Competitions

I had the honour of serving as a juror on the prestigious Shed of the Year competition held during National Shed Week in the UK. Since in the US jurors are allowed to talk about what went on in the jury room, I can say that Tim in Suffolk did a wonderful job with his pub shed, with complex framing and difficult trapezoidal skylights (and a long description of the troubles he had building it.) Considering that Tim had never built anything before, and he had all that beer, it is surprisingly well done. "No phone, no TV ,no...

Peter Stutchbury Architecture, for the design of "creating energy efficient, single-family, detached housing that minimises climate change emissions and can withstand temperature extremes, yet is affordable to build and to buy," to be built in Cherepovets, Russia. The jury, led by Glenn Murcott, said “Peter Stutchbury Architecture’s scheme represents the kind of thinking the Living Steel competition is meant to inspire, offering a more considered, thoughtful and larger trajectory to the project brief requirements. It is the most memorable of all of the schemes offered in the competition, and the Jury made a 5 to 1 decision to select it as the winning scheme for the 3rd Inter...

Dezeen has teamed up with lifestyle brand Charles & Marie to give away six Trophy Hangers by designer Phil Cuttance. (more…)

We’ve teamed up with Australian designers Frost to offer Dezeen readers the chance to win one of seven T-shirts made of bamboo fibre. (more…)

Tim Ferriss, author of The Four Hour Workweek, has a really cool idea and TreeHugger is helping to spread the word; it's a contest to help enable more effective electronics recycling, with the help of the big-time companies who design and manufacture the phones, provide cell service, or help both ship these phones around the world. Stay tuned for more; for now, take it away, Tim!

Bobba Fett was always my favorite Star Wars character. Here’s your chance to emulate him and become a bounty hun...

We’ve teamed up with designer Jaime Hayon and publisher Die Gestalten Verlag to offer five signed copies of Hayon’s new book Jaime Hayon Works to Dezeen readers. (more…)

Dezeen is proud to be involved in what will surely prove the most important architectural competition of the year: the Architectural Jelly Design Competition. (more…)

100 Chairs in 100 Days by Martino Gamper is one of seven category winners for the first Brit Insurance Design of the Year Awards, organised by the Design Museum in London. (more…)