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ART. 1 PURPOSE OF THE COMPETITION
The Trieste Contemporanea Committee announces the ninth edition of the International Design Competition Trieste Contemporanea, with the aim of promoting the most original expressions of design from the countries of Central-Eastern Europe. The initiative is under the patronage of the C.E.I. Central European Initiative and sponsored by the Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia.

ART. 2 THEME OF THE 2010 COMPETITION
In a global context of crisis characterized by economic instability and by the inefficiency or inadequacy of the political world to resolve the major social issues, in which the lack of attention to the value of the individual and the environment emerges, the following is requested: the design of a pocket lucky charm/talisman to carry in all situations that require a vibration of “positivity”, of altruistic courage, of critical spirit, of creativity and of necessary irony.

ART. 3 REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION
The competition is open to all designers born in countries adhering to the C.E.I. (Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Ukraine) as well as Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania and Turkey.
Groups should be composed only of participants born in the countries listed above. The design of the object has to be of formal contemporary quality; the contestant will have to conceive it in a size suitable to be carried in a pocket, and can be designed to be made of any material. All projects presented are to be new and developed expressly for the International Design Competition Trieste Contemporanea.

ART. 4 TERMS OF PARTICIPATION AND DEADLINE
Participation in the competition is free of charge. The competitor must apply utilizing the online form on the webpage
www.continentalbreakfast.org/pocketluck/registration.aspx
It will be sufficient to fill out in English (or in Italian) the online application form in its entirety and attach the project according to the specifications. Groups who wish to participate will have to fill out the application form with the name of the group leader and indicate the names and birthplaces of the others in the group.
The application form and the attached project must be presented by midnight on August 31, 2010 (Italian time).
The project registered for the competition must be composted of no more than 3 plates in jpg or pdf format, in format A3 and of a resolution not inferior to 300 dpi; it must include a text of presentation/description in English and/or Italian (max. 1500
strockes including spaces) to be inserted directly in the application form. The projects must contain all the necessary information for the realization of the object.
Projects submitted to the Committee by means other than online registration will not be
considered.
The designers who will be chosen by the jury will be contacted at the end of the jury’s work, which is estimated to be by the end of September, and at that time they will be able to present any final useful integration to their project (prototypes, images or
videos of real or digital prototypes, etc.), according to deadlines and indications which will be defined directly to the selected contestants.

ART. 5 CONFIDENTIALITY AND RIGHTS OF UTILIZATION
All material received will be treated as strictly confidential and under no circumstance will be given to others before the end of the competition who are not part
of the examining commission. The Committee reserves the right to publish in an online catalogue the documentation of the competition and the projects of the selected
participants and winners. If a contestant wishes to protect his work by applying for a copyright or patent registration, he may do so before the presentation of the project in the competition.

ART. 6 EXAMINING COMMISSION AND EVALUATION CRITERIA
The jury will be presided by Gillo Dorfles and comprised of international experts and C.E.I. and Trieste Contemporanea representatives. The group will convene in the month of September, 2010 and will evaluate the projects in competition according to the following criteria:
1. originality and formal quality of the proposed object;
2. creativity and/or innovativeness of the proposed function;
3. completeness and clarity of the work presented.

ART. 7 SELECTED PROJECTS AND AWARDS
- SELECTED PROJECTS: The jury will select a number of projects which will be shown in an exhibition organized in Trieste and published in the online catalogue provided.
- BEBA PRIZE for the youngest designer among those selected: Euro 1000,00.
- C.E.I. PRIZE for the best designer from one of the C.E.I. countries not part of the
European Union: Euro 3000,00.
- GILLO DORFLES PRIZE – TRIESTE CONTEMPORANEA DESIGN 2010 for the best project: Euro 4000,00.

ART. 8 REALIZATION OF THE SELECTED PROJECTS
If Trieste Contemporanea intends to realize the three winning projects of the respective prizes, it will immediately be communicated to the winners, who will then be invited to assist the execution of their work. The objects which will eventually be
made will remain the property of Trieste Contemporanea.

ART. 9 PUBLICATION OF THE COMPETITION’S RESULTS
The results of the competition will be posted on the internet at
www.triestecontemporanea.it within the month of October. The catalogue will be published online together with the opening of the concluding exhibition. The results of the competition will also be made public by the Committee through the international
media and press.

ART. 10 PARTICIPATION HORS CONCOURS
The organizers intend to invite a number of designers to take on the 2010 theme hors concours and to expose in the scheduled exhibitions.

ART. 11 EXHIBITION OF THE SELECTED AND WINNING PROJECTS
All selected and winning projects and those presented by the invited designers hors concours will be exhibited in Trieste within the year 2010 by the Trieste Contemporanea Committee, who intend to provide eventual other exhibitions in venues both in Italy and abroad.

ART. 12 AWARDS CEREMONY
The awards ceremony will take place in Trieste at the opening of the scheduled conclusive exhibition. The awarded designers will be invited to collect the prize in Trieste, with expenses paid by the organizing Committee.

Contact:
Trieste Contemporanea
Via del Monte, 2/1
34121 Trieste - Italy
Phone:
E-Mail: tscont@tin.it
www.triestecontemporanea.it


Source: http://www.continentalbreakfast.org/pocketluck/

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