eligibility and guidelines
Eligibility
The Shrinkage Worldwide Award is Open to Anyone. It is intended to promote
designers who are thinking about a sustainable future. We encourage submissions
from all disciplines including art, architecture, interior design, industrial
design, experience design, communication design, graphic design, digital
design, and urban planning, as well as decision-makers, thinkers, theoreticians
and industries. We are looking for evidence of a productive cross- and
inter- collaborative work between disciplines.
Guideline
Design a poster manifesto to promote and divulgate the shrinkage culture.
Unacceptable Material
Poster(s) that, propagate "hate" messages, make defamatory statements,
or which are otherwise extraordinarily offensive are not eligible.
Disqualification
Ineligible entries may be disqualified at any phase of the award/competition
without notification.
Acknowledgement of Entries
Entrants will receive an email acknowledgement when an entry has been
received.
Terms and Conditions of Entry
The Shrinkage Worldwide Award (SWA) assumes all entries are original
and the entrant either owns the poster/work or has permission from
a client/team/organization
or other appropriate party to enter the work, with all rights granted
therein. The Shahneshin Foundation is not responsible for incorrect
information provided on entry forms that misrepresents the copyright
of original
ownership
of ideas. The Shrinkage Worldwide Award (SWA) is not liable for any
copyright infringement on the part of the entrant. Submission of
any entry acknowledges
the right of the Shrinkage Worldwide Award (SWA) to use it for exhibition
and publication in any medium. Timely submission of an entry meeting
the eligibility requirements and payment of the entry fee as stated
herein ensure that an entrant's work will be reviewed and considered
for recognition.
No other representation or warranty is made by the Shrinkage Worldwide
Award (SWA) concerning entries and all implied warranties are hereby
expressly
disclaimed. If an entrant's work receives an award, the manner and
details of announcing such nomination and award is strictly within
the discretion
of the Shahneshin Foundation the Shrinkage Worldwide Award (SWA).
Entrant understands that all awards may not be given or publicized in
the same manner and some might be presented in a ceremony and others
might
not.
Entry Fee
SF has received hundreds of requests for the reduction of the Entry-Fee.
The SF board of trustees considering the number of inquiries and worldwide
economy has decided:To make the completion more accessible to the worldwide
community, entry fees for the following countries have been discounted: Afghanistan,
Albania, Algeria, Angola, Anguilla, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh,
Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bhutan,
Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Central African
Republic, Chad, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominica,
East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia,
Fiji, Gambia, Gaza Strip, Ghana, Grenada, Guam, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,
Guatemala, Georgia, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan,
Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Macedonia,
Madagascar, Mali, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Micronesia,
Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan,
Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Rwanda,
Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Serbia and
Montenegro, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname,
Swaziland, Tanzania, Tajikistan, East Timor, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago,
Tuvalu, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela,
West Bank, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Discounted Fee for the above countries:
Entry fee is Zero EUR
Entry fees and deadlines
The entry fee is 30 € and 20 € students (for each entry) payable
to the Shahneshin Foundation, underline the
Shrinkage International,Postfach
1211 - CH 8700 Küsnacht Zürich
Bank Account Nr. : 85- 457980- 8
IBAN : CH5609000000854579808
SWIFT : POFICHBEXXX
Die Schweizerische Post, POSTFINANCE, Nordring 8, CH - 3030 Bern
Submissions by 19 November 2007. All entries must be postmarked by 19
November 2007. No entries will be accepted after 19 November
2007, unless there
is clear the postmarked-date of the submission date.
The Shahneshin Foundation shall not be responsible for (i)
lost, late, misdirected, damaged, incomplete, illegible or
postage
due mail, or
(ii) any other problems
relating to postal delivery of entries, including, but not
limited to, lost or damaged entries, damage to artwork, or
incorrect
mailing address
information.
Detailed entry instructions
Entrants may register online using the online entry form or by printing-out
the entry form on a white-colour A4 page and fill-out all the required
sections. (By clicking on the ENTRY FORM link located in the navigation
bar of the award programme site, you will gain access to the entry
form in which to officially register your entry/participation). An
Entry (work/poster)
is considered submitted only after a completed entry form printed,
entry fee, a CD with the digital version of your work/poster within
the SWA
requirements (read carefully the brief) are in one package received
by the Shahneshin
Foundation the Shrinkage Worldwide Award (SWA) and payment for the
entry fee is received.
Winner(s) and Commented Entries
A panel of distinguished interdisciplinary jurors will choose the winning(s)
between first and second week of December. The winner will be featured
in a special publication, and magazines and on www.shahneshinfoundation.org.
The winner(s) will be notified by the 28th December 2007.
More Information
For questions please refer to the SWA 2006 FAQ posted on the Shahneshin
Foundation Shrinkage Worldwide Award 2007 WebPages. If the answer
to your question is not already posted send an email to us or call
the
SF_administrative office at +41 (0) 43 540 00 26
