Frieda
(Frieda)
Product Design: Design the balcony of your dreams for the world‘s leading garden trade fair!
€14,000 Total Prize Value
€2,7501st place
€2,2502nd place
€1,5003rd place
€1,0004th place
€7505th place
€2506th- 16th place
€3,500 Sold Idea
Jury Prizes: 3 à 1000 € Special Prize
Closed
Start date
27-Apr-2011, 11:59
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27-Apr-2011, 11:59
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Submission deadline
15-Jun-2011, 11:59
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15-Jun-2011, 11:59
UTC+0200
Announced
Submission Period (49 Days)
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Contest Guide
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Contest Jury
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Prof. from Düsseldorf/Detmold, Germany
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Ralf Ferdinand Broekman (RFBroekman)
Publisher & Editor-in-chief, build Magazin from Germany
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Architekt Dipl.Ing. - römer partner architektur from Köln, Germany
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Architect ETH Zurich, Co-Founder and Managing Director of architonic.com from Zürich, Switzerland
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Chief Editor design report from Stuttgart, Germany
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Marketing Specialist from United Kingdom
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Architect from Wien, Austria
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Artist, Designer and Architect from Paris, France
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Werbeleiter from Köln, Germany
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Pressesprecherin Haus, Garten, Freizeit der Koelnmesse GmbH from Köln, Germany
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Latest ideas in this Contest
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Briefing
Design the balcony of your dreams for the world‘s leading garden trade fair!
Background Info
garden unique is the new premium segment of spoga+gafa, the world’s leading trade fair for the garden sector. The trade fair takes place once a year in late summer, in Cologne. The dates for this year are sheduled for the 4th to 6th September.
As a new component, garden unique is taking place for the first time in 2011 and will be attracting attention from the sector. It sees itself as a platform and presenter of high-end design products for the garden, with a focus on furniture. And with its very own exhibition hall concept and design, as well as hosting numerous exclusive events and initiatives, the garden unique sector will become a real highlight of the fair.
Only premium prodcuts and brands will be exhibited in the garden unique exhibition hall. Coming from all over the world, like the products themeselves, architects, planners, garden designers, buyers of high-level garden furniture and contractor experts will come to see high-end products.
Aims for this contest
Benefits for garden unique
The sensational ideas of this contest should attract as much attention as possible for garden
unique and the exhibitors in this new premium segment of spoga gafa. The presentation and exhibition of the contest results will be the highlight of the trade fair.
Benefits for the creatives
Participants in the contest not only have the chance to win the community prize but three jury prizes will also be awarded. The winners selected by the jury will be given the opportunity to have their design built as a 3-D model, which will then be exhibited in the garden unique area. They will also be able to personally present their design to an audience of specialists. The other ideas selected by the jury and community will also be displayed in a special exhibition in the garden unique area. What makes this contest special is that manufacturers can purchase ideas and designs from the contest so your designs actually stand a chance of being turned into a reality.
Topic of the task
This contest focuses on a subject with immense creative and economic potential: the balcony. This outside area is increasingly gaining in importance in urban areas, for city dwellers on the search for their own garden, for outdoor space, for nature. The balcony is a traditional architectural element between indoor and outdoor life. It can make a significant contribution to one’s quality of living. There are millions of balconies all over the world, private as well as hotel, all serving different purposes from mini garden or to presitigious and peaceful havens.
garden unique wishes to inspire and give different perspectives of how the balcony, as an expression of one’s own nature and style of living, could look and how it could be used today.
As a new component, garden unique is taking place for the first time in 2011 and will be attracting attention from the sector. It sees itself as a platform and presenter of high-end design products for the garden, with a focus on furniture. And with its very own exhibition hall concept and design, as well as hosting numerous exclusive events and initiatives, the garden unique sector will become a real highlight of the fair.
Only premium prodcuts and brands will be exhibited in the garden unique exhibition hall. Coming from all over the world, like the products themeselves, architects, planners, garden designers, buyers of high-level garden furniture and contractor experts will come to see high-end products.
Aims for this contest
Benefits for garden unique
The sensational ideas of this contest should attract as much attention as possible for garden
unique and the exhibitors in this new premium segment of spoga gafa. The presentation and exhibition of the contest results will be the highlight of the trade fair.
Benefits for the creatives
Participants in the contest not only have the chance to win the community prize but three jury prizes will also be awarded. The winners selected by the jury will be given the opportunity to have their design built as a 3-D model, which will then be exhibited in the garden unique area. They will also be able to personally present their design to an audience of specialists. The other ideas selected by the jury and community will also be displayed in a special exhibition in the garden unique area. What makes this contest special is that manufacturers can purchase ideas and designs from the contest so your designs actually stand a chance of being turned into a reality.
Topic of the task
This contest focuses on a subject with immense creative and economic potential: the balcony. This outside area is increasingly gaining in importance in urban areas, for city dwellers on the search for their own garden, for outdoor space, for nature. The balcony is a traditional architectural element between indoor and outdoor life. It can make a significant contribution to one’s quality of living. There are millions of balconies all over the world, private as well as hotel, all serving different purposes from mini garden or to presitigious and peaceful havens.
garden unique wishes to inspire and give different perspectives of how the balcony, as an expression of one’s own nature and style of living, could look and how it could be used today.
Task Definition
Develop a design concept for your dream balcony with new furniture ideas!
Choose one of the balconies from the example houses and design it how you have always imagined the perfect balcony to be: cozy, stylish, functional. At the focus of this task should be furniture that distinguishes the perfect balcony. Present your balcony furniture in harmony with the building, the balcony and where applicable, its plants and flowers.
Show what your furniture is used for and what it can do: is your balcony the perfect place for a sunset with friends or perhaps a Sunday brunch? Is it the perfect oasis in the city or an extraordinary work environment? Does it offer protection from the sun on hot summer days? Or can it be used for sleeping on under starry skies?
Choose one of the balconies from the example houses and design it how you have always imagined the perfect balcony to be: cozy, stylish, functional. At the focus of this task should be furniture that distinguishes the perfect balcony. Present your balcony furniture in harmony with the building, the balcony and where applicable, its plants and flowers.
Show what your furniture is used for and what it can do: is your balcony the perfect place for a sunset with friends or perhaps a Sunday brunch? Is it the perfect oasis in the city or an extraordinary work environment? Does it offer protection from the sun on hot summer days? Or can it be used for sleeping on under starry skies?
Target Group
1. Furniture exhibitors
The first target group for your balcony and furniture designs are the garden unique exhibitors with their international premium garden furniture brands. They will be impressed and inspired by your ideas. Ideally, to such an extent that they choose to buy them, and possibly even produce them.
2. Furniture buyers
Consumers for your product idea are residents of sophisticated city apartments with balconies all over the world: in Cologne, Frankfurt, Berlin, Cape Town, Barcelona, San Francisco, Bangkok, Peking, Sydney, Wellington ...
3. Designer
Professional designer who are specialized in landscape-, garden- and architecture.
The first target group for your balcony and furniture designs are the garden unique exhibitors with their international premium garden furniture brands. They will be impressed and inspired by your ideas. Ideally, to such an extent that they choose to buy them, and possibly even produce them.
2. Furniture buyers
Consumers for your product idea are residents of sophisticated city apartments with balconies all over the world: in Cologne, Frankfurt, Berlin, Cape Town, Barcelona, San Francisco, Bangkok, Peking, Sydney, Wellington ...
3. Designer
Professional designer who are specialized in landscape-, garden- and architecture.
Tonality
In keeping with the position of garden unique, the premium exhibitors and the exemplary location in Cologne’s Zollhafen harbor on the River Rhine, your furniture designs should be high-end, in both the design and the quality – so don’t spare on high-quality materials. At the same time, however, minimalism can also have extrodinary class.
Mandatory Requirements
- Design your furniture for one of the example balconies.
- There are no restrictions whatsoever concerning the design or materials of your furniture.
- The jury prize winners have the opportunity to personally present their designs to a specialist audience in the garden unique exhibition hall.
- For the possible realization of your idea as a 3D model, the following formats are required: dxf. dwg. stl.
- Further community and jury favorites can also be exhibited in the garden unique area.
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Wohnen im Zollhafen (Living at the port of entry)
Download Material
Click on the following links and download logos, cooperate communication material or any additional information related to the contest
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ethanvonfakename
KoRnflakes
* modernestadt.de
* Wohnen im Zollhafen
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banieramartina
oxelot
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Way77
Frieda
the windows and doors etc. are identified in the cross section docs, you can see it best in the doc stacked_story.
Are you ok with that information?
Way77
It doesn't show the height of the windows and for the non architects, it's hard to discern the windows from the walls. Perhaps you could supply a front view of the balcony from the outside looking in. Still... a simple sketchup model of each balcony would be great.
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blazedavid
Frieda
each community member can submit up to three ideas - and of course you can win a prize with each single one.
Looking forward to seeing your designs!
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Frieda
we prolonged the submission deadline by one week.
To compensate for the longer runtime garden unique increases the community prize money by 1.500€! That's a fair deal, so let's get down once more and design the balcony of your dreams.
Looking forward to one more week with your great designs!
Mocki010
anonimusarh
Frieda
KoRnflakes
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svpribyl
http://www.wohnen-im-zollhafen.de/aussicht.html
Thank you.
yuton
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JayJay
Frieda
it's always best to see the furniture in the special setting, but if you're too swamped go ahead with the furniture only.
Cheers, Frieda
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pedrofaia
is there any problem if I send my project as a drawing? made by hand i mean?
thanks
Frieda
sure, you can submit drawings if there express your idea properly. But remember: for the possible realization of your idea as a 3D model, the following formats are required: dxf. dwg. stl.
Cheers
Frieda
pedrofaia
thanks for the response...im aware of that and im not sending any 3D right now because im having problems with my computer :/ that's why im hasking if its possible submit drawings :)
Thanks
Cheers
Pedro Faia
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furnituresig
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Frieda
just wanted to let you know that the Jury members will put their heads together by the end of this week to decide which ideas will be presented as 3D models at the fair. We're hoping to have the results by the beginnng of next week and I'll of course let you know asap.
Also, thanks everybody for participating, it was a pleasure to guide this contest. The high quality of the ideas and the great comments you helped each other with made this a fun journey!