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  • New feature! Challenges

    March 05, 2008

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    Up for a Challenge? Check out DESIGN 21's brand new feature: Created for DESIGN 21 member organizations only, Challenges are open calls to the DESIGN 21 community to create solutions to a design problem. View the first Challenge – to design a commemorative cloth for the G8 Environment Ministers Meeting in Kobe, Japan – by clicking here. The prize is $2,500 and the winning design will be produced and distributed at this historic event. Be quick: deadline for entries is April 10!

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