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Yarışma Özeti(Summary):
The Company Prada Arredi s.r.l., with scientific consultancy from Polidesign, a Consortium of Politecnico di Milano, is promoting an international competition of ideas with the objective of identifying new design solutions for the production of furniture and furnishing accessories in which there is a prevalent use of solid wood, destined for the manufacture and marketing of products under the Porada brand.

Entrants have to present designs for furniture and furnishing accessories which, as regards the theme chosen for the 2002 edition, will be for exclusive use by infants and children, in the 0-12 year age group. 
The slogan adopted for the competition is “My first piece of furniture”.

The designs presented must be original and unpublished; they must possess
the appropriate functional characteristics; they should comply with current
safety standards, with the particular ergonomic characteristics corresponding to the age group of the users, and with the environmental characteristics required of industrial products.

Tip (Type): 

Kimler katılabilir (Open to):
The competition is open to all Italian and foreign designers and creative
artists, professionals and non-professionals, employees of companies (if
they have been duly authorised by their company), and university students.

There are two categories:
1. professionals
2. non professionals/students
Group entries are not allowed, just individual participation. Designs must be unpublished and original. Each entrant can take part in just one category, to be specified at the moment of enrolment. By entering the competition, the participant unconditionally accepts the terms of the competition rules contained herein, and likewise the jury’s decisions.

Katılım ücreti (Entry Fee):

Ödüller (Awards):
Professionals category:
1st prize € 2,500.00
2nd prize € 1,000.00
3rd prize € 500.00

Non-professionals category:
1st prize € 2,500.00
2nd prize € 1,000.00
3rd prize € 500.00

Juri (Jury):
Prof. Arturo Dell’Acqua Bellavitis, Faculty of Design, Politecnico di Milano;
Prof. Andrea Branzi, Faculty of Design, Politecnico di Milano;
Prof. Makio Hasuike, Faculty of Design, Politecnico di Milano;
Mr. Jun Nieda, japanese operator;
Mr. Tarcisio Colzani, Designer, Porada Arredi srl;
Mrs. Emanuela Garbin, Art Director, Porada Arredi srl;
Arch. Roberto de Paolis, Faculty of Design, Politecnico di Milano,

İletişim Bilgileri (Contact): 
"Porada International Design Award 2002"
Politecnico di Milano
Facoltà del Design – sede di Como
Via Valleggio 11 – 2° piano V2.15
I - 22100 Como, ITALY
Tel.: +39/(0)31-332.7550 Fax: +39/(0)31-332.7543

"Porada International Design Award 2002"
Actus Corporation
Public Information Section
2-19-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo, JAPAN 160-0022
Tel:+81/(0)3-52693207 Fax:+81/(0)3-33506017

E mail address: [email protected]

Porada International Design Award 2002 Furniture For Children
1. Competition objective
The Company Porada Arrredi s.r.l., with scientific consultancy from Polidesign, a Consortium of Politecnico di Milano, is promoting an international competition of ideas with the objective of identifying new design solutions for the production of furniture and furnishing accessories in which there is a prevalent use of solid wood, destined for the manufacture and marketing of products under the Porada brand.

Entrants have to present designs for furniture and furnishing accessories which, as regards the theme chosen for the 2002 edition, will be for exclusive use by infants and children, in the 0-12 year age group. The slogan adopted for the competition is “My first piece of furniture”.

The designs presented must be original and unpublished; they must possess
the appropriate functional characteristics; they should comply with current
safety standards, with the particular ergonomic characteristics corresponding to the age group of the users, and with the environmental characteristics required of industrial products.

2. Conditions of participation
The competition is open to all Italian and foreign designers and creative artists, professionals and non-professionals, employees of companies (if they have been duly authorised by their company), and university students.

There are two categories:
1. professionals
2. non professionals/students
Group entries are not allowed, just individual participation. Designs must be unpublished and original. Each entrant can take part in just one category, to be specified at the moment of enrolment. By entering the competition, the participant unconditionally accepts the terms of the competition rules contained herein, and likewise the jury’s decisions.

In any case, designs must be unpublished and developed expressly for this
competition. The entrant may present more than one design solution: each should be entered separately, with a separate procedure of enrolment into the
competition.

3. Application for participation
Application for entry into the competition should be made by means of a letter containing the participant’s personal data, tax code, address, telephone number, e-mail address, the competition category in which he or she intends to take part, and a declaration of having understood the competition rules herein and of his or her unconditional acceptance of the rules.

Requests for further information regarding the competition rules can be sent to the following e-mail address: [email protected]

4. Material required
- A maximum of three design drawings in vertical A1 format (59.4x84 cm), in black and white or in colour, mounted on a lightweight rigid support (thickness max 5 mm), at any scale; the content of the drawings is left to the participant’s discretion, and it should concern the design of a piece of furniture or a furnishing accessory for children.

At the top, a 5 cm-high strip will be subdivided as follows: at left, a space 10x5 cm containing the “Porada” and “Consorzio Polidesign” logos; at centre, the text "Porada International Design Award 2002"; at right, a 15x5 cm space with the name of the participant and the design category.

- a copy of the preceding boards, reduced to A3 format.

- a brief description in A4 format describing the criteria adopted in the development of the design, and, if desired, the preparatory sketches illustrating the evolution of the design.

- a model at an appropriate scale (not obligatory).

5. Timescale
The design material requested should be delivered by hand, or sent by post or courier, for arrival at the competition secretariat before 17.00 local time on 11th October 2002, at the following address:

"Porada International Design Award 2002"
Politecnico di Milano
Facoltà del Design – sede di Como
Via Valleggio 11 – 2° piano V2.15
I - 22100 Como, ITALY
Tel.: +39/(0)31-332.7550 Fax: +39/(0)31-332.7543

Or, alternatively, the design materials should be arrival before 6th
October 2002 at the following address:

"Porada International Design Award 2002"
Actus Corporation
Public Information Section
2-19-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo, JAPAN 160-0022
Tel:+81/(0)3-52693207 Fax:+81/(0)3-33506017

The date on the postmark will not be taken into account: the material must physically arrive within the specified deadlines. The package should be clearly marked with the title "Porada International Design Award 2002". As well as the specified materials, the package should also contain an envelope containing the entrant’s personal information.

6. Jury
The commission, which will judge the material received in order to select the prize-winners, consists of the following persons:

- Prof. Arturo Dell’Acqua Bellavitis, Faculty of Design, Politecnico di Milano;
- Prof. Andrea Branzi, Faculty of Design, Politecnico di Milano;
- Prof. Makio Hasuike, Faculty of Design, Politecnico di Milano;
- Mr. Jun Nieda, japanese operator;
- Mr. Tarcisio Colzani, Designer, Porada Arredi srl;
- Mrs. Emanuela Garbin, Art Director, Porada Arredi srl;
- Arch. Roberto de Paolis, Faculty of Design, Politecnico di Milano,
representing Consortium Polidesign, responsible for jury coordination.

The jury will meet as many times that it deems necessary in order to examine the material received. The proceedings of the jury’s meetings will not be published; a final report will be published, with the prize-winners for each category, along with commended and selected entries. The jury’s decisions are decided by majority vote; its decisions are final and indisputable. The jury will complete its work by 21st October 2002.

7. Criteria used for evaluation
The selection and evaluation of the designs will consider: their originality, their degree of innovation with reference to typical processing techniques applied to solid wood, experimentation in materials and surface finish, the specifically functional, ergonomic, safety-related and environmental characteristics of the products, the capability of the designs in defining and anticipating innovative modes of use for contemporary furniture and accessories made for children. A user-centred design approach, starting from an analysis of the users’ specific requirements in terms of interaction with the world of objects, will be particularly appreciated.

8. Prizes and recognition
The total prize money, € 8,000.00, will be subdivided as follows:
Professionals category:
1st prize € 2,500.00
2nd prize € 1,000.00
3rd prize € 500.00

Non-professionals category:
1st prize € 2,500.00
2nd prize € 1,000.00
3rd prize € 500.00
The Porada Company will make prototypes of the winning competition designs in the respective categories.
The Porada Company also has the possibility of offering the winner of the non-professionals category a three-month paid work-experience stage in the company.

9. Rights of exploitation and ownership of the works
Participants in the competition maintain the ownership and rights of exploitation of their works. They agree not to cede these rights to third parties during the period of one year from the competition deadline. The Porada Company reserves the right to enter into a contract with the authors of the prize-winning or commended designs for the industrial exploitation of the designs. The participants grant Porada the option to use the prize-winning designs for the period of one year from the date of the jury’s report. Within this period, the Porada Company will evaluate the possibility of putting the designs into production, and in the case of production, the business relationship with the designer will be governed by a specific contract. The Porada Company agrees not to modify the designs presented in any way without the respective designers’ agreement. The Porada Company may request a one-year option on designs that have not won prize, in return for a payment that will be agreed between the parties.

10. Information and publication of results
The results of the jury’s considerations will be communicated to the winners within the specified dates, by means of e-mail and/or telegram. The Porada Company will present the competition to the specialist press, and the competition results will be announced during an event for which information will be issued in due course.

All participants expressly authorise the Porada Company to exhibit their designs in public (exhibition and various other types of event) and to publish their designs in a catalogue or in specialist publications; nothing will be owed to the participants for this, excepting the obligation of citing the authors’ names.

11. Return of competition materials
The materials entered into the competition can be collected within a period of thirty days following the announcement of the prize-winners. After this period, the organisers decline all responsibility for the conservation of the competition materials. The competition organisers decline all responsibility in the case of loss, theft or deterioration of the materials. The materials for which the Company has expressed an option will be conserved by the Porada Company up until the termination of the option, except in the case of different, mutually-agreed arrangements.

12. Authorisation
Regarding Italian law 675/96 relative to the protection of persons and other subjects concerning personal data processing, the participants in the competition expressly authorise the competition organisers to process their personal data as necessary for running the competition itself.