GHOST PROJECT 2010: "BALKANSKI DUHOVI" / "BALKAN GHOSTS" Design Competition

MIKSER invites all interested parties in the South East Europe to apply for the competition and participation in the exhibition
GHOST PROJECT 2010: „BALKANSKI DUHOVI“/„BALKAN GHOSTS“- INDUSTRIAL DESIGN REGIONAL YEARLY REVIEW

THE COMPETITION THEME
After four years of our continuous work to revive the industrial design in Serbia, GHOST PROJECT has become the regional platform for the promotion of design.

„BALKAN GHOSTS“ is an initiative to connect Balkan designers and multiply networks of progressive activities in the region, as well as re-establishing broken connections between different cultures, various creatives, design and business, man and nature.

EXHIBITION
Chosen works will be part of a Mikser festival’s central exhibition in the Talent zone. Mikser festival is taking place in Belgrade from May 25-29, 2010, at an attractive industrial location on the bank of Danube.

FIELD OF COMPETITION
Industrial design: furniture, lighting, everyday objects, interior elements etc.

ELIGABILITY
The competition is open to individual designers in South East European countries. Each candidate can submit several designs

CRITERIA
Mikser’s jury will select the works based on the following criteria:
• Originality
• Innovation
• Functionality
• Technical and technological viability of the design. Ghost Project will showcase only the prototypes. Submitted designs should be executable in technologies available to the designer.
• Esthetics
• Environmental aspects of the product – submitted design should be eco-friendly and sustainable
• Management of resources and materials. Careful, rational use of materials and resources necessary for the production of the object will be considered an added value. The jury will particularly value the relationship of the object toward the limitations of the contemporary industrial design. Social and economic context, endangered natural resources, limited availability of the materials and technologies used on the domestic market should be treated as a design challenge and inspiration for solutions that open up new possibilities.

ORGANIZER
Ghost Project is initiated and organized by the cultural organization Mikser. www.mikser.rs

DEADLINES
1. MONDAY/APRIL 4, 2010/ DEADLINE TO SEND THE DESIGNS
Technical solutions and 3D visualizations of the design should be submitted in an electronic form as a PDF or JPG in web resolution (72 dpi, ~ 640x480 pixels), as well as the detailed description of the design (word document) to e-mail adress: [email protected]

2. SATURDAY / APRIL 10, 2010/ JURY’S FIRST ROUND RESULTS
Results of the first round will be published on the web site www.mikser.rs
NOTE: Designs chosen in the first round of the selection process must be realized into functional prototypes based on the solutions sent.

3. SUNDAY /MAY 23, 2010/JURY’S SECOND ROUND
A meeting with the selected designers and jury’s commentary on the quality of the executed designs and their workmanship

NOTE: Selectors withhold the right to choose only the exhibits of the highest workmanship quality in the second selection round. Participants will be notified on time by e-mail about the exact place and time of the meeting.

For all additional information, please write to: [email protected]