Landscape and Community International Congress: Design, Management and Public Involvement

Date: 08.03.2012 to 09.03.2012
Where: Algarve | Portugal
Link: http://www.jornalarquitecturas.com/

Next March 8th and 9th, the Gambelas Campus of the Algarve University, in Faro, Portugal, will host the Landscape and Community International Congress, this year ubder the theme Design, Management and Public Involvement.

With an international character, this congress has as its main objective the promotion of the landscape and improvement of its resources, inviting for the debate about design and management the communities that are involved with this issue. From a practical and innovative way, this event intends to determine and evaluate the different development paths and the national and international case studies, from an integrated and sustainable point of view.

FLAG launches the 1st Digital Marketing Academy

Date: 20.03.2012 to 22.05.2012
Where: Lisbon and Oporto
Link: http://www.flag.pt/

After the success of the FLAG Communication Design Academy, the FLAG – formation entity specialized in technologies associated to the development of visual and interactive arts/supports, has announced for the 2012/2012 edition the FLAG Digital Marketing Academy. This initiative will be available at the Lisbon and Oporto formation centres in post-work schedule, respectively from March 20th and May 22nd 2012.

FLAG Digital Marketing Academy intends to be acknowledge as an innovative course, indented to form professionals for marketing, communication and advertising, aimed to answer efficiently to today’s market demands, making use of the latest and most effective Digital Marketing instruments, a field with high employability and that is currently on growing importance for business success.

stcRIO - STCenters new international competition

Date: 12.01.2012 to 19.02.2012
Where: Rio de Janeiro | Brasil
Link: http://www.stcenters.com/

The ArchMedium in collaboration with the Iaac - Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, has been developing STCenters, a new competition platform to investigate and develop another type of competitions, with the goal set on enriching the learning process of architecture students, going beyond the schools. With this goal in mind, STCenters is launching its most recent contest, stcRIO.

The contamination of our atmosphere is a problem that affects all countries of the world, and specially the big cities. Brazil, being one of the major emerging countries is set on developing an ambitious plan to keep growing, but in a sustainable and eco friendly way. The transformation has already begun in Rio de Janeiro, as the city get ready to receive millions of visitors for the upcoming Olympic Games. The site chosen to develop this Project is located in a privileged spot of Ipanema, one of Rio’s most representative and vanguard neighbourhoods. STC will be placed here aiming to become a hub for the activity that is already happening in the area, also adding the layer of the new electric infrastructure.

STCenters proposes a strong bet for electric cars inside this plan, making them into one of the standard mediums of transportation. In order for this to become a successful initiative there is a huge infrastructure that will need a centralized operations centre, from where the whole net of charging points will be controlled and managed. This operations centre will be the project that this stcRIO competition will focus on.

The contest registration period begins at January 12th 2012 and ends at February 19th 2012. The submission deadline is February 29th 2012. At 27th March 2012, the winners will be announced at the STCenters webpage.

The Geometry of Colours International Competition

Date: until February 2012
Where: international
Link: http://www.awrcompetitions.com/competition/11/the-geometry-of-the-color  | http://www.awrcompetitions.com/

The aim of the Geometry of Colours competition is to explore the relationship between Architecture and Colour through a photographic exhibition. Nowadays Architects and representatives of world cultural trends see colour as a key element in design activities. Designing through the use of colour and experiencing buildings through their chromatic characteristics, enhances the soul of modern architecture. Photography, a tool capable of capturing such a strong relationship, is the mean that best frames the peculiarity of an architectural work in relation to colour.

The proposed photographs will have to define colour as a theme and not as object of an argument. Moreover they will have to consider colour as the focus, not accessory, element of the cultural debate on Architecture. The Registration deadline is set to February 7th 2012 and the Photo submission deadline to February 15th 2012. The winners will be announced at March 20 2012

SingaPlural – Singapore Furniture Design Week 2012

Date: March 2012
Where: Singapore
Link: http://www.iffs.com.sg/

Held in conjunction with the International Furniture Fair Singapore 2012, the 29th ASEAN Furniture Show (IFFS/AFS 2012), Deco Asia and Hospitality Asia 2012, SingaPlural - the inaugural Singapore furniture design week will take place in the exhibition at the Singapore Expo from 9th to 12th March 2012 and along the Singapore’s city streets from 9th to 11th March 2012.

Co-organised by the SFIC - Singapore Furniture Industries Council and its subsidiary, IFFS - International Furniture Fair Singapore Pte Ltd, SingaPlural encompasses a series of seminars, exhibits, designer’s exchange forums, and a design trail - that showcases Singapore’s best design talents in the industry. It aims to provide a premier platform for local talents to display its finest works, and exchange ideas with renowned international designers.