competition rules


Please get familiar with these rules before submitting your entry or commenting on submitted design.

1.                    These are the general rules for public design competition organised by Cardboard Concept represented by Wanda Charuk in UK

2.                    Competition is available for everyone over 18 years old (at the date of submitting the entry)

3.                    Competition is available for individual designers- professionals and enthusiasts or design companies

4.                    Target of the competition is to choose two designs- one in each category- jury award and fans award , entries can be submitted between 0.00am 1st June 2012 and 23.59pm 30th October 2012 (Greenwich time)

5.                    Entries are submitted via email on competition@cardboardconcept.co.uk and all completed submissions will be published on competition’s blog and Cardboard Concept Facebook page for public review before choosing finalists.

6.                    Competitors are required to submit their details and allow for publishing their designs and usage of data for competition purposes only.

7.                    Competitors are allowed to submit more than one design.

8.                    Additional information will be required from finalists to establish further co-operation with Cardboard Concept  (full address , telephone number, agreement contract)

9.                    Competitors by submitting their designs allow for usage of their designs for promotional purposes by Cardboard Concept.

10.                Cardboard Concept holds the right to compress/ resize file sizes submitted by competitors without previous request.

11.                Cardboard Concept can remove the submission if is regarded as uncompleted or does not follow rules of the competition.

12.                Submission can be excluded from the competition of regarded as offensive or being and advertisement of different subject than Cardboard Concept.

13.                Entries will be judged by the jury (in jury category award) and by public (fans award- based on the amount of positive comments and likes )

14.                Each of the jury members will judge the entry individually and give short written description which will be available on request after closing the competition, but not published on the blog/site/facebook during competition. Also points will be given (5-highiest score, 1-lowest). Entries judged not only on creativity and uniqueness of the design, but also from the practicality of use and buildability point of view.

15.                One entry can be chosen as a finalist of both categories.

16.                Jury’s decision is final. Jury also approves vote count on public award which makes it final.

17.                Cardboard concept is willing to public all comment left by readers, but holds the right to remove comments which are offensive, vulgar  or bully in any way to the competitors, submissions, jury or the Organiser of the Competition

18.                 Agreement between finalists and Cardboard Concept regards creating prototype based on final design and putting it to the standard product line will be based on separate contract agreement which rules are not described in here.

19.                Cardboard Concept doesn’t take responsibility for copyright infringement committed by competitors.