Participation

Students of all academic design, architecture, marketing and engineering courses worldwide are invited to submit their concepts to the iF concept award. Both team and individual projects will be accepted. Graduates of these courses can also submit their work if they graduated within the last two years (reference date is the date of registration).

There is no limit to the number of contributions each participant can submit. However, each product can only be registered once for the same competition. Participation in the iF concept award is free of charge.


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Submission of entries

In addition to the registration, all participants are responsible for the costs of sending their competition entries to our logistic partners Kühne & Nagel either via mail or via a forwarding company. The entries must arrive no later than 20 January 2010.

In addition to their registration for the iF concept award 2010, all participants will be asked, after they have registered with my iF, to send a presentation poster as well as a CD for each submitted entry. This presentation poster should serve to represent the essence of the design in the form of description and images. There must be an English version of the description.

The poster should show the following (for examples please see terms of entry PDF, page 5 to 8, on the right hand side of iF concept award startpage):

  • entry-ID
  • project title
  • name(s) of the designer(s)
  • name of the university, city and country, department of university

Poster specifications:

  • Format: DIN A1, 84.0 x 59.4 cm
  • Paper weights between 115g - 300g /m2 are acceptable, 170g / m2 is ideal.
  • Print format: ideally digital; and principally a printing method that does not use varnish, oil or silicone
  • The poster should not be board-mounted or mounted to any other material and should not be laminated.

All participants are asked to save the following data on a CD to be sent with the poster:

  • Poster: a copy of the presentation poster in PDF file format with a resolution of 200 dpi and a size of DIN A1.
  • Images: 2-3 print-ready images of the design in a high-resolution format: TIFF, JPG (highest quality) or EPS (300 dpi at 100% positioning, CMYK at a size of approx. 120 x 120 mm). The images should not contain any text. The images must also be identified with "entry-ID_project title_No".
  • Proof of enrolment (a scan of your student identity card will suffice). If you are a graduate, please provide proof that you graduated within the last 2 years (scan or photo of your graduation certificate). If you hand in a team project, please provide proof of enrolment for each team member.
  • Participants who wish to present their project in the form of movies or videos must provide a link to these items with their registration. If this link is handed in at a later date, it will not be subject to evaluation by the jury. This link should also be provided on the submitted presentation poster, the application must be PC compatible and the movie or video must not be longer than three minutes.

Multiple contributions can be sent to iF in one consignment. All submitted concepts as well as product and shipping packaging must be labeled with the entry-ID and the category number. If you have registered more than one product for the same competition, you can send these products in one box. But note: There must be a complete CD for each of the products. For example: If you send us two products, you must send us 2 CDs. Additionally, contributions must be packed safely so as not to damage the presentation poster. Ideally, cardboard tubes, solid envelopes or boxes should be used. Posters must not be folded or bent.

Deadline for arrival of submissions:
20 January 2010

Contact

Anna Reissert

Anna Reissert

Heike Meier

Heike Meier