Show us your idea of a perfect future starting February 14th.

We’ll choose a featured submission each week until the contest closes on March 29th. At that point, a winner will be selected from all submissions and will be featured in a multipage spread in “Beautiful/Decay”’s June print edition. Other selected artworks from the contest will be featured in this issue as well.

Back in 2000, when Toyota engineers first put pen to paper, they envisioned a better world. The result of their innovative imaginations was the Toyota Prius. And it’s helped to save an estimated 881,079,756.18 gallons of gas in the U.S. since then.*

Their dreams gave way to real global change. This contest is born from that idea.

We all have notions of our perfect world – these could be physical, sonic or emotional notions. Any way you sense it could be the key to unlocking it. So show us that perfect future – however you do it best.

Even though we view the contest as completely open-ended, our first featured artist and “Beautiful/Decay”’s June cover artist Robin Williams (her work, “Tired Prince”, is pictured above) encapsulates the theme of future perfect, well, perfectly.

For more details on the contest and the official rules go to beautifuldecay.com/futureperfect.

*Based on average EPA-estimated combined mpg rating of Prius vs. all MY01–MY10 cars and 10,000 miles/year. fueleconomy.gov. Actual mileage will vary.

Alex Duque’s FUTURE/PERFECT is a cluttered wonderland titled “Diamond City”. In this world, gem-covered moss oozes over buildings and household objects – like a snapshot of litter being reclaimed by nature.

What’s your vision of the future? Show us and view the gallery at beautifuldecay.com/futureperfect.

With Karl Hoffman’s FUTURE/PERFECT submission “Trust the Future,” we were inspired by both the piece and its optimistic message. At first glance, wooden rods, branches, letters and beams seem to climb perilously to the ceiling from a chaotic foundation. Look again, and you’ll notice the incredible care and ordered thinking that has gone into the sculpture. It’s the physical embodiment of many parts working together to make a beautifully balanced whole – and a message we can get behind.

What’s your vision of the future? Show us and view the gallery at http://beautifuldecay.com/futureperfect

Chuck U’s FUTURE/PERFECT submission combines many things we love: vertical farming, astronauts and earthworms. “Dr. Vanlandingham’s Vertical Worm Farm” seems to tell the story of a driven entrepreneur; one who has not only found a sustainable way to do business but also a means of growing gigantic earthworms. Whoever this Dr. Vanlandingham is, we believe he has the right idea.

What’s your vision of the future? Show us and view the gallery at http://beautifuldecay.com/futureperfect

This week’s FUTURE/PERFECT submission comes from Nicolas Nadeau. The painting ”HeavenSent” portrays a jumble of multicolored shrubs climbing a looming modernist building. Somehow, the structure’s monochromatic hard edges blend with the brilliant organic haze, as if the architecture is growing from the natural world. Whatever our future looks like, it seems nature will always balance it out.

There’s just one week left to enter the FUTURE/PERFECT art contest. Show us your vision of the future and view the gallery at http://beautifuldecay.com/futureperfect

We’ve received some amazing FUTURE/PERFECT submissions in the past few weeks. In our final featured work, we get a peek into Jennifer Davis’ vision. “Pair” portrays a whimsical world where fuzzy-clothed creatures hold up tree branches that wave in the wind. It’s a world where everything is interconnected and revolves around the sun. And in a way, it’s a world not so different from our own.

Thanks to all the artists who’ve contributed to FUTURE/PERFECT. We’ve received hundreds of submissions and will announce the winner April 15. View the gallery at http://beautifuldecay.com/futureperfect

We were lucky enough to have hundreds of amazing submissions to go through over the past seven weeks. And based on what we saw, the future is quite bright. We could only choose one winner, and we’re very pleased with our selection.

Corey Thompson’s work is fun and loose and constantly evolving. We love his sense of humor and upbeat take on the world. His new project, “The Super Daily Doodle,” features a new work every single day. What better way to look toward the future than to create a new one every day?

Thanks to all the talented artists who’ve submitted. Everyone’s future benefits from your creations. To see all the submissions, be sure to take a look at the gallery at http://beautifuldecay.com/futureperfect.