BEACH & POOL 2008/09
The Design Institution is an organization charged with promoting the development of the design practice, gathering together designers from all over the world who work everyday to improve the vision of the design world around us.
Focused on this ideal we organize design competitions for all designers, both student and professional, as well as from different design branches: graphic, interior, architectural design, fashion, industrial, etc.
We intend to promote creative and innovative solutions as alternatives for real problems in order to improve our living standards, either in specific cases or global concerns.
THE COMPETITION: BEACH & POOL 2008/09
| 1. | Introduction |
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Spending the day at the beach resting on the sand or in the water, reading a book or refreshing at the swimming pool, are pleasures so dear and recurrent along our lives. In this conceptual design competition, we welcome all designers around the world to create products that reflect new ideas for the beach, sea, terrace or swimming pool spaces, involving aspects such as comfort, pleasure, recreation, cleaning, environment protection, etc. |
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Competition objective |
| This design competition is intended to design a piece of furniture, accessory or any other item to be used within a beach, sea, swimming pool or terrace spaces.
The subject-matter of the competition is very wide, ranging from re-designing typical objects, such as umbrellas and sun beds, to entirely new items.
Some examples of the types of products to be designed are:
Furniture and umbrellas (tables, sun beds, umbrellas, canopies and awnings, chairs, sofas, and the like), accessories (trays, glass holders, pillows, towels, snack or picnic sets, and the like), recreational accessories (air beds, children beach toys, and the like), clothing (sunglasses, bathing suits, beach sandals, purses and bags, and the like), cleaning products (garbage bins, cleaning items for the sea, sand or pool, showers, etc.), new products (items that have not been invented yet, that could be useful in such environments), etc.
The competition participant may create a generic design, that is, applicable almost to every context, or, if desired, consider a more specific context, such as: type of beach (sand, stones, among others), whether (warm, hot, rainy, snowy, among others), type of sea (with or without waves, transparent water, cold or hot water, among others), location of pool or terrace (natural environment, indoors or outdoors, etc.) type of pool (indoors or outdoors, covered/heated swimming pool, etc.), etc.
Therefore, the products to be submitted for competition may be: generic-re-invented, applicable to almost every environment, or specific, intended for a particular space or environment. |
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Participants |
| The competition will be intended to design students and professionals from all design branches.
The competition considers two categories:
A.- Individual.- Participants can register for the competition individually.
B.- Group.- Participants can register in group, writing the names of each of the members on the registry card. Each group may have up to 03 participants |
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Design parameters |
| Competitors must consider the following aspects for the creation of their designs:
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Presentation Requirements |
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Digital image
Designs must be presented in one digital image considering next requirements:
Additional images for media publications:
Once competition is concluded, we will ask you for two additional images for possible media publications and presentations:
Graphic presentation techniques
Contents
Important: You must include your registration number located at the upper right side of the digital image. |
| 6. | Delivery of material |
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Assessment criteria |
| The following aspects of the proposals will be assessed:
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Prizes and awarding |
| The following are the prizes to be awarded:
First Prize: $ 3,000 USD
Honorable Mentions: There will be 5 honorable mentions.
Winning designs and other selected works will be published in a virtual exhibition at The Design Institution web page: www.thedesigninstitution.com
Winners will be contacted by e-mail to arrange payment and/or the delivery of the respective diplomas. Diplomas will be sent to competitor’s postal addresses. |
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Jury |
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| 10. | Registration and payment |
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ONLINE
OFFLINE
Step 1 - Fill out form
Step 2 - Payment
The “Help” link on the competition web site includes a more detailed guide of the registration and payment process. |
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Registration fee |
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Registration fee for this competition is USD $75 (USA dollars) for both, Individual and Group categories. Registration fee is per project (you may register as a GROUP, up to 3 participants paying the same amount). |
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Questions |
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Any communication referred to this competition should be addressed to: [email protected]. |
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Controversies |
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Anonymity |
| The jury members are not, and will not be, aware of the identity of any participants until the winning designs have been selected. The jury will not receive any information from participants; projects will only be identified from its registration number.
For this purpose, no image sent can carry marks, photos or any information that may identify the author.
Any attempt to contact a jury member for any matter related to the design competition is subject to disqualification by The Design Institution, which will be communicated via e-mail. It is important to point out that, in the case of group participants, the disqualification of one of their members disqualifies the rest of the group members automatically. |
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Copyright |
| Projects will remain the competitor’s intellectual property. They are allowed to copyright their works before delivery for competition.
Digital images provided by each competitor could be exhibit, reproduced, or published by The Design Institution for promotional purposes only related with the competition “BEACH & POOL – 2008/09”, mentioning the design’s authorship at all times. |
| 16. | Schedule |
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Legality and acceptance |
| Registration for competition implies accepting all rules and conditions described in the current document. http://www.thedesigninstitution.com/bp2008/term_A.html |
