DBEW International Design Competition

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Judging schedule

1. Judging period: October 15(Sat) - 16 (Sun), 2005
2. Announcement of results: October 17(Mon), 2005

Judging Panel

Alessandro Mendini (Italy)

Seok-Chul Kim (Korea)

Momoyo Kaijima (Japan)

Weiyu Wang

Judging Criteria

1. Principal judging criteria
    a. Marketability : Appropriateness to environments, cultures, and life-styles in Korea,
.........................    Japan, and China
    b. Functionality : Whether problems and innovative solutions drawn are viewed from
.........................    users' point of views on functions
    c. Futurity : Insight and adequacy that suggest for new housing culture and life-style

2. Other judging criteria considered
    a. Creativity : Originality of design and value creation
    b. Modernity : Application of new technologies and materials
    c. Humor : Effective usage of humorous elements in appearance or operating process

Disqualification for the Competition

1. Designs already submitted or awarded in other contests 2. Designs the products of which have already entered the market or which are intended ...for independent marketing within six months after the competition outcome is made public. 3. Designs breaching others' copyrights and patents 4. Works displaying on the front the name of an entrant, his or her school or firm or its logo 5. Others a. If many outstanding works are submitted, which meet the judging criteria, the number of award winners may be increased. In the event few works submitted meet the judging criteria, the number of winners may be decreased. b. In case it is found that works have been submitted with disqualification concealed, the entrants involved will bear civil and criminal responsibilities arising from them.

The number of prize winners and award

Grand Prix	1	US $ 20,000
Golden Prize	2	US $ 5,000 (each)
Silver Prize	12	US $ 1,000 (each)
Total	15	US $ 42,000

(Winning entries will be awarded on an individual basis irrespective of chosen category.)

Royalty

If an award winning work is commercially produced and marketed, royalties will be paid as percentage of sales proceeds from it.
(Special contracts between winners and Hanssen will be considreded.)

Opportunity to participate in Hanssem Design Venture Project

Regardless of award, designers having submitted work of high potential marketability will be given the opportunity to participate in the Hanssem Design Venture Project for cultivating talented designers.

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