NATURAL_BORN

Art.1 General dispositions
Nemeton High Green Tech Magazine and Promoverde, in collaboration with Unacoma Service, is organizing the international design contest NATURAL BORN OBJECT DESIGN AWARD for projects and creations combining design and the plant element.

Art.2 Subject and aims of the award
The award aims at promoting the use of the living plant element inside the home, with its application to everyday objects. The plant element has in fact been included in sustainable materials for construction thanks to High Green Technologies, and its unquestionable and demonstrated qualities make it an essential instrument to achieve Kyoto protocol goals. Now, the plant element can find its place even in the design field, where it will contribute to the spreading of the idea of wellness and sustainability. The subject emphasizes the core of the question of sustainable architecture: time. Time is the actual protagonist of the ecology project and, next to it, the care the project requires. When an object, from the spoon to the city, contains a living plant element, the care owed to every living being becomes part of the project and influences related choices, making time an absolutely necessary variable.
The award aims at developing a sharper awareness of the plant element, in relation with the culture of design and Flowers & Plants.

Art.3 - Acceptable projects
The award is organized in two sections:
Section A – Completed projects: objects in production, prototypes
Section B – Non-completed projects
The solutions presented to both sections will have to contain living plant elements that have been selected to last for all the functional duration of the object. Things such as maintenance, care, light, substrata, replacements of the vegetation and anything that can keep the selected plants alive will have to be taken into account.

Art.4 – Recipients
Designers, architects, engineers, agronomists, technical offices, students at the Faculties of Architecture, Engineering, Agriculture or Schools of Design can apply for the award. Both individual and group applications are accepted. In the case of group participation, it is necessary to make a list of the members and specify who the group leader is. Every candidate can present one or more proposals.

Art.5 – Participation terms and conditions
To apply for the award, please fill out/send the following documents:

application form, filled out and signed (available for download from the website www.nemetonmagazine.net)

a word document (.doc) containing the project's details, a sample form can be downloaded from the website www.nemetonmagazine.net
detailed high-resolution technical drawings (.jpg format)
high-resolution photographs (.jpg format)

a word document containing the project's details, a sample form can be downloaded from the website www.nemetonmagazine.net
detailed high-resolution technical drawings (.jpg format)
high-resolution drawings/renderings (.jpg format)

Application forms and related documents must be sent to this e-mail address: nbo@nemetonmagazine.net

Art.6 - Deadlines
Applications: April 20th, 2011
Presentation of the projects: May 20th, 2011

Art.7 – Right to use the works
No presented works will be given back.
Through candidates' applications, the organizers are authorized to use the received documents, with all the necessary reference indications, for promotional purposes and in any other way they consider to be appropriate. Participants are obliged to ensure that the work's owner and/or client gives his/her consent to the use of works and related materials. Participants agree that no claims involving the award's organizers can be made after using the works for such purposes. In any case, the organizers have no responsibility to any third party. Participants can use the received award for promotional purposes, on condition that they explicitly mention it. The authors have the intellectual property right of their respective works and objects. It will be possible to publish the projects on the official contest's website www.nemetonmagazine.net. The organization reserves the right to publish materials that have been presented to the contest in its own publications or as part of a publishing initiative and, moreover, the right to show the received projects to the public.
From now on, participants agree to take part in a possible general exhibition with their works and objects.

Art. 8 – Panel of judges
The members of the panel of judges that will select the award winner are the director of Nemeton High Green Tech Magazine, a designer from ADI Executive Committee, architects, agronomists, Flowers & Plants expert.

Art.9 – Awards
The total prize money of 4,000.00 euro is expected to be distributed among the first four positions.
Participants will be considered in two separate categories: professionals and students.
For the professional category are considered two sections:
Section A – completed projects: objects in production, prototypes.
A winner will be selected. The panel of judges will have the opportunity to recommend three more projects that will not be awarded any money.
Section B – non-completed projects
A winner will be selected. The panel of judges will have the opportunity to recommend three more projects that will not be awarded any money.
For the student category shall be considered as two sections:
Section A – completed projects: objects in production, prototypes.
A winner will be selected. The panel of judges will have the opportunity to recommend three more projects that will not be awarded any money.
Section B – non-completed projects
A winner will be selected. The panel of judges will have the opportunity to recommend three more projects that will not be awarded any money.

Art.10 – Announcement of final results
The winners will be selected only during prize-giving. The date of prize-giving will be published on the contest's official website and will be announced to all applicants via newsletter.

Art.11 – Publicity and spreading of contest's regulations
These regulations are fully published on the websites www.nemetonmagazine.net

Art.12 – Acceptance of announcement's terms
Entry into the contest signifies unconditional acceptance of all the rules contained in this announcement.

Art.13 – Declination of responsibilities
Organizers cannot be held responsible for postponements or cancellations because of unanticipated circumstances, or for any possible loss, damage, delay that should occur while sending the documents. Not following this announcement's terms and conditions signifies expulsion.

Art.14 – References and organizational information
For further information please contact:
Segreteria NATURAL BORN OBJECT DESIGN AWARD
nbo@nemetonmagazine.net