CALL FOR APPLICATIONS | Creative Time seeks an extraordinary member of our community to join Vito Acconci, Lucy Lippard, Rick Lowe, Rebecca Solnit, and other incredible artists and thinkers on the stage in NYC this October 25-26 at our fifth annual Summit: Art, Place, and Dislocation in the 21st Century City. The 2013 open call seeks an innovative artist who engages issues of art and urban space in surprising and meaningful ways. Deadline: August 8, 2013   learn more ...

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS | Interior Design is now accepting submissions for their "Best of Year 2013." Product and project submissions deadline: September 6, 2013  learn more ...

DESIGN COMPETITION | The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia and HP are pleased to announce the 5th Advanced Architecture Contest, on the theme of SELF-SUFFICIENT HABITAT. The aim of the competition is to promote discussion and research through which to generate insights and visions, ideas and proposals that help us envisage what the city and the habitat of the 21st century will be like. The competition is open to architects, engineers, planners and designers who want to contribute to progress in making the world more habitable by developing a proposal capable of responding to emerging challenges in areas such as ecology, information technology, architecture, and urban planning. Deadline: September 30, 2013  learn more ... 

STUDENT OPPORTUNITY: OPEN CALL | 89plus is a long-term, international, multi-platform research project co-founded by Simon Castets and Hans Ulrich Obrist. It is conceived as a mapping of the generation born in or after 1989. Without forecasting artistic trends or predicting future creation, 89plus manifests itself through panels, books, periodicals and exhibitions, bringing together individuals from a generation whose voices are only starting to be heard, yet which makes up almost half of the world's population. 89plus announces an open call for artists, writers, architects, filmmakers, musicians, designers, scientists and technologists. There is only one rule: you must be 89plus - born in or after 1989. Submissions are welcome at any time, however the mid-year deadline for 2013 activities is July 30, 2013.  learn more ... 

COMPETITION | 54 Jefferson, once home to the Grand Rapids Public Museum, has been closed to the public since 1994. It needs a purpose. It needs your idea. Jurors will include Reed Kroloff, Director of the Cranbrook Academy of Art and former editor-in-chief of Architecture magazine. Register by August 1, 2013.  learn more ...  

VILCEK PRIZE FOR CREATIVE PROMISE IN DESIGN | The Vilcek Foundation awards the Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise to encourage and support young immigrants who have already demonstrated exceptional achievements and who often face significant challenges early in their careers. Deadline: August 14, 2013  learn more ...    

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS | CLOG is accepting submissions for their upcoming issue: MIAMI. The largest city in the southeastern United States, Miami has long been subject to a range of unique forces-natural, political, and cultural-which have brought both booms and devastating busts. 

Deadline: August 15, 2013  learn more ... 

DESIGN COMPETITION | ONE Prize Award aims to explore the social, economic, and ecological possibilities of urban transformation. This year's competition is set in the context of severe climate dynamism. The ONE Prize is a call to deploy sophisticated design to alleviate storm impact through various urban interventions such as: protective green spaces, barrier shorelines, alternative housing, waterproofing technology, and public space solutions.  Registration and Submission by August 31, 2013. learn more ...