Call for entries: July 01, 2013
Registration and submission of competition entries:
January 02 - January 31, 2014
Notification of the nominees: by February 20, 2014
Submission of the nominated works:
April 16 - May 01, 2014
Award ceremony and exhibition opening: June 03, 2014
Duration of the exhibition: June 04 - June 22, 2014
Download: Call for Entries 2014
Download: Registration Form
Competition
2014: »Water«
We are looking for designs from all over the world that examine the topic in an intense and creative manner – be it product-oriented or process-oriented. It may include inventing new services or suggesting innovative applications or user strategies but also designing products that address our treatment of water as a resource or examine the sensual qualities of water as a material.
Participation
Designers and students of all design disciplines who have not reached 40 years of age on the closing date for submission on January 31, 2014 are admitted to the competition. Members of the jury are excluded from participation.
Entries
The number of entries is limited to one entry per participant or participating team.
Participants/teams may submit a maximum of three DIN A2 posters mounted on card-covered rigid foam board (Kapa board), showing products, designs or concepts (i. e. design drawings, models, animation or prototypes).
An additional DVD may be submitted only in the case of video formats (H.264, Quicktime, MPEG4, max. length three minutes) or in the case of interactive presentations (PDF, Flash).
An envelope with the name of the participant, containing a short CV and a description of the entry (max. 1,500 characters) in the German or English language must also be enclosed.
The submission is only valid if a signed copy of the registration form containing all conditions of participation is enclosed. The form can be downloaded here.
Entries that do not comply with the formal regulations and which have not been submitted by the closing date (January 31, 2014) will not be taken into consideration (the effective date is the date of receipt).