Life in 2050

Stuart Tolley from Transmission Studios informed us of a forthcoming exhibition project that they are currently working on for the Sci-Fi-London Film Festival called Life in 2050.
21 leading designers, photographers, illustrators and artists will create an original piece of work depicting their vision of what life will be like in 2050. Exhibitors will include Universal Everything, Build, Mario Hugo, Alex Trochut, Jason Tozer, Graham Carter, Will Sweeney and Hort amongst others.

All work will be on display at the Chapter One Gallery, 33 Marshall Street, London from 15th April - 8th May.

There is also 1 space free for a public submission.
All you have to do is send your ideas on the theme 'Life in 2050.' All entries will be submitted on the gallery section of the Life in 2050 website (coming soon) and a winner will be chosen, whose work will be printed and displayed at the final exhibition.
All the entry details and the 1st March deadline date can be found here.

DSL: The winner's final product.

Just a quick note to say that the two Original-Linkage entrants from the Designer Sole Competition, and went on to win the national competition have now had their designs actually produced. More info here.

DSL entrants win Umbro Comp

Just been informed that the two entrants from the Original-Linkage 'Designer Sole Competition', namely Pete Harrison and Stuart McLuskie, have gone through to win the main Umbro Competition. So well done chaps!

DSC: We Have A Winner

It was a close call, but in 3rd place was Stuart McLuskie's 'Zombie Fans', in 2nd Place was Pete Harrison's fantastic 'Requiem' but the winner of the Designer Sole Competition is Joe Parker, with his 'The Bootiful Game'. So well done Joe, your prizes will be winging their way to you soon, and lastly thank you to everyone who entered the competition.

Designer Sole Competition - Closed

The Designer Sole Competition has closed, so first thing to do is thank all of you who entered, the quality of entries was much higher than anticipated so you can all pat yourselves on the back there!
We will be taking sometime to judge the submissions, and will announce the winner on October 9th. Good luck!

DSL - 3 Days left

There are now only 3 days to go until the competition deadline (October 1st), so there is still time to get your designs in. We have already had some good entries in so far, but are still looking for more entries.
If this is the first you've heard of it, you can get more information here.
Good luck!

Designer Sole Competition 2009

In the run up to the 2010 World Cup Original-Linkage, in association with Umbro, is proud to present The Designer Sole Competition!

To celebrate the new Speciali football boot, we have a pair of tickets to a World Cup England qualifying home game*, a full set of Savile Row inspired England Umbro kit, and of course, a pair of Speciali boots to give away.

All you have to do to win these, is show off your graphic artistry by creating a design for the sole of the new Speciali Boot and submit your entry to us. There is no given theme, that is entirely up to you.

The competition deadline is 1st October 2009, the designs will then be judged by the Original-Linkage crew and a winner will be announced on the 7th October 2009.

And here’s some more good news: The Designer Sole Competition will run along side Umbro’s Customise Competition - which means your submission will (providing you follow the instructions below) automatically be entered into this competition as well. That’s right, double whammy prizes are at stake!

Also, we will also be featuring some of the best designs on Original-Linkage for your viewing pleasure during the competition.

THE DETAILS:
To enter the Designer Sole Competition:

1. First, create your design at 300 dpi (You may need this at a later date).

2. Then download this template, and place your design within it.

3. Save this file out as either a JPEG or PNG or GIF ( it should not exceed 5mb) and then upload it here.

4. Important: To be eligible for this competition, you MUST email your design (don't forget to attach it!) and details to: thelinkage@gmail
Your details should include your name, your email address and a title for your piece, and write ‘Designer Sole Competition’ in the subject header.

Lastly, you can submit as many entries you like, and it should go without saying, that all submissions must be your own work.

That’s it! Now get to work and best of luck!


* The England qualifying World Cup tickets prize does not include your travel to the chosen match.
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All entrants are bound to the Terms & Conditions as set by Umbro International. Original-Linkage reserves the right to terminate the competition, without notice at anytime, and is free of any liability.
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Art VS Design

Jessie Connor from NY based collaborative, Artists Wanted, informs us of an opportunity that pits the world's designers against the world's artists in a fun competition that asks the question: what is the most powerful medium of our moment?
Well, if you can answer that, then you could be up for some fame and fortune!

Submitted by Jessie Connor