DESIGN THE FUTURE
Announcement of Competition: THE HAND’S THOUGHT promoted by
EXPO - EXPOnenti - BOSCH
(Announcement made in accordance with international regulations in coordination with
ICOGRADA, ICSID/IDA, BEDA; sponsored by the Italian Industrial Design Association – ADI).
Article 1 Competition Objective
The hand is the perfect tool for giving shape to the mind’s thought. All that surrounds us comes
from this fantastic cooperation. Technology allows the mind and the hand to express themselves
faster and with greater precision.
Hence EXPOnenti is announcing a competition for the design of functional products
(independent or complementary to more complex systems) that multiply the hand’s capability
and represent the Expo’s theme “Feeding the planet – Energy for life”.
The designs must increase the value and potential of the use of the hand, in a framework
consistent with contemporary technological development and the proper use of material and
energy resources and the use of the designed products.
BOSCH, a manufacturer and marketer of its own brand electronic tools, known for their high level
of innovation, is sponsoring the competition.
Article 2 Panel members
The Panel consists of five people with voting rights:
AAA
BBB
CCC
DDD
EEE
BOSCH General and Finance Manager
BOSCH Sales Manager Powertools Division
Industrial Design Association (ADI) Representative
EXPOnenti Representative
Expo Scientific Committee/Technical specialist/Humanist Representative
The Panel’s decision will be by majority vote.
The Panel members will appoint a Panel Chairman.
Article 3 Competition Trustee
The Trustee, who intermediates among the promoter, panel, and competitors, is:
ADI Associazione per il Disegno Industriale (Italian Industrial Design Association)
Via Bramante,29
20154 Milano
tel. +39 02 33100164 fax +39 02 33100878
e-mail: info@adi-design.org
www.adi-design.org
For further information on participating in the competition, contact:
EXPOnenti
c/o Media Arts srl
Via Ripamonti 3
20136 Milano
Tel. +39 02 58300163 – Fax +39 02 58315834
e-mail: info@exponenti.it
Article 4 Prizes
The total prize amount is €12,000, distributed as follows:
1st prize €6,000 to the team ranked as number one;
2nd prize €4,000 to the team ranked as number two;
EXPO 2015 Prize of €2,000 to the team the best interprets the spirit of the
theme “Feeding the plant – Energy for life”, by way of an unpublished concept and vision capable
of looking at the future.
If, due to a lack of suitable designs, the Competition ends without a ranking by merit and without a
winner, the Panel may, on its unappealable judgment, divide the prize amount and pay it out
among designs worthy of particular recognition.
The promoter specifies that the entire prize amount will in any case be paid out and that there will
be no reimbursement for any withholding tax prescribed by law.
Article 5 Conditions for participation
Participation is open exclusively to teams of 2 people made up by:
5.1
one designer (designer, architect or engineer, either independent or employees if
authorised by the company), Italian or foreign, less than 30 years old at the publication date
of this announcement;
5.2
one student, Italian or foreign, with no restriction in terms of faculty, specialisation or school.
The teams, which the participants will form freely, will have to comply with the following features:
5.3 the two parties had completely different school or university education courses (e.g. Literature
and Philosophy/Industrial design; Academy of fine arts/Engineering, etc.);
5.4 the two team members should preferably come from different countries, in any case included
in the list of countries participating in the Expo.
A team leader must be appointed who will be the sole person responsible and represent the team
before EXPOnenti.
Panel members, their family members, and BOSCH and EXPOnenti employees are prohibited
from participating.
Article 6 Unpublished designs
The projects must in any case be unpublished and developed expressly for the competition.
Any controversy over the designs’ originality will be brought before the Design Panel.
Article 7 Printouts
For each design, the team must deliver three 50x70cm tables, mounted on rigid panels, which
must contain at least a technical design in adequate scale that illustrates the overall vision and the
details.
The use of colour is permitted.
The team must also deliver a brief report describing the reasons for the design and its features,
including the materials used and another data deemed useful. This report must be on A4 paper
and must not exceed three sheets (2,000 keystrokes each).
The participants have the option of illustrating the design through other designs or images, but
which must be contained in the aforementioned tables or in the report.
All the tables and the report must contain the participant’s motto (see article 8).
Article 8 Identification and anonymity
The printouts presented by the competitors must not be signed, but contain a motto (or a number
of six unrepeated figures).
Data on the design team must be reported on the form attached to this announcement. The
participants must sign the form for acceptance of the clauses reported in the announcement and it
must be included in a non-transparent, sealed envelop on which the motto is written.
Article 9 Usage rights
With payment of the prize, BOSCH reserves the right to use the winning designs for the duration of
one year from the date of the panel’s report. Within that time period, BOSCH will evaluate whether
to send them to production, in which case the compensation relationship with the designer will be
regulated by a specific contract, according to the evaluation criteria prescribed by the ADI.
BOSCH may require a one-year option also on non-awarded designed, subject to payment to be
agreed by the parties.
BOSCH is committed not to modifying in any way the designs presented without the designer’s
consent.
Participants may protect their work in advance through registration or patents. To this end, ADI
allows participants the possibility of registering their designs with the “Design Register” at
particularly favourable conditions.
Article 10 Deadlines
The printouts must be delivered in an anonymous package by 5 p.m. on 30 November 2010 to:
MEDIA ARTS SRL
Via Ripamonti 3
20136 Milano, Italy
Tel. +39 02 58300163 fax +39 02 58315834
If delivery is by mail or private courier, it must occur by the aforementioned deadline as per the
postal stamp or delivery slip. However, designs that arrive 10 days after the prescribed deadline
due to delays or errors cannot be accepted.
The package must contain the adhesive mark attached to the announcement.
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Article 11 Information and disclosure of results
EXPOnenti is committed to presenting the initiative to the national press and increasing the value
of the competition’s results through actions that it deems most appropriate.
BOSCH plans on organizing a public workshop whose invited guests will be the three winning
teams. A design expert will guide the workshop, either analyzing the individual teams’ work and
exchange methods or analyzing the three designs in-depth to complete and better define them.
All competitors hereafter authorize BOSCH and EXPOnenti to exhibit their designs in any shows to
be held by 2015.
The competitors also authorize BOSCH and EXPOnenti to publish their designs in a catalogue, a
volume, and/or in the specialized press for which there will be no compensation, except the
obligation to cite the authors.
Nevertheless, unawarded competitors have the right to request in writing within 15 days of the
announcement of the results that their work not be disclosed.
EXPOnenti/Media Arts will announce the competition results to all participants within 60 days of its
termination through registered letter or certified e-mail to the winners or by regular mail or e-mail to
all other participants.
Article 12 Return of printouts
Designers may retrieve unawarded printouts at EXPO from 1 February 2011 to 31 March 2011.
After that date, the trustee is implicitly authorised to discard printouts still on file.
BOSCH will withhold awarded printouts until the options that it acquires expire, unless otherwise
agreed between the parties.
Milan, 16 February 2010