Submitted by Kelly Emms

Steelcase announces its inaugural International Second Life Design Competition for High Performance Seating.

Steelcase, the global office furniture leader, is sponsoring a Second Life Design Contest for the most innovative and best-designed high performance office chair.  Steelcase is looking for SL¹s top designers to create the coolest and next prize winning office chair for its Steelcase Store in Second Life.

The winning design will be showcased in the SL Steelcase Store and will receive their choice of a high performance chair featured at store.steelcase.com (max value of $1599 USD). In addition the winning designers will have the opportunity to present their work to Steelcase's seating and design teams in Second Life. Quality designs may even be considered for future product development opportunities.

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Location: Steelcase Store, Silicon City (40,170,23)

For entry information and to register:  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Registration begins on July 1st

Set up dates - July 28th & 29th

Jury Week ­ July 30th  ­ August 3rd

Awards - August 4th

Registered contestants will receive a designated plot location at the

contest¹s pavilion on Silicon City to display their chair and display. SL

Contact ­ Kelly Emms ­ In world Contest Event Coordinator