2009 Spark Awards International Design Competition

Spark Design & Architecture Awards
Innovation Competition Seeks Innovative Solutions

“Spark is an international, multi-disciplinary competition that
recognizes that Design is a critical tool in our search for
betterment. The world is now participating in design—Spark helps the
best formgivers to rise to the top. We encourage designers of
all walks of life to join us and Spark. If you or your company
create great designs, don’t miss the Spark Awards!”

WHAT: The Spark Design Awards
WHEN: Call For Entry currently active. Phase 1 Deadline
August 15 (Late deadline September 15, late fee applies)
WHERE: Award Show held at San Francisco’s Autodesk Design
Gallery, October 29, 2009
WHY: To promote design and creative empowerment to the
largest audience possible and encourage “design that makes a difference”
WHO: WWW.Sparkawards.com
HOW: Through support of thousands of designers, sponsors and the “design passionate” public

INTERNATIONAL SPONSORS
Lead Sponsor: Hewlett-Packard
Exhibition Host: Autodesk Design Gallery
Website Host: FGI Inc
Media Partners: Core 77, ArchNewsNow, Dexigner, Archinect, Bravo,
DeathByArchitecture.com and Curve Magazine

SPARK EDUCATIONAL SUPPORTERS
California College of Arts; Rutgers University NCCP; UC
Berkeley College of Environmental Design; Academy of Art; University
of Michigan Taubman Architecture College; School of Visual Arts and
Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts.

2009 SPARK JURY
Executive Chair:
Chee Pearlman, President, Chee & Company (ex-Editor, ID Magazine)

Jurists
David Albertson, Principal, Albertson Design (Graphics)
John Barratt, President & CEO, Teague (Product)
Cory Grosser, cory grosser design and strategy (Product)
David Darling, AIA, Aidlin Darling Design (Architecture)
Mark Davis, Director of User Experience, Autodesk (Interface/Product)
Sally Dominguez, Principal, Rainwater Hog (Eco/Architecture/Product)
Rob Forbes, Studio Forbes, Founder, Design Within Reach (Product/light Transportation)
Johanna Grawunder, Principal, GRAWUNDER, former partner, Ettore
Sottsass (Product/furniture)
Philip Haines, Principal, Obvious Design LLC (Product/interface)
Hanru Hau, Director of Exhibitions, San Francisco Art Institute
(Generalist)
Sang-yeon Lee, Director, Samsung Design America (Product)
Nathan Shedroff, Chair of Design Strategy MBA Program,
California College of Arts (Product/Transporation/Interface)
Cameron Sinclair, Founder/Executive Director, Architecture For
Humanity (Architecture)
Michael Vanderbyl, Principal, Vanderbyl Design (Graphics)

The Spark 2009 Call For Entry is officially open. Similar to last year, we will gather your greatest work throughout the Spring/Summer months. Then the Phase I and Phase II deadlines take place in late Summer & early Fall.

We have some neat surprises in store for you: Spark will not raise any entry fees this year, and will lower the student and non-professional rates from $125 to $75 for Phase I, and no fee if they make it to Phase II. We’re not raising Pro fees in spite of intense financial pressure, nor lowering them (lot’s of pressure on you, too), but do please note the difference between Spark’s max $575 fees for Phase 1 and 2 entrants and winners, versus many other competitions topping out at US$4500 or more.

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