HOMI MAKER DESIGN AWARD is aimed at young, designer makers, artisans, artists who have not yet turned 35 years of age on 1st January 2017.
HOMI MAKER DESIGN AWARD is an initiative of HOMI in association with Artex, Centre for Artistic and Traditional Handicrafts of Tuscany and under the patronage of CNA and Confartigianato. The applicants can be: artisans; artists; holders of diploma and/or graduates coming from all levels of art and design schools; young people in a phase of starting a business.
Competition conditions:
• Collection of work (craft object/s) must already be in existence, designed and made by the applicant.
• Applicant will not have exhibited their work at HOMI before.
The applicants must work in the field of artistic handicrafts and applied arts with contemporary overtones, making work with strong components of innovation, research and personal artistic expression.
There are 2 categories for HOMI MAKER DESIGN AWARD. A total of 6 awards are available with 3 to be given in each category:
• HOMI MAKER DESIGN AWARD – living habits, home decoration and lifestyle.
• HOMI MAKER DESIGN AWARD – fashion & Jewels and fashion accessories.
The selection of candidates will be made by a special Judging Committee, composed of experts and representatives of the involved institutions.
The 6 winners will have the right to:
• A free prearranged stand in the new exhibition area “SPERIMENTA” of HOMI for the January 2017 edition;
• Free accommodation for the duration of the event (for 1 person);
The winners undertake to comply with the general rules of the event. Thanks to the free participation in HOMI the winners can therefore present their work to a wide array of buyers; shop keepers, architects, journalists, art dealers, etc., in the contest of Sperimenta, area of HOMI dedicated to innovative and research orientated designer maker ware – Italian and international.
The participation form and submission dossier, must be sent by e-mail in the specified formats above to the following email address: [email protected]. Upon receipt of the participation form and submission dossier by email, Artex will send confirmation e-mail to the applicant. Only after this confirmation e-mail, the application will be considered valid.
The submission dossiers must reach the Organization Secretariat by and not later than December, 12th 2016.
For more information and to apply click here.
