iF Design

1. Design Portraits
The design portraits will be the most important and most comprehensive part of the book. They will be divided into three categories, depending on the nature of the design portrait: 'Creatives' (product, communication, architecture), 'Companies' and 'Universities'. Each portrait consists of a profile column containing the most important information on yourself, your company or your university. With additional text and images, you have the opportunity to provide an insight into your work.

2. Editorials
BEST CREATiFES 2013 will also contain editorials that discuss fundamental questions in design as well as current trends and issues. These editorials will provide food for thought, develop visions for the future and inspire debate. This is complemented by interviews with international designers and design experts.

3. Address List
The contact details of all featured designers, companies and universities are listed in a separate address section, ordered alphabetically and by country.

4. iF rankings
Excerpts from the current iF rankings will be published and include all participating designers, companies and universities. Your current ranking among the best international designers will serve as an additional advertising tool.

You can present yourself and your work on one, two, three or four (max.) color doublepage spreads. It's up to you which type of content you want to communicate, what you want to focus on and which images you want to show. There are only a few predefined requirements (e.g. profile information about yourself / your company / your university in a fixed profile column, maximum amount of text etc: see the layout examples on the following pages). These elements will ensure an overall exclusive look and will provide guidance for readers. We will take over the professional design of your double-page spread(s) without any additional cost to you. This service is included in your participation fee. You just have to deliver the text and images. Since BEST CREATiFES 2013 will be published in English, we can also offer you our translation service, if you need it.

Special Off prints of Your Portrait

In addition to being published in the book, you can also order special off prints of your design portrait pages. This enables you to use your spreads as a self-contained advertising tool for a number of purposes, for example as your individual image brochure or information leaflet.

1. Prices
Portrait BEST CREATiFES 2013
Double page spread: EUR 1,890.00
Each additional double page spread: EUR 999.00
If you book no later than 31 July 2012, you can benefit from our discounted early
bird rate: you will save EUR 200.00

Special Off prints (one double page spread)
500 copies: EUR 690.00
1,000 copies: EUR 790.00

2. Dates and Deadlines
Early bird deadline (discounted rate): 31 July 2012
Final deadline (regular rate): 18 October 2012
Deadline for sending in print data: 1 November 2012
Publication date: 22 February 2013

Additional Services
■ Digital scanning of your image material: EUR 40.00 (per item)
■ Proofreading: EUR 65.00 (per person hour)
■ Translation (German/English): EUR 65.00 (per double page spread)
■ Prices for other languages on request

See and be seen: that's what BEST CREATiFES 2013 is all about. It's about having that special something, the 'X factor' but it's also about authoritative information, about a reference tool for finding the best creatives worldwide, about a meeting of design and business and about raising public awareness of design. That's why iF, as a networker and communicator, supports and promotes the publication and marketing of BEST CREATiFES 2013.

• Print run: 8,000 copies

• Launch during the iF design awards night 2013 with approx. 2,000 international guests

• Worldwide distribution via the book trade

• Worldwide distribution via the online book trade

• Direct sales via the iF network and iF online shop, both available at the iF website, with 3.5 million page views per year

• Presentation and advertising in the iF newsletter with its 16,000 subscribers

• Press and PR work with more than 1,000 qualified international iF press contacts, including distribution of 500 review copies to important international design publications and journalists
  

• Free copies to 500 selected and renowned manufacturers