Design the official logo for the International Center for Women Artists (ICWA), a UNESCO Category II Museum & Arts Education Center in Amman, Jordan, celebrating the genius of international women artists. The challenge is to design a logo representing the ICWA. This logo is intended for use on all of ICWA’s communications, including on stationery, brochures, video clips, signage and on the internet. The winning logo will be integrated and presented side by side with the UNESCO ‘temple’ logo. Designs will be judged based on Effectiveness, Creativity, Productivity and Aesthetics...

In todays’ text effect tutorial, PSD Dude will be showing you a very simple way of creating a realistic rose text effect using a few basic layer styles and custom made brushes. A nature-inspired text effect can be used in so many different and creative ways, for example, to decorate your scrapbook or album. Roses symbolise love and passion, which is perfect for a “couples scrapbook” or wedding album! You can customise this Adobe Photoshop CS5 tutorial by adding alternative rose brushes, colours and typeface styles. By default, this PSD tutorial uses the A Yummy Apology font...

In this tutorial, PSD Vault shows you the steps they took to design a unique wooden face with a fiery eye and tears in Adobe Photoshop CS5. This is an intermediate level tutorial, so some steps will inevitably be tricky; but have a try anyway! The idea of this human face photo manipulation came from browsing some ancient stone images on the internet; so, PSD Vault decided to make something similar in Photoshop. To complete this tutorial, you will need a face, tree bark, and fire stock resources. It would seem that this is yet another astonishingly unique Photoshop tutorial by PSD Vault...

Solsonica are announcing a competition to help select innovative ideas for an electrically assisted bicycle and a photovoltaic shelter to protect and recharge it. Both products must exhibit continuity in terms of functionality, usability, and aesthetics. The appearance of the bicycle must express the values of sustainable mobility, ecology, and the identity of the Solsonica brand. Functionally, the bicycle must be equipped with a detachable, autonomous battery, and it must be conceivable to switch from using the eco-bike in the assisted mode, to using it as you would with a traditional bike...

In this Adobe Photoshop CS5 brush pack, we have a set of 10 high resolution cloud brushes, all of which are showcased in a variety of shapes and with excessive details. Because of the size of these brushes, you can use them for both print and web design projects. The brushes are compatible with CS3 and above; and most likely GIMP too. They are free to use for both personal and commercial design projects. Attribution to the designer, WebDesignerLab, is not necessary, but always highly appreciated. It is a resourceful website, so expect more from WebDesignerLab soon...