Sixth International Design Competition Trieste Contemporanea 2004
EATABLE GLASS
VETRO DA TAVOLA

art.1 Purpose of the competition

The Trieste Contemporanea Committee announces the sixth edition of the international design competition “Trieste Contemporanea” with the objective of promoting the most original expressions in design from the countries of central-eastern Europe. The initiative is organised with the patronage of the Central European Initiative (C.E.I.).

art.2 Theme and technique of the 2004 Competition: a functional tableware item in blown glass

The 2004 edition of the competition is dedicated to blown glass with the objective of stimulating the creative research of new aesthetic and formal solutions in the field of contemporary design within the specific tradition of the Muranese glassware industry. The candidates wishing to take part in the competition are asked to submit a project for any type of functional tableware item, i.e. for use in setting out and displaying food and drink for dining, to be executed using the blown glass technique and eventual cold-crafting finishing techniques. In order to emphasize the specific objectives of the competition, projects for objects with a purely decorative function or which require the glass to be crafted by means of moulds (with the exception of basic moulds), will not be accepted.

art.3 Criteria for admission to the competition

The competition is open to all designers born in, or currently citizens of, the countries adhering to C.E.I. (Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Ukraine) and of Estonia, Germany, Latvia and Lithuania.
If applying as a group, the majority of the group members must be born in, or currently citizens of, the above stated countries.

art.4 Terms of participation to the competition

* REGISTRATION: Enrolment to the competition is free of charge. For the participation to be valid, candidates must submit their projects, complete with the application form (you can download it from this website) duly filled out in each of its sections, to the Trieste Contemporanea Committee ensuring these are received by the given deadline. Groups are asked to submit only one application form containing the details of the group-leader and indicating, in the relevant section, the names and nationality/citizenship of all group members.
*TERMS OF PROJECT PRESENTATION: Project are to be presented on a maximum of 4 sheets, preferably using a 1:1 scale, and must be accompanied by a description in Italian and/or English (maximum one A4 sheet / 1500 strokes) and by the application form. Projects must include all the information necessary for the execution of the prototype. It may therefore be advisable to present, where necessary, a detailed top and side view of the object, in addition to the customary front view and axonometric sketch.
Projects may be submitted also by e-mail in which case, following the above terms of presentation, images should be sent as .jpg files and texts in .rtf (rich text) format.
All submitted projects will be treated as fully confidential and will under no circumstances be shown to third parties – i.e. to anyone not belonging to the technical or examining commission – before the closing date of the competition. The Committee reserves the right to include the project and the curriculum of the selected participants and of the prize-winners in the publication documenting the competition. To this end, applicants are asked to enclose with the application form a short CV based on the model provided.
The Committee will not accept material on which any postal charges are due. The material submitted will not be returned but will be available for collection by the designer at the offices of the Committee for 6 months after the awarding ceremony.
*DEADLINE: Projects and accompanying materials must be delivered to the Committee by 15 May 2004. For material sent by conventional post, the date of postal franking will prevail.
*ADDRESS: Projects and accompanying materials must be sent to:
Comitato Trieste Contemporanea
Via del Monte 2/1
I- 34121 Trieste
Italy
Or to:
tscont@tin.it
For further information please call 0039 040 639187 or fax 0039 040 367601. The competition announcement and the application form are available also on the web-site www.tscont.ts.it

art. 5 Hors concours participations

The Trieste Contemporanea Committee intends to invite hors concours a group of designers to present a project responding to the requirements of the theme and the technique described in this announcement.



art.6 Technical and judging commissions

A Technical Commission consisting of experts from the Anfora furnace, which will be in charge of executing the prototypes in glass, and of the executive secretary of the competition representing the Trieste Contemporanea Committee will assess the compliance of the submitted projects with the requirements of the competition, especially with regards to their technical feasibility, and will draft a shortlist of accepted projects. The shortlist will be available on the web-site www.tscont.ts.it as of the beginning of June 2004.
The short-listed projects will subsequently be submitted to the judging panel which will be composed by Attilia Dorigato (Civici Musei Veneziani . Museo del Vetro), Franco Jesurun (Trieste Contemporanea), Gaetano Mainenti (Academy of Fine Arts of Venice), Marco Romanelli (Abitare magazine), Mare Saare (Glass Department o the Academy of Fine Arts of Tallinn) and will be presided by Gillo Dorfles.; the Commission will meet in June 2004 with the purpose of selecting among the accepted project those with most merit and will assign the prizes according to the following criteria:
1. Originality and depth of conception
2. Clarity of presentation
3. Economic feasibility of serial reproduction on a commercial scale.


art.7 Prizes

All selected and winning projects:
Execution of prototypes in glass, exhibition and publication. One of the two exemplars expected to be executed will be property of the authors

Best designer from Trieste, if any, among those selected:
CITY OF TRIESTE PLAQUE;
journey and accommodation in Murano during the execution of the prototype in the furnace

Youngest designer among those selected:
BEBA PRIZE: Euro 1000;
journey and accommodation in Murano during the execution of the prototype in the furnace; journey and accommodation to attend the awarding ceremony

Best project:
TRIESTE CONTEMPORANEA DESIGN 2004 PRIZE: Euro 3000;
journey and accommodation in Murano during the execution of the prototype in the furnace; journey and accommodation to attend the awarding ceremony


art.8 Execution of the prototypes

In accordance with art.7 above, all selected and winning projects will be executed in Murano (in two exemplars), without using moulds other than those traditionally employed in Murano, by the master glassblower Andrea Zilio who reserves the right to apply technical modifications to the projects when necessary for the execution of the object. All selected designers will be allowed to be present during the execution in glass and will, to this end, be supplied the furnace’s work calendar.
The winners of the competition will be expressly invited by the Trieste Contemporanea Committee to oversee the execution of the prototype of their project.


art.9 Publication of competition results

The results of the competition will be published on the web-site of Trieste Contemporanea (www.tscont.ts.it) as of October 2004. The closing of the competition will be marked by the publication of a special issue of the “Trieste Contemporanea” magazine dedicated to the event. The magazine is published twice-yearly and distributed internationally and is also available in electronic format on the web-site indicated above. The results of the competition will be made public and circulated to international press and media by the Committee.

art.10 Exhibition of selected and winning projects

All the glass prototypes made from the selected and winning projects, as well as those presented by the invited hors concours designers, in accordance with art.5 above, will be exhibited in Italy and abroad under the care of the Trieste Contemporanea Committee.

art.11 Copyrights

The designer of the object is, to all intents and purposes, the owner of its copyright. Should any candidate wish to protect their design through application for copyright or for patent registration, they may do so before submitting the project to the competition.
Unauthorised reproduction is forbidden.
The authors, whose projects will be developed in Murano, cede the ownership of the prototypes which will be part of the exhibitions to the Trieste Contemporanea Committee.

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