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Saturday, 4 December 2004 | Levent OZLER
IFDA The International Furniture Design Competitio
IFDA (International Furniture Design Fair Asahikawa) has been held every three years since 1990. It is considered an important occasion for furniture makers in Asahikawa who have the opportunity to exchange ideas with designers from Japan as well as from other parts of the world.
The International Furniture Design Competition, the main event of the Fair, leads us to the vision that indicates the future of wooden-furniture designs. In addition, it is absorbing public attention because of its competition in frontier designs.
We think that furniture is essential in our daily lives. At the same time, it represents lifestyles. Thus, we believe, furniture should be well-designed and equipped to deal with the new needs of consumers.
We also think that as with universal designs, designs must keep up with the changing society and environment and should express new relationships between human beings and their lives, between human beings and furniture as well as between human beings and the environment. We believe that designs should contribute to the creation of a better life and a society.
The representation at this competition is not only for the purpose of being awarded but also for introducing a fresh current in terms of designs into the Asahikawa furniture industry. Moreover, some of the works of the winners and finalists of past competitions were commercialized by furniture makers.
Since Asahikawa is a trading center of high quality lumber, we seek designs which are making superb use of it.
We hope that we can produce furniture in Asahikawa that will be treasured for a long time by both users and makers alike. We are looking forward to seeing your wonderful designs which will enable us to realize our dream.
Rules and Condition
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Theme: Wooden furniture
1. Works (cabinets, tables, chairs and others) entered must be newly created and previously unpublished. "Unpublished" means that the work has never appeared on the market as a product, has never appeared in a newspaper, magazine, or exhibition, and has never been a winner in other competitions before the sponsor announces the results of the main selection process. (Please refrain from entering this competition and other competitions at the same time.) A work which has appeared in students' exhibitions is considered unpublished.
2. Works are considered "wooden" when their major component parts are made of wood.
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Qualification
Any individual, group or business will qualify.
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Number of entries
No limit is set on the number of entries from any one applicant.
(4)
Registration fee
�ERegistration on the internet
\5,000 for each work that you enter in the competition.
�ERegistration by mail
\6,000 for each work that you enter in the competition.
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How to pay the registration fee
1. When you pay the fee by a card, we accept the following cards: Diners Club, American Express, VISA, Master or JCB Cards. Please provide the necessary information on the application form. If you register on the internet, please follow the instruction in our homepage. Please note that we will process your application within one week of receiving it.
2. Applicants outside Japan are acceptable only to pay the fee by
an credit card. Please note the following.
�EThe fee is non-refundable.
�EYou will be informed of the registration of your application after we receive
both your application and registration fee.
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Copyrights, patents right and industrial properties
1. Copyrights, patent right, industrial properties and all other related rights for the entered works are reserved by the applicants. It is therefore expected that the applicant will make an effort to protect these rights. Please apply for copyrights and Industrial properties before submitting your entry if you think
it is necessary.
2. As for the works entered in the Final, all rights to the displays, the use in official catalogues, and publicity for the International Furniture Design Fair Asahikawa 2005 and other related exhibits are reserved by the sponsor.
The sponsor also has priority in negotiating with the applicant
when commercializing the work entered in the Final.
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Official languages
The official languages to be used during the competition will be English and Japanese.
Application
(1)
Application method
Apply through the internet
Format only JPEG ( Joint Photographic Experts Group) file is acceptable.
Capacity maximum capacity of the file data is until 300Kbyte/per file.
Size maximum size of the graphics is height 640 x width 480(pixels).
Remarks you can not set down longitudinal or transversal of the graphics IFDA suggests that you prepare data files which are suitable for representation.
If the graphical size is extremely small, IFDA might expand the graphical data on purpose as matter of convenience for judge.
Please provide us suitable size preferably.
By mail
1. Fill in the application form and send it together with color photos (90mm�~130mm) of the work you want to enter.
2. The maximum number of color photos per entry is six.
3. Please number the photos on their back in the order that you wish your photos to be arranged in the preliminary selection process and also provide an arrow on the back to show the upper side of the photo.
4. Prints or photos of the actual work or the prototype, and then computer graphic will be considered.
5. The applicant is prohibited to use any letters or signs which indicate the identity of the applicant on the front side of photos.
6. The photos or print materials of applicants will not be sent back.
Judges
The preliminary selection process via graphical design and the main selection process via manufactured furniture are carried out by IFDA selected judges.
Applicants who pass the preliminary selection process must select between production of design in Asahikawa or our production of design before going into the main selection process.
Furniture makers in Asahikawa are available to build the designs selected for main evaluation if the applicant wishes a contract will made between the applicant and the individual makers.
To facilitate this production, applicants must submit full size and detailed drawing of their design. The cost of this production will be met by the individual furniture makers in Asahikawa.
Award Selection
(1)
Preliminary selection process
1. Date: late-January 2005
2. Thirty-five works will be chosen to proceed to the next stage on the basis of the submitted photos and the product outline given in the application.
3. Applicants will be notified of the results of the selection process by letter or e-mail by the middle of February 2005.
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Main selection process
1. Date: early- May, 2005
2. Judge will examine the 35 actual works sent to Japan and the judge will choose eight winners from these.
3. All the 35 applicants will be notified of the results of the main selection process by letter or e-mail by May 31, 2005.
4. Applicants whose design is selected for main evaluation are asked to build this design. All finished product must be in the Asahikawa Furniture Industry Cooperatives Office no later April 20, 2005.Applicants who build their own design must inform IFDA organizing committee of the date of arrival of their entry. Those designs built in Asahikawa will be delivered by the makers before this day to the office.
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No explanation of the results will be provided.
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Judge members
Chairman of judge Toshiyuki Kita (Japan, designer)
Judge Motomi Kawakami (Japan, designer)
Judge Kunio Shibuya (Japan, designer & rector)
Judge Hans Sandgren Jakobsen (Denmark, designer)
Judge Gunilla Allard (Sweden, designer)
Judge Yeoh-Hang Yoon (Korea, designer & professor)
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Awards
Gold Leaf 1 \3,000,000
Silver Leaf 2 \1,000,000(each)
Bronze Leaf 5 \300,000(each)
Note: tax is included in the awards.
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Exhibition
Date: June 2005
Place: Asahikawa Furniture Center
Presentation of Entries
(1)
Presentation of Finalists' works
A special presentation of each piece that reaches the Final will be made to the furniture makers in and around Asahikawa. Details will be sent to the finalists.
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Exhibition of works which are not selected.
In order to give market exposure to those for the entries which are not selected for main evaluation process, and to allow IFDA organizing committee to display these designs and to guarantee, please indicate your preference by checking YES or NO on the application form.
Return on works
(1)
All forwarded works (except the eight award-winning works )shall be returned after all exhibitions related to the International Furniture Design Fair Asahikawa 2005 have ended.
(2)
The eight award-winning works shall NOT be returned and will become the property of the sponsors of IFDA.
Obligation and Responsibility
(1)
Sponsor :
1. will bear all costs of transporting the works for the main selection process.
If the applicant does not follow the sponsor's instructions, he or she will have to bear all costs.
2. is responsible for the safety of the entered works during the selection and exhibition period. The sponsor will not be held liable for damage resulting from unavoidable occurrences such as natural disasters.
3. will be responsible for all selection and exhibition costs.
4. will be responsible for arranging the official catalogue of the works of the winners and finalists.
5. is responsible for arranging the official homepage of International Furniture Design Fair.
(2)
Applicants :
1. will bear registration fees.
2. will bear all costs associated with completing the application file for preliminary selection and mailing costs.
3. will bear all costs associated with production of the entries and costs of proper packing (Please pack entries carefully to avoid any damage during transportation.)
4. are responsible for acquiring copyrights, industrial properties and other related rights for the entered works.
5. If the applicant wish to see their finished product to Asahikawa, they must bear their own travel expenses.
6. For applicants who wish to build their own work, they must bear the delivery costs of product to and from ( if they wish their product to be returned) Asahikawa.
Others
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Disqualification
Entry works that violate the following conditions shall be disqualified. If a violation is discovered after the selection process, the applicant will lose all rights to the competition.
1. The entry must not violate the application qualification rules.
2. The entry must not have the same or a very similar design to any work announced to the public before. The entry must not violate copyrights, patents and other related rights of other registered products.
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Inquiries:
Inquiries about the application and others should be faxed or mailed to:
International Furniture Design Fair Asahikawa Organizing Committee
Asahikawa Furniture Industry Cooperative Office
10-chome, 2-jo, Nagayama, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, 079-8412 Japan
E-mail:ifda-e@asahikawa-kagu.or.jp
We will not deal with Inquiries by phone.
We will accept your entry on our internet homepage.
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