Metropolis magazine is making a final call for entries into its Next Generation Competition, so all you architects and designers out there looking for an extra 10 grand should chime in with your Big Ideas. Judges are looking for submissions that will improve the designed environment, making it better, safer, and more sustainable. Projects must show evidence of systems thinking and/or sustainable and accessible design; excellent aesthetic expression; technological innovation, inventive materials, and/or atypical process; and economic potential as well as a business plan for producing it. The judging panel includes savvy industry types like Shashi Caan, Interior Design Chair at Parsons; Wendy Brawer of Green Map Systems; and Susan S. Szenasy, edito-in-chief of Metrpolis. The deadline is January 31. Get the detailed entry form here. Good luck! ::Metropolis [by MO]

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