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The Yilan Chair International Design Award
BRIEF
The Yilan Chair International Design Award came about as a vehicle to convey the passion and hospitality of Yilan people as well as the natural beauty of the county’s mountain forests. Yilan County Government has linked the local natural features and living styles to fit the goals which Yilan County Government is striving for: a “children’s dreamland” and a “city of innovation” through the power of creative design. The Yilan Chair International Design Award was born for these purposes. The competition has also become the backbone of the local cultural and creative industry: a local design industry featuring furniture, stationary and toys.
The Yilan Chair International Design Award is a brand of design competition based on a city. In the past five years, more than 4,000 works registered, and in 2017 a new record was reached: the works came from as many as 35 countries. Through the competition, the participation of eminent designers all over the world, the design observation and learning activities, the outreach of the exhibitions, and the collaboration with elaborate traditional workmen and local wood industries, the competition has been elevated to a worldwide platform for the communication of professional designers and an eminent international brand of creative furniture design competition
Culture, environmental sustainability and tourism are the core spirit of Yilan County. The county government has established the unique Yilan experience by supporting cultural inheritance, sustainability and zero-carbon tourism industry. The International Yilan Chair Design Award will carry out the core concept of “Green Design and Forest Aesthetics ”, and we believe that design is the power of warmness which will bring happiness and changes to different group individually. The target issues have been expanded to cover “the respect and care of the multi-cultural society” and “the sustainability and the balance of the environment” and create a real sustainable living area, and the dreamland for living.
We are looking forward to designers who consistently discover features from local landscapes, living styles, folk festivals, traditional workmanship, natural materials, and manufacturing techniques and transfer these concepts into the “Seating Design” and “Seating Design for Children”. Natural and recyclable materials are used to the major materials of the creations that correlate to the spirit of Yilan: friendly interactions and sustainable harmony.
- Any individualwith a passion for design is eligible to register for the competition. The regulation will be applied irrespectiveof someone’sages, professions, placesof residence or nationalit
- Individuals or teams are both eligible to register, though teams shouldhave no more than three members.
- Each work cannot be registered to both two categories.
SCHEDULE
Submission deadline: Before 5pm, Oct 26(Fri), 2018 (local time in Taiwan)
| Document Submission &Open Period of Registration Website | July 23 (Mon) – Aug 23 (Thurs), 2018 |
AWARDS
Awards Categories(certificates and cash prizes)
Gold Award: 1 winner receiving NT$200,000 and a certificate
Silver Award: 1 winner receiving NT$90,000 and a certificate
Bronze Award: 1 winner receiving NT$30,000 and a certificate
Merit Awards: 5 winners, each receiving NT$10,000 and a certificate
Honorable Mention: 5 winners, each receiving a certificate
Award for Top Popularity: 1 winner receiving a certificate
Seating Design (Group B)
Requirements
Works are intended for the use of one or more persons(including children, adults, elders, and people with disabilities).
Works must base on the competition theme.
The safety and the comfort of the users must be taken into consideration regarding all design elements like dimensions, structure and materials.
Materials
Materials applied should be predominantly natural (wood, paper, cloth, bamboo, rattan, etc.).
Artificial materials to be used must be environmentally friendly.
Entries limit
Each designer or group should not submit more than 5
Entries should be a set of the multiple works or just a single work.
Selection Criteria
Criteria Score Featured Benefit
Theme-based 30% Showcasing representational Yilan elementsincluding local realistic elements or abstract spirit
Contemporaneity, Originality, Style and Completeness
Marketability 30% Suitable for further development and mass production, reasonable economic scale and high market acceptability (e.g. an acceptable price)
Technicality 20% *Innovative application of traditional craftsmanship
*Innovative application of physicalforces(e.g.gravity, elasticity, friction etc.)
*Innovative application ofenvironment-friendly, pollution-reducing, local, and innovative materials
Practicality 20% Safety, Convenience, Comfort and Ergonomics
Awards Categories(certificates and cash prizes)
Gold Award: 1 winner receiving NT$200,000 and a certificate
Silver Award: 1 winner receiving NT$90,000 and a certificate
Bronze Award: 1 winner receiving NT$30,000 and a certificate
Merit Awards: 5 winners, each receiving NT$10,000 and a certificate
Honorable Mention: 5 winners, each receiving a certificate
Award for Top Popularity: 1 winner receiving a certificate
Special Award from Taiwan Furniture Properties Association (TFPA)
1 winner receiving NT$50,000 and a certificate
Woodwork Progress Award
Scholarship from Furniture Foundation, HDG
1. Selection
The named designers on the final list could apply for a grant by delivering the application form before the final review. The jury will choose at most 3 winners. The total scholarship for the winners is NT$66,000.
2. Receiving a Prize
a. Each winner will get 50% off tuition for each semester of the Nonprofit
Experimental Woodworking School, HDG which equals to
NT22,000. If the student deliver good progress at his/her study, he/she
can apply for the scholarship for his/her following semesters (at most 6
semester).
b. The winners will be eligible to join the exhibitions held by the Furniture Foundation, HDG.
※ Total cash prizes are NT$856,000, and there are 32 openings for the prizes
FEES
FREE
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