construction company and help to pave the way for construction sites of tomorrow?
Hilti invites you to submit innovative ideas for a new mobile application to hep architects, construction workers, sales staff and customers work together comfortably and efficiently.

Task:
Submit ideas for apps too this competition to optimise co-operation between architects, construction workers, company staff and customers

Submissions:
Your submission should explain the purpose of your Mobile App and how it supports Hilti and its customers. Please use an illustrative and attractive way to present typical situations of application, a proposal for the design, and the Mobile App’s major functionalities. Feel free to make reasonable assumptions about the technical requirements and data necessary for your application. You may choose one of the following submission forms to present your idea:

1. Technical-oriented:

Prototype
Develop a prototype of the Mobile App in Android or iOS, and provide a brief description of the major functionalities (max. five pages).

Web-based Prototype
Develop a web-based prototype of your Mobile App and provide a brief description of the major functionalities (max. five pages).

2. Business-oriented:

Written Submission
In written form, provide a strong, well-developed business case for your mobile application. Thoroughly describe the concept of the application, providing possible application scenarios as well as pictures or screenshots of the Mobile App (max 15 pages, including screenshots).

Movie
Through production of a short movie, provide a strong, well-developed business case for your mobile application. Thoroughly describe the concept of the application, providing possible application scenarios as well as pictures or screenshots of the user interface (max seven minutes).

Other submission forms are also accepted as long as they are in line with the evaluation criteria stated above.

Eligibility:

• Participate as an individual or in teams of up to 5 persons
• Young professionals and students from universities and universities of applied science from IT, business, engineering and all other disciplines are welcome. 
• Neither programming skills nor detailed technical knowledge concerning the construction industry are necessarily required to participate!

Application Details:

• Participants are only asked to submit their creative ideas by November 26th, 2012, 23:59:00 (CET)
• Submissions will be reviewed by an international panel of experts who will determine the ten finalist teams
• Date of Notification: Dec. 8, 2012
• Workshop and Award Ceremony: Jan. 10 - 12, 2013 (Hilti HQ, Liechtenstein)
• Top 10 teamsL Invited to 2,5-day workshop in Schaan (Liechtenstein)

 PRICE
1st: Trip to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), 2nd-3rd: Hilti power tools possibility to launch Mobile App and easier access to international internship 

source : http://studentcompetitions.com/competitions/the-2013-hilti-mobile-app-competition

Architecture and Engineering Ideas Competition

Engineering and architecture students, are you able to create innovative design solutions for Indian villages in this social initiative that seeks to find answers to settlement problems in India's villages?
Share your solutions to bring about change today.

Mera Gaon Mera Base is the debut theme of Ultratech Cement's "Innovate for India" social initiative. The competition targeted at young engineering and architecture students seeks to capture innovative design solutions for Indian villages.
India has seen an unprecedented economic growth in the last few decades primarily because of urban activities. But it would be short sighted to limit the definition of ‘developed India’ to its urban centers and the term must necessarily include the development of the backbone of India- its rural strength.
Scattered throughout India are more than 645,000 villages. These settlements range from tiny hamlets of thatched huts to larger settlements of tile-roofed stone and brick houses. It is in these villages that India's most basic occupation-agriculture-takes place, which accomplishes the challenging task of feeding our nation. Villages in India should be evolving as one of its strengths and on par with urban India, if India is to aim for sustained growth.
1. FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING STUDENTS:
Task: Select a village, study its pertinent and critical problems and probe into effective solutions for the same. Propose real time, solutions for an existing infrastructure/ engineering design problem in a village.
Aim: To understand the wealth of the incremental intelligence that is a way of life in villages while analysing its drawbacks with a critical eye. The “Mera Gaon Mera Base” challenge asks engineering and architecture students to turn their skills to providing solutions that can enrich life in our villages.
The scope of solutions includes:

1. Infrastructure Engineering
2. Structural Engineering
3. Sanitary Engineering
4. Water Resources Engineering

The path: 

• It is imperative that the team identifies and does a site visit of the village for which the design is proposed. A short note on why a particular village was selected will help establish the larger context of the proposed solution (not more than 100 words).
• Documentation and a clear articulation of the existing problem and all facts associated is the second step (not more than 100 words).
• A brief note on the brainstorming leading up to the solution will be appreciated (not more than 100 words, this is optional).

The proposed solution: 

• The idea (not more than 500 words)
• Concept sheet (the participant can choose to represent his idea visually through sketches, renderings, and a walkthrough.
• Technical drawings as appropriate: site plans, plan, sections and elevations
• Design details and perspective views

The participant can in addition also make a film, not more than 5 minutes to support his/ her idea. While this is not mandatory we aggressively encourage every participant/s to do so.
Guidelines - The solution should:

• Be feasible, economical and in - context
• Show initiative and innovative thinking
• Be simple, clear and original - from idea to presentation 

2. FOR ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS:
Task: Propose design solutions for an existing design problem in a village. The ideas could range from proposing better solutions for the village school, community hall, etc.
The path:

• It is imperative that the team identifies and does a site visit of the village for which the design is proposed. A short note on why a particular village was selected will help establish the larger context of the proposed solution (Not more than 100 words).
• Documentation and a clear articulation of the existing design problem is second step (not more than 100 words).
• A brief note on the brainstorming leading up to the solution will be appreciated (not more than 100 words, this is optional).

The proposed solution:
a) The idea (not more than 500 words)
b) Concept sheet (the participant can choose to represent his idea visually through sketches, renderings, walkthrough.
c) Technical drawings: site plan, plans, sections and elevations (as technical drawings)
d) Details and perspective views
The participant can in addition also make a film, not more than 5 minutes to support his/ her idea. While this is not mandatory we aggressively encourage the participant/s to do so.

Guidelines - The solution should:

• Be feasible, economical and in – context.
• Show initiative and innovative thinking.
• Be simple, clear and original - from idea to presentation.

Application Details:

• Register yourself by following the "Go Compete" button.
• After registering the challenge has 3 aspects: 1. Observe, 2. Analyze and 3. Resolve.

UN International Short Film Contest (15-12-2012)

Forests for People: UN International Short Film Contest (15-12-2012)

200 million people. 193 countries.
One amazing portrait of how forests sustain us

The United Nations Forum on Forests Secretariat, together with the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival and leading nature filmmakers worldwide, invites you to take part in a first-ever global multimedia initiative. One that will unite 200 million people in 193 countries to remind all of us just how vital forests are.

About the contest
Forests for People is a short film contest that invites everyone, in every part of the world, to create and share a personal film about their own relationship to the forest. How it inspires you. Shelters you. Nurtures you. Contributes to your life, or even makes life possible.
How you make your film is entirely up to you. Use whatever you have to tell your story in 90 seconds or less. Every type of media, from video cameras to mobile footage, animation to photos, is welcome. You don’t have to be a professional filmmaker. We want everyone, everywhere, to participate. The more stories that are told, the richer and more diverse our portrait will be.
How to enter
Once you’ve created your film, entering it is easy. Just upload your film to YouTube, then complete our short entry form, which will ask you for the YouTube link to your film. We’ll take care of the rest, and even post your film on our website, so everyone can watch, enjoy and learn from your story. Each new entry opens a unique window on our diverse human connections to the forest. Together, they will help everyone see the forests in a compelling new light.
Judging and finalists
After the contest ends on 15th December 2012, an international jury will select 15 semi-finalist and five finalist films to be premiered at the April 2013 meeting of the United Nations Forum on Forests in Istanbul, and at the 2013 Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. Our five finalists will also be invited to attend the film premiere at the United Nations Forum on Forests meeting in Istanbul, with travel support to be provided. All semi-finalists and finalists will be contacted after the judging is complete.
What to do

• Download the Entry Form
• Watch the most recent film entries on our website
• Get the latest news via the UN Facebook page and Twitter feed
• Review our contest Terms and Conditions

The 2012 Arab Collegiate Programming Contest (2012) 

Arab countries

The 2012 Arab Collegiate Programming Contest (2012) (local page) takes place on  9 Dec 2012 - 13 Dec 2012. Registration starts on  1 Sep 2012 and ends on  15 Nov 2012.  Contest is sponsored by IBM.  Contact email address is ossama@acmacpc.org. 

Register now at The 2012 Arab Collegiate Programming Contest

Main info

• local page
• ossama@acmacpc.org
• Contest date:
  • 9 Dec 2012 - 13 Dec 2012
• Registration dates:
  • 1 Sep 2012 - 15 Nov 2012

Registration in progress (28 day(s) to contest)

Check out

• Reservations
• Register now

 source : http://icpc.baylor.edu/public/worldMap/1348