Yarışmalar-Competitions

01 - the subject of the international competition is
‘the kitchen is the heart of the home’
participants are requested to submit their designs and concepts for one
or more of the three categories:
a – AMBIENT new built-in kitchens for alternative room concepts
b – DETAIL new ideas for equipping kitchen cabinets,…
c – PRODUCT new ideas for products that facilitate work in the kitchen

02 – awards
a first prize will be awarded in each of the 3 categories (Euro 2000 each)
+ air fare (economy class) and accommodation paid.
the 3 first prize winners will be invited to imm cuisinale award in cologne, germany to receive their prizes.

winning entries and short-listed works will be on display
at the next IMM cuisinale show at the international furniture fair
IMM cologne, germany, to be held from January 17th to 23rd, 2005.

the jury will also grant 10 honorable mentions for each of the 3 categories.
the most interesting designs will be presented to companies in the manufacturing sectors for possible production.

designboom will publish an exhaustive results report.

03 – the jury is composed of
- matteo thun, architect and designer (I)
- werner aisslinger, designer (D)
- herbert h. schultes, designer (D)
- peter-philipp schmitt, press/ FAZ - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (D)
- birgit lohmann, editor-in-chief designboom.com (I)
(Under construction - will be updated soon

04 - theme / explanations
a – AMBIENT new built-in kitchens for alternative room concepts.
standard built-in kitchens tend to feature cabinets positioned against walls.
they optimize storage space and hamper communication with family, partners
or friends. creating function centres, e.g. for preparing food, cooking, refrigerating
and washing-up, provides an approach to breaking away from familiar concepts.
entries should propose new room solutions that optimize functions, storage space as well as communication and integrate kitchens into everyday living.

b – DETAIL new ideas for equipping kitchen cabinets.
base-unit equipment used to be limited to drawers and shelves,
wall-unit equipment to shelves. corner units feature semicircular shelves
or carousel solutions. in particular, improvements are desirable in the
wall-unit section for which ingenious ideas are expected.

c – PRODUCT new ideas for products that facilitate work in the kitchen.
often ‘small’ ideas optimize work routines.
this category seeks a distinctly creative approach to new product ideas that make it more fun to cook, to fry and bake and which are capable of optimizing general kitchen functions.

05 - design criteria
the jury will award designs and concepts which are innovative in terms
of their formal / technological aspects as well as their functional ones.

06 – registration deadline
application registration will be accepted through september 20, 2004.

07 - registration
registrations are open now, please fill in the form.
teams register with one name only - when submitting works you should add all team member’s names. (there is a maximum enrollment, registration may close prior to that deadline)

08 - submit your entry / entries
whether you're an individual or group, you can submit max.3 works.

we invite you to use our new on-line publishing system
which allows all designers to publish their projects directly on our server,
making the jury process faster and more transparent.
as the designer, you can publish, verify and modify the lay-out of your page.
the new system will allow a larger number of designs to be visible to the
designboom public, thus giving designers greater visibility.

you will be requested to supply:
1 - up to 3 images of your project. please note: use only .gif, .jpeg, (72 dpi)
max 100 kb each file. image size max 600x660 pixels.
if you are not able to reduce the size of your file please see
the tutorial on how reduce the size of your file with photoshop.
- the original high-resolution image(s) will be requested if your work is selected for the exhibition -

2 - explanation of ideas
a brief description of your work.
(english text only, explanation is expected to be concise)

3 - you will be requested to accept the competition guidelines
(competition guidelines: 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!)

designboom's new publishing feature offers you autonomous entry presentation.
this service gives you maximum control on how your ideas will be presented to the jury. therefore we invite you to join it. if you are new to digital publishing systems and do not feel confident to publish on your own, you might wish to send us your entry via email to [email protected]  (please fill in the subject line: kitchen is the heart of the home competition.) we accept only entries after previous registration trough this publishing system.

09 – deadline for submission of entries
works can be submitted through october 15, 2004.

10 - copyright
any moral and paternity right regarding the project sent in for
application is designer’s property. however koelnmesse and designboom
own the (non-exclusive) rights of exhibition and publication of all the work
sent in.

11 - questions?
inquiries to [email protected] 

12 - info on IMM cuisinale, cologne, germany, 2005
IMM cuisinale by koelnmesse at the cologne furniture fair - every two years, the international suppliers of kitchen furniture and fitted appliances present their innovative product and service program covering all aspects of the modern fitted kitchen.
http://www.imm-cologne.de