my friend kandice over at honeststab.com has two great articles on the first annual gowanus art space jello competition.

the first article has pictures of several entries and some general background, the second one describes their process of creating the pieces she did together with julia green, ending up winning first price.

(there’s also a related video over at mcbrooklyn.)

congrats kandice and julia!

another lighting competition: create a light fixture using 1m of LED strip light.

entries will be judged for both their aesthetic as well as sustainable qualities.

another design competition with categories for architecture, interior, fashion, product, and graphic.

another site that uses crowd sourcing for product development.

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led light contest by osram.

japanese design award, with 2009 applications now open.

a design contest for led outdoor lighting. grand price is a built prototype of the winning design, an all expense paid trip to light fair 2010, $1,000, plus royalty opportunities.

lg mobile phones is running a competition. your assignment: imagine the future of personal mobile communication. predict what’s next. what do you think mobile phones should look like in 2, 5, or 10 years? …