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2010 Winners Issue SPARK'S DEADLINES SparK:Concept Autumn/Winter
Standard Deadline is January 9, 2012. Late Deadline is January 23.
The next event will be the new Go:Spark Green Transportation competition. Dates are not yet confirmed, but we hope to launch February 1, and conclude in late May.
The Spring Spark:Concept will launch ion March 1, and conclude in June. Spark:Pro will begin April 15, and conclude in early October. As always--thanks for Sparking!
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ALL DESIGN -- ALL DESIGNERS WELCOME!
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| NEW DEADLINES!
SPARK:CONCEPT DATES EXTENDED
Spark listens to YOU-- We've had multiple requests to extend the Concept/Autumn-Winter deadlines from late November, because students are busy with exams and final presentations until mid-December. So now, the Standard deadline is January 9, and the late and final deadline is January 23rd. Phase One Judging takes place January 23/24 and Finalists for Phase two are announced January 26. The exciting conclusion of Spark:Concept comes with the Phase Two judging on January 31.
Spark:Concept Jury:
Jury Chair, Kit Hinrichs, Principal, Studio Hinrichs, San Francisco.
Professor Jan von Holstein, College of Design & Innovation, Tongji Univ., Shanghai
Richard Watson, Principal, Essential Design, Boston
Andreas Harlow, Design Director, NIKE, Portland
Dan Sturges, Transportation Consultant, Boulder
Michael Kirchman, Partner, Global Design Strategies, NY/London
Kristen Richards, Hon. AIA, Hon. ASLA, Editor ArchNewsNow & AIA/NY's Oculus Magazine
Hari Nair, Global Design Director, Whirlpool India
Ying Liu, Principal Interaction Designer, Teague Design, Seattle
GO:SPARK--WHAT'S THAT ALL ABOUT?
Shhhh. It's our new, hush hush design competition! We're about to launch a new, very Sparky competition dedicated to finding new transportation solutions that are efficient, sustainable and of course, beautiful. This will be a wide-ranging competition, with many categories including Vehicles, Aviation, Rail, Marine, Urban Systems, Heavy Equipment, Propulsion Systems, Conceptual and many more. As always, the Spark ethos prevails-- Go:Spark will be multi-disciplinary and award the most innovative and aspirational work. Look for the launch on February 1. The Advisory Board is being formed now, and includes Dan Sturges, Transportation Consultant (and designer of the first Neighborhood Electric Vehicle, depicted above), Imre Molnar, President, College of Creative Studies and Geoff Wardle, Director, Advanced Mobility Research, Art Center College. SPARK:PRO 2011 WINNERS HAD GREAT IMPACT. JURY HAD GREAT TIME
We never brag, but every year Spark just gets better and better. We mean that the entries are super, the judges thorough, intelligent and serious and the team of volunteers that do all the work, a delight to be with.
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You'll find all the winner's and their work >HERE
THERE YOU GO AGAIN
Yes--this is the time of the year for the giant Asian design fairs, and we're off for our annual pilgrimage. We'll begin in Hong Kong, for the meeting of the Global Design Network and the Business of Design Week. BODW welcomes designers from all over the world with a rich array of events in education, innovation and interface design among many others. A few of you designers will join our Spark Delegation. More info >HERE | ONE WEEK TO GO TO SPARK DEADLINE The Spark:Pro Late Deadline is rapidly approaching. If you want to enter the 2011 competition, register before September 19th. In any case--thanks for Sparking!
Spark:Pro Timeline
• Spark:Pro Late Phase 1 Deadline, Sept. 19
• Phase 2 Finalists announced Sept. 21 • Spark:Pro Phase 2 Deadline, Sept. 30
• Spark:Pro Entry Delivery: September 21 to September 30, (All entries must be received by this date)
• Winners notified privately October 3rd. Public announcement October 21
• Special Events: the Exhibition Premiere and Celebration, October 21, at the Autodesk Design Gallery, San Francisco
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Guangzhou Design Week, Dec 9-11
Gwangju Design Biennale, Gwanju, South Korea, Sep 21-23
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Intl Design Alliance Congress, Oct 24-28 Taipei, Taiwan
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World Congress of Architecture, Tokyo, Japan, Sep 26-27
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The Spark Awards celebrate design in all disciplines, from Architecture to Digital, Product to Print. Visit and enter today.
ALL DESIGN -- ALL DESIGNERS WELCOME!
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SPARK:PRO COMING UP FAST
September 19th-- Please note the date--and contact Spark if you have any questions. September 19th is the Late Deadline, and Phase 2 judging begins. Phase 2 Finalists are announced September 21, and Finalists will make their arrangements and shipments by September 30. Phase 2 judging will take place October 2.
Spark:Pro Jury Includes:
David Mocarski, Chair, Environmemtal Design, Art Center College, Pasadena
Gadi Amit, New Deal Design, San Francisco
Dan Harden, President, Whipsaw, San Jose
Andreas Harlow, Design Director, NIKE, Portland
Cathy Huang, President, China Bridge, Shanghai
Imre Molnar, Dean, College of Creative Studies, Detroit
Rhys Newman, Director Strategic Projects, Nokia Design, Los Angeles
James Parr, Innovation Director, Imaginals, Ltd. London
Stanley Saitowitz, Design Principal, Natoma Architects, San Francisco
John Skidgel, UX Designer, YouTube / Google Inc.
Leslie Speer. Assistant Professor, Art & Design, San Jose State University
Will Laufs, Principal, Buro Happold, New York
GREAT WORK COMING IN
We're always thrilled to see the high caliber of work coming into the competition. This year is no exception--check out a few designs below, and >HERE:
 Cabled, by Fiona Kwong
Target Cart, by Continuum
Aeterna, by Vestel Electronics
Breathing Dress by Crease Xia 
Studio SC, by Marcio Kogan
ALL WE NEED NOW IS YOUR WORK!
We're here to help. Need info? Drop us a note at info @ sparkawards.com or call +1.914.481.6106
AND HERE'S SOME CASH BACK
Enter 5 designs, get the 6th free. Just email us first. And how about 5% off your order? Here's the coupon code: spark5Perc
SEE YOU SOON!
LET'S SPARK AGAIN, LIKE WE DID LAST SUMMER! |
Spark:Pro Entrants Rock Is your Firm on this list? If not-- there's still time. ABNORMAL Group Singapore Pte Ltd.
Addis Creson
Bluemap Design
Classico, Inc.
Codetta Product Design
CORREIA/RAGAZZI ARQUITECTOS
d.light design
Design 1st
ECCO Design Inc.
Enlisted Design
FUN FACTORY GmbH
Half A Teaspoon
ideilan diseño S.L.
Just Mobile Ltd.
Kan and Lau Design Consultants
Kindle Living
Koncept Technologies
manymals
Margot Krasojevic
MM Design
Mobee Technology Ltd
One Plus Partnership
Optiled Lighting Intl
Planet3Studios Architecture Pvt. Ltd.
Product Development Technologies, Inc. (PDT)
pure audio
ROBRADY design
studiomk27
TEAMS Design
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
THEO TEXTURE
Vestel Electronics A.^.
Vladimir Djurovic Landscape Architecture
Zoe Design Associates Spark:Pro Timeline • Spark:Pro Standard Phase 1 Deadline, Sept. 8. Finalists announced Sept. 21 • Spark:Pro Phase 2 Deadline, Sept. 30
• Spark:Pro Entry Delivery: September 21 to September 30, (All entries must be received by this date)
• Winners notified privately after October 3. Public announcement October 21
• Special Events: the Exhibition Premiere and Celebration, October 21, at the Autodesk Design Gallery, San Francisco
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Beijing International Design Triennial
Brazil Design Week
Business of Design Week, Hong Kong, Nov 28-Dec 3
Design, Development and Research 2011, Capetown, South Africa, Sep 28-Oct 03
DesignFest, Guadalahara, Mexico
DesignKorea, Dec 14-18, Seoul, Korea
Doors of Perception
Exposure to Product Design and Innovation, Bombay, India, Sep 25-29
Guangzhou Design Week, Dec 9-11
Gwangju Design Biennale, Gwanju, South Korea, Sep 21-23
International Conference on Interaction Design, Hong Kong, Nov 28-Dec 03
International Union of Architects Congress
Intl Conf on Advanced Design & Manufacture, Kunming, Sep 22-24
Intl Design Alliance Congress, Oct 24-28 Taipei, Taiwan
Istanbul Design Week, Istanbul, Turkey, Nov 09-12
London Design Festival
National Design Triennial (USA)
Saint-Etienne International Design Biennial
Shanghai Design Bienniale
Shenzen City of Design
Tokyo Designers Week, Nov 1-6
World Congress of Architecture, Tokyo, Japan, Sep 26-27
One For All
The Spark Awards celebrate design in all disciplines, from Architecture to Digital, Product to Print. Visit and enter today.
ALL DESIGN -- ALL DESIGNERS WELCOME!
 | CONCEPTS AWARDED! GREAT DESIGNS
& HOT DESIGNERS
SPARK'S PROUD
Our first Spark:Concept Awards are a big success, judged by the quality of work and it's exceptional focus on "Design For Everyone." There are 50 winners from around the world, with a great showing by Korean and US designers. It's too much to cover in SNN, so please visit the Winner's Gallery >HERE for more/better detail.
 Silver Winner Onebike charges up as an exercycle, then converts to an electric street bike. A cool design by Choi Byoung-soo & Kim Jun-kyeong of Hoseo Univerity, Korea.
 Smartsqueeze addresses stress-related problems for autistic children. Canadian Lisa Fraser, from Emily Carr University, earned a top Spark! Award for this design.
 This interesting Gold Spark winner is a compact lift-truck & logistics system by the TEAMS Design office in Germany.
 The elegant Manual Intraosseus Drill, by Lunar Design-San Francisco, is a device for medical emergency crews. It received the top overall vote from the Spark:Concept Jury.
SPARK:PRO COMING UP FAST
We hope you are as excited as we are--this promises to be the biggest Spark Awards yet. Pro hits the deadline a month earlier than last year, so be sure to mark your calendar for September 15. We are accepting entries now!
Spark:Pro Jury Includes:
Gadi Amit, New Deal Design, San Francisco
Dan Harden, President, Whipsaw, San Jose
Andreas Harlow, Design Director, NIKE, Portland
Cathy Huang, President, China Bridge, Shanghai
Imre Molnar, Dean, College of Creative Studies, Detroit
Rhys Newman, Director Strategic Projects, Nokia Design, Los Angeles
James Parr, Innovation Director, Imaginals, Ltd. London
Kristen Richards, Editor in Chief, ArchNewsNow, New York
Stanley Saitowitz, Design Principal, Natoma Architects, San Francisco
John Skidgel, UX Designer, YouTube / Google Inc.
Leslie Speer. Assistant Professor, Art & Design, San Jose State University
REMEMBER OUR CONCEPT ENTRANTS AT BOOTCAMP?
In partnership with YouNoodle.com, Spark judges sent Maria Pitallano and Kevin Cheng to a month-long entrepreneurship bootcamp, hosted at Stanford University. It paid off, because the concept they created at camp won a Silver Spark Award (The Jury didn't know they were the Bootcampers). Between them, Maria & Kevin (with other teammates) took home five Sparks of various levels. Good stuff!
WHICH SCHOOLS WON THE
"MOST PRIZES?"
Two schools in Korea take the cake. HongIk University, had the most entries into Spark, 17 designs. Seoul National University of Science & Technology had the most winners, with 6 Spark Awards. Both schools will receive Certificates of Honor, and special student discounts in upcoming Spark:Concepts.
SOUTH KOREAN SPARKS IN NY
Twelve design seniors and recent grads were in NYC last week to take advanced studies at the School of Visual Arts. Sponsored by the Design Center of Busan and the Korean govt., they were ably led by Yuna Kim. Despite record temps, the team had a great time visiting MoMA, Jones Beach and other cultural highlights. We arranged a SparkMeet at Heartland Brewery to chill and chat about design in Korea.
 Peter Kuchnicki, Spark Founder & Yuna Kim, Design Center Busan, discussing the next Spark:Concept.
THAT'S A WRAP!
Spark:Pro deadlines September 8 and Sept. 19, and the next Spark:Concept Call For Entry begins this week. Join us and enter the dialog about the potential of great design. | 
Spark Schools Rule
Is your School on this list? If not-- there's still time. See above
Art Center College of Design
California College of the Arts
Dong-Eui Institute of Technology
Guangdong University of Technology
Hanyang University
Hongik University
I.I.T Delhi
Keimyung University
Kyocera Mita
Kyungwon Univ.
Parsons New School for Design
Pratt Institute
PSG College of Technology
RISD
Samsung Art & Design Institute
SangMyung University
SCIT
Seoul National University of Science and Techology
Seoul Tech
Sookmyung Women University
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Umeå Institute of Design
University of Pennsylvania
Yeungnam University
Yongin University
Emily Carr College
Timeline
• Spark:Pro Standard Deadline, Sept. 8. Finalists announced September 21 • Spark:Pro Late Deadline, September 30
• Spark:Pro Entry Delivery: September 21 to September 30, (All entries must be received by this date)
• Winners notified privately September 26. Public announcement September 30
• Special Events: the Spark Creative Seminar and the Exhibition Premiere Celebration, October 21, at the Autodesk Design Gallery, San Francisco
Linked Into Spark?
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ALL DESIGN -- ALL DESIGNERS-- WELCOME!
| CONCEPT DEADLINE: SOON
ENTER ONE
Deadlines have a way of revving up the Spark Community. October 1 is no exception--it's the Early deadline for our Autumn Spark:Concept Awards. This competition is designed to emphasize work that is in the "ideation" stage, but not produced work.
If you are a designer with a spec project, an architect with a great interpretation, a transpo designer with a cool new vehicle-- or a student with a perfect portfolio piece--Spark:Concept is a great way to get that design "out there." Join us today at www.sparkawards.com!
ENTER ALL
Also, enter five designs, get a sixth entry at no charge.
JURIES--WE'VE GOT JURIES
Spark:Pro Includes:
Gadi Amit, New Deal Design, San Francisco
Dan Harden, President, Whipsaw, San Jose
Andreas Harlow, Design Director, NIKE, Portland
Cathy Huang, President, China Bridge, Shanghai
Imre Molnar, Dean, College of Creative Studies, Detroit
Rhys Newman, Director Strategic Projects, Nokia Design, Los Angeles
James Parr, Innovation Director, Imaginals, Ltd. London
Kristen Richards, Editor in Chief, ArchNewsNow, New York
Stanley Saitowitz, Design Principal, Natoma Architects, San Francisco
John Skidgel, UX Designer, YouTube / Google Inc.
Will Laufs, Prinipal, Buro Happold, NYC
Leslie Speer. Assistant Professor, Art & Design, San Jose State University
Spark:Concept Includes:
Jury Chair, Kit Hinrichs, Principal, Studio Hinrichs, San Francisco.
Professor Jan von Holstein, College of Design & Innovation, Tongji Univ., Shanghai
Richard Watson, Principal, Essential Design, Boston
Andreas Harlow, Design Director, NIKE, Portland
Dan Sturges, Transportation Consultant, Boulder
Michael Kirchman, Partner, Global Design Strategies, NY/London
ESSENTIAL FRIENDS
Essential Design of Boston has joined the Spark Founders Program, we're delighted to announce. Spark’s Firm Friends help us provide a strong platform for the mission of supporting and promoting creativity and innovation. Spark is an old friend of Essential, whose works have graced our winner's circle, and partners Richard and Scott have contributed their time to the Spark juries. Get to know them: "Essential is the design innovation partner for leaders seeking to accelerate business success. We are a focused team of research, design and engineering professionals, whose design thinking methods inform and translate strategy into breakthrough products and services." www.essential-design.com
TWO CONCEPT ENTRANTS WIN ENTREPRENEURSHIP CAMP PRIZE
In partnership with Younoodle.com, Spark is sending two bright designers back to school. Maria Pitallano and Kevin Cheng were chosen to receive scholarships to a month-long entrepreneurship bootcamp, being hosted at Stanford University. They'll get lot's of help working out business models for their designs, meeting top VC's, visiting hot Silicon Valley firms and networking like crazy. we hope to offer this Prize in the future, too. More detail: >HERE
And on Facebook: >HERE |
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"The Spark mission is to promote better living through better design. Spark believes Design is an important, relevant tool to help build a better world."
New York Show
500 exhibitors--from over 35 countries in 10 categories, from accessories to wall coverings, the ICFF is North America’s premier showcase for contemporary design. Lot's to see and the adter-show parties in SOHO and NOHO and all over town are great too. Worth the trip--May 14-17
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Spark Founders are organized to support our ongoing efforts to promote great design & designers. Interested? Drop a note to founders
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SAVE BIG BUCKS
Spark designers--show your fiscal rectitude! Take advantage of Early entry discounts now in effect until May 31. Spark:Pro entrants save up to $115 vs. late reg fee: Professional entry, US$285, Non-profit organizations and NGO’s, US$185.
Another great discount deal: enter 5 designs, get the 6th free of charge. No limit to this offer, so—
if you've got 'em, flaunt them!
In late October, Spark will take part in the Taiwan International Design Expo and the fabulous International Design Alliance Congress. Exciting stuff! Full details are >HERE.
Thanks for your interest in Spark. Please tell your friends--there's a new home for Good Design!
--Peter F. Kuchnicki, Founder
| DEADLINES--WE'VE GOT DEADLINES!
Wi th two competitions to promote--Spark:Pro and Spark:Concept, it's bound to be a little confusing to our entrants. Please check the Sparksite regularly for any late changes--and here are the next key dates:
>Spark:Pro Standard Deadline: Midnight, PST, Sept. 8
Sally Is Roadcasting Again
Our Ms Dominguez is a top designer, Spark winner and good writer, based in Australia and SF. Her last car story for Spark had something to do with high heels and driving fast. Her latest blog is about the Mercedes-Benz eco car that runs on hydrogen. Check out all Sally's sallies >HERE.
A DAY AT THE SPARK
On a lovely recent morn we received entries, inquiries and invitations from designers from four countries. All different design fields, all interesting designs. This is a fun thing about producing Spark--its international diversity.
From Japan, Kenichi Sato sent a note, asking about the logistics of the competition. He's journeying to the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in NYC, to show a series of chairs at the Jetro pavillion. Here's his site: http://www.plyproject.com/. We'll be stopping by for a bit of saki.
Next we heard from designer Dejan Margetic, from Subotica, Serbia and Montenegro. Have not seen his design yet--but we're looking forward to it--welcome Dejan!
From Pretoria South Africa, Design Firm Terrestrial submitted a low-radiation CT Scanner called the Statscan. I want one!
Spirits maker Abnormal Group from Singapore is entering an interesting example of package design for ONE KEY GIN. Designer is Branko Lukic of Nonobject Design.
THE SPARK:PRO JURY IS WATCHING
We have a great crew of early recruits to the Bench--and they are already studying the entries we've received. First step--analyzing past winners. I'm impressed! Here's the roster so far:
Gadi Amit, New Deal Design, San Francisco
Dan Harden, President, Whipsaw, San Jose
Andreas Harlow, Design Director, NIKE, Portland
Cathy Huang, President, China Bridge, Shanghai
Imre Molnar, Dean, College of Creative Studies, Detroit
Rhys Newman, Director Strategic Projects, Nokia Design, Los Angeles
Kristen Richards, Editor in Chief, ArchNewsNow, New York
Stanley Saitowitz, Design Principal, Natoma Architects, San Francisco
John Skidgel, UX Designer, YouTube / Google Inc.
Leslie Speer. Professor, Art & Design, San Jose State University
CATCH A KICKSTARTER
Web funding site Kickstarter serves an admirable purpose of helping good causes get cash, but comes with a catch: if contributions don't equal your goal, your project gets zero. Here's one needy project we admire--maybe you can help: Artist Elana Gutman's installation art project on immigrants, in Berne. Check it out >HERE
THE WELCOME LIGHT
IS ALWAYS ON
COME VISIT SOON!
>HERE |
MARCH IS NIGH--ENJOY! NEW SPARK BOARDISTAS
   Renowned designers Tucker Viemeister, Lab Chief for David Rockwell Studio, NY, and Scott Stropkay, Partner at Essential Design, Boston, are adding an East Coast flavor to the Spark Awards Advisory Council. Both served on the 2010 Jury and made valuable contributions to the exciting changes Spark recently announced. We are also very pleased to welcome famed designer Michael Vanderbyl, Vanderbyl Design, San Francisco, to the Council. Michael served ably as 2010 Co-Chair of the Jury. He was a rock of resolution, making the smart, tough choices that always befall Jury Chairs. We have a vigorous year in front of Spark. Thanks for helping out, guys-- much appreciated!
PEOPLE-POWERED DESIGN FOR PEOPLE
 Click on pic for link The always impressive folks at IDEO impress again, taking crowd-sourcing to a new level of design-- or design to the crowd--whatever! Anyway, we like it a lot. Here's part of their MISSION STATEMENT: "OpenIDEO is a place where people design better, together for social good. It's an online platform for creative thinkers: the veteran designer and the new guy who just signed on, the critic and the MBA, the active participant and the curious lurker. Together, this makes up the creative guts of OpenIDEO. To become a place where good ideas gain momentum, OpenIDEO depends on participation — your inspirations, his comments, her concepts, our design process. It's these efforts, these big and small moments of sharing and collaboration, that make this platform a dynamic resource for tackling significant global challenges. IDEO, a design and innovation firm, developed OpenIDEO as a way to include a broader range of people in the design process through inspiration, concepting, and evaluation." Looks like the Partner/Sponsors of all this good stuff (besides IDEO) are: Stanford University Haas Center for Public Service
Unilever and WSUP (Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor)
Jamie Oliver
Enterprising Schools
Institute For Large Scale Innovation
Oxfam and Nokia "The Spark mission is to promote better living through better design. Spark believes Design is an important, relevant tool to help build a better world."
Spark 2011 Exhibitions
More exhibitions are in the works! Winner's can be seen in Spark's unique design display at San Francisco’s Autodesk Design Gallery. The Gallery is open to the
public on Wednesdays. Here's the link: http://usa.autodesk.com/company/autodesk-gallery We are also scheduled for display at the Taiwan Design Center in the coming months, and hopefully in Seoul at the Korean Institute of Design Promotion.
ALL DESIGN
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SPARK'S HOST Autodesk Design Gallery Team:
Jason Medal-Katz
Rick Jones
Albert Hoffman
Julia Papapietro
Erin Bradner
The Spark US Team:
Clark Kellogg, Spark Strategic Director and Collective Invention Partner
Drew Takahashi, Spark Video Director and Funjacket Producer
Otis Brown, Spark Event Producer and Partner, Billingsley & Brown AV:
Nirman Bisla, Spark Research & Event Coordinator & freelance web designer
Spark Asia Resource Group:
Ann Chen & Waikit Chung, Product Design Hub, Shanghai
Ready Zhang, Tony Zhang & Odin Wu, CitiExpo, Guangzhou
Director & Prof. Tong Huming & Assoc. Prof. Haishan Deng, Guangzhou Academy Fine Arts
Prof. Jan von Holstein, Tongji Univ. and PG Design and Brand Consultants, Shanghai
Assoc. Dean Yongqi Lou, Tongji Univ., Shanghai
Yang Yu Hsiu, SF Director, Taipei Design Center
Shin Kim, editor, Monthly Design Magazine, Seoul
Belinda Stening, editor-in-chief, Curve Magazine, Melbourne
And we're not forgetting all the Media Partners & Bloggers who have helped get the Sparks out. Thanx!
Thanks for your interest in Spark. Please tell your friends--there's a new home for Good Design!
--Peter F. Kuchnicki,
El Spark Presidente
| SPARK AWARDS 2.0
-CONCEPT & PRO!
The new 2011 Spark Design & Architecture Awards have been announced. According to the official press release, significant changes to Spark coincide with the 2011
Call For Entry "We're pleased to announce major changes in Spark, focusing new attention on aspirational design, designers and their designs, stated Spark Founder, Peter Kuchnicki. "In this two-phase competition, all successful Finalists will have clearly demonstrated a Design that makes a Difference. Aspirational design is why we are in this business--and no doubt, an important reason why so many designers have taken part in this competition."
Spark organizers believe that this attention to "big idea" design is a key differentiator from the old-style, legacy design competitions.
FROM ONE TO TWO
The Spark Design & Architecture Awards, also referred to as "Spark Pro," will now focus on work that has been built (produced, realized or in pre-production). The competition no longer includes design work in the idea or proposal stage, which now can be found in a new dedicated competition called Spark:Concept.
Both competitions continue Spark's original mission, criteria and categories.
As Spark Jurist, Scott Stropay of Boston's Essential Design described it, "Spark:Concept promotes great ideas with the specific goal of sparking their development. Spark:Pro promotes the recognition of designers and organizations who have tackled the difficulties of production, and still emerged with beautiful, elegant and efficient design solutions." In this way, stated the organizers, Spark initiates positive design-led change, by highlighting the best new ideas and the best new solutions.
THE TWO SEASONS OF SPARK:CONCEPT
Because concept design entries are often student work, Spark:Concept events will be held twice a year, timed to facilitate entries from each major school semester—Spring and Fall. Both events are international in scope and accept entries from all designers, everywhere.
CALL FOR ENTRY BEGINS FOR BOTH
Beginning February 1st, aspiring designers will be able to enter their coolest designs in the Spark competitions. As always, submitted work immediately goes into the Spark Galleries, where it gains a good deal of attention. Smart designers take advantage of this additional exposure by entering early. They also benefit from Early entry rates--always important in these economically-challenged times! 
EARLY REGISTRATION FEES
SAVE BIG BUCKS
Spark designers--show your fiscal rectitude! Take advantage of Early entry discounts now in effect. Both Spark:Pro and Spark:Concept offer these benefits.
Spark:Pro- save up to $115 vs. late reg fee: Professional entry, US$285, Non-profit organizations and NGO’s, US$185 Spark:Concept- Save up to $100 vs. late reg fee: Professional entry, US$285. Student, non-professionals and non-profit organizations, US$75 
In late October, Spark will take part in the Taiwan International Design Expo and the fabulous International Design Alliance Congress. Exciting stuff! Special 60% Spark discount available until March. Full details are >HERE.
THE WELCOME LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON. COME VISIT SOON!
>HERE: www.sparkawards.com | Spark 2010 Exhibitions
Winner's will have their work displayed from the end of October in Spark's unique design display at San Francisco’s hot Autodesk Design Gallery. The Gallery is open to the public on Wednesdays--Here's the link: http://usa.autodesk.com/company/autodesk-gallery We are also delighted to be returning to the famous Canton Fairs in Guangzhou. The SparkChina exhibit's gracious host will be the Guangdong Industrial Design Association. Please visit us: December 8-11. For info, drop a note to: info @ sparkawards.com
Later in the year, Spark will take part in the Taiwan International Design Expo and the fabulous International Design Alliance Congress. Exciting stuff! All work and full details on Spark events will be posted at: www.sparkawards.com ALL DESIGN
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AutoDesk, Inc
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Product Design Hub
Core 77
British Design Innovation
ArchNewsNow
Archinect
Death By Architecture
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SEGD
FOUNDATION TEAM
Emotional Branding Alliance
Smart Design
Studio Hinrichs
SPARK'S HEARTS
Autodesk Design Gallery Team:
Jason Medal-Katz
Rick Jones
Albert Hoffman
Julia Papapietro
Erin Bradner
The Spark Team:
Clark Kellogg, Spark Strategic Director and Collective Invention Partner
Drew Takahashi, Spark Video Director and Funjacket Producer
Otis Brown, Spark Event Producer and Partner, Billingsley & Brown AV:
Nirman Bisla, Spark Research & Event Coordinator & freelance web designer
Ben Guthrie, Product Designer
Ian Duffy, Product Design, California College of Arts
Fiona Lin, Academy of Art Institute & Taiwan Design Center-SF
The Spark Asia Resource Group:
Ann Chen & Waikit Chung, Product Design Hub & Forums, Shanghai
Ready Zhang, Tony Zhang & Odin Wu, CitiExpo, Guangzhou
Director & Prof. Tong Huming & Assoc. Prof. Haishan Deng, Guangzhou Academy Fine Arts
Prof. Jan von Holstein, Tongji Univ. and Partner, PG Design and Brand Consultants, Shanghai
Assoc. Dean Yongqi Lou, Tongji Univ., Shanghai
Yang Yu Hsiu, SF Director, Taipei Design Center
Shin Kim, editor-in-chief, Monthly Design Magazine, Seoul
Belinda Stening, editor-in-chief, Curve Magazine, Melbourne
And we're not forgetting all the Media Partners & Bloggers who have helped get the Sparks out.
So many wonderful friends!
And You-- the true width and depth of Spark
SPARKS WILL BE BACK
One For All!
--Peter F. Kuchnicki,
Spark Director
| For Immediate Release
Press Contact: Mark Charmer
Press@sparkawards.com
+1.914.481.6106
SPARK AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED The 2010 Spark Design & Architecture Winning Awards have been announced in the unique Spark design competition. 59 audacious designs have taken top honors, ranging from Franz Von Holzhausen’s Tesla Model S to the Bobble by Karim Rashid "The Spark mission is to promote better living through better design. Spark believes Design is an important, relevant tool to help build a better world."
New York, NY (PRWEB) November 10, 2010
Nearly three hundred top designs were entered into the final phases in this year's Spark Design and Architecture Awards. Over 837 registered designers and firms, agencies and students from over 62 countries have twittered, linked, friended and interacted --and in the process added a new social dimension to this fast growing design competition.
"Spark celebrates the best in dazzling design - from architecture and products to cutting-edge conceptual work," explains Peter Kuchnicki, executive director of Spark Awards. "But we want more - things that blow existing solutions apart, by people who see problems with completely new eyes." This year brought entries from around the world, giving judges insight into cultural design practices and processes from Seoul to Sao Paulo, Moscow to Mumbai.
The Spark Awards website features all of the 2010 entries and winners—and all of the previous Spark entrants and winners are also archived permanently on the site.
The Jury
Design fans know that Spark draws exceptional Jurists, and 2010 was par excellence. The Jury was co-chaired by Chee Pearlman, who headed the selection committee, and Michael Vanderbyl, who took responsibility for the Judging process.
The 15 renowned jurists included:
Michael Vanderbyl, Jury Co-chair, Principal, Vanderbyl Design
John Barratt, CEO, Teague
Sally Dominguez, Partner, B. Architecture and Rain Water Hog
Rob Curedale, Curedale Design
Adam Brodsley, Partner, Volume Design
Thom Faulders, Faulders Studio Architects
Tucker Viemeister, Lab Chief, Lab at Rockwell Group
Scott Stropkay, Co-Founder, Essential Design
Ken Musgrave, Director, Experience Design, Dell
Heather Fleming, CEO, Catapult Design
Margaret Gould Stewart, User Experience Manager, YouTube
Kerry Tremain, Graphic Designer & Author
Susan Rockrise, Brand Design, Susan Rockrise + Associates
Bryant Yeh, Principal, Yeh Studio Architects
Peter Strathis, Virtual Studios
Spark Entry Pool-- Rich With Innovation
Interactive Design: Ford's SmartGauge
Smart Design and IDEO
A unique new LCD instrument cluster built into Ford's 2010 Hybrid Fusion and Mercury Milan sedans. It's aimed at informing and adapting the behavior of the least efficient part of a hybrid vehicle, the driver.
 Communication Design: Discoveries Magazine, Summer 2010
Kit Hinrichs, Studio Hinrichs For Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Discoveries magazine is the forum for communicating the world-class medical research it conducts. 
Design For the Other 90%: Biomass Fuel Cooker
Liu Fang, Originplus Research & Innovation
A Safe, clean and affordable cooking solution for undeveloped China rural area. The stove is the first cooking stove to use biomass pellet as fuel in China. The biomass pellet is made of crop residue such as wheat rice or bean, for heating and power generation.
Product Design: The Bobble
Karim Rashid Design
Bobble is a sleek, reusable, water bottle that filters as you drink. Bobble features a carbon filter that is interchangeable and replaceable. Each filter equates to 300 single-serve bottles, thus saving landfill and reducing oil consumption in plastics manufacturing.
 Architecture: Casa Fosterella, Conceptual Pre-Fab Home
Nest Architecture Casa Fosterella is wrapped entirely with floor to ceiling insulated glass panels. And incorporates the latest sustainable technologies including a rain-water harvesting system, a four kilowatt photovoltaic array, a one kilowatt wind turbine and geo-thermal assisted radiant hot-water heating. 
Tesla Model S
Winners This Year:
SPARK! AWARD
Clever Little Bag
Fuseproject Design Team
Braille Stapler
KDM Design Team
litl
fuseproject Design Team
node chair
Steelcase Inc., Bruce Smith
SVA Senior Library 09
School of Visual Arts, SVA Students
Dyson Air Multiplier
James Dyson, Dyson
FORM 2
Fuseproject & Jimmyjane Design Team
PakMat"
Beyond Design, Inc., Design Team
FORM 3
Fuseproject & Jimmyjane, Design Team
T-bike Sharing System
T.A.K studio, Junggeun Tak & Shinhyun Kang
Model S Tesla
Tesla Motors, Franz Von Holzhausen
Safe Agua: A Collaboration
Un Techo Para mi País & Art Center College
ezSlide
Sungjoon Kim
GOLD
GE WattStation
fuseproject
Design Team
Sustainable Form Inclusion System (SFIS)
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, Mark Sarkisian
Paramount
Humanscale, Mark McKenna
Exhibition of book: Pez de Plata rBarcelona
María de Ros & 02_Basso Architects
Bobble
Karim Rashid
HP Envy 100
Hewlett Packard, John Guenther
Digital Control Incorporated, DigiTrak F2 Drill-Head Locator
Carbon Design Group, Design Team
Herman Miller Compass System
Continuum Design Team
Leverage Freedom Chair
Continuum Design Team
James Perse Retail Store
Marmol Radziner, Design Team
Microsoft Arc Keyboard
One & Co, Design Team
Council Periodic Table
One & Co, Design Team
Scribe Vineyards
Aidlin Darling Design, David Darling
i2i Chair
Steelcase Inc., Bruce Smith
OXO Thermometer Line
Pensa, Design Team
Wexler's
Aidlin Darling Design, Josh Aidlin
355 11th Street (The Matarozzi/Pelsinger Building)
Aidlin Darling Design, Josh Aidlin
Oakland Museum of California Donor Wall
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, Lonny Israel
SILVER
Décodeur satellite HD WiFi
Fuseproject Design Team
Oil Collector
Hongik University, Kisang Yoon
Ford SmartGauge
Smart Design, Ford & IDEO Design Teams
Nook eReader
Ammunition LLC, Robert Brunner
AluPen
Just Mobile Ltd., Claus Jensen & Henrik Holbaek
Jianianhua Center
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, Michael Duncan
UpStand
Just Mobile Ltd., Erich Huang & Nils Gustafsson
Burj Khalifa
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, George Efstathiou
Railtones"
Beyond Design, Inc., Design Team
Jetstream Pathway PV Atherectomy System
Carbon Design Group, Design Team
Nanopoint Microfluidics Controller
Carbon Design Group, Design Team
Preserve Toothbrush Mail Back Package
Continuum & Preserve Design Team
Council Drake
One & Co, Design Team
HTC Legend
One & Co, Design Team
Bryant Park litter receptacles
Bryant Park Corporation, Ignacio Ciocchini
cobi™
Steelcase Inc., Bruce Smith
BRONZE
ICON Packaging
Fuseproject Design Team
Issey Miyake/Yves Behar Watch
Fuseproject Design Team
Equo LED Desk Lamp
Koncept Technologies Inc., Peter Ng
Ablechair
KDM/YeungNam University, Jeong-Yun Lee
Handle Lock
Sky Designers Community, Myung Jin
Numero
Isay Weinfeld Architects, Isay Weinfeld
Charge Battery
KDM, Yeon Kyeong Hwang
The Fenix ReadySet
Fenix International, Mitchell Heinrich
Herman Miller Nala Patient Chair
Continuum Design Team
Electrosurgery Unit Tester (ESU Tester for developing countries)
Hiemstra Product Development Design Team
The Beverly Hills Show Flat
Danny Cheng Interiors Ltd, Danny Cheng
Turbine Light
T.A.K studio, Junggeun Tak & Shinhyun Kang For More Information Contact press@sparkawards.com, call +1.914.481.6106 or visit www.sparkawards.com
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