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This post is brought to you by Marvin. All eyes on your design. We want to honor your best work in the prestigious Marvin Architects Challenge.Submissions will be accepted until May 8. Submit your design featuring Marvin Windows and Doors, and it could be selected as the best in one of several... View full entry
Yearning for the chance to design a public installation? Register now for the Field Constructs Design Competition before the final submission deadline on April 1, 2015 at 11:59 p.m. EST.The international open competition is currently accepting proposals for a temporary outdoor installation that... View full entry
Just a reminder that the second registration period for the 5th edition IS ARCH Awards for Architecture Students ends January 19. Although there's still one more registration period, the fee will increase to €90 (approx. US$105). The annual IS ARCH Awards provides for current architecture... View full entry
If you still haven't done so, don't forget to register for Blank Space's international Fairy Tales 2015 competition before the final registration and submission deadline on January 23! The registration fee is now $70.Architects, designers, writers, artists, engineers, illustrators, students, and... View full entry
Late registration began today for Young Architects Competitions' Rome Community Ring. If you want a chance to win, make sure to register by January 19, 2015 and submit your entries by January 26, 2015.Students and professionals are encouraged to share their ideas on how to revive one of Rome's... View full entry
This post is brought to you by Dwell Media.Dwell has big plans for its first time in the Big Apple on October 9-11. Unlike your standard design trade show, Dwell on Design NY is your chance to engage with some of today's most influential architects, commercial designers, scholars, and 5,000 of... View full entry
This post is brought to you by Dwell on Design NY.Dwell on Design NY, curated by the editors of Dwell magazine, debuts at 82 Mercer in SoHo, NY on October 9-11, 2014. Join 5,000 design elite as Dwell upends the standard 'trade show' format to create a unique forum on the future of design.Together... View full entry
This post is brought to you by 100%DESIGN:In case you forgot to register earlier this summer, the 100%DESIGN trade event is coming up next week -- so now is the time to do it! As one of the key events at the London Design Festival, 100%DESIGN 2014 will take place at Earls Court Exhibition Centre... View full entry
Last January, Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia, did something that no other city its size had done before: It made all public transit in the city free for residents. [...]
One year later, this city of 430,000 people has firmly established itself as the leader of a budding international free-transit movement. [...]
What’s less clear on the first anniversary of free transit in Tallinn is whether it has actually changed commuting behavior all that much.
— Citiscope
As it turned out, Tallinn's bold move last year to offer free-transit to its residents did not have a very dramatic effect on its own ridership. But the experiment has clarified some subtle issues in public transit:Free-transit as a "second-best pricing scheme": if a city wants to curb... View full entry
