Check out these Holcim Award Winners for North America announced in Montreal. The competition was held in 5 regions of the world on the Foundation for Sustainable Construction. There were almost 5000 projects from 90 countries that participated to encourage building constructions by keeping in mind technological, environmental, socio-economic, and cultural issues. Some of the projects are just unbelievable as they feature innovations that can be applied in homes and other buildings in order to contribute to today’s climate and energy challenges. Let’s see how helpful these next generation projects are going to be in reality.
Gold Award to New York City’s first carbon-neutral building
Silver Award for a self-contained day labor station in San Francisco
Read the rest of this entry »
White House is now being rediscovered and a one of submission for “WHITEHOUSEREDUX” competition. Check out this “Rediscovery” concept which is an eco friendly helium powered zeppelin. There is an accommodation and workspace for the President and his staff members. Modern communication technologies have been used by keeping in mind the local urgencies that can be provided. The main aim of “Rediscovery” is to make a worldwide exchange of new regenerative technologies possible. This docking station offers the perfect dual concept for the white house. Let’s see how far it can meet the expectations of the President and their staff members.
Read the rest of this entry »
The TX54 is a concept design which featured in the global design competition organized by Timex in collaboration with Core77. The design competition was held to commemorate 150 years of watch crafting and time keeping. The device is transparent and needs to be kept at the thumbnail or stays clear till the time it is activated. To activate or check time, one can just glance at the time when needed. It is small, chic and minimalist. Of course one can simply glance at their cell phone than going for another gadget but with its looks and various modes it a nice way to keep time.
Designer : Napoleon Merana, Steffen Schubert, and David Takacs via Core77
The SKUUMA design competition invites you to show the world your concept for an original new piece of design, with the components foam (polyurethane) and special coating. From functional to funky, it’s the uniqueness of your vision that really counts in this global competition.
The 5 winners will have their designs manufactured and added to the SKUUMA home and office collection, which will be shown on special locations around the world. The winners will be announced at the Dutch Design Week 2008, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, in the SKUUMA exhibition stand. The winners will receive lifelong royalties (a specific percentage of the turnover) of their winning design. One Grand Prix winner receives a prize of $8000 (USD). For more information, check out Skuuma website : http://www.skuuma.com
Yes guys ! It’s here, Electrolux have announced the opening of their annual design competition for 2008. This year theme is “Designs for Internet Generation”, with “Internet Generation” defined as young professionals age between 25-35 and concerned about their environment. Better hurry, the entry dead line is May 30. For more info check out their official website here : Electrolux Design Lab Competition.
