I’m flattered to have been invited to judge a fantastic competition by Manchester based designers, NoChintz called The Box Project. The idea for the competition is to challenge the region’s creative community to ‘think inside the box’ for a change and it will be a vehicle for the creative community in the North West to showcase its undoubted talent and it’s brilliant for Urban Splash to be involved.

Entrants will be asked to design the interior of a 2×2x2 micro building and myself and others will be judging entries from designers be they student, professional or unemployed. The building has been developed for simplicity of build and so it can be easily transported. The pre- fabricated cube will take up minimal storage space and will be adaptable for many uses such as retail space, kiosk, cafe or even a spa and frankly that’s the challenge for the designers as the possibilities are infinite!

The winning design will be displayed at 100% design, the UK’s leading architecture and design showcase. This is an amazing opportunity for anyone involved in design so get your thinking caps on and get involved and I’ll keep you all posted on any outstanding talent that we unearth!

By the way, the deadline for submissions is the 31st July 2009 and the winning design will be built and previewed at 100% design in London on the 24th-27th September.