The Green Dot Awards strive to reward and promote forward-thinking businesses that create environmentally friendly products or services, and to recognize revolutionary business plans and proposals.

CAT-iq Design Competition : DEADLINE: 15 September 2008

The DECT Forum, the worldwide association of the wireless communication industry, in partnership with Jakajima in the Netherlands, is pleased to announce the first international CAT-iq Design Competition. CAT-iq provides an open platform for pioneering IP service applications as well as new form factors for non-computing communication devices.

The Maria Martinez Otero Foundation is pleased to announce the Third Edition of the Maria Martinez Otero Industrially-Produced Designer Furniture Awards. The aim of this competition is to promote the production of designer furniture and development of its reiated industry.

Manfrotto Wow Creativity Contest : DEADLINE: 30 September 2008

Manfrotto, the world leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of professional equipment for photography, video and entertainment, launches the "Wow Creativity Contest".

A design competition which focuses on three specific areas of the city of Roanoke, VA and challenges design professionals and students to create new environments that will transform the current urban landscape.

This year, Electrolux challenges members of the architecture & design community to present innovative, thoughtful concepts of a kitchen that meets the changing needs of today's modern family for a chance to win up to $75,000 in cash and prizes.

Nomadism: Way of life of people who do not live continually in the same place but move seasonally or periodically. “Nomadism”, Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopaedia Online