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216 entries from all over the world was the response to the second competition launched by Depop and dedicated to the world of toys.
Many new ideas, lots of revisited classics, endless creativity and recycled materials and plenty of clever solutions.
The jury composed by 8 profesionals, designers and toy manufacturers, and equal quantity of kids gave the Zogo Award for Best Toy to the puzzle Smonta in Tondo by Elisabetta Nasuti, to the wooden toy Ulippy by Marco Elia and to the balance game Ciclisti designed by Marco Ongaro.
My favourite one is Raisins, awarded in the Best Educational Toy category. The toy, designed by Keren Rosen is realized sewing various fabrics (cotton, wool, synthetics) that behave in different ways when washed at high temperature: shrinking, changing colour and tactile sensation. Comes double so children can compare with the original version.

For the third straight year, Electrolux invites students from around the world compete to design household appliances for the future. This year, Electrolux Design Laboratory is looking for solutions for the home of 2020.
The jury will judge entries based on design and innovation in terms of both functional and technological aspects, but with focus on solving real problems in everyday life.
The 12 finalists will participate in a six-day design event in Stockholm, including workshops, model building and a competition for cash-awards, appliances and more. The winner will be announced during Future Design Days in Stockholm, November 14, 2005.
Registration online at Designboom

The third edition of the german trade show dedicated to new materials for design and architecture, material_vision 05 will take place next November 10th and 11th at Messe Frankfurt.
For the first time this year, Messe Frankfurt GmbH and the German Design Council are holding the Design Plus competition for outstanding and highly innovative design on the occasion of Material Vision 2005.

Nespresso and the italian magazine Interni present the Design Competition Coffee Unplugged.
To participate please register online as of June 1st and submit your entry no later than October 31st, 2005.
The jury will be formed by Alberto Alessi, Elisa Astori, Giulio Cappellini, Antoine Cahen and Alfredo Haberli among others. Three prizes will be awarded for a total of EUR 26.000, the award Ceremony will be held during Salone del Mobile 2006.

Aiming to give more visibility to young designers Rima Editrice announces this year's edition of the Competition Young&Design, open to designers born after December 31st, 1967.
Deadline for the presentation of the entries is March 10th 2005 and the winner will be awarded with a 4000 euro prize. The Award ceremony will be held on April during the Salone del Mobile in Milan.

As for every edition of Salone Satellite for the past five years the leading German specialist magazine Design Report, has awarded young designers with the Design Report Award 2004.
This year's winner was Jorg Gatjens from Cologne for his Magnetic Table. Special Mention went to the Argentinian Francisco Gomez Paz for his chaise longue Apero, to the design duo of Eva Schildt and Jeremy Edwards from Sweden and England for their Up Chair and Down Chair and to Defacto Design from Munich for the project Lummel.
The international jury was integrated by Stefano Giovannoni, Luke Pearson, Patrick Reymond, Paolo Ulian and Inga Sempé.

The red dot design award is an internationally renowned product design competition organized every year by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen since 1955.
All national and international companies and designers are invited to register industrially manufactured products launched on the market within the last two years. The closing date for entries is 30 January 2004. Register online here.

Designboom and Macef have launched an online competition. Participants are requested to develop a container to be filled with water. Registration will be accepted until november 15 and works can be submitted through november 30 2003. First Prize will receive 5000 euro.
Winning entries and a selection of the works sent in will be shown at the next MACEF spring salon, which will be held in milan from january 30 to february 2, 2004.

Does snowboarding unleash your creative juice? Do you want to collaborate with one of the most famous snowboard companies worldwide and work on Board graphics? You are requested to develop designs connected with any of these categories: freestyle, freeride, versatile, woman. First price will be 2000 euro. Submissions will be accepted until 31 december 2003. Register and submit your entry online.

In a world where first impressions are crucial, I.D. magazine invites you to design a global identification card. The competition prize will take you to the biggest design conference in the southern hemisphere, the 7th International Design Indaba in Cape Town, South Africa, February 25-27, 2004.
You should consider very important issues such as which are the qualities that truly identifies us? What can be learned from our height, weight and eye colour?
Deadline is December 15, 2003.