Entries from all types of Design compete head to head. With the deadline nearing, the Spark Awards has announced their panel of jurors for their design competition covering Graphic Design, Product Design, Mobility Design, Architecture & Interiors, Advertising and Digital Design.
New York, New York (PRWEB) May 8, 2007 -- With less than a month to go before the entry deadline, the Spark Awards announced its panel of distinguished jurors. Not a moment too soon, as entries arrive daily from diverse sources: global conglomerates to individual designers.
The Spark Awards, launched this year, recognize design excellence across a broad range of categories for both professional and student designers. Entries are organized under three umbrellas: general, mobility and public sector, and have come from sources worldwide.
"Last week, we received 21 designs from Chrysler Group, including seven new vehicles," said Peter Kuchnicki, Executive Director of Spark. "Fitch Singapore also submitted a batch. Clever, innovative ideas are the rule for entries from companies such as Humanscale, Dyson, Whipsaw, Ford, fuseproject, Springtime Netherlands, BluDot and Herman Miller."
Entries range from luxurious watch designs to an innovative creeper that lets mechanics work safely under a vehicle.
The quality of entries promises to keep things entertaining for the International Design Competition jurors. The panel will be headed by Executive Jury Chairman Kit Hinrichs, partner, Pentagram Design, who will also serve as Graphic Design Chair.
Graphic Design:
*Kit Hinrichs, partner, Pentagram Design
Sean Adams, AdamsMorioka
Professor Nikolas Hafermaas, department chair, Graphic Design, Art Center College
Product design:
*Chris Hacker, chief design officer, global strategic design, Johnson & Johnson
Nick Oakley, senior industrial designer, Intel Mobility Group
Mobility Design:
*Robert Cumberford, design editor, Automobile Magazine
Patricia Roller, fellow and former CEO, frog design, and member, Angels Forum
Jay Baldwin, Whole Earth Catalog Editor and sustainable design teacher
Architecture & Interiors
*Robert Hale, architect, Rios Clementi Hale
Michael Kirchmann, architect, SOM
Lauren Rottet, interior designer, DMJM/Rottet
Advertising
*Steve Simpson, partner and creative director, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
Ken Cook, senior vice president, worldwide creative director, brand integration, Publicis/Hal Riney
Digital Design
*Clement Mok, designer, planner & instigator, Studio Archetype
*Drew Takahashi, emperor, Funjacket
Jeannine Oppewall, film/video production designer
*Chairperson
The registration deadline is May 15, with late registrations accepted until May 30. Entries must arrive at the jury site between May 21 and May 31. Judging will take place in early June with the awards ceremony set for June 9.
Sponsors of Spark Awards are as wide-ranging as the scope of the contest itself. They include Hewlett Packard, frog design, Dwell Magazine, Automobile Magazine, Design Within Reach, RedClay, San Francisco Mart, California College of Art, Rutgers NCPP, School of Visual Arts, University of California College of Environmental Design, University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning, AIGA SF and Billingsly & Brown.
About the Spark Awards
Spark embraces design criteria for process, strategy, integration, aspiration, collaboration, sustainability and other essential 21st century concerns. They all add up to betterment: Better lives, better health, better water, better air, peace and liberty. Great design is a critical tool to help us get there. We're new and we have a new world view - please join us. Visit our web site for a gallery of entries to date, our blogservations about design and much more: Spark Awards - Design Competition
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