The 2008 Metropolis Magazine Next Generation design competition challenged young architects and designers to create a sustainable solution to make the world better, and safer, with ideas related to the
We love our design competitions here at Inhabitat, and today we are partnering with The New School Sustainable Design Review (SDR) in NYC, to help judge a student design competition for the much loved NY
Social Design Network Design 21 has a brand new design competition, with a fantastic purpose! Hosted by the NPO Millennium Promise, your challenge is to create a campaign design, with the mission to
image shows ‘Annie’ – the recycled shopping cart chair from Reestore Design Calling all eco furniture designers! All green ID geniuses! All chair connoisseurs! Here’s your chance
The 2nd Annual Project Earth Day Student Eco-Fashion Show is coming up on April 24 here in NYC, and Inhabitat will be there scouting the runway for future eco-fashion stars and sustainable style
Social design organizerion Design 21 recently launched an inspiring bicycle-focused design competition called Power to the Pedal. The challenge is to design a biking accessory or add-on for existing bikes
Now in its fourth year running, the eVolo Skyscraper Competition takes future-forward architecture to its breaking point, unveiling a stunning array of new structural concepts by architects, engineers,
San Francisco is already one of the greenest cities in the US, but check out this wild new concept from IwamotoScott Architects to completely remake the city into an ecotopia by 2108. The design,
“What if….” The two-word phrase can imply both fear and anxiety as well as big ideas and hopeful possibility. And that was the idea behind the What if New York City? international Design
Our good green friends at Terry, a sustainability project in Vancouver have finally announced the winners of their Bake For A Change sustainable gingerbread house contest! The competition was meant to
The absolute highlight of our recent Greener Gadget Conference was our end-of-day presentation and live-audience judging of the Greener Gadgets Design Competition. Our favorite Core77 Editor-in-chief
Our first-of-its-kind Greener Gadgets Conference took place yesterday in New York City, and was a smashing success! We were thrilled to get such a great and diverse line-up of speakers, representing not
Calling all talented Inhabitat readers and product designers! ENTER OUR GREENER GADGETS DESIGN COMPETITION AND WIN $2500 > DEADLINE IS TODAY, SUNDAY JAN 27TH In order to qualify, work must be
What if the White House, the ultimate architectural symbol of political power, were to be designed today? Over two hundred years ago the winning design of an 18th century architecture competition became
If you've been reading Inhabitat recently, hopefully by now you have noticed that we are organizing an event in NYC in February called the Greener Gadgets Conference - to explore design innovations for
The good green folks at the University of British Columbia have an ingenious sustainable gingerbread house design project going on right now. Terry, a sustainability project at UBC (Vancouver, Canada) is
Sweet and sustainable, what could be better? Spice it up while promoting global ideals and you’ve got an idea that’s deliciously irresistible. That's just what the multi-disciplinary non-profit Terry*
The latest from competition pros Urban Revision is a request for community designs that exemplify green innovation for a healthy urban economy. The Re:Store competition calls for design entries for
Halloween is officially over now and we saw a lot of entertaining, inspiring and just plain weird costumes this year. After sifting through the submissions, we've decided that the Inhabitat Green
Out of a pilot program called the Wild Urbanism design studio at the University of Oregon's Department of Architecture comes Integrating Habitats, an open design competition focused on the interface
Social Design Network Design21 announced their latest design competition this week; the challenge - to design the official logo for “Stories from the Field: The United Nations Documentary Film
When Cornell students David Wax, Emile Chin-Dickey, Stephanie Horowitz, Benjamin Uyeda, and Jordan Goldman set out trying to create an off-the-grid solar-powered home for the biennial Solar Decathlon
We've been anxiously awaiting this year's Solar Decathlon event, and this Friday, October 12th, the festivities start in Washington DC with 20 college teams from around the globe competing to design,
After the very exciting 2007 Conflux Festival in Brooklyn, NY, we are excited announce a new competition that challenges designers to improve the visual representation of eco-statistics. Check out
Metropolis is at it again, pushing forward the boundaries of sustainable design, with their latest Next Generation Design competition for 2008. The 2008 competition examines water as both source of
The AMD Open Architecture Challenge launches TODAY- Architecture for Humanity's biggest and most ambitious design competition to date. The open, international design competition is co-sponsored by AMD,
The Aga Khan Awards for Architecture were announced in Kuala Lumpur recently and among the nine global projects that received the $500,000 award for the 2004 - 2007 cycle are two architectural restoration
How difficult is it to design a house fully powered by the sun? That's what the U.S. Department of Energy is trying to find out. To do this, they have staged, once again, the Solar decathlon, a
Greenpeace is conducting a market survey of the most environmentally friendly consumer electronic products currently on the market. After several “green electronics guide” reports that rated
For all you graphically-minded designers out there, here's your chance to shine: DesignBoom recently announced its latest design competition, Love Your Earth, which asks graphic designers to create a
