Call for Entries: kontextür's Spring Splash of Color Contest

CALL FOR ENTRIES: KONTEXTÜR COLOR CONTEST

Looking for Baths in Need of a Color Pop. 

(New York, NY- March 30, 2009)  Hot on the heels of their successful brand launch, kontextür, a new design company, is ready to once again make a splash.  This time they are calling for photos of baths that have great design potential, but are in need of a jolt of vibrant kontextür color in the form of their irreverently gorgeous curtain rings.  A jury of top design journalists including Ann Collins, editor in chief of PointClickHome, Rebecca Thienes, senior market editor of Country Living, freelance writer Stephen Treffinger, contributor to Domino, The New York Times, Interior Design, and Vogue Living (Australia), and Jill Slater of Apartment Therapy will select ten baths truly deserving of a set of kontextür's colorful and covetable neon+ squared rings (a $50 value).  The transformed baths –along with pre-revitalization photos- will be showcased on kontextür.com, sure to inspire and impress. 

Entries may be submitted via email to contest@kontextur.com by 11:59pm on May 1 2009. A photograph and brief explanation of why the bathroom is in need of a kontextür color lift, as well as entrant's name and contact information must be included.  Entrants who carbon copy five friends on their email will receive a 10% discount off their next purchase at kontextür.com.  Entry is free and limited to one per person.  Winners will be notified the week of May 11, 2009.

Visit  http://www.kontextur.com/kcontest.html for more contest details.

About kontextür:

kontextür is a chic New York based home accessories company founded by designer and entrepreneur Kenneth Schiller. The current line of kontextür products includes three acrylic curtain ring designs: neon+ squared, Bamboo, and Aura. This is only the start of what will be a growing line of home décor offerings. While abiding by the core principals of quality and innovation the company plans to expand their current line to include more curtain ring designs, couture shower curtains and additional categories of exceptional home accessories.   Their modern and sexy website offers design inspiration and seamless one-click shopping.

For more information visit www.kontextur.com.

LIANA YAROSLAVSKY - " Coffee Tables" collection

LIANA YAROSLAVSKY  " Coffee Tables" collection is an unexpected marriage of different styles, of antique objects, highly stylized pieces and pure modernity. Venetian chandeliers are dismantled, turned upside down and put back together with new materials. Simplicity is mixed with baroque; decadence is freezed in plexiglas, antique wood confronted to crystal.

Each table is made with precious and rare materials which are often one of a kind : Murano crystal chandeliers, Napoleon III tapestries, original Versailles floors, Bohemian crystals...

This collection consists of unique pieces and others that will be produced in a limited series. Made to order can also be considered. The fabrication and assembly of all the pieces is done by Liana Yaroslavsky in her Parisian studio.

stunning lights

Designed and hand-made in England, this stunning lighting range uses pipettes from chemistry labs.
The clear, tapered glass creates a mesmerising effect and the light creates beautiful fluid patterns on the walls and ceiling.
Truly unique and available with chrome, nickel or brass metalwork. Commissions also undertaken.
Available from www.hollowaysofludlow.com

by: HOLLOWAYS of  LUDLOW
www.hollowaysofludlow.com
Bespoke Kitchens, Bathrooms, Radiators,
Lighting, Ironmongery and much more

Gasket Returns To The Winning Table With Treasure Island Resort And Casino

Treasure Island Resort and Casino and agency Periscope has partnered with animation and visual effects production studio Gasket on a second television campaign. Following a rollout that helped place TI on the map with its expanded, multifaceted entertainment, Treasure Island Resort & Casino - elevated to one of the top casinos in the region - knew early 2009 was time to double down with Gasket dealing a new round of animated spots.

In 2008 the trio's collaboration yielded a series of 15 second teaser spots that unveiled Treasure Island's newly expanded offerings with animation that blended rat pack sensibility with contemporary graphic styling. The new campaign takes this aesthetic to a new level, with a 3D immersive quality that places the patron at the heart of winning moments. In the first spot, "Jack," a young, hip guy - our "Jack" - floats seamlessly between gaming tables, slot machines and the bowling alley and with flipping, swirling numbers and card suits taking him from one adventure to the next. He's red hot and it shows.

To view "Jack" visit: http://www.gasket.tv/index.php/portfolio/ti_jack/

"Our goal was to create individual characters that would strike a balance between universal and stylized, relatable and iconic," says Gasket Creative Director Greg Shultz. "This was accomplished, in part, by blending a very distinct graphic sensibility with real world cloth and hair simulations to merge the imagined and authentic. The accompanying narratives were customized, with each literally bursting with high-intensity action. As you can imagine, we took R&D seriously and had to visit the casino numerous times to know we were on mark."

Spots: "Jack", "Queen"

Agency: Periscope
Associate Creative Director: Rob Peichel
Art Director: Kent Bishop
Producer: Patti Hofstad

Design, Visual Effects & Animation: Gasket Studios
Creative Director: Greg Shultz
Art Director: Chris Averbeck
Senior Technical Director: Justin Greiner
Animators:
Nate Dorn
Matt Ebent
Dan Helgemoe
Brad Jacobson
Elisa Takagi
John Zilka
Executive Producer: Tammy Kimbler Weber

Music & Sound: Hest&Kramer

Lighting Awards 2009 / Kinetic Arts / Media Facade / Lighting Rhine Valley /

Luminapolis is the portal of light for all working with lighting:

architects, designers, artists... We publish your lighting-news.
Every month more than 15.000 readers are visiting Luminapolis
(60 percent german, 40 percent english language).
Luminapolis prepares also the Luminale 2010 - Biennale Lighting Culture.

On Monday, March 2nd you can meet the Luminapolis-Team on
the Kinetic Art Fair. If you like please send a mail with your
mobile phone number to: luminale@westermann-kommunikation.de

These are the dates of Luminapolis in March:
Link: http://www.luminapolis.com/?p=1631&langswitch_lang=en

Luminapolis_tv: New Videos in our Favorite-Collection
Link: http://www.youtube.com/user/Luminapolis

The Lighting Design Awards 2009: Shortlist
Link: http://www.luminapolis.com/?p=1597

New Basic Book on 'Media Facades'
Link: http://www.luminapolis.com/?p=1653

Rooftop Films (Brooklyn, NY) - T-shirt Design Contest

DESIGN THE OFFICIAL ROOFTOP FILMS T-SHIRT AND WIN PRIZES
Here at Rooftop we are busy planning and preparing for our 13th year of bringing the best underground films and emerging bands to New York City (mark your calendars - opening night is May 15) and we are turning to you to submit ideas for our official Rooftop Films 2009 Summer Series t-shirts. We are looking for a design that exemplifies who we are and what we do and also, of course, something people will want to wear. Designs can be funny, serious, literal, abstract, hand drawn or computer designed…it's up to you.

Entries will be judged by the Rooftop Staff and the winner will receive 2 season passes to the 2009 Summer Series, recognition as the Official Rooftop Films t-shirt designer and a $100 gift certificate to the Grand Central Oyster Bar & Restaurant courtesy of Radeberger Pilsner.

About Rooftop Films:
Rooftop Films is a non-profit organization whose mission is to engage and inspire diverse communities by showcasing ground breaking films and emerging bands on rooftops, in public parks, along waterways and other scenic spots all over New York City. We also produce new films, teach filmmaking to young people, and rent low-cost equipment to artists and non-profits. At Rooftop Films, we bring underground movies outdoors.

Please visit the website to learn more about us: www.rooftopfilms.com


Guidelines:
* Designs must be one color
* Keep the design off the seams
* Entries can be sent in any format (JPG, GIF, PDF etc.), but should be lo-resolution. Note: if selected as winner, the final design should be delivered as a hi-resolution Illustrator file.
* The design must be your own original unpublished work and must not contain any third-party logos, trademarks or copyright material.

Contest Start Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Deadline: Friday, April 10, 2009 (6pm ET)

Email submissions to: contest@rooftopfilms.com

Please include in the body of the email:
- Your full name
- Phone number
- Email address
- A little about the design (100 words or less)
- A little about yourself (100 words or less)

Prize:
- 2 season passes to the 2009 Summer Series
- Recognition as the official Rooftop t-shirt designer on our website and our printed program guide.
- $100 gift certificate to the Grand Central Oyster Bar & Restaurant courtesy of Radeberger Pilsner.

Winner will be announced: April 17, 2009

SIDEBOARD by BUILDLLC

the people behind BUILDLLC [ www.buildllc.com ] have opened a furniture shop and have been producing a series of simple, modern benches and chairs.
The most recent addition is a mobile bar named SIDEBOARD

SIDEBOARD will be for sale very soon at their website where additional info about the furniture can be found: http://specialprojectsdivisionllc.com/

enjoy!

Call for Entries - ISTD Awards 2009

The ISTD awards 2009 are an opportunity for all practising designers
to submit their work to be judged by today's leading graphic design
and typography specialists.

Categories range from book design, packaging, and signage to digital
media and integrated campaigns as well as type design.

To enter, your work must have been published between 1st January 2007
and 31st January 2009. Typography should be an integral part of the
design solution. There are three types of awards:

Certificate of Excellence
Awarded to all finalists – Work accepted as being eligible for a
Certificate of Excellence shows a high standard of design in
conjunction with a high standard of typography.

Premier Awards
Awarded to outstanding submissions in each category – Premier Awards
are chosen from the work that has met the criteria for a Certificate
of Excellence, but which is also outstanding in the view of the
majority of the jurors.

Winner of the ISTD International Typographic Award 2009
Nominated from the overview of all Premier Awards, in all categories.
– Awarded to the item judged to be a significant typographical
achievement, which catches the imagination of all the jurors, and
exemplifies outstanding typographic excellence.

The winning work will be featured on the ISTD website and in the ISTD
2009 Awards Publication.

The deadline for entries is 31 March 2009.

For more information, rules and how to submit your work go to
http://awards.istd.org.uk

Center44 Helps Designers Make a DIFFA-rence

CENTER44 Helps Designers Make a "DIFFA-rence"
Announcing Five-Day Benefit Sale During DINING BY DESIGN

Who: Center44, New York's largest resource for period antiques, 20th
century design and contemporary art and objects

What: In celebration of it's first year participating in DIFFA's
DINING BY DESIGN, Center44 is sponsoring "The Center44 Making a
DIFFA-rence Benefit Sale," a sale offering designer discounts to all
with half of all sales commissions being donated to Design Industries
Foundation Fighting Aids (DIFFA).

When: Thursday, March 26th - Monday, March 30th, 2009
Hours: Mon-Fri 9:30am-5:30pm, Sat 10:00am-5:00pm

Where: Center44
222 E. 44th Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10017
212-450-7988
www.Center44.com

Why: DIFFA is one of the country's largest supporters of direct care
for people living with HIV/AIDS and preventive education for those at
risk. As an advocate of design for the greater good, Center44 is proud
to align itself with such an effective and active organization.

MARGUERITE BIKE RACK by yoann henry yvon - YHY -

MARGUERITE BIKE RACK  by Yoann Henry Yvon - YHY studio -

(Manufacturer:ARK-professional)

----  CONCEPT

The Marguerite bike concept is based on the idea that the nature should be present on the urban background .

The design of this parking bicycle pretends to match the urban space and the beauty of the nature.

It's a practical instrument that respect the environment and people's desires.

The marguerite bike represents the spring, the borning of a new area,  were people take care of the environment and prefers the bicycle as a transport instead of the car.

The marguerite bike allows people to play and to dream, the petals can be opened and closed, the lines are sweet and give positive thoughts to the people and help them to fight the stress.

Nowadays the city life it's not easy that's why people need an instrument that allows them to dream, to forget their problems and relax their minds as children do.

Moreover the marguerite bike it's a product with simple lines and an easy production, perfectly adapted to any space…

----  DESCRIPTION

The stand has rows of bike holders which are shaped as petals coming out of a centerpiece. The  manual movementof its petals allows to easily park and fix your bike.

The  Marguerite rack is a compact mechanism that offers enough parking space for numerous bikes in a limited space.
Moreover, the innovative parking devices are as flexible as they can be placed in any part of the city, depending on the requirement of the people and space.

                                                                                                     

a concept by:

Yoann Henry Yvon - french designer located in Milan -

YHY PRODUCT & INTERIOR  - www.yoanndesign.com

portoflio: http://www.behance.net/yoann

ludovic renson

//////////////////////// ludovic renson ////////////////////////

architecte d'intérieur // design mobilier

 

16 rue de Clignancourt

75018 paris

lvcrenson@yahoo.fr

www.via.fr
06 85 10 73 25