the 2008 next generation design competition focuses on water. in a world of killer floods and rising tides, potable water is a finite resource.
water is everywhere—in nature, industry, home, our bodies, products, interiors, buildings, landscapes, systems [just to name a few].
with up to one third of the global population living without reliable access to clean water, we need better design solutions that account for potable water, gray water, black water—its uses, re-uses, controls, management, efficiency, and conservation.
we call on your innovative design solutions at all scales and sizes—products, interiors, buildings, landscapes, communication systems, or anything else you’ve dreamed up—for handling this most precious and most threatened natural resource. the time for new thinking on water is now.
what's your solution?
the next generation design competition is open to any designer or architect in practice for ten years or less, as well as design students. the $10,000 prize is intended to support designers whose entries reflect considerations of sustainability, distribution and manufacturing systems, economy, current technologies and materials, function, and provocative form and can speak to any one of the 6 sub-disciplines supported by the magazine—architecture, urban planning, landscape design, interior design, product design, and graphic design. remember that beauty is an important aspect of good design. competition web site : http://www.metropolismag.com/nextgen/ email competition : [email protected]
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