Yarışmalar-Competitions

Yarışma Özeti(Summary):
'DuPont™ Corian® for a food & coffee bar' participants are asked to develop design concepts on applications of Corian® solid surfaces - an exclusive product of DuPont - for distinctive interior design applications and/or provide a global vision of 'interior' and/or 'bar -furniture' such as innovative worktops, tables, displays ...

Tip (Type): 

Kimler katılabilir (Open to):

Katılım ücreti (Entry Fee):

Ödüller (Awards):
The designers of the 3 winning entries will be granted with cash prize awards :
- 1st prize euro 2500
- 2nd prize euro 1500
- 3rd prize euro 1000
The jury will also assign honorable mentions to projects (beyond the third prize) for excellent design. Winners and honorable mentions will be promoted by DuPont via media relations activities. Designboom will publish an exhaustive results repor

Juri (Jury):
Asymptote, (USA)
architectural design and research practice, projects range from digital interactive environments and spatial experimentation
- El Ultimo Grito, (SPAIN)
designer of a moveable espresso bar for lavazza
- Luca Trazzi, (ITALY)
architect and designer, currently working on the illy bar concepts project
- Michael Young, (UK)
interior and industrial designer. in 2000 he designed the 'astro bar' in iceland and
- Birgit Lohmann, editor-in-chief designboom.com
- Claudio Greco, DuPont™
- Massimo Fucci, DuPont™

İletişim Bilgileri (Contact): 
E-mail:  [email protected]
Web:http://www.dupont.com 

- The subject of the competition is: 
'DuPont™ Corian® for a food & coffee bar' participants are asked to develop design concepts on applications of Corian® solid surfaces - an exclusive product of DuPont - for distinctive interior design applications and/or provide a global vision of 'interior' and/or 'bar -furniture' such as innovative worktops, tables, displays ...

- Awards
The designers of the 3 winning entries will be granted with cash prize awards :
- 1st prize euro 2500
- 2nd prize euro 1500
- 3rd prize euro 1000
The jury will also assign honorable mentions to projects (beyond the third prize) for excellent design. Winners and honorable mentions will be promoted by DuPont via media relations activities. Designboom will publish an exhaustive results report.

– The international jury is composed of
- Asymptote, (USA)
architectural design and research practice, projects range from digital interactive environments and spatial experimentation
- El Ultimo Grito, (SPAIN)
designer of a moveable espresso bar for lavazza
- Luca Trazzi, (ITALY)
architect and designer, currently working on the illy bar concepts project
- Michael Young, (UK)
interior and industrial designer. in 2000 he designed the 'astro bar' in iceland and
- Birgit Lohmann, editor-in-chief designboom.com
- Claudio Greco, DuPont™
- Massimo Fucci, DuPont™

- Design criteria
Projects will be judged by their effectiveness (correct use of Corian® specific qualities) :
- it may be curved and carved to obtain any type of design
- it may be jointed seamlessly to look like a 'solid-piece' design
- it could be backlit and give a light impression
- it is hygienic, easy to maintain, non-porous
- it blends perfect with other materials
- it has a silk-like touch and sound reflector features
 … see more info on Corian®
and on concept / creativity :
(for example: new concepts for eating and serving ...) a skilful balance between the material - Corian® - and the 'social side' where people may get together to conduct an informal business meeting, a resting place between shopping, a hang out for young people, a study hall for students...
... see some examples

– Registration deadline
Application registration will be accepted through april 25, 2003
(there is a maximum enrollment, registration may close prior to that deadline)

- Registration
Registrations are open now, please fill in the form. You will receive an entry number.

Note:
If the competition meets its maximum enrollment number before the
deadline, the registration may close prior to that.

– Deadline for submission of entries
Works can be submitted through may 20, 2003

– Entries
Entries will be accepted from individuals or teams (max. 2 works). We are looking for new designs and concepts, but also your already existing projects and applications with Corian® will be accepted. The design documents are to consist of the following two elements:

1 works
(Works should be prepared in a high resolution - 300dpi -, in the event of a winning design: we will request your high-resolution images.) as final files are usually too big to send via e-mail, you are asked to forward a lower resolution copy :
only gif and jpeg file formats will be accepted, 1Mb max.
each work should be forwarded in a separate e-mail.
your works should include your entry number and the title of work.

please send them to [email protected] 

we will send you an e-mail receipt of your work as soon as we receive it.

2 authorship and explanation of ideas
A brief description of your work within 100 words (english text only, explanation is expected to be concise) and a declaration of authorship.
please add:
The design is my own creation and has been developed in conformity with the competition’s guideline.

(competition’s guideline: projects participating to the competition, must be original works. Projects must be free from copyrights and any kind of obligation. the design shall not in any way infringe any third party’s right, including but not limited to copyright, logos, trademark, trade names, or other proprietary rights of publicity or privacy. Only entries with a declaration of authorship are accepted!)

- Copyright
Any moral and paternity right regarding the project sent in for application is designer’s property. however, DuPont and designboom own the right of exhibition and publication of all the work sent in.

- Questions?
Inquiries to [email protected]

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