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Economic Boost for Eco-Designers
Posted by Siel on January 5, 2009 - 4:02pm.

Crafters, artists, and designers with an eco-conscience can do well economically too by putting their skills to work this year. Here are three enviro-oriented design contests that can put some money in your pocket — or your derriere in a very sleek chair:

DWR Champagne Chair Contest. You have just a couple days left to turn the champagne, cork, and cage from your New Year celebrations into a teeny chair. If you win, you’ll get — you guessed it — a chair, specifically a $1,330 eco-friendly Morgans Chair in polished aluminum. Entries are due Jan. 9, so start designing now!

Fur-Free Fashion Competition. Show off your ethical style by designing a fur-free garment to “help promote the ethical and environmental benefits of foregoing fur fashion.” The first place winner will get fame and fortune — more specifically, $750, an ad in E Magazine, and a profile on the fffashion website. The three judges are all eco-conscious women, so think green while creating your design, which are due April 1.

Artevist T-shirt design contest. This Threadless-like website’s looking for new designs with a progressive, activist bent. Submit your best eco-activism inspired design to win $700, plus 7% royalty on all T-shirts sold with your design! The current open contest ends January 31, so don’t procrastinate!

If designing and crafting aren’t your fortes, you can still visit Artevist to check out and vote on design submissions. User votes help determine what T-shirt designs get printed, so play T-shirt curator and size up which T-shirt’s the most eco-activist of them all.



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