thunderdome for designers

36 teams.  1 winner.  join the phizzpop design challenge.  from the site:

"The PhizzPop Design Challenge pits top interactive, Web, and design agencies against one another to push the limits of technology and creativity in a battle royale."

if you want to join in the festivities, go register for a location at the phizzpop design challenge site.  the first of these challenges happened earlier this year in san francisco and looked like a great time.  the teams were presented with a challenge use case and given time to come up with a solution.  various implementations in various technologies emerged (ajax, windows presentation foundation, silverlight, etc.) and a winner was chosen by the design community judges.

design smackdown baby.