Deadline Extended for Design for the Real World Redux Competition

New York, NY (April 11, 2011)—The Museum of Arts and Design announced today that it is extending entry for Design for the Real World Redux, an international design competition, sponsored in partnership with the Victor J. Papanek Foundation at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and the Austrian Cultural Forum New York, until June 15, 2011.

The name of the competition derives from the 1971 book "Design for the Real World" by Victor J. Papanek, the renowned Austrian-born, American-trained designer and educator, who was an early proselytizer of design that was ecologically and socially responsible—for example, a radio that could be cheaply assembled from discarded metal cans and powered by a burning candle.

Design for the Real World Redux calls for established, emerging, and student designers to submit work in the conceptual, prototype, or production phase that emulates Victor J. Papanek's notions of environmental and social responsibility. One outstanding entry will receive the Victor J. Papanek Social Design Award. Finalists will be featured in two exhibitions: one in the fall at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, and another next spring in New York. A fully illustrated catalogue will be produced to document the competition and the finalists.

The application fee for initial entries by professional designers will be $100, and $75 for each additional entry, and $75 for initial entries by students, and $50 for each additional entry.

For more information on the Victor J. Papanek Social Design Award competition, submission requirements, important dates and Victor J. Papanek, please visit vjpsocialdesign.madmuseum.org. Follow @VJPsocialdesign on Twitter for up-to-date news and information concerning the competition.