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Wednesday, 22 February 2006 | Elif Sungur
Shelter in a Cart
Homelessness is a problem that affects many people across the globe, but ... 'isn't designing a shelter-cart just a temporary solution - like applying a band-aid - instead of effecting a cure?' While we would dearly love to see affordable housing for all it just seems impossible in these times of economical restraint and government inaction. Holding a design competition like this will have some interesting impacts, drawing attention to the issue of homelessness and our environment.
Why Use a Cart?
You can regularly see shopping trollies (ab)used for collecting, sorting and transporting materials, but this cannot be the only solution as sooner or later the police will reclaim any shopping trollies they find (each worth about $300) and its contents. the homeless person may have to spend a night in jail and will lose all of his belongings.
The first step in information exposure is to make sure that the communication signal is carrying information and is not just random noise. Therefore we ask you to consider the communicative value of your entry in raising awareness of these issues.
Sponsors
Holding a design competition like this will have some interesting impacts; drawing attention to the issue of homelessness and our environment. Designboom is sure that the talented creatives that enter this competition will come up with some stunning ideas, meeting the immediate needs of people who are currently experiencing homelessness.
On the other hand organising and handling such an international design competitiion, with it's related promotion and exhibition activities has a considerably high cost. this current competition cannot exist
without community support. Your donation will be used effectivly within this event to guarantee a big impact and a global audience.
Designboom would like to ask its readers to become a sponsor of this design competition, helping them to create the systemic and attitudinal changes necessary to bring attention to this rising problem of homelessness.
Sponsorship of the designboom social awareness award 2006 is an excellent way to get involved with schemes that close the gap between good ideas and social issues. Through sponsorship, you or your company/ association will have broad exposure to over 700,000 individuals who read designboom each month.
Awards
The designers of 3 winning entries will be granted with cash prize awards. Designboom will present USD 2000 towards the prizes, which will increase depending on the number of sponsors who wish to take part
in this competition. The total prize fund will be announced before the competition deadline. Also the jury will award 7 entries with honorable mentions and designboom will publish an exhaustive results report.
The Jury
jasper morrison, designer, uk
cameron sinclair, executive director of the nonprofit 'architecture for humanity', usa
helen horten-smith, co-ordinator of the london design festival ltd, uk
mark dusseault, publicist, canada
birgit lohmann, editor-in-chief designboom, italy
Design Criteria
Please don't send in vague concepts, but go a step further. As designboom wishes to exhibit and prototype some of the most interesting projects, please consider the feasibility of manufacturing.
The jury will award designs and concepts which are innovative in terms of their formal aspects as well as their functional ones.
Deadlines
Application registration will be accepted through to February 28th, 2006
Deadline for submission of entries is until March 10th, 2006.
Copyright
Any moral and paternity right regarding the project sent in for application is designer's property. However, by participating in the competition, all participants authorise designboom to prototype, publish and exhibit all the designs (including project data submitted) - waiving compensation - and/or to use them in any further publication / exhibition that the organisers may deem suitable and/or necessary. By participating in the competition, all participants authorise designboom to publish and exhibit all the designs (including project data submitted) - waiving compensation - at exhibitions and events and/or to use them in any publications that the organisers may deem suitable and/or necessary.
Registration
Submissions are accepted regardless of nationality and age and the competition is open to professionals and amateurs alike. Teams register with one name only - when submitting works you should add all team member's names.
For more information, please visit http://www.designboom.com/cart_shelter.html
Designboom: http://www.dexigner.com/directory/detail/2103/
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