Yarışmalar-Competitions

Yarışma Özeti(Summary):
The first GOOD DESIGN~ Competition and Exhibition was organized in Chicago in 1950 by Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., former curator of The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), with installations by Charles and Ray Eames, Eero Saarinen, Russell Wright, and George Nelson. The goal was to inform consumers about the merit of modern design.

Tip (Type): 

Kimler katılabilir (Open to):

Katılım ücreti (Entry Fee):
The fee is $175.00 USD per entry. Checks are made payable to The Chicago Athenaeum or payment by American Express, Master Card, or Visa.

Ödüller (Awards):

Juri (Jury):

İletişim Bilgileri (Contact): 
The Chicago Athenaeum
Museum of Architecture and Design
Tel: 847/895-3950 
Fax: 847/895-3951
Web: http://www.chi-athenaeum.org 

AN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL AND GRAPHIC DESIGN COMPETITION

Introduction:
The first GOOD DESIGN~ Competition and Exhibition was organized in Chicago in 1950 by Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., former curator of The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), with installations by Charles and Ray Eames, Eero Saarinen, Russell Wright, and George Nelson. The goal was to inform consumers about the merit of modern design.

Four decades later, The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design continues to organize the original GOOD DESIGN program. The goals are to create a revived awareness about contemporary design excellence and to honor both products and industry leaders in design and manufacturing that have chartered new directions for competitive products in the world marketplace. The emphasis of the GOOD DESIGN program is on quality design of the highest aesthetic. The Chicago Athenaeum's GOOD DESIGN program forwards the ideals of a design process that embodies product excellence and endurance.

In 2003, the new GOOD DESIGN program recognizes products, industrial and graphic designers, and manufacturers for their contributions to contemporary design. Submissions to the program are judged by a jury of distinguished design professionals on criteria of the highest aesthetic in terms of innovative design, form, materials, construction, concept, function, and utility.

Format: Product design:
Anything produced and/or designed from 2001 to the present is eligible including: Office and Residential Furniture, Housewares, Lighting, Appliances, Transportation, Consumer Products, Business and Industrial Equipment, Hardware/Tools, Machinery, Electronics, Communications and Medical Equipment, Computer Equipment, Environmental Design. All submitted products must have been produced by a manufacture or scheduled for production.

Format: Graphics/Packaging design:
Any graphic and packaging design produced and/or de-signed from 2001 to the present is eligible including: Books, Magazines, Advertisements, Catalogues, Handbooks, Posters. and Digital and Media Interfaces.

Outcome:
The winning submissions to the 2003 GOOD DESIGN program are exhibited at The Chicago Athenaeum, October, 2003 through January, 2004.

Entry fee:
The fee is $175.00 USD per entry. Checks are made payable to The Chicago Athenaeum or payment by American Express, Master Card, or Visa.

Wire Transmission: 
Northern Trust Bank of Lake Forest: ABA 071000152, 265 Deerpath Street, Lake Forest, Illinois, 60045, USA to The Chicago Athenaeum, Account Number 19005625-01.) Add $25.00 USD per wire transmission for bank processing fee. Foreign checks add $25.00 USD for bank processing fee.

Deadline: 
All entries must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. Central Standard Time, July 15, 2003. Please submit materials to: The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design 190 South Roselle Road, Schaumburg, Illinois 60193 USA.

Requirements
Each entry must have its own completed entry form. Entries without forms will not qualify for the review. Multiple entries are welcome. Each product must be accompanied by an application form; a 35mm slide of the product or products; a B/W or color photograph; and a one-page description. Plus one color digital image per project in BMP or TIF format on CD or floppy disk (300 resolution/1200 x 830 pixels) per image. Graphic design entries should include one copy of the completed project.

Winning submissions to the Museum's
GOOD DESIGN program are accessioned into The Chicago Athenaeum's Permanent Design Collection. Selected designers and manufac- tures are allowed to use the Museum's name and GOOD DESIGN logo in publications, promotions, and marketing as specified in a joint legal agreement with the Museum.

For more information:
The Chicago Athenaeum
Museum of Architecture and Design
Tel: 847/895-3950 
Fax: 847/895-3951
Web: http://www.chi-athenaeum.org