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Subject: [openremont] graalglass: Purpose of the competition
From:    "remont_asocijacija" <remont_asocijacija la yahoo.com>
Date:    Mon, May 19, 2008 14:47
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graalglass
Eighth International Design Contest Trieste Contemporanea

art. 1  Purpose of the competition
The Trieste Contemporanea Committee announces the eighth edition of
the International Design Contest Trieste Contemporanea with the aim
of promoting the most original expressions of design from the
countries of Central-Eastern Europe.  The initiative is supported by
the C.E.I.–Central European Initiative.

art. 2  Theme of the 2008 competition
To exalt the search for modern formal quality, in the vast typology
of receptacles destined to contain liquids, a new design for a vessel
for drinking, with or without a foot, is requested.  The vessel is a
theme par excellence in the history of glass production and palestra
of its modern renewal.  As inspiration, the competitor may use
principles and conceptions that refer to symbolic meanings of the
Grail in the various traditions and legends.  Projects which are
innovative in their exploration of the behavior of light in contact
with glass will be particularly taken into account.

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 object designed is to be made exclusively with the technique of
glass blowing.
All projects presented are to be new and developed expressly for the
International Design Contest 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/graalglass.
The application form is to be filled out in its entirety and the
project should be attached in the manner specified below.  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 information sheet and project have
to be presented within the 24 hours of Tuesday, June 10, 2008
(Italian time.)
The project registered for the competition must be composed of no
more than four plates in jpg or pdf format, should contain a text of
description in English and/or Italian (max. 1500 letters 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 delivered to the Committee by means other than online
registration will not be considered.

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 eight
international experts.  The group will convene in the month of June,
2008 and will judge the projects according to the following criteria:
1. originality, depth of conception and innovativeness;
2. thoroughness and clarity in presentation;
3. feasibility of execution of the designed object with the technique
of glass blowing;
4. Attention to the project's relationship to light.

art.7  Selected projects and awards
- SELECTED PROJECTS: the jury will select a number of projects to be
executed in glass and they, along with the winners, will be shown in
an exhibition set up in Venice and Trieste and will be 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 2008 for the best
project: Euro 4000,00.

art. 8  The selected projects' execution in glass
Trieste Contemporanea will execute the selected projects in glass at
the Anfora furnace of Murano.  The three winners of the prizes will
be invited to Venice by Trieste Contemporanea for 3 days where they
will oversee the phases of their project's execution in glass in the
furnace.  The objects executed will be 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 starting the first half of July, 2008.
The catalogue will be published online by September 2008.  The
results of the competition will also be made public by the Committee
through the media and international press.

art. 10  Participation hors concours
The organizers reserve the right to invite a number of designers to
take on the 2008 theme hors concours and to exhibit the works in the
scheduled exhibitions.

art. 11  Exhibition of the selected and winning projects
All the objects in glass made from the selected and winning projects
and those presented by the designers hors concours, will be exhibited
in Venice and in Trieste by the Trieste Contemporanea Committee, who
will see to eventual other exhibitions in venues both in Italy and
abroad.

art. 12  Awards Ceremony
The awards ceremony will be held in Trieste at the opening of the
scheduled conclusive exhibition.  The awarded designers will be
invited to Trieste by the Committee to collect the prize.


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