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Main: Please help me

Has anyone used Rapid Weaver for OS X without the need of templates? I want to do something that nobody else has and I feel like this program just keeps me locked between copying and not doing a thing. Please help me

Main: De.S.igners Entrepreneurs

Designers wanted to help out in business project. Possible money paid for work. For further details, email me at jazzben81 at yahoo dot com if interested. Thank you.

Main: Challenges to make a design of...

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Main: new portfolio site for crit

My name is Nathan. I'm a designer living and working in Denver, Co. I just put up a new site at Nowinowski Designs www.nowinowskidesign.com , and I would like any feedback. Also the site should be working in all modern browsers so if it is not working correctly in a given browser please let me know.

Thanks,

Nathan

Main: 2009 Cidf Call For Entries

About CIDF
The China Innovation Design Award and serial activites (i.e. CIDF) was initiated by Industry design Branch of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, State Planning Commission High-tech units and Zhejiang University,since start from the second session, Outward appearance Design Examination department of the State Intellectual Property Office, Arts Institute of Tsinghua University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and CHINA BUSINESS NEWS became organizers, till now this event has successfully held five sessions. CIDF pays more attention to specialized authority and emphasizes the market value of innovative design, which wins recommandations of a lot of comanpies and the market.

Thanks to the joint efforts of various fields and the support of the society, eight years, CIDF has become one of the most significant annual events on the China design calendar, which is honored as Oscar Award in the fieled of China Design.

This year, CIDF will pay more attention to the fasion of the development of new products worldwide, promting product innovation of Chinese companes, helping Chinese products upgrade from Made in China to Design in China to enchance the whole country's synthesized competitiveness. Under this situation, the selection and promotion of the 6th China Innovation Design Award in 2009 definitely will have unusual meaning.
Eligibility
� The innovation products with independent intellectual property that are made by domestic companies;
� The products are made by Chinese-funded, joint-venture or wholly foreign owed companies;
� The products that are made by the company outside of the China mainland but are sold in the China market (imported products)
� The products that are designed by domestic or international companies ( include design companies);
� The conceptual products that will be coming sales on the China market;
� The criginal works that are publised by insitutions and the conceptual workes that are in accordance with the cretetia of this award.
Awards Composition
1、For Products
2009 China Innovation Design Award ( CIDF) Gold Award
2009 China Innovation Design Award ( CIDF) Best Singal Awards include:
Best outward design award, Best function design award, Best material design award, Best fashion design award , Best green design award
2009 CIDF Award
2、 For Team / Organization
2009 CIDF Best Design Team Award
2009 CIDF Annual Leader Award
2009 CIDF Outstanding contribution Award
3、For Individual
2009 CIDF Best Designer
2009 CIDF Life Achievement Award
Assessment Creteria
(1) Origial products: the product has independent intellectual property (patent) and no copy or violate other product's intellectual property
(2) Green and Energy-saving: environment protected and recycable material, remarkable achieved product in the field of saving resource and energy
(3) Application value: user-friendly design, in accord with the needs of people's life and function
(4) Scientific design: good man-machine contact surface and kinesiology, scientific mteral sellection
(5) Innovative design: the degree of product innovation, Originality and peculiarity of the outward design
(6) User experience: Enhancing users' life quality when they are using this product
(7) Market value: the reflecting degree of a product on the market, the market capacity and economic value
(8) Conseptual design: the design can be achieved by the industry, can adapt to the user's body structure and spirit needs

Jury
1． President
Yunhe Pan Vice President of Chinese Engineering Society
2． Vice President
Xiaoyue Lin Minister of Outward design examination department of State Intellectual Property Office
Zhiyong Hu Executive Vice Officer of Industrial Design Branch of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society
Jian Liu Editor-in-chief of Economic Oberserve Newspaper
3． Executive Vice-president
Xiaobo Lu Vice party chief of Fine Arts department of Tsinghua University
Renke He Department head of Art department of Hunan University
Shouqian Sun Director of Industrial Design institute of Zhejiang University
4. Standing judges
Hanqin Chen Department head of Art and Design Department of Wuhan Polytechnic University
Jianjun Du Executive Director of Industrial Design Branch of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, CEO of Shenyuan Consultancy
Yang Guan Vice Secretary-general of Industrial Design Branch of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society
Yantang Lin Professor of Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Chongxi Tang Department Head of Art and Design Department of Guangzhou University
Huiming Tong Department Head of Design Department of Guangzhou Fine Arts College
Zhengsheng Yin Professor of Construction and urban planning department of Tongji University
5. Special invited judges
Wenlong Chen General manager of the NOVA DESIGN, Executive director of the ICSID
Gordon Bruce As a design consultant for IBM,Siemens,Samsung, Mobil,Porsche and some other international companies
Bei Li Vice General manager of the Shenzhen Fiyta (Group) LTD
Peter Zec President of the German RED DOT Award
Shouzhi Wang Tenured professor of Design Department of Art Center in Los Angeles American, Department vice-head of Yangtze design department of Shantou University
Yingjia Yao Vice President of Lenovo Group, general manager of Product Innovation Center, general guidance of Olympic torch Cloud of Promise
Schedule
Early registration period March 1,2009 to May 1, 2009
General registration period May 1,2009 to July 31,2009
Sprint registration period Augest 1, 2009 to Augest 15, 2009
Network voting period May 15, 2009 to Augest 15, 2009
Work delivery and arrange exhibit period September 1,2009 to September 3, 2009
CIDF judge day September 3, 2009
Summit day September 4, 2009
Presendation Ceremony day September 4, 2009
Exhibit period September 4, 2009 to September 6, 2009

Please contact with the CIDF committee to get the application forms:
2009 the 6th China Innovation Design Award (CIDF) Committee
ADD: Liantai Building 1207, Zhuzilin,Shenzhen China
Contact person: Yin Liu Qian Chen Mobile phone: 13590169059
Tel: 86-755-82879285、82879205 Fax: 86-755-82873700
E-mail：csjyliu@163.com cidf@cidf.com.cn
Please go to http://www.cidf.com.cn get the details

Developers: E-Cart software - recommendations?

I'm looking to purchase a Shopping Cart package that I can use to create E-Commerce sites for clients.

It needs to be secure, reliable, easy to use and update. I also need a package that allows fairly simple theme amendments.

Does anyone have any recommendations or advise?

Main: social bookmarking software

Submit to Ton's of Scuttle (Social Bookmarking) Sites Automatically and Gain Massive Back Links and Clicks to Your Web Sites & Affiliate Sites Within Days! All on AUTOPILOT and While You Do Something Else.

Main: Palaimon Custom Playing Cards

Need a great gift idea for your friends, family, or a loved one. Show them you care by customizing their own playing cards deck with photos, messages, dates and more and have them made professionally.

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Main: Coffee Tables
Hi,

We are based in Ossett - West Yorkshire, and have been producing high quality goods to the trade for the past 40 years. Specialising in products such as Reception Desks, Hardwood Partitions, Staircases and Doors they have now developed their own bespoke furniture range, starting with a group of high quality Lamp and Coffee Tables.

Hand and machine crafted from American White Oak the tables feature mortice and tenon joints and are completed with a natural lacquer that allows the original colour of the oak to shine through.

Unlike rival high street brands the tables do not feature dowels, veneers or require fiddly assembly. The tables arrive fully complete and are ready to complement any room in your house.

The smallest table in the range starts at (W) 35cm X (L) 35cm X (H) 35cm and the largest size currently stands at (W) 40cm X (L) 70cm X (H) 40cm.

For further information or if you require tables of different dimensions please visit www.armitageandelliott.co.uk

Thanks
James