Main: montesoro.com website design

anyone know who designed this webste?

kbkelley@aol.com

Main: Bklyn Designs 2009

BKLYN DESIGNS 2009 will take place May 8- 10. Applications are now available. The deadline for applications is December 8, 2008. Please visit www.bklyndesigns.com for more details.

Main: Please criticize my works

Ive uploaded some Cellular wallpapers i made to a website called mobilehood

please criticize my works by rating them in mobilhood u have a rating bar near the image of the wallpaper

btw im participating a competition in this website and i can win an iPod Touch so your ratings are helping me very much

Here are the links:

http://www.mobilhood.com/index.php?atn=oi&id=755

http://www.mobilhood.com/index.php?atn=oi&id=756

http://www.mobilhood.com/index.php?atn=oi&id=754

http://www.mobilhood.com/index.php?atn=oi&id=677

http://www.mobilhood.com/index.php?atn=oi&id=676

http://www.mobilhood.com/index.php?atn=oi&id=675

thank you all very much, i appreciate your help.

Main: Coming up deadlines in callsandopps

Coming up deadlines (November 28th - December 5th) in callsandopps.com, the new website for artists going international, brought to you by a dedicated group of artists.
We read the fine print, we boil the particulars down, we provide you the ability to search, sort and jump to those challenges that are meant for you, for us.

>> Design - various/all fields
IMAGINA Festival Awards
Deadline: November 28th
Submission free
Relevant to: worldwide
Briefly: The IMAGINA Festival and awards for best use of 3D modelling, simulation and visualisation, will take place in Monaco, February 2009. Awards categories include: Animation, Special Effects, Full-length film, Short film, School and University Film, Advert/ Video clip, Video Game, Industry, Architecture & Urbanism - Landscape & Territory.
Awards/Artist fee/ sales option: Not specified in the call
Submissions accepted online + post
http://www.callsandopps.com/index.php?item/203

>> Design - various/all fields
Blue Wine Design Awards
Deadline: November 28th
Submission free for students, 150 - 250 euros for others
Relevant to: worldwide
Briefly: the BLUE WINE DESIGN AWARDS receives entrie in the following product design categories: wine produce, wine line, wine press advertising, olive oil product, olive oil line, olive oil press advertising, and for university students only - Best Product Packaging.
Awards/Artist fee/ sales option: For Professionals: Advertising space worth of 18.000 euros, to be shared among winners. For students: A trip to a European Capital.
Submissions accepted online + post
http://www.callsandopps.com/index.php?item/205

>> Design >> Graphic Design
Lahti Poster Biennal
Deadline: November 30th
Submission Free
Relevant to: worldwide
Briefly: The 17th International Poster Biennial to be held in Finland 14 June - 27 September 2009 is calling for posters designed after 1 January 2007.
Awards/Artist fee/ sales option: Grand Prix 3,500 Euro
Submissions accepted by post
http://www.callsandopps.com/index.php?item/118

>> Design >> Graphic Design >> Illustration/comics
World Festival Of Humour "DICTATORSHIP OF LAUGHTER"
Deadline: November 30th
Submission Free
Relevant to: worldwide
Briefly: The Festival of Calarasi, Romania, calls for works on the theme: "Football dictature", in the following categories: Cartoon (themed), Portrait Cartoon, Collage, Laughable objects, Digital Humor
Awards/Artist fee/ sales option: First Prize: 3,000 US$
Submissions accepted by post
http://www.callsandopps.com/index.php?item/55

>> Design >> Graphic Design >> Illustration/comics
2008 Beijing Science Education Cartoon & Animation Creative Competition
Deadline: November 30th
Submission Free
Relevant to: worldwide
Briefly: The competition calls for Single cartoons/ Four-frame comic strips/ Multi-grid comic and Illustrations.
Awards/Artist fee/ sales option: First prize: 10,000 RMB (about 1,500 US$)
Submissions accepted by post or email
http://www.callsandopps.com/index.php?item/53

>> Design >> Fashion/Jewelry
Enlightened jewellery design competition
Deadline: November 30th
Submission free
Relevant to: worldwide
Briefly: The competition calls for jewellery and bejewelled eyewear designs, using the Swarovski Elements Passion Topaz genuine gemstone collection. Submissions are received in 2 categories: Basic Passion (simple styles that win our hearts) and Passion De Luxe (luxury creations).
Awards/Artist fee/ sales option: First Prize: 3,000 Euros
Submissions accepted online
http://www.callsandopps.com/index.php?item/208

>> Design >> ceramic/crafts
One of a Kind Show and Sale - Toronto
Deadline: November 30th
Submission free
Relevant to: Canadians
Briefly: Open to emerging Canadian artists and craftspeople who have been practicing their art/craft for fewer than 5 years. The award winner must be a graduate of a post-secondary education in their chosen field, and have participated in at least one show with their own work.
Awards/Artist fee/ sales option: $1000 cash prize, free booth at a "One of a kind" show
Submissions accepted online + through email
http://www.callsandopps.com/index.php?item/223

>> Design >> ceramic/crafts
The Skylark Prize
Deadline: December 1st
Submission fee (35$ for 3 works + 5$ for each additional work)
Relevant to: worldwide
Briefly: The Skylark Prize seeks to recognize outstanding quality and diversity in the arts. Entries accepted in various categories, including Ceramics.
Awards/Artist fee/ sales option: An exclusive 6 week fully paid Fellowship at the Sias University, in Zhengzhou, China + Cash prize of $2,000 + A solo exhibition at Skylark Gallery in Los Angeles + Catalog + Editorial in Fabrik Magazine. Sales optional (30% commission)
Submissions accepted by post
http://www.callsandopps.com/index.php?item/61

>> Design >> Fashion/Jewelry
Decorative Resurgence Exhibition
Deadline: December 1st
Submission fee (20 US$ for 3 works)
Relevant to: worldwide
Briefly: "Decorative Resurgence" will be held at the Rowan University Gallery, Glassboro, New Jersey, April 20 - May 28, 2009. This juried exhibition is focused on contemporary metalwork and jewelry inspired by historical ornamentation and decoration.
Awards/Artist fee/ sales option: Not specified in the call
Submissions accepted by post
http://www.callsandopps.com/index.php?item/48

>> Design >> Fashion/Jewelry
Textile Republic/ Preppy with a Twist Competition
Deadline: December 1st
Submission free
Relevant to: worldwide
Briefly: TextileRepublic.com is an ongoing design competition where winning designs and logos will be used to create a line of fabrics, clothing, wallpaper, stationery, and other merchandise. The current competition calls for textile designs themed "Preppy with a Twist".
Awards/Artist fee/ sales option: Winning designs will receive $1,000 cash and a 5% royalty.
Submissions accepted online
http://www.callsandopps.com/index.php?item/245

>> Design - various/all fields
The Adi Prize for Jewish Expression in Art and Design
Deadline: December 1st
Submission free
Relevant to: worldwide
Briefly: The theme of the fourth Adi Prize for Jewish Expression in Art and Design (2008) is Rupture and Repair.
Awards/Artist fee/ sales option: Grand Award: N.I.S. 50,000 (about US$ 12,800). Works selected as finalists will receive N.I.S. 2,000 (about US$ 500).
Submissions accepted online
http://www.callsandopps.com/index.php?item/47

>> Design - various/all fields
I.D. Magazine Annual Design Review
Deadline: December 1st
Submission fee (For students: 25$, for others: 100$)
Relevant to: worldwide
Briefly: CATEGORIES for designs released/ published in 2008 are : Consumer products, Graphics (samples required), Packaging (samples required), Furniture, Environments, Equipment, Interactive, Student work, Concepts. Winners will appear in the July/August 2009 issue of I.D. Magazine.
Awards/Artist fee/ sales option: A 1,000 US$ cash award will be given in the Students category only
Submissions accepted online + by post
http://www.callsandopps.com/index.php?item/58

>> Design >> Graphic Design
Love Your Body: 2009 Poster Contest
Deadline: December 1st
Submission Free
Relevant to: worldwide
Briefly: The National Organization for Women Foundation (Washington, D.C.) is hosting a poster contest to celebrate the Love Your Body Campaign.
Awards/Artist fee/ sales option: Grand prize: 600$. categories first prize: non-student - 400$, student - 400$, high schoo student - 200$
Submissions accepted by post
http://www.callsandopps.com/index.php?item/116

>> Design >> Graphic Design
Adbusters Journal/ The One Flag
Deadline: December 1st
Submission Free
Relevant to: worldwide
Briefly: Adbusters Journal invites designers to create a flag - free from language and well-worn clichés - that embodies the idea of global citizenship.
Awards/Artist fee/ sales option: Not specified in the call
Submissions accepted online
http://www.callsandopps.com/index.php?item/117

>> Design >> Graphic Design
Reinders Posters' Picture Challenge
Deadline: December 1st
Submission Free
Relevant to: worldwide
Briefly: Reinders Posters, a major German poster distributor, calls to designers to design an accessible [a commercial] poster for a wide audience, using humour, fantasy, animals, art, sex and/or nature.
Awards/Artist fee/ sales option: a poster selling deal + Apple Macbook 13"
Submissions accepted online
http://www.callsandopps.com/index.php?item/206

>> Design >> Graphic Design >> Interactive/web
Drunken Boat Homepage Design Contest
Deadline: December 1st
Submission Fee (US$ 25)
Relevant to: worldwide
Briefly: drunkenboat.com, an international online journal of the arts and literature, celebrates its 10th anniversary and is calling designers to submit proposals for the design of a special issue homepage.
Awards/Artist fee/ sales option: $2500 honorarium
Submissions accepted online + email
http://www.callsandopps.com/index.php?item/250

>> Design >> Product/Interior
Airbus "Fly Your Ideas" Students Challenge
Deadline: December 1st
Submission free
Relevant to: worldwide
Briefly: Airbus (The French Airplanes manufacturer) is holding a students' groups competition designed to encourage innovative thinkers to develop ideas that can shape the future of aviation and deliver a further reduction in the industry's impact on the environment.
Awards/Artist fee/ sales option: 30,000 EUR to be divided equally between the team members and their university
Submissions accepted online
http://www.callsandopps.com/index.php?item/237

>> Design >> Product/Interior
Alpkit coLAB Award
Deadline: December 1st
Submission free
Relevant to: worldwide
Briefly: The award promotes the exploration, innovation and design of products, systems and services in the adventure sports environment.
Awards/Artist fee/ sales option: First Prize: £250 Alpkit products + Free booth at The Outdoors Show 2009
Submissions accepted online
http://www.callsandopps.com/index.php?item/175

>> Design >> Product/Interior
Lissone Design Award
Deadline: December 2nd
Submission free
Relevant to: worldwide
Briefly: The competition invites young designers (35 years old or younger) to submit new product concepts for lighting design and / or lighting equipment, with reference to the field of innovative lighting technologies and its multiple applications in interiors and exterior design.
Awards/Artist fee/ sales option: First Prize - 5,000 Euro + Fabrication of a prototype
Submissions accepted by post
http://www.callsandopps.com/index.php?item/126

>> Design >> Product/Interior
JVC amplifier for mp3 players competition
Deadline: December 3rd
Submission free
Relevant to: worldwide
Briefly: With this e-competition the team at JVC Design is asking the international design community for help in producing a new Compact Speaker System, namely a compact amplifier to diffuse the sound files of various MP3 players through the interiors of the home.
Awards/Artist fee/ sales option: 1st prize: 3,000 Euro + In case of purchase by JVC of the user rights of any project submitted, (not necessarily the winner), 2,250 Euro will also be paid
Submissions accepted online
http://www.callsandopps.com/index.php?item/192

>> Design >> Fashion/Jewelry
Hyeres International Fashion and Photography Festival
Deadline: December 4th
Submission free
Relevant to: worldwide
Briefly: Every Spring (April 2009) in Hyeres, the South of France, the Hyeres Festival spotlights young promising artists in the fields of fashion and photography. The first selection is based on a prototype (complete made up outfit, to be sent to the organizers) designed for this collection + 7 sketches
Awards/Artist fee/ sales option: 1st prize: 15,000 + a short film of the collection. For all laureates: a personalized fabric for their next collection (by Puntoseta) + publication in Le Book Magazine
Submissions accepted by post + email
http://www.callsandopps.com/index.php?item/213

>> Design >> Product/Interior
Open architecture network/ Discarded Dreams Mattress Competition
Deadline: December 5th
Submission free
Relevant to: worldwide
Briefly: Architecture for Humanity and Rubicon National Social Innovations invite entrants to create innovative ways of converting used mattresses into useful products.
Awards/Artist fee/ sales option: First Prize - 1,000$
Submissions accepted online
http://www.callsandopps.com/index.php?item/125

>> Design - various/all fields
SCA Packaging Design Challenge 2008
Deadline: December 5th
Submission free
Relevant to: Europeans
Briefly: If you are a student of a design school or non-professional packaging designer in Europe, SCA invites you to compete in creating a total packaging concept for selling chocolate in-store.
Awards/Artist fee/ sales option: 1st prize - 3,000 Euro and internship at SCA in Brussels or other European Centres; 2nd thru 5th place - 1,000 Euro
Submissions accepted online + through email
http://www.callsandopps.com/index.php?item/230

>> Design >> Graphic Design
55DSL Logo Remix competition
Deadline: December 5th
Submission Free
Relevant to: worldwide (not including Cuba, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Myanmar (Burma))
Briefly: 55DSL is calling designers to take the iconic 55DSL Shield logo and spin it into a remix that reflects 55DSL's culture and spirit. The Grand Prize - winning design will featured in a T-shirt design for the 2010 Spring/Summer collection.
Awards/Artist fee/ sales option: Grand Prize: 1,055 Euro
Submissions accepted online
http://www.callsandopps.com/index.php?item/259

>> Design >> Product/Interior
3rd Triennial of Textile Art
Deadline: December 5th
Submission free, but if selected, a participation fee of 50 Euro is to be paid
Relevant to: worldwide
Briefly: The 3rd Triennial of Textile Art will take place in June 2009 in the Gallery of Szombathely, Hungary.
The theme is: presence = being present, and applications will be accepted in 3 categories: Miniature Textiles, Flags and Bands.
Awards/Artist fee/ sales option: Not specified in the call
Submissions accepted by post
http://www.callsandopps.com/index.php?item/72

>> Design >> ceramic/crafts
UrbanGlass Visiting Artist Fellowships
Deadline: December 5th
Submission free
Relevant to: worldwide
Briefly: UrbanGlass (Brooklyn, New York City), offers three Visiting Artist Fellowships to national and international artists wishing to work in glass. Fellowships are for an eight week period (during 2009 - 2010)
Awards/Artist fee/ sales option: an honorarium of $1,500 to cover all costs, including travel, room and board
Submissions accepted by post, or by post + through email
http://www.callsandopps.com/index.php?item/193

Main: Casting Home-Reno Show

Ottawa, Ontario tv production is casting home-reno show in development for W Network. Looking for Interior Designer and asstistant to the designer. www.mountainroad.ca - click on 'Casting' for more details. Deadline to apply Dec. 8/08

Main: Illustrator website update

Hi I've just done an update of my illustration website and was looking for feedback, positive or otherwise! Thanks,
Glyn
www.glyngoodwin.co.uk

Main: Study Graphic and Interior...

ITALY'S NEWEST BOUTIQUE SCHOOL OF DESIGN
THE FLORENCE INSTITUTE, WELCOMES STUDENTS FOR ENROLLMENT
-Architecture industry veteran, DiDomenico, to head prestigious International design school in the heart of Florence Italy-

FLORENCE, ITALY - Just opened in the historic center of Florence, a new international design school will welcome students from all over the world to commence the first full session in January. The Florence Institute of Design International offers a new type of boutique academics focused entirely on international students providing Interior Design, Graphic Design and Architecture programs with both master and semester abroad options available, as announced by Founder and Creative Director, Architect Marc DiDomenico.

As the city of Florence has become an international crossroads for design students, The Florence Institute of Design International will build upon this rich history of art, culture and design, while providing students with a unique international learning experience where methodology and curriculum is designed for the broad and diverse set of students and focused on personalization of studies. Boutique by design, the Institute's philosophy is to provide a first-class facility offering the highest level of education and resources to design students around the world.

Main: Graphics Design

SBL is an ISO 9001 quality certified IT enabled service provider specialized in Graphics and Image editing services. SBL provides services like logo designing,album designing,brochure designing.

For more details visit: http://www.sblgraphics.com

Main: Design the new HP notebook laptop

Would you like to design the graphics for the next HP Global special-edition Notebook?

MTV and HP have joined forces to invite digital artists to submit their designs for the new notebook laptop. From the minimalist to the avant-garde and monochrome to psychedelic, submit your most inspirational design to the competition, as this is your opportunity to flex some artistic muscle and start to make a name for yourself in the design world.

From 8th December - 17th December, the five regional finalists voted for by the public will be featured on the website, with one winner per region being chosen by judges and the eventual Grand Prize winner being selected from these.

To find out more information and to enter your designs, go to the website; www.mtvengineroom.com

Main: font problems..help!

Hi...I am having font problems. I cannot open suitcase. When I try to open it--this is the message I get. "Failed to create the font database, suitcase fusion
will close now", and then it just quits.

Does anyone have any advice on what to do. I am on a MAC OSX 10. Thanks!

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