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iF PRODUCT AWARD 2013 Information for your participation

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EXCELLENT MARKETING FOR INNOVATION THE SUMMIT FOR DESIGN EXCELLENCE The iF product design award is one of the most important design awards worldwide. Evaluating design quality is not an easy task. The question as to what defi nes good design With the iF label, participating manufacturers, developers and will be able to will yield many diff erent answers. There are a number of preconditions that must be met present a strong incentive to buy their products. Since 1953, the iF label has been used as for being able to evaluate good design: comprehensive expert knowledge, the ability to a marketing tool for excellent products – ranging from A for automobiles to Z for zip locks intuit future trends and many years of experience. – and has received a great deal of attention in the media and from the general public. Participants have included large international corporations as well as small to medium sized companies and design studios.

Design accompanies and surrounds us everywhere. Good design mirrors human qualities: it can be bold, intelligent and passionate.

It can be humorous, serious and confi dent. Since 1953, good design can also be award-winning design – honored with an iF design award.

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Each year, iF invites some of the internationally most renowned personalities from the 19 SEPTEMBER 2012 areas of design, business and industry, and education to take part in a three-day jury session. Behind closed doors, all entries are scrutinized, touched, analyzed and, most importantly, discussed.

For the iF design awards 2012, 4,322 entries were evaluated during intensive deliberations. The jury eventually recognized 1,218 entries with an iF design award. 100 entries received an iF gold award for outstanding design excellence.

INDEPENDENT AND RECOGNIZED THE WORLD OVER: Tadashi Koike Jeroen van Erp THE iF DESIGN AWARDS Each year, the iF seal of quality, which is recognized the world over, is awarded to excellent design in the three disciplines of product, communication and packaging design. Each year, companies use the iF design awards as a seal of quality and, most importantly, as a marketing tool for their products. Each year, customers all over the world will know immediately: this is an award-winning product.

Among the participants and award winners are not only large international corporations, but also agencies, design studios and small to medium sized companies. Whether it’s about products, communication tools or packaging: all three iF design awards follow exactly the same schedule, with the same registration deadline, the same jury date and the same grand awards ceremony. Services for award winners 04 Services for award winners 05

iF YEARBOOKS As comprehensive reference works showing all award-winning entries from one year, the iF yearbooks are a constant and important part of the iF design awards. Each award- winning entry will be presented on one page, with up to two images and a description in both German and English. The iF yearbooks are internationally used guides to excellent design, which makes them a fi rst-class advertising tool for you as an award-winner. The offi cial publication date for the iF yearbooks is March 2013. Each award winner will receive one or more free copies based on the number of award- winning entries:

1- 4 award-winning entries: 1 free copy 5 - 9 award-winning entries: 2 free copies 10 - 19 award-winning entries: 5 free copies iF awards ceremony in the BMW Welt, Munich Gold ward winners 2011 more than 20 award-winning entries: 10 free copies

Optional: You can also book a 2/1 page at an additional cost of EUR 400.00. We can also commission the translation of your description at a fee of EUR 50.00.

As an iF design award winner you will benefi t from your iF design award in many ways. The iF label symbolizes extraordinary quality and excellent design. Your brand will be presented online and in exhibitions around the globe. The iF PR work will MORE ensure continuous media attention throughout the whole year. Create the difference.

ATTENTION, iF press and PR work Before, during and after the iF design awards the comprehensive PR work of iF ensures that our iF design award MORE SUCCESS winners will receive a great deal of attention in the national and international www.redcube.ch press. There will be reports about the outstanding of the award-winning Gold ward winners 2011 entries in business and lifestyle magazi- nes, in the specialized design press, in iF DESIGN AWARDS NIGHT daily and weekly newspapers, as well as in As an award winner, you will be invited to the iF design awards night, which will take place radio and TV programs. Our iF press and on 22 February 2013 at BMW World in Munich. At the iF design awards night, we will PR team, with over 1,200 established announce the iF gold award winners and present them with this special honor in front of contacts worldwide, will take care of the a large audience: the who’s who of the international design, media, business and politics traditionally blanket reporting on the sectors. Share your experiences with other creatives and meet potential clients, project iF design awards. owners and interesting discussion partners. Talk to communicators, make new and ADVERTISING TOOLS rewarding contacts and extend your business. The iF label is an invaluable competitive advantage. It’s an image factor that you should communicate to clients and partners and that you should use to advertise your design expertise. In order to give you the best possible support in doing so, all award winners will have As an iF gold award winner, you will access to these advertising tools: also receive the iF trophy, designed by Herbert Schultes in 1996. ■ use of logo for an unlimited period (no additional licensing fees) ■ award winner’s certifi cate »Der up! verkörpert eine Kultur, in der sich Größe nicht allein in Dimensionen oder Leistung ausdrückt.« ■ widgets and logos for your own

Walter de Silva, Head of Volkswagen Design AG website Der neue up! ■ QR codes for print communication ■ print template for the iF sticker Services for award winners 06 Services for award winners 07

iF ONLINE EXHIBITION All award winners are represented in the iF online exhibition, which has been YOUR SUCCESS WILL presented in a new design since February 2012. The iF online exhibition is accessible via the iF website. With over 3.5 million page views from more than 100 countries the iF website ranks among BE COMMUNICATED. the most popular design platforms on the Internet.

The iF online exhibition is an archive of excellent achievements in design, off ering WORLDWIDE. comprehensive research tools to explore the design of the last six decades.

Furthermore, the iF online exhibition iF DESIGN EXHIBITIONS off ers a wide range of new functions: as an iF award winner, you will have your iF design exhibition Hannover own profi le page where you can present All award-winning entries from one year will be presented – either live or as multi-media yourself and your work, including installations – at the iF design exhibition Hannover, which will run in parallel to CeBIT at images, descriptions, videos and logos. the Hannover exhibition center. CeBIT is well known for drawing a large international You can tell your individual iF success story crowd of decision makers. With this linking of the iF design exhibition to CeBIT – both in in a visual time travel narrative from your terms of and time – we can guarantee you the maximum attention by those target current work to earlier entries. groups that are of crucial importance to you as potential clients and project You can also link your profi le page to iF design exhibition Hamburg external pages to include it into your We will present all award-winning entries from all three iF design awards 2013 in an inter- own communications and PR. active exhibition which will last for several months. With the new Hamburg Harbor City, the design capital of Hamburg off ers a new, superb location for the iF design exhibition Hamburg: a hub for everything new, young and trend-focused. Harbor City is a magnet for The criteria for being eligible for the the media and design industries and for everyone interested in design and . iF success stories are: ■ awards received in at least three iF design exhibition Haikou/Hainan Island, China iF design awards As an iF award winner you will benefi t from being presented internationally, from reaching ■ upload of company logo new target groups and accessing new markets. We will show all award-winning entries ■ upload of company description(s) from one year in a multi-media exhibition in Haikou / Hainan island (China) that will last for several months. Hainan is one of the most attractive locations in China for both tourists and businesses alike – with a lively, young and up-and-coming feel.

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iF RANKING All iF design award winners are included in the iF ranking. The iF ranking is based on all iF design awards from the last three years. It will be updated once a year for the iF design awards night. 20 points are given to both creatives (iF ranking creative) and manufacturers, project owners or companies (iF ranking company) for an iF design award and 100 points for an iF gold award. Hence the iF ranking mirrors both your successful participation in an iF design award and your design excellence as an iF design award winner – an objective assessment that can be used as an ideal advertising and PR tool. Categories 08 Categories and Evaluation Criteria 09

THE 16 CATEGORIES THE 16 CATEGORIES

01. transportation design 03. audio / video ■ copiers 09. kitchen / household ■ solar heating systems ■ production e.g.: e.g.: ■ storage media e.g.: ■ fi replaces ■ materials handling ■ car design and passenger cars ■ TV ■ network technology ■ kitchens ■ pellet ovens ■ logistic systems ■ exterior design ■ hi-fi ■ input and output devices ■ household appliances ■ measuring and testing technologies ■ ■ DVD ■ computer loudspeaker systems ■ tableware and laboratory technology ■ color and trim ■ Blue Ray ■ peripherals ■ crockery 12. public design / interior design ■ industrial scanners ■ detail and innovation (wheels, steering ■ presentation equipment ■ accessories ■ cutlery e.g.: ■ tools wheels, lighting, engine compartments, ■ full screen projectors ■ glasses ■ urban- and ■ components instruments, switchgear and operating ■ cameras ■ ceramics ■ spaces ■ supplier‘s parts controls) ■ photo frames ■ porcelain ■ furniture and interiors (for hotels, ■ motorcycles ■ navigation devices 06. offi ce / business ■ accessories restaurants, shops, lounges, banks, ■ motor scooters ■ GPS e.g.: ■ automatic coff ee machines wellness, health, communal spaces, 15. special vehicles / construction / ■ trikes ■ media players ■ offi ce fi ttings ■ professional kitchen systems museums, libraries, canteens, social agriculture ■ quad bikes ■ recorders ■ offi ce furniture - installations and - technology spaces, interaction and communication) e.g.: ■ commercial vehicles ■ remote controls ■ reception areas exhibition systems ■ special vehicles ■ buses ■ MP3 players ■ conference furniture ■ shop systems ■ special constructions ■ aeroplanes ■ headphones ■ writing implements 10. bathroom / wellness ■ shop fi ttings ■ cranes ■ trams and trains ■ loudspeakers ■ fi ling systems e.g.: ■ POS systems ■ trailers ■ ships and boats ■ accessories ■ offi ce accessories ■ bathroom and sanitary ware ■ ATM machines ■ forklift trucks ■ water dispenser ■ whirlpools ■ checkout systems ■ on-site vehicles ■ saunas ■ spaces ■ agricultural vehicles 02. leisure / lifestyle 04. telecommunications ■ bathroom furniture ■ squares ■ agricultural machinery e.g.: e.g.: 07. lighting ■ bathrooms and wellness rooms ■ furniture and systems for public spaces ■ agricultural technology ■ sailboats ■ telephones e.g.: ■ fi xtures (street furniture, bus stops, parks, ■ construction vehicles ■ leisure craft ■ cell phones ■ lights ■ fi ttings playgrounds) ■ construction machines ■ sailing yachts ■ telephone systems ■ lamps ■ control elements and systems ■ public information terminals ■ construction technolog ■ motor yachts ■ VOIP ■ lighting systems ■ accessories ■ information systems ■ sports vehicles ■ DECT ■ fl ashlights ■ way-fi nding and orientation systems ■ caravanning ■ headsets ■ lighting for vehicles ■ exterior advertising systems 16. researchdevelopment / ■ sport ■ accessories ■ bicycle lamps 11. buildings professional concepts ■ fun ■ work and security lighting e.g.: ■ experimental and conceptual ■ camping ■ accessories ■ plumbing technology 13. medicine / health+care that were created on their own initiative ■ outdoor 05. computer ■ heating technology e.g.: ■ Prototypes that are not yet on the ■ bicycles and accessories e.g.: ■ air conditioning and temperature ■ devices market and their market launch is not ■ fi tness equipment ■ computers 08. furniture / home textiles ■ control technology ■ instruments and equipment before 2014 ■ gardening implements ■ PCs e.g.: ■ cabling technology ■ equipment for hospitals ■ studies and research projects ■ play equipment ■ notebooks ■ furniture ■ security technology practices and laboratories ■ material / smart material ■ and clothing ■ PDAs ■ garden furniture ■ building elements ■ rehabilitation and care ■ wellness and body care products ■ Tablet PCs ■ fi xtures and fi ttings ■ fi ttings and systems ■ assisted living products Professional work of manufacturers, ■ baby and toddler equipment ■ servers ■ home textiles ■ windows ■ assisted technology agencies, designers, architects, institutes ■ bags and luggage ■ casings ■ fl oors ■ doors and universities (no student work!) can ■ spectacles ■ printers ■ fl ooring ■ balconies be submitted. The decision rests with iF ■ jewelry and watches ■ monitors ■ wallpaper ■ marquees 14. industry / skilled trades whether a contribution is allowed in this ■ accessories ■ keyboards ■ wall paneling and wall coverings ■ railings e.g.: category. ■ leather articles ■ computer mice ■ decoration and accessories ■ roofs ■ machines ■ optical products ■ games consoles ■ conservatories ■ robotic technology ■ musical instruments ■ scanners ■ garages ■ systems engineering ARKW HAT LLC

■ design quality ■ fi nish ■ choice of materials ■ degree of innovation EVALUATION ■ environmental impact ■ functionality ■ ergonomics ■ of intended use ■ safety CRITERIA ■ brand value + branding ■ Product entries 10 After the jury session 11

REQUIREMENTSENTRY SHIPMENT AWARD-WINNING ENTRIES Your registered entries: After you have successfully registered your entries online, you will receive an invitation Entries receiving an iF design award 2013 will be stored for the iF design exhibition ■ must be produced industrially to send your products to the jury. Multiple entries can be sent as one consignment. Please Hannover, which will run alongside CeBIT from 05 to 09 March 2013 at the Hannover ■ and must not have been on the market ensure to use reusable packaging for shipping your entries. exhibition center. An early return of your products is not possible. Exception: if you have for more than three years, or must go set up your products yourself, you will also have to disassemble them on the stated days into production in the year of the award Labeling of entries and packaging and you will have to set them up again yourself for the iF design exhibition. All entries, as well as all product- and transport packaging, must be clearly labeled with entry-ID and category number. If your consignment contains more than one entry, all entry An exception to this rule applies to the IDs must be listed on the packaging. category “16. research+development / ENTRIES NOT WINNING AN AWARD professional” concepts where experimen- Arrival dates for all entries: 1 August to 1 October 2012 Products not winning an award will be packed by iF after the jury session and delivered to tal and conceptual designs, prototypes Kuehne + Nagel for return at your own expense. From the beginning of December, that are not yet on the market and their Delivery address for all entries you can enter all necessary information for the return of your products in your ‚my iF‘ area. market launch is not before 2014, studies Kühne + Nagel (AG & Co.) KG Once you have successfully submitted this information, your products will be available for and research projects as well as material / entry-ID: xxx-xxxxx / Categorie-No.: xx return from January 2013. If your forwarding company will pick up your products from smart material can be submitted. Karlsruher Straße 4 Kuehne + Nagel, your products will be ready for collection from mid-December 2012. 30880 Laatzen / Hannover / Germany Please note: there will be no return shipment for large-format photos. You will have to pay All submissions must be original all fees and expenses related to the return of your products or to their disposal. products. In exceptional cases (e.g. very Your contact at Kuehne + Nagel large exhibits, preproduction prototypes, Michaela Busch Sony Cooperation etc) models, scale models or large format phone +49.511.82098015 photographs (60 x 90 cm, board-moun- [email protected] ted) may be submitted. Delivery charges All entries must be shipped, free of charge for iF, via mail, courier or forwarding company to our logistics partner Kuehne + Nagel. Please check with your carrier early on about the current customs regulations in Germany. Your entries must arrive at Kuehne + Nagel clear of any customs or tax charges. Please ensure that you have paid any customs duties for import and export.

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SELF-ASSEMBLY AWARD-WINNING ENTRIES:

Products that are extremely large, that have to be mounted, are diffi cult to handle or very DISASSEMBLY BY PARTICIPANTS heavy as well as complicated or delicate product parts can be registered for self-assembly. If you have set up your award-winning products yourself, you also have to disassemble If this applies to your products, please go to ‚my iF‘ and use the ‚shipping information‘ them yourself on the stated days. If you do not collect your products, they will be stored button to register your products for self-assembly. If you set up your products yourself, and you will have to pay a storage fee. Information about the days reserved for disassem- you are also responsible for dismantling and collecting your products after the jury bly will be available in December. Temporary storage of your products at Kuehne + Nagel session. This also applies to award-winning products. is also possible; you will have to pay a fee for this. Please contact Kuehne + Nagel directly in this case. iF reserves the right to decide whether you can set up your products yourself or whether they will be set up by iF. Please note: you cannot set up small products such as cell phones or navigation devices yourself.

If you set up your products yourself, you must provide all necessary materials and tools yourself. Resources such as forklifts and ramps also have to be provided by you. Alternatively, you can rent them via iF‘s logistics partner Kuehne + Nagel. ENTRIES NOT WINNING AN AWARD:

Please inform your forwarding company if this applies to you, since any additional costs for DISASSEMBLY BY PARTICIPANTS the delivery and collection of your products will be charged to you. If you decide to set up If you have assembled your products yourself and if your products have not received an your products yourself, you are also responsible for the disposal of any packaging material. award, you must disassemble and collect your products on the stated days. If you do not collect your products, they will be stored and you will have to pay a storage fee.

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PARTICIPATION FEES FOR THE IF DESIGN AWARDS 2013 FEES FOR AWARD WINNERS

for registrations for registrations until June 29, 2012 until September 19, 2012

iF product design award 2013 EUR 340.00 EUR 450.00 iF product design award 2013, per awarded entry EUR 2,600,–

iF award 2013 EUR 150.00 EUR 250.00 iF communication design award 2013, per awarded entry EUR 1,600,–

iF packaging design award 2013 EUR 150.00 EUR 250.00 iF packaging design award 2013, pper awarded entry EUR 2,600,–

Fees include the following services: Fees include the following services: ■ Presentation in the iF online exhibition ■ Administration ■ Participation in the iF design awards night in Munich, Germany ■ Presentation in the iF ranking ■ Jury ■ Presentation in the iF design exhibition Hannover, Germany ■ Presentation 1/1 page in the ■ Handling and storage of entries for jury evaluation ■ Presentation in the iF design exhibition Hamburg, Germany iF yearbooks ■ Presentation in the iF design exhibition Haikou / Hainan Island, China ■ Press and PR Participants will have to pay all transport and ■ Advertising tools insurance costs. Full details of the services provided can be found at service for award winners on page 4 to 7.

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■ 29 June 2012: First registration deadline ■ 19 September 2012: Last registration deadline ■ 1 August until 1 October 2012: Entry shipment

JURY

■ Jury session: November 2012 ■ Jury decision: by end of November 2012 Terms of payment You may cancel your registration free of Bank details All prices are per award-winning entry charge within 14 days from the date of Norddeutsche Landesbank Hannover and are binding for each such entry. Prices registration by sending a written cancella- Georgsplatz 1 SERVICES FOR AWARD WINNERS do not include VAT, which may have to be tion notice to: [email protected]. 30159 Hannover, Germany added, depending on the nature of the ■ 22 February 2013: iF design awards night service and the country where the service Payee ■ 22 February 2013: Update iF online exhibition and iF ranking recipient has his registered offi ce. We will iF International Forum Design GmbH ■ March 2013: Publication date for the iF design yearbooks 2013 send you the invoice via surface mail. Account no.: 0101 453 769 ■ 05 to 09 March 2013: iF design exhibition in Hannover (parallel to CeBIT) Payment can be made by bank transfer, by BLZ: 250 500 00 ■ 24 February 2013: iF design exhibition in Hamburg cheque or by credit card. IBAN: DE26250500000101453769 ■ 24 February 2013: iF design exhibition in Haikou / Hainan Island SWIFT-Code no.: NOLA DE 2 H Zumtobel Lighting GmbH Please note: In all other cases, our General Terms and Conditions apply. http://www.ifdesign.de/agbs_e Registration 14 Contact 15

YOUR CONTACT FOR THE iF PRODUCT DESIGN AWARD 2013 USE MY iF TO REGISTER FOR THIS AWARD. THE LINK TO MY iF Frank Zierenberg IS AVAILABLE ON ALL PAGES ON OUR WEBSITE, LOCATED IN phone +49.511.54224216 [email protected]

THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER BELOW THE MY IF DICE. Rylana Büter phone +49.511.54224206 [email protected]

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Step 1: Online Registration Step 2: Shipping your entry For online registration, we need the following data and information from you: After successful registration, you will APPROACHABLE receive an invitation to present your ■ Entry data (name and type) original entries to the jury. ■ Product information: short description of your entry in both German and English (max. 650 characters incl. spaces). You will fi nd more information on FOR THE iF COMMUNICATION DESIGN AWARD 2013 ■ Two photos for each entry. entry requirements and shipping of ■ Participant’s address, manufacturer’s address, ’s address, invoicing address. entries on page 10. Anja Kirschning Come, talk to me: the iF communication design award Please note that the invoicing address cannot be changed once it has been registered. phone +49.511.54224213 Communication design can be exciting, informative or deliberately puzzling. It can be You can only submit one invoicing address for your account. [email protected] formal or informal. But it’s always a personal matter – and this, too, is refl ected in the iF communication design award. Carmen Wille After you have successfully registered an entry, you will receive a confi rmation email from phone +49.511.54224214 us, including your entry ID. Please use this entry ID in all communications. [email protected]

We will send you an invoice for your registration fees via surface mail. You may cancel your registration free of charge within 14 days from the date of registration by sending a written cancellation notice to: [email protected]. FOR THE iF PACKAGING DESIGN AWARD 2013

Sabine Böhmer Good things come in good packaging: the iF packaging design award phone +49.511.54224205 Which products stand out on the supermarket shelves? What appeals to us? [email protected] What do we want to handle or buy? The iF packaging design award not only focuses on the appearance and functionality of packaging, it also asks for cost effi ciency and ecological sustainability. www.ifdesign.de | iF | Bahnhofstrasse 8 | 30159 Hannover | Germany | phone +49.511.54224-0 Hannover | Munich | Taipei | Hamburg