COMPETITION RULES
1. ORGANIZER: CEVISAMA, International Exhibition for Architectural Ceramics, Bathroom and Kitchen Furnishings, Raw Materials, Glazes, Frits and Machinery.
2. VENUE: FERIA VALENCIA.
3. DATES: 10th – 13th February 2009.
4. OBJECTIVE:The mission of this competition is to design "Liquid Dreams".
The concept of the bathroom as an aseptic and purely functional space is giving way to one of a place for rest, enjoyment and inner reflection. We have learned from oriental cultures that taking a bath can be a calming and a spiritual moment. The challenge is not to create designs that come with inaccessible luxuries or complex technology. It is, instead, to take a fresh look at how bathrooms are normally used whilst at the same time accommodating and giving shape to those “liquid dreams” that can lead to a new interpretation of the bathroom for the 21st century.
5. OPEN TO: All students in any design, fine arts, architecture or engineering school, either in Spain or worldwide, including postgraduate and masters students. The competition will also accept entries from persons who have graduated in the two years previous to the competition. Participation is this category can be either individual or in teams of one or various specialities in design and degrees.
6. PRIZES: There are three prizes:
1st Prize, 2.500 €
2nd Prize, 2.000 €
3rd Prize, 1.500 €
7. JURY: The Jury will be appointed by the CEVISAMA Organising Committee, and will act totally independent from this Committee. The Jury will decide on the admissibility of entries received, and will shortlist those that it judges fulfil the requirements of the competition. The prizes will be decided by unanimity or majority vote. The Jury’s decision is final and the Jury will explain its reasons for awarding each of the prizes. It may decide not to award one of the prizes if it judges that none of the entries had sufficient merit. At the same time, the Jury will pay special attention to award the prizes to industrially feasible entries or projects.
8. APPLICATIONS: Applications should be sent to the CEVISAMA offices before 10th December 2008 using the form included with these conditions.
9. DEADLINE FOR RECEIVING ENTRIES: Entries must be delivered to FERIA VALENCIA/CEVISAMA before 14th January 2009. If entries are delivered in person, they must arrive on Monday 14th January 2009 (from 10 am to 1:30 pm & 4:30 to 6:30 pm), in the storage area in Pavilion 6b.
10. PRESENTATION: The format for presentation is two 100 x 70 cm. panels mounted on 5 mm foam, accompanied by a brief summary and descriptive report in A4 format, maximum one page.
11. DELIVERY AND RETURN: The full details of the sender and the name of the project must be written clearly visible on the outside of all entries which must be properly packaged. On the inside, the entry must include an envelop with the name of the project and the sender’s details, a signed sworn statement declaring that the design presented is the personal work of the signer and that it has not been presented to any other competition prior to this Cevisama competition, and an estimate of the value of the piece.
Entries may be collected from 24h to 25th February 2009, from 10 am to 1:30 pm and again from 4:30 to 6:30 pm from the storage area in Pavilion 6b. Any entries not collected within this period will not be stored and will be dispensed with as the fair sees fit.
Entries from outside the Comunidad Valenciana only will be returned, with post paid, but without insurance, nor customs and excise duties at destination, in a period of one month after the conclusion of the competition.
12. EXHIBITION: All entries shortlisted by the Jury presented for the competition will be on exhibit during the CEVISAMA trade fair (10th to 13th February), in one of the halls in the exhibition centre. The final decision of the Jury will be taken before the opening date of the trade fair. The original prize-winning entries will become the property of Feria Valencia for the effects of exhibition but not of exploitation, whose rights will remain exclusive to the designer. The prize-wining entries may be exhibited in subsequent events organised by the trade fair.
13. PUBLICITY: The results of the Competition will be given maximum publicity in trade magazines and among industrialists that may be interested in the entries presented.
14. CLARIFICATIONS: For any clarification on these conditions please contact the CEVISAMA offices. Feria Valencia will not be held responsible for damage or breakage produced during transport of entries, or those that might occur during the period when they are at the exhibition centre.
