The 2007 Next Generation® prize will finance the development of a bright idea that focuses on ENERGY, its uses, reduction, consumption, efficiencies, and alternatives.


June 25, 2008
The Bronx is Burgeoning
June 04, 2008
Growing Full Steam Ahead
May 22, 2008
2008 Next Generation Runners-up: Water Works
This year’s competition looked for solutions to a global problem that many experts are calling the next big environmental crisis.
May 02, 2008
2008 Metropolis Next Generation® Design Prize Announced!
Architect Eric Olsen takes home the $10,000 prize.
The 2008 Next Generation Design Competition® focuses on WATER. In a world of killer floods and rising tides, potable water is a finite resource.

Water is everywhere—in nature, industry, home, our bodies, products, interiors, buildings, landscapes, systems (just to name a few).


With up to one third of the global population living without reliable access to clean water, we need better design solutions that account for potable water, gray water, black water—its uses, re-uses, controls, management, efficiency, and conservation.

We call on your innovative design solutions at all scales and sizes—products, interiors, buildings, landscapes, communication systems, or anything else you’ve dreamed up—for handling this most precious and most threatened natural resource. The time for new thinking on water is now. WHAT’S YOUR SOLUTION?