Dirty Mouse // Food For Designers’ Dirty Little Mice

I’ve been meaning to post this for ages…. but here is another possible outlet for your creative juices brought to you by those lovely people at Diesel.

“FOUR NEW DIESEL WALLS IN NY, MANCHESTER, BARCELONA & ZURICH TAKE OVER THESE SPACES. THESE WALLS ARE YOURS

Launching on March 3rd, the 5th edition of the Diesel Wall art contest continues its tour around the world and reaches 4 new corners of the planet: Manchester (UK), Barcelona (Spain), Zurich (Switzerland) and NY (US).

From March 3rd until July 11th ‘08, any creative, inspired person from any country in the world can apply online www.dieselwall.com and submit his/her designs for the chance to feature in this new edition of the project…and conquer a Wall! The artists will have total freedom in sending concepts: art is above all a means of unconstrained self-expression.

With this philosophy, Diesel created Diesel Wall 5 years ago, a competition dedicated to everyone, anywhere, offering the opportunity to change the urban landscape by showcasing art works on an extraordinary scale on monumental, freestanding vertical walls in the centres of world’s most important cities. The ultimate goal being to salvage what prominent precious public space is left.

Diesel Wall will take your art. Your power of dissuasion. Your ability to disrupt, incite and excite. Inspire and intrigue. Mystify and comment. Make beautiful and real. Make people think again. Artworks - conceived for a specific Wall or for all four Walls - can use painting, photography, video, performance, light, sound, text, experimental concepts including 3D, performance and show elements are also welcome.”

We got this press release from Visto Brahma some time ago regarding a design competition, but stupidly on our part the email got trapped on a different machine.

Still, designers like to work to a tight deadline (this one is the 25th January), and with a rather tidy £5000 to be won, plus the chance to see your work actually on the beer/packaging, some of you might fancy a bash this weekend.

From Brahma…. “All you have to do is create a design based on the spirit of Brahma and Urban Brasil – originality, authenticity, style and flair – and submit it via post or our website www.vistobrahma.com. It’s a pretty open brief – take the flowing curves of the Brahma bottle, immerse yourself in the vibrancy and spirit of urban Brasil and let your imagination run wild. Then, do what you do. Your work, in your style, in your way. Just make sure that the work reflects Brahma.”

You can get all the details from their website, but we must clarify that this competition is solely for UK residents who are over 18.