International ID Competition & Exhibition :The Zhenhai
--A competition of 2006 WIDFair Ningbo China

Background of Competition: The 2006 World Industrial Design Fair Ningbo China will be hold in Ningbo China on Sep23th-25th. The fair is the only exposition that endorsed by ICSID(The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design) in China and it is also the only exposition that is hosted by CIDA(China Industrial Design Association) ,Industrial Design Branch of China Mechanics Engineering Society (membership of ICSID) and Ningbo city government in China together.

The fair including a theme forum and a theme competition provides the platform for business and communication at professional field with Chinese manufacture and Chinese higher ID education , and focus on the real effect of buyers and sellers.

The Zhenhai District of Ningbo city sponsors the competition and has the honorable name of the competition name. The organization committee of the competition and the fair will arrange all pre-elected works of competition to participate in the fair.

Theme of Competition: Safety;Health;Environment.

Objective of Competition: Cultivating new design industries£»Improving ability of design innovation£»Better quality of life content.

Organizations:
endorsed by ICSID

hosted by
Industrial Design Branch of China Mechanics
Engineering Society (membership of ICSID)
Zhenhai District government of Ningbo city of China
The organization committee of 2006 WIDFair Ningbo China

Supported by
Modern Industrial Design Institute of Zhejiang University
www.dolcn.com
and etc.

Adviser: SIPO of China(State of Intellectual Property of Office)
Condition of Entrants: anybody, any team or any organizations from the world professional design field except member ,employee and relatives of jury and the organization committee of competition.

Design Categories: home appliance, manufacture and IT communications which do not violate intellectual property law.

Registration Fee: free.

Submission of Designs:
1, Both design and registration form (DOWNLOAD)submit at the same time.
2, A2£¨420mm*594mm£©,200dpi.
3, One design only one space of a whole page with jpg type.
4, Effect or expression of design : any styles.
5, One design includes £ºwhole picture¡¢part picture¡¢introduction words(but never designer¡¯s name on the design page)£»
6, Design and registration form E-mailto£º 2006iidc@163.com 2006iidc@sina.com or CD mail to: 1514 box,Yuquan campus,Zhejiang University ,Hangzhou China, 310027.
7, Deadline of submission: September 13 2006

Key Timing of Competition:

1. Submission £º7-1-2006¡ª¡ª9-13-2006
2. Pre-election£º9-16£­2006¡ª¡ª9-17-2006
3. List of entrants£º9-18-2006
4. Final election£º£º9-22-2006
5. Awards ceremony£º9-23-2006
6. Exhibition of entrants£º9-22-2006¡ª¡ª9-25-2006

Criteria of Jury£º
1£¬5-10 professional juries.
1£¬suitable subject or theme to the competition£»
2£¬Innovation£»
3£¬Potentiality of market£»
4£¬Possibility of manufacturing£»
5£¬Usability£»
6£¬Green environmental protection.

Awards Category£º
Of three categories£ºhome appliance£¬manufacture and IT communications£¬ each category has been assigned one first grade award£¬two second grade awards£¬three third grade awards.

Note:1,All awards people can participate in the fair ,forum and local enterprises free and the organization committee will pay them local expenses.2, 18 awards people from first to third award will been paid travel fee in China.3,Each prize can been changed into US dollar freely.
The Declaration of Intellectual Property: The intellectual property belong to hosts of the competition but designers have right to get payment and signing. The host will apply to SIPO of China for the awards.

Contact of the Organization Committee of Competition:
Industrial Design Branch of China Mechanics
Engineering Society (membership of ICSID):
Mail£º1514 letter box, Yuquan campus, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou China, 310027
Tel:86£­571£­87953695 13634171982
Fax£º86£­571£­87953695
Email:2006iidc@163.com 2006iidc@sina.com
Contact people: Miss Yu Fen Fen or Mr. Zhou Ligang

download the registration form