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Have you looked at an Eames or Saarinen chair and thought, "I could make that". Well now is your chance! You could design the next classic, the Dwell Lounge chair.

Dwell and Blu Dot are having a contest for you to design the ultimate lounge chair. They want something comfortable, sustainable, efficient, honest, and affordable.

Three finalists will be chosen by Dwell and Blu Dot and will be previewed in August at Dwell.com. Then we can cast our vote online for our favorite finalist entry. Finalists’ prototypes will be shown at Dwell on Design San Francisco on September 15, 2007 and the winning design will then be announced based on a three-part vote split equally among Dwell, Blu Dot, and online votes cast at dwell.com/thelounge.

The winner will receive $5,000 cash. Finalists will receive $1,000 cash in addition to $1,000 credit at bludot.com. The Dwell Lounge will then go into production and will be introduced by Blu Dot and Dwell at ICFF in 2008.

The deadline for entries is 6:00 p.m. on July 2, 2007.

Put on your thinking caps and get creative! For inspiration, please check out Populuxebooks huge inventory of mid century modern furniture design books.