Yarışmalar-Competitions

Shahneshin.net would hereby like to invite you to participate in an open international design competition which will result in a multidisciplinary multiuse poster to explore divulge foster sensitize awaken 'shrinkage' nature, culture and experience.

Goal
Seeding cultivating a desired culture for a better world in an extended sense of the word. Completion of the competition will built the foundation for the realization of a unique travelling exhibition project which creating a cultural focal point and will provide a thought-provoking and mind-stretching momentum among both ordinary and professional people actions.

Guideline
Design a poster manifesto to promote and divulgate the shrinkage in our daily life and professional thoughts and actions.

Decisions
Based upon design simplicity, intellectuality, clarity of transmitting the message to both professional and ordinary people.

Eligibility
This is an international competition open to anyone with design ideas inspired by shrinkage lifestyle. Enter alone or in a group collaborative and multi-disciplinary teams are encouraged i.e. a designer and a scientist.

Assessment criteria
The jury will make its assessment based on the competition programme and the following criteria:
• clear realization of shrinkage concept
• open to all levels of societies, cultures and nations
• catching eyes + minds
• enticing the viewer to unfold and discover the concept of the shrinkage

Jury
Jury Members will be composed by an international body of artists, architects, a journalist multimedia-designer, an art-critic.

Requirements:
Submit as many entries as you'd like send a separate submittal form and entry fee sfr. 48/$40 and sfr. 30/$25 students. Check or money order made out to international open design competition "shrinkage" for each entry submitting on March 21.2005.

Format
Size A0
Please submit your idea in paper-based poster 11120 x 860 mm 120 a high resolution 300dpi digital image on cd clearly labelled with your name and contact information: International Open Design Competition "shrinkage"
p.o.box 121 1211, ch-8700 Kuesnacht-Zurich
Submissions cannot be returned.

Design Brief
When we say experimental ideas we mean in an extended sense of the word beyond the beyond today that can mean a lot of things rather than tell you what we mean by experimental ideas we would like you to come up with your own definition having said that we do hope that you will be fairly loose in how you define shrinkage.

Cash Prizes
Finalist-winning entries will be chosen at the jury's discretion and announced enter 9. 2005.
Works will be published in a book format entries' work will be hosted at museum of contemporary art, zurich and will travel to the major art- and science institutions.

Address
Competition Secretary
Seestrasse 201A, CH-88o2 Kilchberg-Zurich Switzerland
Web: www.shahneshin.net
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone Number:
+41 76 406 70 88 English/Italiano
+41 76 412 20 20 Deutch/Français