Legendary designer Peter Saville , one of the curators of NOISE festival , the online festival for young artists, will take part in the next NOISE Curator Forum. This is a rare chance to hear the opinions of one of the world’s leading image makers; perhaps you want to ask about one of Peter’s campaigns, about the state of the graphic design industry, about his role as a university tutor or about his NOISE selections?

Post your question to Peter Saville by clicking here - you’ll need to submit it to the FORUM by Wednesday, the 10th January. The best ten questions will be put to Peter and his answers will be posted on the website, after the 15th.

Tees Valley Arts on behalf of Middlesbrough Council with partners Halcrow are seeking expressions of interest from Landscape Architects, Designers, Artists and Architects for an ideas competition for 'roadscape'.

The project offers an opportunity to prototype an idea with a view to seeing its adoption in significant adjacent areas in both East and West Middlesbrough.

An initial brief is available at www.ribacompetitions.com take the link to 'new competitions'. A DVD of the site with interviews with the client group, maps aerial photography and background documents can be obtained from the Riba Competitions office at RIBA Competitions Office | 6 Melbourne Street | Leeds LS2 7PS | Tel: 0113 2341335 | Fax: 0113 2460744

In the first instance you are asked to submit an expression of interest by the 8th  January 2007. Details of how to do so are available from the initial brief that can be downloaded from www.ribacompetitions.com

No, not some out-of-tune jazzster, Flat Daddy is a cardboard cut-out replacement for your serviceman father or mother, a comfort-blanket for the kids while mom or pop are overseas dodging suicide bombers. Full story here.

For over a decade, the Droog Design collective has set forth innovative and inspired designs for everyday objects using low-cost, industrial, or recycled materials. Comprising more than 160 iconic designs, simply droog, 10 + 3 years of creating innovation and discussion reveals the playfulness, significance, humor, and social meaning imbued in the work of this international design platform. The exhibition, which has toured throughout Europe and South America since its Munich premiere in 2004, will make its sole North American presentation at the Museum of Arts & Design from September 21, 2006, through January 14, 2007.