you have to live in Europe to enter, but it is tally open, no theme.
http://www.asicsdesigncompetition.com/
awwww. sounds fun. 
yep it burst my bubbles too last week!
well, I don’t think that sounds very convincing…
it’s just fishing for cheap ideas…
??
In any case where ASICS Europe B.V. adopts a
design, project, idea etc. identical or similar to any
presented work in whole or in part, ASICS Europe
B.V. will have no accountability to the entrant
concerned.<<
anuschka,
How exactly is that a risk to an aspiring designer? There are designers now working professionally who are where they are partly because they exposed their work to the public. I’m one of them.
Relax. That kind of paranoia could hold you back.
Had some time, did some drawings and entered.
First shoes I designed in my life.
lets see what happens 
Not in the Finals
Did not want to brack in the other First Shoe design (Asics ) thread so I just added them here.
Also my first shoe design, Inspired by this (very active)part of the core77 forum.
Yo pointed me to the forum from the “Frontline group” on coroflot.
Had a lot of fun doing them.
Comments?
Moebius delight
BCS-071
Jellyfish
B-art
Winners of the cometition are now visible on the site.
1st a sandal no wow for me
2nd a beach vollyball “shoe”. very intresting. revers upside down shoe. I think.
Really liking those beach football ones! Never seen anything like that before and I hate kicking barefoot! lol
I think the advertising campaign won it for those sandals. Made me laugh. Though I prefer the 4Beach ones.
hey, any idea of checking out the competition results?
im in australia and unfortunately was unable to enter, but keen on seeing what ideas and concepts were out there. btw the beach volleyball shoes rock!
thanks, john
Thanks 4 your comment The_Boogey_Man.
This is Marcial, the designer of the concept. I was inspired in my self expirience playing and looking soccer players on the Girona´s Beach (Mediterranean), Spain.
I agree with the result of the jury… the 1rst is maybe nearest from the initial contest brief. It´s the difference between attach a picture or did´nt in your presentation 
Best Regards all.
A fan of Core77 web.
(my 1rst comment)
The beach soccer shoes look cool. Neat concept…but man…all I can imagine is my foot full of blisters from the sand rubbing, and rubbing, and rubbing…then rubbing some more under those straps. Especially once sweating. Ouch.
An aside…I saw my first beach soccer game this past weekend. There was a tourney going on at Jericho Beach in Vancouver. That is a really, really, really cool sport.
ip wirelessly - Good point. Definite chaff alert! lol. Though I still like the concept, maybe switching about with the materials could make a comfy fit. Beach soccer is cool, but knackering with the running and all the quick turns in the sand!
Good to see you posting on here Ahn, nice work. You a footwear designer/student? Would be good to see some more stuff of yours.
i would be curious to see the feet of people who regularly play beach soccer. Over time, it seems, the tops of your feet would naturally toughen up from playing barefoot. IP makes a great point about the blister problems that a shoe like this may present, but its still a really cool idea. I could see it being a really successful product if testing layed the blister fears to rest.
the winning concept is a really nice design with even better marketing. im just imagining all of the idiots walking around with asic tan lines on their feet and matching tan lines on their faces from sunglasses, maybe even a farmers tan or a beater tan too.
the beach volleyball shoe is sweet! great rendering too; very nice concept, the reversible detail is also great touch…
Nice work on the beach soccer idea, i am with JP W on the rubbing issue especially when sand gets in there as well.
I would suggest looking at a sock system (maybe neoprene or something stretchy and tight fitting) that works with this + instructing the athletes to use vaseline with them (seriously - pro players drown there feet in the stuff before playing soccer to stop blisters- in cleated footwear)
I would also look at the toe box area with the part that comes under the foot, it may be uncomfortable where it is now when flexing. just flex your foot whilst sitting at your screen and you should see what i mean. Like the overall concept and think you could really work some great graphic directions for this, much like the Nike Presto did (one logistic but tons of different roll outs)
I loved the 2nd place, sleek, cool and very innovative. 
A little ironic that the first place was a sandal and that
the words from the jury was:
â€The winning design combined simplicity with style in an optimal way.
The Jury liked the idea of using the Asics logo stripes as the
ultimate element, resulting in a clean and puristic lookâ€
Could have been the words for one of the other entries according to me
Did something quite similar - it was a concept with an outer shell and a removeable sockliner for washing and color change. You guys like it? Comments?
try the link: http://coroflot.com/public/individual_file.asp?individual_id=130269&portfolio_id=705301&name=maurice+taylor&sort_by=1&c=1&
YES! I like it very much maurice79
Extremely good looking and above all very clean design.
Dont know what you did with your tags but I’ll insert the picture for you
Asics concept design By Maurice79: