LensCulture Emerging Talent Award 2015
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The Lensculture emerging talent award 2015 now is over!
Call for Entries: MADE.COM and Desall, given their affinities in the way they make design accessible to all, invite all creative talents of the world to take part in new furniture design award titled Emerging Talent Award, designing new furniture and home accessories for the MADE.COM catalogue.
About ⇣
Get inspired by the MADE.COM style, designing new furniture and home accessories that you feel every home must have, something you can’t live without. Think about your way of living, your emotions and experiences.
For the correct realisation of your proposals keep into consideration the following guidelines:
Product typology: you can design every type of product currently available from the MADE.COM catalogue, including home textiles, lighting, furniture, upholstery, etc. Have a look at the MADE.COM store to see all their products.
Where to use: all products must be for indoor home use.
Materials: you can use all materials currently used for the products available from the MADE.COM store, except for the following materials which are NOT allowed:
- cold moulded foam for upholstery;
- plastics;
- chrome finishes;
- metal sheets requiring moulding process.
Style: there are no particular constraints regarding style. You are invited to keep into consideration the target audience of the product as explained below.
Target audience: to get an understanding of MADE.COM core customers and needs, visit www.made.com/unboxed
Target price: in line with the MADE.COM catalogue, based on their approach of making great design accessible.
Judging criteria: all projects will be judged on the basis of the present brief and will take into account originality, feasibility, aesthetics, functionality, efficient use of materials (ie: two materials in a product), commerciality and, most of all, compliance with the MADE.COM brand.
Eligibility ⇣
Participation is free of charge and open to designers and creative talents of any nationality aged 18 years or older. Participants can present one or more projects, but only the projects published on the www.desall.com web site, via the upload page related to “Emerging Talent Award” will be accepted.