RADO UNLIMITED SPIRIT CONTEST 2010 IS NOW CLOSED!
THE WINNER WILL BE KNOWN IN A FEW DAYS...

Rado invites students and young designers on radostar.com to design an innovative sculpture that will be awarded to 3 exceptional individuals who have exhibited "Unlimited Spirit" through their life’s work. These individuals exemplify the same visionary spirit which is at the core of the Rado's DNA.

"If we can imagine it, we can make it, if we can make it, we will."

Rado Unlimited Spirit Award should look like a small sculpture that can be easily held and carried. Your design ideas should be innovative in terms of material, aesthetic and visionary in terms of shape.

Size:
The dimensions of the award should not exceed 6 inches wide (152 mm) x 6 inches deep (152mm) by 12 inches high (304mm) and should not weigh more than 5 lbs (2.2kg).

Material:
You may use standard metal, wood, rubber or glass. You may add a geometrical form in ceramic which shouldn't exceed the size of 100x100 mm or in sapphire glass that shouldn't exceed 35x35 mm. The ceramic part may only be in black, white or grey.

To enter this competition, you have to submit following documents:
- sketch in PDF A3 size
- rendering in PDF A3 size
- complete technical drawing (dimensions, materials, etc.) in PDF A3 size
- short description of your project in PDF A4 size

Deadline:
Competition closes July 15th, 2010.
One winner will be selected and notified by email. The winner's name will be published on radostar.com and rado.com and the other designs will be shown on an online gallery. This competition is international and entries are accepted from designers in any country.

Prize:
The winner will have his award produced. He will be invited to participate at the Rado event in the USA to hand out his award to the international stars. The winner will benefit from a large press impact which should help him to gain notoriety.

Judging:
Rado Unlimited Spirit Contest 2010 will be juried in an anonymous way by:
Patrick Reymond - Designer and Co-Founder of Atelier Oï
Thilo Brunner - Designer and Founder of Fuente y Fuente
Roland Streule - CEO Rado Watch Co. Ltd.
Patric Zingg - Vice President Marketing Rado Watch Co. Ltd.
Alessandra Furetta - product designer at Rado Watch Co. Ltd.


Interested in participating?
Send your competition entry to this address contest@radostar.com incl. the following information about you:

- Name
- Surname
- Age
- Gender
- The 4 required documents to enter the competition
- Confirm that you have read and accepted the promotion rules


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Rado Unlimited Spirit Award 2010 is organized by Rado Watch Co Ltd.

 

Radostar.com was launched in Milan at Zona Tortona almost one year ago. Our baby is soon one year old. That is a reason to celebrate! Therefore we will draw exclusive invitations to our community members to join us at Salone del Mobile 2010.

An expert panel of active design professionals will select a few European talents who have posted their work on radostar.com. You have been selected? Great. So we offer you an outstanding opportunity: You will be able to expose your work to the design world during Salone del Mobile 2010 in the renowned Zona Tortona in Milano.

You will also enjoy design workshops held by professional designers, cinematographers and stylists which will be organized by Radostar at Magna Pars within the Zona Tortona.

In fact this means qualitative days feeling like an established designer in Milano. Including flight, hotel and all access to Zona Tortona.

Just go for it! - Register now and post your recent works on radostar.com (works published until April 6th 2010 will be considerated)

 

Fred klaas pack is black and white... but we know that the world around us is a bit more complex than that!

Tell us what you think and design the new limited edition Fred Klaas using ALL VARIANTIONS OF GREYS (black and white included of course) + ONE OTHER UNIQUE COLOUR of your choice.

 

An independent jury will elect the 5 winning designs which will be produced and sold in FRED selected places in Germany and Switzerland. See the prizes the winner will receive.
This competition is open to any resident of Germany or Switzerland aged above 18 yo.

Visit http://www.pimpmyfred.com to apply and for more info, news and updates.
Check also the brand website http://www.smokefred.ch

 

After evaluating all 380 competition entries, the international jury of The Great Indoors Award 2009 has selected five nominees in each of the five categories and chose a winner in each category.

The award winners were announced in Maastricht/Netherlands during the award ceremony on November 28th 2009:

Category Show & Sell - Retail
Including shops, showrooms, trade-fair stands, exhibitions etc.

Firm: Office for Metropolitan Architecture - OMA (NL) Project: Prada Transformer, Seoul 2009 Client: Prada

Category Relax & Consume - Leisure
Including hotels, bars, clubs, restaurants, spas, wellness centres etc.

Firm: Design Spirits Co., Ltd. (JP) Project: Beijing Noodle no. 9, Las Vegas 2008 Client: Beijing Noodle

 

Category Concentrate & Collaborate - Work
Including offices, studios, administration buildings, conference centres etc.

Firm: i29 Interior Architects (NL) Project: Recycled Office, Amsterdam 2009 Client: Gummo

Category Serve & Facilitate - Public
Libraries, hospitals, theatres, schools etc.

Firm:Bureau Ira Koers & Studio Roelof Mulder (NL) Project: Library for University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 2009 Client: University of Amsterdam

Category Interior Design Firm of the Year 2009

Guise (SE) The Swedish firm Guise is one of those young firms that combine a distinctive method and a modest budget in its projects. The jury was particularly sold on the firm’s clear design methodology and quality in graphics, and sees in this underlying design concept a future scenario in which simple ingredients are effective identity carriers that also maximise functionality.

Visit www.the-great-indoors.com for more info, news and updates.

Initiators of The Great Indoors Award are FRAME magazine; Marres CCC and The Netherlands Architecture Institute/ Bureau Europa.

The Great Indoors invites designers, architects and clients to submit their work for The Great Indoors Award. The award holds a total of prize money of €30,000. Deadline for submission is 30 September.

Four awards will go to the most innovative designs for public and commercial spaces (€5,000 each). One will be awarded to the best interior design firm (€10,000).

Categories are:

• Show & Sell (Retail)
• Relax & Consume (Leisure)
• Concentrate & Collaborate (Work)
• Serve & Facilitate (Public)
• Interior Design Firm of the Year

All non-residental interior designs and installations realised between August 2007 and August 2009 can be submitted. An international jury of design professionals will select five nominees in all categories. Mid-October all nominees will be announced. In each category a winner is chosen who will be awarded at a festive ceremony in Maastricht on 28 November 2009.

Visit www.the-great-indoors.com to apply and for more info, news and updates.

Initiators of The Great Indoors Award are FRAME magazine; Marres CCC and The Netherlands Architecture Institute/ Bureau Europa.

New for the 2010 Annual Design Review competition:
The Rado Young Talent Design Award

Categories include:

• Consumer products
• Graphics
• Packaging
• Furniture
• Environments
• Equipment
• Interactive
• Concepts
• Student Work

The Rado Young Talent Design Award, a cash prize of $10,000, will be awarded for innovative technology and materials in student design.

All students who enter the Student Work category of the 2010 Annual Design Review will be eligible for the award and one design will be chosen for the money prize of $10,000.

The deadline for Annual Design Review submissions is December 1, 2009.
Enter online today or click here to download an entry form!