The world renowned brand Lacoste in partnership with Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland, announced a prize to celebrate young and promising photographers at the exhibition dubbed ‘reGeneration 2: Tomorrow’s Photographers Today’ that took place at the Swiss photography museum. Out of 80 photographers, the jury of the Lacoste Elysee prize comittee selected 12 nominants from different countries. Among them there were:  Ueli Alder (Switzerland), Benjamin Beker (Serbia), Jen Davis (United States), Di Liu (China), Camila Rodrigo Graña (Peru),  Kalle Kataila (Finland), Geoffrey H. Short (New Zealand), Tereza Vlcková (Czech Republic) and others.

The Doritos brand and Microsoft today unveiled the much-anticipated, fully playable Xbox LIVE® Arcade game versions for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft of ‘Avatar Crash Course’ created by Jill Robertson of Raleigh, N.C., and ‘Harm’s Way’ created by Justin Carpenter of Ogden, Utah—the two finalists in the Doritos ‘Unlock Xbox’ challenge.

For the ninth time, Henkel Central Eastern Europe (Henkel CEE) bestowed the Henkel Art.Award. featuring a monetary prize of 7,000 euros. The prize was granted to the Polish artist Maksymilian Cieślak. The Young Artist’s Prize Austria was given to Susanna Flock, whereas the Croatian artist Nina Kurtela received the Young Artist’s Prize CEE. Both promotional prizes are endowed to the sum of 2,000 euros. The Henkel Art.Award ceremony took place on November 25 in the auditorium of the Museum der Modernen Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Vienna (Museum of Modern Art—MUMOK).

This festive season, Nivea is bringing loving hearts together by offering them a unique opportunity to come to New York’ Times Square and kiss on a special Kiss Platform that “will feature memorable moments to entertain the crowd” on New Year’s Eve. To get this opportunity, US couples are invited to participate in the brand’s contest, dubbed ‘Kiss the One You Love’ on Facebook, which was kicked off on December 1.

Red Bull Wake of Fame marks the next generation of wakeboarding and wakeskating as it pushes the boundaries of the sport. At the legendary Ft. Lauderdale Aquatic Complex that is nestled just behind the International Swimming Hall of Fame (Florida, the USA), there are three pools that typically host world champion swimmers and divers but on December 3 it will transform into a “wake park” and become the newest playground for the industry’s top riders.

Porsche teamed up with Designboom to launch a competition for those who “have an abundance of imagination, a passion for cars and a resourcefulness to achieve amazing and unexpected results” in developing patterns for the Porsche Cayman model range. The entrants are encouraged to unveil both repeating and non-repeating original designs, which will be featured on both sides, back, front as well as on the roof of the sports cars.

IKEA, which is known as a supplier of affordable home interior pieces, has shown signs of interest in new approaches in fashion industry. This October, the iconic furniture retailer invited up-and-coming Swedish designers to participate in a competition dubbed ‘IKEA Garderob’ for a chance to have their new collections displayed in a personally designed double PAX-wardrobe at a trendy shop in Stockholm’s Bibliotekstan street.

Soda brands love to emphasize their devotion to ‘energetizing’ their fans even though most of them do not belong to the energy drink category. Coca-Cola continues the tradition of positioning itself as ‘fuel for youth’ and is encouraging creative minds from Singapore to unveil their vision of refreshment which inspires them and people around to take active actions. In its new contest, the brand invites younger consumers to give their own interpretation of this Coca-Cola’s characteristic in any visual form they find appropriate.