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2009 ed. competition rules
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION “Aldo Morelato Foundation”
FOR APPLIED ART IN THE FURNITURE FIELD
The “significant” furniture 2009
Resting places
Pieces of furniture for home spaces
Art. 1 Subject of the competition
The theme for this year’s edition invites participants to design objects which consider new conduct models linked to the routine of resting in home spaces.
Resting in the meaning of: recovering energy, relaxing, restoring after a hard day’s work, a night of sleep, siesta, etc…is an activity as well! As a human activity it has been enriched over the years with equipment and specific places to rest as well as possible.
The new working dynamics and the new trends in urban life have been changing our domestic routines involving the resting places as well.
The re-discovery of applied art can help the designer to give to a space and to specific objects an added value which allows us to define them as “significant objects”. Thus the theme invites designers to develop a project for a home space and more specifically for an object which refers to resting places.
Article 2 Participation
The competition is open to designers from
Article 3 Documentation
Each participant must send the following to the Secretary of the Competition:
- a panel of 50 x 70 cm to illustrate the project (photo’s, drawings etc.) of the chosen space;
- a panel of 50 x 70 cm to illustrate the project of a significant piece of furniture which refers to the subject of “resting”;
- a paper, which describes the inspiring principles of the project, (ideation, and meaning of the project, the environmental use) and technical details for the execution and production of the object.
NOTE: It is possible to send a CD with the project in PDF and with a high resolution: the Secretary of the Competition will see to its printing. In this case an extra 15.00 Euros have to be added to the registration fee indicated in art. 5.
Article 4 Anonymity The documentation indicated in article 3 must be identifiable only by the title of the project. No other identification must be inserted, neither on the 50x 70 cm panels nor in the paper. In order to guarantee the participants’ anonymity, the projects must be put into a sealed package without any identifiable elements (see art. 6, point B) under penalty of disqualification.
In the package, which will be consigned to the Jury, the participant must include a sealed envelope, with the title of the project on the outside and inside all personal details of the designer: name, surname, address, phone- and fax number, e-mail address.
Article 5 Registration Fee
In order to participate a sum of 50,-Euros must be transferred when applying (see art. 6) (participants who have been invited to participate by the Foundation are exempted).
In case the participant is still a student, the registration fee is 20,- Euros; to obtain this reduction a certificate of registration issued by the Academy or University must be included.
The registration fee is in no way refundable. Participants, who have not effected payment of the registration fee, are excluded from the contest.
The payment of the registration fee must be effected indicating “Registration for the International “Aldo Morelato Foundation” Contest of applied art in Furniture” 2008 edition, and by the following means:
-Postal order addressed to the Aldo Morelato Foundation- Villa Dionisi, Località Ca’
-Bank transfer to the account of the Aldo Morelato Foundation at the Banca Veronese- Credito Cooperativo di Concamarise, (bank details: BBAN: cin Q; abi 08322 cab 59430; account number 000000325321)
- Credit card using the PayPal circuit (for further information please surf to www.fondazionealdomorelato.org) and note that if the name of the credit card holder is different from the participant’s name please indicate the participant’s name on the payment.
Article 6 Expiration date – application for registration
The application for registration must be sent by sealed registered letter within
The envelope must include the application for the registration, in which the participant indicates all personal details (a copy of what is required can be found at the website www.fondazionealdomorelato.org), to which the following must be added:
-copy of passport or identity card
-receipt of the execution of payment by the in art. 5 indicated means
-if the participant is a student, the certificate of registration must be included, issued by the Academy or University, which the student attends.
-the documentation as indicated in art. 3 with indication of the title of the project;
-the sealed envelope as indicated in art. 4 bearing the title of the project and containing inside all personal details of the designer.
Incomplete applications are not accepted.
Article 7 Group participation
It is possible to participate as a group with a project signed by more than one person. In case of group participation together with the application form a specifying note containing all personal details and a copy of passport or identity card of all participants must be added.
Only one name is however required as a contact reference and for administrative aims (participation, documentation etc.).
The participation fee for group projects is the same as for projects developed by a single designer. Also for group participations it is possible to pay a reduced fee for students, if all participants of the project include a registration certificate issued by the Academy or University they attend. In this case the project will also participate in the “City of Cerea - Scuola Appio Spagnolo” Award for students.
Article 8 The Prizes
The following prizes will be awarded:
-the First Prize “The Aldo Morelato Foundation Award” of 10,000 Euros; (the Aldo Morelato Foundation has the right to produce the prototype, which will be part of the MAAM permanent collection of the Foundation);
- the Students’ Prize The
-The Jury will also assign the “Award of the Institute for Venetian Villas” of 5,000 Euros among the 15 designers invited to take part in the competition and the theme with projects aimed at the enhancement of the ancient Venetian Villas (www.irvv.it).
The decisions of the Jury are final and unappealable. The Jury has the right not to award the prizes if the projects do not reach the necessary level and to award ex aequo prizes when held necessary.
Art. 9 The Jury
The projects will be judged by a Jury composed of:
. Giovanni Anceschi, designer and professor at the IUAV in Venice;
. Silvana Annicchiarico, Director of the Design Museum, Triennale in Milan
. Marco Ferreri, Archict and designer
. Ugo La Pietra, designer and theorist of applied art;
. Ettore Mocchetti, designer and editor of the “AD” magazine
. Giorgio Morelato, President of the Aldo Morelato Foundation
Art. 10 Tasks of the Jury
The Jury will meet at Villa Dionisi (Cerea-Verona), seta of the Aldo Morelato Foundation, to value the projects received and consistent with the present rules, on originality and on the characteristics required in art. 1.
The final judgement will take place on
The jury votes by majority. The judgement is unappealable. The secretary of the competition will keep a record of the valuation meetings of the Jury.
Art. 11 The result of the Competition
The result of the competition will be published on the official website within
Art. 12 Awarding
The Awarding ceremony will take place on
Art. 13 Property of the projects
The participating projects will not be sent back and according to the rules regarding the rights of the author, the projects will become part of the Foundation’s archives and may be used for exhibitions at Villa Dionisi and Palazzo Taidelli or at other exhibitions.
The prototype of the First Prize produced by the Aldo Morelato Foundation remains at the seat of the Outlook at Villa Dionisis and will be part of the permanent collection of the Aldo Morelato Foundation and the Aldo Morelato Foundation has the exclusive rights on the proto type as well as the right to promote the production of the object, after an agreement between the designer of the project and the furniture producer.
Art. 14 Acceptance of the rules
Candidature for the competition implies the acceptance of the present regulation. The promoting organizations reserve the right to make modifications to the present regulations whenever they retain necessary. Such modifications will be communicated in good time and in the most appropriate manner to those involved.
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