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All creative people who want to engage with the value of craftsmanship, with enterprises and Sardinian culture. It is not necessary to be Sardinian or be resident in Sardinia to participate in this design competition. Sardinia is worth your time and a visit.
A degree is not necessary to express one’s creativity, it is however required that the proposed products are the result of study and development in order to be produced and marketed in the international market.
Sardinian culture, Sardinian artisanal production systems and companies must be a source of inspiration and future partner for the development of the designed product. In the report or in the tables it is possible to include and indicate a craftsperson or enterprise to develop the project.
We are looking for design products that are competitive on the international market and which reinterpret the chosen theme in the current competing edition. The use of an enterprise and / or craftspeople, techniques, technologies present in the Sardinian territory must be taken into consideration and used to the extent chosen by the competitor.
There are no limits, but viable and sustainable solutions must be used. Suggesting non-transportable materials, complex and expensive processes, combining too many materials without any logical and functional criteria and developing solutions far from local production opportunities will be considered in the evaluation process of the international jury. It is possible to use multiple materials and processes by several craftspeople or enterprises.
No, we are looking for high design products that find quality in production, in local materials and in contemporary forms and functions, a line and style of products for the international market.
Products that can “speak Sardinian” but with style … without having to be dressed in traditional costume and a branch of myrtle in hand.
No, the competitor will be able to enhance the production scenarios of the Sardinian territory thanks to the documents, interviews or links published on the competition page and social media. This set will help the competitors to acquire knowledge that can support them in developing the project.
The product must be original and workable. It is not possible to create works of art, we are looking for functional products that are usable and connect to places and people in some way, objects that can also be simple and ingenious. It is possible to create technological objects with local productions, if in line with the theme of the edition.
The process of participation with the layout of the tables are described in the competition announcement. The project tables must be represented only within the layout provided in the announcement.
Yes, a theme is chosen every year that competitors must respect in the development process: individual products or a coordinated product family can be presented if it is deemed consistent with the project idea.
The project must be original and cannot have already been submitted to other competitions. Participants have the choice to decide which techniques to use to represent their project idea.
Yes, as described in the competition’s call.
We have shared several links to initiatives that we consider interesting for those who are getting to know Sardinia. In addition to this, initial interviews with craftspeople and prominent people in the cultural field have been published on the website.
Further work on this regard is in progress, please visit the website to find out more.
Their role is to share knowledge about the local territory, its people and working practices. We have started to interview artisans and leading figures in the cultural field, which stands as a continuous informative effort.
No, it is not required.
They are not part of the jury. The craftspeople, interviewed or mentioned on the website or in promotional activities of the competition, have been chosen as the primary examples of good practice, which we propose to get to know in order to better understand the know-how culture of the region. The island of Sardinia is rich of craftspeople that we are gradually contacting to further collate views and opinions, and to promote the profession.
The B0 form is the printout of the email from the SDAW website confirming receipt of registration to the competition, together with the documents enclosed and submitted by the competitor.
The editable layout of the table in PDF can be found in the competition notice.