01.15.08 Call for Entries: ICFF Exhibitors
During the International Contemporary Furniture Fair’s four days, 145,000 net square feet of the Javits Center will contain more than 25,000 interior designers, architects, retailers, designers, manufacturers, representatives, distributors, and developers. ICFF Studio invites submissions from designers working on any and all the product categories exhibited at the ICFF: furniture, seating, carpet and flooring, lighting, outdoor furniture, materials, wall coverings, accessories, textiles, and kitchen and bath. Selected designers win a spot to display their prototypes at a group area with individual booths on the exhibition floor.

02.01.08 Call for Nominations: Jane Jacobs Medal
The Rockefeller Foundation is accepting nominations to recognize two living individuals whose creative vision for the urban environment has significantly contributed to the vibrancy and variety of NYC. In addition to the medal, prizes totaling $200,000 will be awarded. Winners will be announced in May of this year.

02.01.08 Call for Entries: Back-of-the-Envelope Bush Library Design Contest
The Chronicle of Higher Education hosts a just-for-fun architecture contest to design the George W. Bush Library on the back of an envelope. The publication is seeking designs that are serious, humorous, adventurous, or all of the above. Readers will vote on the best design, and the designer will win an iPod Touch.

02.01.08 Call for Entries: 2008 Student Design Review
I.D. Magazine is searching for the best work from international design schools in four categories: industrial design, graphic design, interactive design, and miscellaneous. One Best of Show winner will get $1,000 in cash. All winning projects may be posted on the I.D. website with links to winners’ online portfolios, and will be featured in the I.D. September/October 2008 issue. The competition is open to any student enrolled in a collegiate-level design program (undergraduate or graduate), anywhere in the world. All projects entered must be the result of a classroom/academic assignment, and must have been designed/completed during the 2006-2007 academic year.

02.01.08 Call for Papers: CSAAR 2008 Conference
The theme for the Center for the Study of Architecture in the Arab Region’s (CSAAR) annual conference will be “Responsibilities and Opportunities in Architectural Conservation: Theory, Education, and Practice.” Architectural practitioners, educators, researchers, and their counterparts in the environmental design fields are invited to develop a paper in any of the topics listed under the following theme tracks: the heritage idea and the conservation response; conservation in the design realm; conservation context and geography; or conservation education, information, and technologies.

02.07.08 Call for Entries: EDRA Places Awards 2008
Places: Forum of Design for the Public Realm and the Environmental Design Research Association announce the 11th annual awards for place design, planning and research, this year in cooperation with Metropolis magazine. The competition seeks exemplary work from a range of design and research disciplines, whose significance extends beyond any one profession or field. Projects should emphasize a link between research and practice, demonstrating how an understanding of human interaction with place can inspire design.

02.25.08 Call for Entries: BSA Future of Design Competition
The Boston Society of Architects invites young designers to submit a slide show or video clip of work that is 30 seconds or less for a traveling exhibition. Selected works will be displayed as a continuous digital slide and video show during the BSA’s Residential Design and Construction convention and tradeshow in April, the AIA National Convention in May, and the BSA’s Build Boston convention and tradeshow in November. Jurors will select up to 100 projects for inclusion in this program.

03.01.08 Call for Entries: 2008 AIANY Building Type Design Awards
The AIANY Biennial Building Type Awards program was established to recognize excellence and innovation in specialized design fields. The 2008 design categories will be: educational facility design, sustainable design, and urban design. Beginning this year, the program will be co-sponsored with the BSA. Entries are welcomed and encouraged regardless of project size, budget, or style, from both established and new practitioners. The winning designs will be exhibited at the Center for Architecture in May 2008.