design for all

future technology and daily living.

the motto of seoul international design competition 2010 envisions the realization of an egalitarian society and human values through design proposals that are easy, convenient, and pleasant to use.
especially in the environment of a contemporary city, as well as product and space,  the importance of communication is rapidly increasing (most of it is based on digital technology),
and design can bring convenience, safety, equality and pleasure to citizens  through establishing a new order between components constituting a city.

the ‘design for all’ objective is made to increase the efforts and the pursuit of design production
that can be shared by all, removing emotional and physical barriers by becoming an universal
communicative social solution.

03 – awards
the total prize money of seoul design competition 2010 amounts to USD 26,000 ***
certification and prize money awarded by the mayor of seoul metropolitan government and
special benefits for those who are awarded with golden and silver haechi prizes
(within 3,000 USD for individual/team including grants for overseas training for korean
winners and invitation to the awards ceremony in seoul for international winners).

- golden haechi prize: one winner, USD 10,000 – certification
- silver haechi prize: three winners, USD 2,000 – certification for each
- bronze haechi prize: five winners, USD 1,000 – certification for each
- iron haechi prize: max. ten winners, USD 500 – certification for each
- honorable mention: within two hundred people, certification for each
- people’s choice award: twenty winners, certification for each

the winning submissions will be exhibited during the exhibition period of
seoul design fair 2010 from september 17 to october 7, 2010. the award
ceremony of seoul design fair 2010 will take place on october 7, 2010
at jamsil sports complex in seoul metropolitan city, republic of south korea.

and as always designboom will publish an exhaustive results report.

***prize and prize money
the award winners shall abide by the tax law of their countries.
in case an award winner is of korean nationality, the tax shall be exempted according
to article 18 of enactment decree of the income tax act.
any postal charges for certifications and catalogue shall be paid by the award winners.
***haechi
haechi is the symbol of Seoul, a legendary animal, a symbol which protects Seoul.
*** Seoul Design Fair 2010
Seoul Design Fair is a world design festival, organized to enhance and promote Seoul
as the center of world design, celebrating Seoul designated world design capital 2010.

design criteria
projects should be original and not be currently in serial production.
projects will be disqualified, if been awarded from other competitions or awards.

the designs entries may not be marked with any form of identification (name, logo…).
entries will be disqualified under these terms.

it is important that you keep your design(s) confidential.
please don’t send them to print or digital publications until the results of
the competition are published.

the jury will award designs and concepts which are innovative in terms
of their formal / technological aspects as well as their social relevance.
please don’t send in vague concepts, but go a step further.
it’s not the idea which is the art,
it’s more the way somebody handles the idea that makes art.

Registration Deadline
application registration will be accepted until july 13th, 2010.
deadline: 17:00 GMT

registration is open now, please fill in the form.
teams register with one name only
- when submitting works you should add all team member’s names.

register here

submit your entry / entries

whether you’re an individual or group,
you can submit a maximum of two entries for each category.

for every entry you will be requested to supply:

1. up to 3 files for uploading to our server
(images or a composition of more images) of your project.
to upload your images please note: use only .gif, .jpeg, (72 dpi) max 150 kb each file,
RGB color mode.
max image size width: 600 pixels.
max image size height: 800 pixels.

the entry submitted is a low-res version of your original work.
you are asked to prepare high resolution images in 300 dpi,

these original high-resolution image(s)
will be requested only if your work is shortlisted.

you can also submit a video clip (acceptable formats: flv or swf files).
you are asked to prepare a high resolution video
but are asked to submit only a low resolution version in size 640 x 480; max 10MB
when creating a video clip, make sure the file is a video or flash file data supported by
flash player or can be automatically played.

2. explanation of ideas
a brief description of your work.
(english text only, explanation is expected to be very 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 !
(when submitting your design you will be asked to tick a box of declaration)

submit your entry here

http://www.designboom.com/seoul_design_fair.html