Designboom partner with Plantronics and Altec Lansing to run design competition with $10,000 prize
Designboom
has today announced its latest design competition sponsored by Plantronics
and Altec
Lansing, tapping into the imaginations of designers from across the
globe. The competition is split into two categories, giving designers
the opportunity to enter either one or both for a winning prize of
$5,000 in each.
Plantronics has pioneered the design of beautiful Bluetooth headsets
and has recently launched a celebrity-acclaimed, jewel-inspired
earpiece, the Discovery
925. The company is inviting designers to take this theme further
and develop a concept Bluetooth headset that is both futuristically
fashionable and desirable to wear.
Altec Lansing created the first cinema speakers in the 1920s and has
continued to innovate, by designing and manufacturing award winning iPod
and MP3 speaker systems, PC speakers, home audio and headphones. Altec
Lansing is inviting speaker designs that unleash and enhance a
digital music lifestyle.
Luc Ackaert, Consumer Director for Plantronics and Altec Lansing,
comments, “We are passionate about design and supporting the design
community. By working with Designboom we aim to give designers
international recognition and the opportunity to win a cash prize.”
Designboom has more than 1,500,000 readers a month from over 165
countries and is the leading independent publication for key
contemporary issues and the critique of all aspects of design. Based in
Milan, the free internet resource offers snapshot reports from major
international design shows, architecture and art exhibitions. It also
features interviews and portraits of the protagonists in the
contemporary creative scene, design history and in-depth information on
the creators of design classics.
To enter, visit http://www.designboom.com/sound_innovation.html
entries close on the 25th October 2008.
