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can’t park? reduced parking availability and rising parking costs? browsing aisle after aisle, fighting over the same parking spot? got a ticket? little aesthetic attractiveness of urban parking lots? as much as people love to drive, all good things must come to an end: parking.

think outside the parking box image courtesy scurvy knaves

think outside the parking box

the ‘parking box’ contest organized by Nissan and designboom asks for designs that ‘challenge any element of urban parking’ – whether underground, exterior, interior, multi-layer, ground level, shape, colors, material, smell, sound, ramps, signage or limits.

think outside the parking box karim rashid image © designboom

the jury has just been completed and we are honored to announce renowned designer karim rashid and gallerist steve lazarides known for introducing street art (banksy…) into the art market.

we couldn’t imagine a better combination than these protagonists to judge your vibrant works. enroll and send us your artwork – photography, video, rendering, graphics, design gadgets by september 27th, 2009.

for full details check out how to submit your works here.

think outside the parking box steve lazarides image courtesy the artnewspaper