Feeel Design company, together with an international team of professionals, has created a platform for the implementation of bold design ideas with the use of natural materials. We aim to create small series and individual items that will not break, won’t be thrown away, and will last for decades, pleasing the owner’s eye. In this competition we strive to get away from fashion, trends, move beyond marketing and get back to artistic design, which is object design in fact.
We want to break out of the fast fashion world and create elegant haute couture sets for those who can appreciate it. At the same time we’ll discover some new bright names to the world of interior and industrial design. So all creative people who will join us on this path are welcome.
Eugene Pinchuk,
Head of Feeel Design,
the founder of Feeel Design World Prize
Feeel Design World Prize is an answer to the “disposability”, “uniformity” and a rise above the moment of modern design, its dependence on meaningless trends and the opinion of marketers, who, to be honest, are only focused on sales, and are very far from understanding a beauty.
We live in the age of endless information noise and planned obsolescence, we cannot change this, but we want to offer designers, artists, creative people and, finally, customers the opportunity to live in authentic world. The material background, industrial design is what forms our environment, which appears to be not only physical, but also psychological support in a fast-paced world.
Just as the Victorian Arts and Crafts movement was once a reaction to Industrial Revolution, today we are looking for an answer and an opportunity to respond to the high-tech era. At that time, in the 19th century, everyday life was flooded with impersonal objects of industrial production. Today we live under the eternal calls to “be yourself” and “be unique” but being standardized in a way that no totalitarian dictator dreamed of – being suggested the choice only from multimillion-dollar lots of harshly promoted products of global corporations. Is it really a choice?
Like William Morris, we believe that handcrafted items with personal touch have an incomparable advantage and value. Mass production in fact leads to the unification of tastes, the dilution of aesthetics in the surrounding material environment, and even moral degradation of both creators and consumers. We observe all this in completely grotesque forms, and dystopias of Huxley and Orwell seem to be a rather toothless caricature of the modern society after that.
Similar to Arts and Crafts movement supporters we would like to find professionals with a recognizable style and unique creative techniques. We had put together Feeel Design team that is qualified for this challenge and realized that very few companies can make complex and limited items to order. We are not afraid of competition and strive to find new objects to design, ready to share our experience and discover craftsmen to create the most complex products, furniture, objects and interiors.
Morris believed that arts and crafts could improve the quality of life, and Dostoevsky predicted that beauty would save the world. Sounds rather naive after a century and a half, but we would like to find people who at least partially invest these ideals in their projects, understand the properties of materials and work with technologists properly.
In the design and creation of products by hand, preference has always been given to simplicity, laconic forms, revealing the natural, natural qualities of materials, and decor designed to please the eye has always found a place as well. We would like to embody these ideals in modern objects that could not only please the eye, but also serve for decades, if not centuries. To become for their owners sources of calmness and anchors in the stormy streams of information and changes that are falling on us every day. What kind of objects they will be, how they will look like you decide – we only outline the subject and our interest in certain products, but the final choice is up to you.
To emphasize the importance of the ideas described above, we included several categories, there the main prize will be prototype; and despite the digital format of the competition, publish the most spectacular projects in albums. In special categories, we would like to draw attention to people who, in our opinion, remain in the shadow, serving the interests of the object and interior design industry, but without them the industry itself would be impossible.
From the participants of our competition we expect the desire to combine function, rationalism, design, form and decor in their projects – both large-scale and small, as well as the use of natural materials and, above all, attention to the sences and comfort of the future owner.
We hope that our prize and ideas will attract designers, artists, architects and craftsmen, as well as supporters from all over the world. We’ll be able to create objects and interiors, filled with the spirit of various arts, crafts and local traditions. There is a lack of such things today, and a true designer and artist can find oneself in this kind of creative process.
1. BASIC PRINCIPLES
The following clauses represent the terms and conditions governing the application and participation of applicants (hereinafter Participants) in Feeel Design World Prize (which is run on behalf of and administered by Feeel Design Inc.).
All the activities and information related to Feeel Design World Prize (hereafter The Competition) will be uploaded and visible on feeelprize.com which is the only source of information about The Competition.
2. CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION AND CATEGORIES
The competition is open to individuals, private designers, creative associations and companies that have exclusive copyright for the product / item / image that they would like to submit to participate in The Competition. In addition, the specified product / item must belong to one of the category listed:
In Interior Design category you can submit projects implemented in 2018 or later. Publication in the media and participation in other competitions is not an obstacle to submitting in this case. The Competition reserves the right to change / reorganize the listed categories at any time.
If there were previously submitted works in this category, they will be redirected to the nearest category and evaluated in the same way as other projects.
3. JUDGING
An experienced jury of architects, designers, production specialists, experts, leading figures in architecture and design media will rate each Participant in the following aspects:
The list above does not imply any ranking order for the jury’s assessment. This list can be expanded without notifying the participants. The jury’s decision is final and non-negotiable.
The number of jury members is not limited, the jury members are acting representatives of the design, architecture and interiors market. The final panel of judges will be announced prior to the start of the voting procedure.
Members of the jury, if they have any relation to the project (for example, are co-authors or participants in the creation of the convention of this project) cannot be involved in judging the project.
Moderation procedure:
After receiving the online entry form from the Participant staff moderator checks the project. If the project meets minimum requirements, it goes to those selected for participation in The Competition in its category on a general basis.
Voting procedure:
The projects are numbered so the jury has no information about the Participants.
To evaluate all the works, the jury is divided into groups of four. Each group assigns points to the work by rating each individual work with a five-point scale. The final grade is the arithmetic mean of all grades that the work received.
After collecting all the votes a long list is formed and all products in it will have access to the next phase of The Competition. The number of longlisted projects in each category will be determined by a jury meeting.
After the announcement of the long-list, the jury will re-vote for each project in its entirety, evaluating it separately. After collecting all the votes a shortlist is formed and all products in it will have access to the final phase of The Competition. The number of shortlisted projects in each category will be determined by a jury meeting and it is not more than 10 projects.
Winners are selected from the shortlisted products.
At the final stage, the jury will apply an adversarial scoring system, distributing the first three places, as well as marking the work that may receive Grand Prix and / or is declared for production of a prototype.
When the jury transfers the generalized decision to the staff moderators its work considered completed.
Prizes of the Industry are not competitive and are appointed by the jury following a general discussion of the categories.
4. REGISTRATION AND PARTICIPATION FEE
Participation in The Competition in 2021 is free for all Participants.
5. MENTIONS AND PRIZES
A jury will select the winning products in each category and those to be awarded as the “Feeel Design World Prize 2021 Winner”.
In each category, in addition to the honorary categories, the following awards are determined:
There is also a Grand Prix competition award for the best project.
All winners of all categories, except for honorary categories and interior categories, will be considered by Feeel Design and special partners of the award as a potential designer of serial products with the possibility of making a contact.
The main prizes and trophies of The Competition are full-size items created according to the sketches of the Participants, proposed for the jury. It is planned to manufacture up to three products. In addition to prototypes, the organizer of the competition, Feeel Design Inc., which specializes in custom-made products, will offer a contract for the production to a number of Participants. The number of such contracts is not limited.
The contract does not imply the obligatory development and / or production of a product. The production of a prototype item does not necessarily imply the launch of the item into production or any kind of agreement.
If it is impossible to receive the award in person, the winners may apply for its delivery. All costs are paid by the addressee. The estimated cost depends on the delivery geography.
Any additional rewards and incentives may vary depending on the partners of The Competition, the budget and the work plan of The Competition.
6. TIMING AND COMMUNICATION
Applications must be received no later than 11/14/2021.
Both longlisted products, shortlisted products and winners will be announced between 11/20/2021 and 12/10/2021.
Longlisted Participants will be informed by e-mail. At the end of the judging procedure, they will also receive a kit with graphics and The Competition logo so that they can share the news.
If necessary, The Competition reserves the right to hasten or delay the dates listed above.
7. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
Products that breach intellectual property rights (trademarks, logos or brand labels, utility models, patents or similar) are barred from participating. All Participants will be responsible for informing The Competition whether legal proceedings (involving competition law, patents, trademarks, disputes about copyright or other rights) are pending with regard to submitted items. The Participant shall be solely liable for damages, and particularly claims by third parties, resulting from an infringement of these conditions.
The copyright of contributions submitted to The Competition (photographs, videos and texts) remains with the respective participant at all times. The Participant grants the right of use and the right of publication to The Competition. The Participant is not entitled to claim a compensation fee for usage. By registering and sending the work for moderation, The Participant agrees to use the materials in the competition. The Participant confirms the fact of being the author / co-author of the work, and in the case of several Participants of the project, being the main Participant authorized from all others to submit this project to The Competition.
If, after submitting a project for The Competition, the Participant has granted the rights to the project to third parties, it should notify The Competition and withdraw its work from the competition.
8. CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT, PLACE OF JURISDICTION
By filling out the registration form, The Participant agrees to the rules of The Competition set out with all the conditions contained in these Terms and Conditions. Responsibility for the content of the submitted materials lies entirely with The Participant. The applications, projects, its images and any other materials submitted by The Participant cannot violate the local law of the state / states, the citizen of which the participant and / or group of authors, the firm, the group of authors are. All of the above materials must also not violate Canadian law. All contracts, agreements and documents are assumed to be drawn up on the basis of Canadian law. In the event of a discrepancy in language versions, the English version is the primary one.
We do not request or process the personal data of The Participants, considering that The Participants can use nicknames and pseudonyms, both for personal use and for authors’ collectives, as it is a common practice to the creative environment. However, if we need personal data of The Participants, for example, to send an award or make a contract, it will be requested by letter from the official domain of the competition and provided with the explicit consent of the Participant. In this case, the subject of storage and processing of personal data will be Feeel Design Inc.
A collection of projects & moderation — 17.05.2021 – 14.11.2021
Primary selection — 17.05.2021 – 14.11.2021
The selection of a professional jury — 15.11.2021 – 05.12.2021
Long list. Announcement of the semi-finalists — 25.11.2021
Short list. Announcement of the finalists — 02.12.2021
Ceremony. Awarding of winners — 09.12.2021
Our competition and the prize is designed to develop new architectural products and, with the help of new artists and designers, create objects and collections that can become a decoration of the interior, garden, a part material environment for many years.
The main prizes and trophies of our competition are full-size products created according to your sketches, which you have designed and proposed to our jury. In addition, Feeel Design — a company specializing in custom-made products, will offer a contract for the production of your items.
We are planning to publish books with the winning projects of the competition.
In addition all laureates of the competition will receive a commemorative prize and a diploma.
In each category, there are three prizes, as well as People’s Choice Award. The exception is the completed projects: this category provides twelve prizes, three in each section:
It is possible to produce a prototype and make a contract for the production of series and distribution of copyright products in the categories for architectural products, object and furniture design.
Find details in the description of each category.
PRODUCT DESIGN
Furniture for mass production.
Find out the details and submit your project.
PRODUCT DESIGN
Unique pieces of furniture that will be limited to one or several copies. Find out the details and submit your project.
PRODUCT DESIGN
The most comfortable and handy furniture for deep relaxation, rest and meditation. Find out the details and submit your project
ARCHIPRODUCTS: PARTITIONS AND SCREENS
PRODUCT DESIGN
We are looking for projects of original screens and partitions. Find out the details and submit your project
INTERIOR DESIGN
Homes and interiors made and decorated with natural materials.
Find out the details and submit your project
PRODUCT DESIGN
Do you have ideas for an interesting product? Find out the details and submit your project
PRODUCT DESIGN
Do you want to be as bright as no one else? Send us your projects of lamps and lighting equipment.
PRIZE OF THE INDUSTRY: CREATORS
SPECIAL PRIZE
A special nomination in which we honor important, but not always public persons of the architecture and design industry
PRODUCT DESIGN
Project related to use of natural materials. Find out the details and submit your project
PRODUCT DESIGN
Projects related to the arrangement of gardens and parks. Find out the details and submit your project
SPECIAL PRIZE
A special nomination in which we sincerely admire our colleagues
