Shenzhen Global Design Award

Published

15th December 2017

The Shenzhen Design Week is another big initiative engineered by the authorities to support the design communities. The first edition starting in late April 2017, it is an international annual design event sponsored by the Shenzhen Municipal Government, administered by the Shenzhen City of Design Promotion Office, and organized by Shenzhen City of Design Promotion Association (SDPA).

Deadline for registration and submission: 1st March 2018,

Final Judging: early March 2018

Awards presentation ceremony: Late April 2018 during Shenzhen Design Week.

The top prize is $200,000 USD, and there are several smaller prizes. There is no limit to how many entries can be submitted.

Entries must be works that are complete. Concepts or ideas in development are not eligible.

The competition is looking for industrial and product designs in the following categories.

-Information & Communications Technology Products

-Leisure & Entertainment Products

-Household Appliances

-Homeware

-Professional & Commercial Products

The judging criteria is:

I) Original, experiments, exploratory and forward looking; proposing creative ideas for future development.

ii) Public-oriented, practical, eco-friendly and recyclable; proposing new urban living concepts

iii) Pioneering, dynamic facilitative and transformative; improving the efficiency of industrial development.

iv) influential, attracting world-wide attention.

 

Should you wish to make a submission or would like to discuss further please contact

Andy Truscott | Desk Officer | UNESCO Dundee City of Design & Place Partnership Programme

Email: andy.truscott@leisureandculturedundee.com  01382 307456 

For more information please download the brochure or visit the website

Dundee City Council

Dundee draws skilled workers from a 60-minute catchment population of 640,000 and has a local population of over 140,000. The availability of a large pool of highly skilled labour is a key feature in the Dundee economy. Flexibility in the labour force is currently more prevalent in Dundee than in Scotland as a whole. All forms of labour market flexibility - part-time, temporary employment, self-employment and shift work - are widely operational within the city. Labour force stability in the city is excellent, enabling companies to plan with confidence. Labour turnover levels are less than 5% and absenteeism averages 2%.

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