V Magazine Model Search

V Magazine and Ford Models has joined and created the “V A Model” competition in search of one grand prize winner’s model face and sorry guys, this is for ladies only. Although “V A Model” began April 13th it’s still possible to make an entry by the deadline, June 29th. To be elgibile you must be between the ages of 15 and 21 as well as 5′9” to 6” feet tall. Entering “V A Model” consists of submitting the answers to the entry forum at V Magazine’s “V A Model” link, uploading three coloured photos of yourself, and writing a brief statment no more than 100 words as to why you want and/or deserve to win the contest. For more details on voting, criteria, and rules check out the V A Model site. Don’t plan on entering?? Then you can help out anyways by placing your vote for the contestants on the V Magazine website instead!

Art Vs Design Competition

Artists, here’s your last chance to enter the Artists Wanted competition, and have your work seen by the world at large. Because of the huge amount of interest this competition has gathered, the deadline has been extended until Wednesday, June 3rd. Artists and designers from over 45 different countries have participated in the competition so far. If you haven’t already joined in the dialogue, now is your final chance.

Mark Mothersbaugh, acclaimed artist and lead singer of art-rock band DEVO leads a panel of judges including Jarrett Gregory (curator at NYC’s New Museum) and Donwan Harrell (founder and creative director of Akademiks clothing) in selecting the top artist or designer to be featured at a gala reception at the Sky Room on the top floor of the New Museum in New York City. The public also plays judge – determining the most powerful medium of the moment – in an online face-off that pits art submissions against design submissions.

Along with creating opportunities for all the artists who participate, they are awarding over $11,000 in prizes.

Two Grand Prize winners will be awarded with:

• A gala reception at The Sky Room at the New Museum in New York City.
• $2009 cash grant
• International Publicity including a feature in Filter Magazine and work shown through Gawker Artists exposing the winners art or design to hundreds of thousands of visitors across 190+ website galleries
• $500 in gear from Akademiks
• Plus the Red Bull Prize! Choose from the following: A vintage Vespa, a trip to London to visit the Tate Museum and the Design Museum or a fully loaded Mac Book Pro.

Every participant gets:

• An online portfolio and international exposure.
• A “Thank You” package with gear and discounts to help further your work.

This is our calling ladies, it is officially our time to shine and represent. We are just as hyped as our male counterparts over our kicks and we have been given an opportunity to show and prove that we are on top of the sneaker game.
Nike has just launched the Nike iD Royal Tournament. They are having an in-store East vs. West design competition event between February 24^th 2009– March 10^th2009. Everyone is invited to head over to the Nike Sportswear store on 21 Mercer Street in NYC and The Montalban in LA to put thier creative juices into action and design the sickest Nike iD shoe for a chance to be entered into the design challenge. Remember, only in-store submissions will be accepted with the finale taking place on 11^th April 2009 at the 21 Mercer Street store. There isn’t  long left for your chance to enter; you must represent for the female sneakerheads! 2 coasts, 32 contenders and 1 champion – let’s make sure that is a female champion, you hear! More information is available here.

On-line Japanese magazine, SHIFT is looking for a few good artists. Over the coming months they are looking for submissions for the infamous UNIGLO annual t-shirt design competition to digital media competitions and submissions for their 2009 SHIFT Calender. Get all the detailed info for each competition after the jump. The time is now. Do it.

UT GRAND PRIX 2009
UNIQLO’s annual T-shirt design competition since 2004, the 5th “UT Grand Prix” will call for entries from July 15th.
UNIQLO has actively developed its global expansion as a casual wear brand from Japan, opening flagship stores in New York, London, Paris, Hong Kong, Korea and China, and also shown the global promotion campaigns that world people can participate such as UNIQLOCK and UT LOOP!
Based on the concept of “T-shirt Design Olympics”, UT Grand Prix calls for T-shirt designs from young & upcoming creators from all over the world. Works will be chosen from more than 10,000 submissions in the first and second phases of judgment, & these will be shown on the web. In the final stage, 20 designs will be selected by presiding guest judges, & these designs will then be sold as UT (UNIQLO T-shirt) at UNIQLO stores. Cash & other prizes will be also presented to the winner(s). The Grand Prix (top) prize is 3 million JPY (or equivalent in local currency at current rates).
Submission Period: July 15th – September 21st, 2008

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