We’ve mentioned Adobe Kuler before. The space where you can create and share colour themes for use in Adobe programs.

At the moment Adobe is running “theme drive” to collect autumn-inspired themes. Kuler members can submit themes around the autumn season and also “vote” for themes by rating and downloading them. At the end of the drive, the kuler team will select a few of the highest rated and most popular autumn themes to appear on a kuler t-shirt.

Check the terms and conditions, to see if you’re up for the challenge.

Studio469 - Who doesn’t like free t-shirts?

Yes, yes, yes, we found you another one! We allow you to spread your creativity over the globe! This time we have a continuous competition! On ‘Is This Chicken’ you can show your design skills to fellow designers and participators. ITC offers you the possibility to upload your own designs and get them produced, if your picked by the visitors! ITC started 11 months ago and is now growing bigger and bigger! So whenever you are in a creative mood, go ahead and spread the chicken!

Studio 469 - Spreading the Funk

Customization hate it or love it… I’ve been discussing this topic before (Marketing Monday #4: Custom-I-zed). But that column left some dust in the air. Marketing Monday #4 described if customization was possible and to what extent. What were peoples’ driving forces to participate in customization processes. After that I received several emails from readers questioning whether I regard customization to be possible on all products or that I think there are specifications to the products that can be customized. Well I can briefly answer with saying: “All products can be customized!”.

I really believe that a products’ have the ability to be customized, however in most occasions or the product or the people aren’t ready yet for the customization. Therefore I think we can add some new dimensions to the well-known product life cycle. As you probably know the PLC (product life cycle) originally contains five stages namely, development stage, introduction stage, growth stage, maturity stage and decline stage. This last stage will be redefined.
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Hello Creatives! If you are in to graphic design, we’ve found you another cool and sustainable competition. Love Your Earth is hosted by DesignBoom, this competition will asks graphic designers to create a graphic to raise awareness on global issues that are affecting the planet. The deadline is September 8, 2007. The top three finalists will be awarded cash prizes. Go ahead and check it out!

Studio469 - Creativity to your doorstep

The creative folks from Naked & Angry are running a pattern design competition, you could win up to 500$ and 5 free Naked & Angry items. What to do?

1. Design your Pattern
Using a design program such as Photoshop or Illustrator, design your high resolution tiling pattern at any size specification you prefer. You are totaly free to design any pattern you think is cool. For inspiration check the patterns that are already running in the competition.

2. Prepare your submission file
The file to submit is a GIF of your tiled pattern. The file must be 20 to 400 pixels wide by 20 to 400 pixels tall and not over 45 kilobytes. The file MUST tile or your submission will not be accepted. A properly tiling image creates a seamless pattern when duplicated and placed next to itself.

3. Submit your file
Begin filling out the form and selecting your file for upload. It is highly recommended to use your real name when submitting as you will be given a design credit whenever your pattern is displayed. So go ahead show off your creativity, and get some design kudo’s thrown your way.

Check out the competition, and the running designs at Naked & Angry.

Studio469 - Inspiration & Creativity to your doorstep

Win an amazing AU$10,000 journey and your chance to hang out with Lonely Planet Television.

Grab your digital camera or mobile phone and shoot on the hoof - or dig through your existing footage. Hi-fi, lo-fi, we don’t care - just give us your “Great Moments in Travel” in the form of a snappy short film lasting less than three minutes.

A chance meeting on the Trans-Siberian or eating deep-fried scorpions in a Bangkok park - gold. You might even find a great travel moment on the streets of your home town. Think lateral. Surprise us. Check out the lonely planet website for entries, tips and tricks.

Studio469 - Brings you design competitions, and more..

Don’t really know what to do with all your spare time this summer? Want to get credit once for what you design? Interested in healthy living?

Take a look at the Electrolux designlab contest:

“Health is a growing issue in the world. We eat more, we eat unhealthy and we exercise less. Obesity is an increasing health problem, especially among children.”

If you have any revolutionary ideas about healthy food preservation or preparation, send them in to electrolux and see what your worth.

Final entry date: August 18th 2006

Hello Creative Workers it’s now time to grab a camera and capture those impressive motions!

The reason? Quite simple: Motion Design Awards 2006.

The Content: A 30 second movie with the theme ‘Revolution”

The Prize: A sweet HP workstation, with 30 inch flat screen and MTV featuring your Movie!
Who’s in? Adobe, HP, DZone and MTV.

Just check it out:

PS. final entry date is september 14th 2006