Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce: BKLYN Designs 2015

Deadline: February 1, 2015 {ONLINE}


BKLYN Designs 2015
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
Brooklyn Expo Center
Brooklyn, NY
May 8 to 10, 2015


The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce that it is now accepting applications for BKLYN Designs, which will return in 2015 on May 8th, 9th and 10th.

BKLYN Designs 2015 is New York's premier exhibition of contemporary furnishings and home accessories designed or manufactured in Brooklyn. This internationally renowned, juried exhibition features a dynamic collection of designs from the most innovative Brooklyn-based designers and manufacturers.


After over a decade in DUMBO, the event is moving to the Brooklyn Expo Center, the 40,000-square-foot facility in Greenpoint—a neighborhood that has become a hub of creative activity in the borough. Once again, thousands are expected to attend to take in the collection, which will include the latest contemporary furniture, lighting, carpet and flooring, wall coverings, tabletop/outdoor furniture, and accessories.

Those interested in participating can download and submit an application at ibrooklyn.com/bkdapp. The deadline for early consideration is February 1, 2015 with a rolling deadline (to capacity) thereafter.


Visit facebook site: www.facebook.com/BKLYNDESIGNS


For any inquiries please contact Santina Giammona, Director Special Events & Projects, sgiammona@brooklynchamber.com, 718.875.1000 ext. 144.



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One Year On 2015

Deadline: February 2, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. {ONLINE}


One Year On 2015
NEW DESIGNERS 2015
Business Design Centre
London, England
Part 1: 24 - 27 June 2015
Part 2: 01 - 04 July 2015



One Year On is a destination feature within New Designers that presents emerging, entrepreneurial designers with a strong body of work. It runs across both weeks of the show and covers all disciplines.

It is a curated exhibition and as such, those who are chosen to exhibit are selected by a panel of industry specialists on the strength and ambition demonstrated through their work.

CRITERIA
An independent panel of judges will be selecting the participants for One Year On on the following criteria:
* You’re within your first year of business when applying to be part of One Year On
* Originality and creativity in your design
* Quality of making and presentation
* Can show progression in your work
* Commitment to the development of your work
* You don’t have to be a previous exhibitor of New Designers

BENEFITS INCLUDE
* Exposure to thousands of potential buyers and contacts
* Networking opportunities with industry professionals and sponsors
* Image and web link on the main New Designers event website
* Free online portfolio on Arts Thread www.artsthread.com
* Training day to learn about presentation, costing/pricing, how to write a press release etc.
* PR opportunities
* Opportunity to win the One Year On Award (£500 cash plus extras)
* Exclusive webinars from The Design Trust giving you invaluable information on maximising marketing and preparing for an exhibition


DATES
Part 1: Awards Judging and Preview 24 June 2015 Open to the public 24 - 27 June 2015
Contemporary Applied Arts (including: Jewellery & Precious Metalwork, Ceramics & Glass); Textiles, Fashion & Costume

Part 2: Awards Judging and Preview 01 July 2015 Open to the public 01 - 04 July 2015
Product & Industrial Design; Furniture Design; Spatial Design; Visual Communication (including Graphics, Animation, Motion Arts, Film & Illustration)


COST
£408 + VAT (20%) £81.60 = £489.60 per individual
You can also apply as a collective or company (view criteria for participation for complete list and costs)


HOW TO APPLY
Apply via online application form. Please note there is no fee for submitting an application.

Deadline for applications is 9am on Monday 02 February 2015, although we recommend sending your application in at your earliest convenience for consideration.


Download criteria for participation: http://www.newdesigners.com/files/oyo_2015_criteria_to_apply_final.pdf

Online application form: http://www.newdesigners.com/oyoapply


visit website for complete details: www.newdesigners.com


CONTACT
Colin Wilary-Attew
Manager
E: colinw@upperstreetevents.co.uk
T: +44 (0)20 7288 6453

Designers in Residence Programme_ 2015 Brief: Migration

Deadline: UNSPECIFIED {ONLINE}


Designers in Residence Programme
2015 Brief: Migration
Design Museum
London, England
2016 Season



The Designers in Residence programme at the Design Museum is a core part of the museum's activity, and exists to provide practising designers, across any discipline, with time and space away from their regular environment to reflect, research and consider new ways of developing their practice.


The Design Museum is expanding its residency programme so that, from 2016, it includes learning, public engagement activities and training, with the aim of making the design process accessible to all of its visitors. Residents will in future be based on site, where they'll have access to studio space and shared workshop facilities. These spaces, viewable by museum audiences, will foster more direct engagement and exchange between residents and visitors.


2015 Brief: Migration


“The Design Museum’s move to the former Commonwealth Institute in Holland Park finally takes place in 2016. The museum is growing in both expertise and ambition as its staff, and the wider design community of which it is a part, begin to explore the complexities of a larger building and a new role.

This seems like a good background against which to explore the theme of migration, a word with a variety of meanings. It is striking that in America, for example, those who choose to move there are described as emigrants. Britain calls those same people immigrants — they are incomers. In the US, the emphasis appears to be on the act of leaving somewhere else, the implication perhaps being that surely just about anybody would be prepared to leave their home and make a move to the US if they could. Without either prefix, migration is a less loaded term. It also has a digital application. Data is made to migrate.

This year's Designers in Residence programme, then, invites designers to respond to this theme. It can be a reflection of objects or processes that imply movement, or transition, of shifting and cross-fertilising cultures, or of mobility.” Deyan Sudjic


To apply use the online form to make an enquiry: designmuseum.org/enquire-about-designers-in-residence-2015



Design Museum
Shad Thames
London
SE1 2YD

+44 (0)20 7403 6933

Call for Applications: COLLECT OPEN

Deadline: November 21, 2014 by 5pm {RECEIVE} or {EMAIL}


Call for Applications
COLLECT OPEN
Crafts Council
London, England
8th – 11th May 2015




In 2015, COLLECT: The International Art Fair for Contemporary Objects will once again occupy all three floors of the Saatchi Gallery.

In celebration of the fair’s 12th year, COLLECT Open will showcase creative proposals from individual artists or those working collaboratively which explore the breadth of contemporary design and making today.

COLLECT Open proposals should challenge traditional concepts and pre-conceived ideas and notions of craft and design.

Application fee is £70

Full details available in application pack.

Downloads:

• COLLECT Open 2015 Application Form
• COLLECT Open 2015 Application Material
• COLLECT Open 2015 Info Pack
• COLLECT Open 2015 T&Cs


Visit website: COLLECT Open 2015 T&Cs

Liberty of London Open Call 2014

Deadline: August 30, 2014 {EMAIL}* for registration
* Note: The deadline is for the "in person" judging day so one must register prior to this date.

Open Call 2014
Best of British Design
Liberty of London
London, England
Saturday, 30th August
9am – 3pm



Calling all designers and creative talents! Get the chance to attend this year’s Liberty open call and present your best of British design to our expert panel.

In a continual bid to recognise and support new and emerging design talent, Liberty is hosting its 6th British Design Open Call on Saturday 30th August 2014. This is a unique opportunity to present products directly to Liberty’s Managing Director, Ed Burstell, his esteemed buying team and industry experts - including top names from press and fashion retail.

But don’t expect a Dragon’s Den – rather a chance for new and established designers to receive considered and helpful advice from experts on how to nurture and develop your ideas. The best designers selected by the judges will get the chance to have their products sold at Liberty, a name synonymous with the very best of new design since its doors first opened in 1875.


HOW TO ATTEND

To attend this year’s British Design Open Call please email opencall@liberty.co.uk with the following information:

• Name
• Contact email and phone number
• Product category (Menswear, Womenswear, Fashion Accessories, Jewellery, Stationery, Homeware, Objet & Ornamental or Beauty)
• An image of your product (if you do not have a finished product, please include an image of a work in progress or prototype)

Please make sure your email is no more than 5MB in size.

Please note, you will need to present a finished product to the judging panel on the day.

A confirmation email containing all details for the day will be sent within 48 hours of registration.


Full details available on website:
www.liberty.co.uk


Liberty of London
Regent Street
London W1B 5AH

Call for Nominations National Design Awards

Deadline: December 9, 2013 (ONLINE)


Call for Nominations
National Design Awards
Smithsonian
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
New York, NY
Announcement of Honorees: by June 2014



The defining criteria of the National Design Awards are excellence, innovation, and enhancement of the quality of life.

2014 National Design Awards Timeline
Nomination Deadline: December 9, 2013
Submission Deadline: February 7, 2014 (Nominees will be contacted in late December 2013 with submission guidelines.)
Announcement of Honorees: by June 2014

Nominations & Submissions
Each fall, the process begins with an open call for nominations, which are solicited from leading designers, educators, journalists, cultural figures, corporate leaders, and design enthusiasts from every state in the nation. Nominees are invited to submit materials for the jury’s review according to specifications provided by the National Design Awards office. Submissions generally consist of resumes, design statements, portfolios of work, and professional-quality visual samples.

Eligibility

Eligibility is restricted to citizens or long-term residents of the United States. Firms, corporations, or institutions must have their corporate headquarters in the United States and must have been established for a minimum of seven years. Individual nominees must have been practicing professionally for a minimum of seven years; Lifetime Achievement nominees must have been practicing professionally for a minimum of twenty years. Winners of a National Design Award in a Design Category will be eligible for the Lifetime Achievement, Design Mind, or Corporate and Institutional Achievement categories ten years of receiving their award. Cooper-Hewitt employees and trustees and their families and household members are not eligible. Awards are given for a body of realized work, not for any specific project.

Jury Process
The jury meets over a two-day period to thoroughly review every submission and consider each nominee, with the challenging task of determining the work that best embodies the Awards’ mission. The jurors assess portfolios in terms of the works’ relationship to and impact on contemporary daily life. Extraordinary originality in identifying, shaping, and solving problems is highly valued, and nominees whose work significantly broadens the conventions of their discipline, introduces formal innovation, and exhibits consistently high levels of imagination and insight are given special consideration. Finally, in keeping with Cooper-Hewitt's definition of design as a force of change, the extent to which the general public has benefited from the explorations and achievements of the nominee is weighed.

The jury is briefed by the Museum staff on the mission of and review criteria for the Awards, but Museum staff does not participate in the selection process. Jurors are asked to base their decisions primarily on the core criteria: excellence, innovation, and enhancement of the quality of life. They are also asked to consider the broad spectrum of the design community—geographically, culturally, and artistically. All jury deliberations are kept confidential.

Award Categories: Reflecting the ever-growing scope of design, the National Design Awards now includes ten jury-selected award categories.

Lifetime Achievement
Design Mind
Corporate & Institutional Achievement
Architecture Design
Communication Design
Fashion Design
Interaction Design
Interior Design
Landscape Architecture
Product Design
Design Patron
People's Design Award

Learn more about the National Design Awards program, including information on award categories and eligibility requirements: http://www.cooperhewitt.org/selection-process

Submit a nominiation: http://www.cooperhewitt.org/national-design-awards/nominate


Questions? Email us at designawards@si.edu or call (212) 849-8337.