Win PhP 2,000 Worth of SM Gift Certificates

The Philippine Star's Modern Living Section is holding a weekly contest which tests your design IQ. Every week, you have to answer a question based on a designer profile. Join now and you might just win gift certificates from SM!

PRIZE:

PhP 2,000 worth of SM gift certificates for use at Our Home, SM Department Store, or SM Supermarket

HOW TO JOIN:

1. Answer this question: Who is the renowned American architect, author, designer, futurist, inventor and visionary best known for his geodesic domes, which can be seen as part of military radar stations, civic buildings, and exhibition attractions like the Spaceship Earth at Disney World’s Epcot Center in Florida?

Here are more clues:

He was born on July 2, 1895 in Milton, Massachusetts, and spent his youth in Bear Island off the coast of Maine, where he developed a natural propensity for design and construction.

Although he had little formal training, his talent and mechanical skills led him to teach at the Black Mountain College in North Carolina in the summers of 1948 and 1949, and serving as its summer institute director in 1949. There with the support of a group of professors and students, he began work on the project that would make him famous, and revolutionized the field of engineering — the lattice shell structure called the geodesic dome.

2. Text your answer to 09053142614 with your name and address.

3. One winner will be chosen through a raffle of texts with the correct answer.

4. Winners can claim their prize at Our Home in SM Megamall. Call the store manager at 634-1950, 634-1943. Bring photocopies of two valid IDs and a clipping of the Philippine Star's Design Quiz issue in which you appear as winner.

DEADLINE:

No specific deadline within the week; but best to text the answer TODAY

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Win PhP 50,000 in an Art Competition

Are you an artist who loves to paint? Then you might want to join this contest! The Art Association of the Philippines is holding the 3rd SEMI-ANNUAL ABSTRACT ART COMPETITION 2009. Read on for more details.

PRIZES:

First Prize - PhP 50,000 cash prize and trophy
Second Prize - PhP 30,000 cash prize and trophy
Third Prize - PhP 20,000 cash prize and trophy
7 Honorable Mention Awardees - PhP 10,000 cash prize and medal

HOW TO JOIN:

1. The competition is open to all artists who are Filipino citizens, 21 years old and above.
2. The contest has an OPEN THEME. Only NON-REPRESENTATIONAL (abstract) paintings should be submitted.
3. Participants may submit only one entry each. Artwork size is 36”x48” or 48”x36” excluding frame. NO IRREGULARLY SHAPED PAINTINGS WILL BE ALLOWED.
4. Submission day shall be on February 7, 2009, from 10am to 7pm at the EXHIBITION CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, Ground Floor, Chateau Verde Building, Valle Verde I Gate II, C-5, Pasig City.
5. An entry is considered to be an artistic product of an individual. NO GROUP ENTRIES WILL BE ALLOWED. All artworks should be the original artistic creation of the participating artist. Non-compliance will result to disqualification or revocation of the award.
6. All entries MUST BE SIGNED. With a piece of paper posted at the back bearing necessary details such as ARTIST’S NAME, ADDRESS, CONTACT NUMBERS, ENTRY TITLE, SIZE, MEDIUM AND PRICE.
7. Each entry should be accompanied by a 5”x7” (5R) colored photograph of the artwork, with the same information as above written at the back of the photo.
8. The artist must submit a properly accomplished Official Entry Form with a 1”x1” photo and a Biodata or Curriculum Vitae. The artist’s Affidavit shall be accomplished in the submission venue. Official Entry Forms are available at ECCA, AAP Kanlungan ng Sining, http://aapgroup.multiply.com/, aapartists@yahoogroups.com and Pinoy-AAP@yahoogroups.com. Rules and entry forms may also be photocopied.
9. ALL ENTRIES SHOULD HAVE PROVISION FOR HANGING. WET PAINTINGS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
10. Artworks may be any pigment on ground, e.g. oil/acrylic on canvas, watercolor on paper, tempera on board, collage, found objects, and other mixed media. TARPAULIN OR DIGITAL PRINTS ARE NOT ALLOWED.

DEADLINE:

07 February 2009

Win PhP 100,000 and a Special Swatch Watch

2009 is the Year of the OX, and the Philippine STAR and Swatch are welcoming the New Year with its annual competition that has a top prize of PhP 100,000. With the theme "My Bullish Art", the contest is open to all mediums of art — painting, sculpture, photography, graphic design, drawing, arts and crafts — anything goes! Furthermore, the theme’s interpretation is completely up to you. There are no requirements; there are no limits. There is just your imagination, creativity and talent. Join this fantastic contest now!

PRIZES:

First Prize - PhP 100,000 and a Swatch Year of the Ox Special — Bulls on Parade
Second prize - PhP 50,000 and a Swatch Year of the Ox Special — Bulls on Parade
Third prize - PhP 30,000 and a Swatch Year of the Ox Special — Bulls on Parade
Fourth prize - PhP 20,000 and a Swatch Year of the Ox Special — Bulls on Parade
Ten honorable mentions - One Swatch Year of the Ox Special — Bulls on Parade each

HOW TO JOIN:

1. The contest is open to all mediums of art - painting, photography, sculpture, graphic design, arts and crafts, including but not limited to paper mache, pottery, paper tole, etc. The theme of the art competition is “My Bullish Art.”
2. Entry forms are available daily in The Philippine STAR during the duration of the promo.
3. All entries must be be accompanied with a completed entry form and contest guidelines acceptance form (available at any Swatch Store or Kiosk).
4. Entries may be brought personally to any Swatch store or kiosk and will be received by the store OIC for proper documentation and storage.
5. Note that ALL entries will automatically become the exclusive property of Gift Gate, Inc. and may be used, copied, reproduced and/or reprinted by Gift Gate, Inc. into any size or medium for exhibition, advertising, promotion or whatever purpose.

DEADLINE:

18 February 2009

Win an Intuos3 Graphics Tablet

Attention, artists, graphic designers, architects, and cartoonists! It's time to showcase your creativity! Wacom, one of the largest graphics tablet producers in the world, is giving away Intuos3 graphic tablets. Simply join their contest by showing how you celebrate your holiday season in your own culture.

PRIZES:

Two Grand Prizes - Intuos3 9x12 tablets with premium DICOTA bags
2nd Prize - 1 Intuos3 6x8 tablet with a premium DICOTA bag
3rd Prize - 1 Intuos3 4x6 tablet

HOW TO JOIN:

1. Create an artwork showing how you celebrate your holiday season in your culture. Bear in mind that the theme is "Season Greetings - Celebrate the holiday season!"
2. All submissions must abide by the contest and submission rules of the Wacom Community. In particular, submissions may not contain any nudity, adult situations, violence or other obscenities, and must be original.
3. Your entry must comply with the following specs:

• Media: jpg, png, gif, gif animation, swf
• Resolution/size: 72dpi / Max 1MB
• Dimension: 800x600 pixels (portrait or landscape)
  

4. Head over to the Wacom Submission Page to upload your entry.

DEADLINE:

09 January 2009

Saturday Special -- Win PhP 5,000 from a Logo Design Contest

Do you want to put your graphic design skills to good use? Beerboy of Motorcycle Philippines is holding a logo design contest for a website that will showcase over a hundred motorcycles. The prize? PhP 5,000. Read on for more details!

PRIZE:

PhP 5,000

HOW TO JOIN:

1. Create a logo with the words "Flying Pinoy" in it.
2. Beerboy in his contest post here offers some suggestions.
3. Post your designs in this thread. (You have to be a member of Motorcycle Philippines to be able to post. So sign up now if you want to join the contest.)
4. Upon request from the contest organizer, you must be able to email the logo in the following specs: high-resolution, at least 1024x768 pixels, 72dpi, colored and in Photoshop format.
5. Multiple entries are allowed.

DEADLINE:

31 December 2008