BEACH & POOL 2008/09

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Introduction

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

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:
Image 1: Save one digital image exactly as the one uploaded for the competition but in high resolution format: 300dpi, size: A1.
Image 2: Save one or more images or views of your design with the fallowing specifications: 300 dpi, size: A4.

Graphic presentation techniques

The graphic technique is at the participant’s discretion and combinations of several techniques are allowed.

Contents

The digital image must include:

Important: You must include your registration number located at the upper right side of the digital image.

Besides the specified contents, the digital images should not contain any sign, photo or information that may enable the jury members to identify, or relate to, any competitors.

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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
Second Prize: $ 1,000 USD
Third Prize: $ 500 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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Registration and payment

ONLINE
(VISA Credit and Debit Cards)

OFFLINE
(Bank transfers and Western Union)

Step 1 - Fill out form
( Same as ONLINE option described above)

Step 2 - Payment
For offline payments, please contact us at: bp2008@thedesigninstitution.com and we will provide the necessary instructions for bank transfers or payment via Western Union.

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

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

Any communication referred to this competition should be addressed to: bp2008@thedesigninstitution.com.

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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.

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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