Call for entries! 2017 12th ‘Hardware Prize’ China Hardware Product Design Competition

 

Introduction about competition
Hardware Prize-China hardware product design competition has been held for eleven times since its foundation in 2006. On account of the well-known expert judges from home and abroad, the competition attracts participation of designers from dozens of colleges and universities, design companies across the country as well as numerous independent designers. In order to improve innovative design ability of hardware and promote hardware product development in China, the 12^th ‘Hardware Prize’ China hardware product design Competition formally opens.

 

Theme of competition

Infinite Creation   

 Host agency
Sub-Committee of Industrial Design Teaching Guidance in University of Ministry of Education

People’s Government of Yong Kang

 

Supporters

China Industrial Design Association

Zhejiang Industrial Design Association

Zhejiang Public Service Demonstration Platform for Minor and Medium Enterprises

Zhejiang Technical Innovative Service Platform for Industrial Design

Yongkang Hardware Industrial Service Platform

 

Organizers

Hardware Industrial Design Demonstration Base of Zhejiang
Yongkang Science and Technology Bureau
Yongkang Economic and Information Bureau

 

Sponsoring enterprise
People’s Government of Qiancang, Yongkang
Zhejiang Feijian Industry and Trade Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Feiluo Industrial Design Co., Ltd.
Yongkang Shenfa Industrial Design Co., Ltd.

Contact competition team

E-mail:wjds2017@126.com
QQ:1336365009
Contact: Mr. Ye
Mailing address: NO 189, Zizheng Road, Economic Developmental Zone, Yongkang, Zhejiang;
Tel: +86(579) 87026260   Fax: +86(579) 87026207

WeChat: 浙江省工业设计技术创新服务平台

Please visit  http://www.ykwjdesign.com/  for winning designs in the past years.

 

Judging Panel

Director: He Renke, dean of Academy of Arts in Hunan University, professor, doctoral adviser, rich experiences of judging in international product design competition like IF and Red Dot.
Vice director: Zhou Xu, professor, doctoral adviser, experts in graphic design and calligraphy.

 

Participants

Teachers and students home and abroad

Designers home and abroad

(no more than three authors in one design work)

 

Categories of Competition

1. Educational supplies Competition

Product categories: blackboard, school desk/chair, pingpong table, basketball stands, other outdoor gym facilities

Sponsor enterprise: People’s Government of Qiancang, Yongkang.

Requirement: Based on the environment of any type of schools or educational institutes, design educational supplies with innovative form or function.

 

2. Feijian vacuum cup Competition

Product categories: coffee cup, beer barrel, sports bottle, children kettle, vacuum cup glass cup and so on

Sponsor enterprise: Zhejiang Feijian Industry and Trade Co., Ltd.
Website: http://www.cnfeijian.com/

Keyword: simple and generous appearance, practicability and humanization; consider the products with outdoor activities

 

3. Shenfa kitchen product Competition

Product category: soup pot, milk pot, wok, frying pan, stainless steel pressure cooker and so on

Sponsor enterprise: Yongkang Shenfa Industrial Design Co., Ltd.
Website: http://www.cnhappycooking.com/

Keyword: fashionable style; convenient for storage; flexibly use; healthy and safe user experience

 

4. Feiluo balance car competition

Product categories: Youth leisure sports balance vehicle, adult leisure walking balance car etc.

Sponsor enterprise: Zhejiang Feiluo Industrial Design Co., Ltd.

Website: http://cn.filoitaly.com/

Keyword: fashion appearance, reasonable and practical function, novel concept, safely use, convenient folding function for storage

 

Awards
In each of four categories, there is one golden prize, two silver prizes, three bronze prizes, and six excellent prizes as well as several entry prizes set. If the golden prize is vacant, the bonus will be used in additional setting of silver, bronze and excellent awards.

Prize	Numbers of Winner	Bonus (RMB)	Other awards
Golden prize	4	¥50,000	Certificate
Silver prize	8	¥20,000	Certificate
Bronze prize	12	¥10,000	Certificate
Excellent prize	24	¥3,000	Certificate
Entry awards	Several		Certificate
Total bonus of 12th Hardware Prize	¥552,000

 

Entry rules

1. All entrants must be sure that their entry is entirely their own work; No multiplesubmission ; Entries which are not in accordance with the rules will be disqualified.
2. The entry layout is composed by the following contents: category of competition, more than two main views of the product, design instruction, title of the entry (there should be NO name of participants in the entry layout).
3. Format of the entry: JPG file, A2 (420mm*594mm), 200dpi.
4. Only one layout is needed for one entry (Number of entries are not limited).
5. Unlimited representationskills as long as the ideas are clearly showed.

 

Entry procedures

1. It’s totally Free to enter the competition, you need fill in the application form and send your entries along with the application form by email to wjds2017@126.com;
2. After two round judge, the judges will pick out the final winner;
3. Personal income tax should be paid by the winners and the committee will pay it on behalf of the winner from the bonus.

 

Dates

1. Competition notice: April 5^th, 2017
2. Poster distribution, media propaganda: April, 2017~June, 2017

• Poster mail
• Universities preaching tour

3. The submission deadline: September 10^th, 2017
4. Final Judge: Late October, 2017
5. Award ceremony: November, 2017 (Address: Yongkang city, zhejiang province, China)

 

Intellectual property right

1. The intellectual property rights of golden, silver, bronze and excellent prize in the competition are belong to sponsor enterprises and organizing committee of competition. The sponsor enterprises have the right to make patent application for winning works before exhibition. The designer possesses co authorship. As to winning works, the participants should not transfer, publish and make it in other exhibitions. Otherwise, legal actions will be taken against such cases.
2. Sponsor enterprises and organizing committee of competition has right of exhibition, publishing and publicizing all entries in the competition.
3. Entries which are not original will be disqualified whenever once sufficient evidence is found.
4. Organizing committee of competition reserves theright of final

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