Porada International Design Award 2023

Porada International Design Award 2023 are running an international ideas contest to come up with new, innovative mirror designs (this includes table mirrors, wall mirrors, structures, and furnishing accessories that feature a reflective surface). Solid wood should be the primary component (though not exclusive) of the designs, as well as conveying Porada’s values and identity. The use of natural wood, preferably those employed by the company, or lacquered, can be combined with metal, glass, and other materials.

All submissions must be originally developed for the competition and be unpublished, and should enhance the use of production technologies, woodworking processes, and typical wooden finishing. Safety standards, ergonomic factors, environmental concerns, and sustainability must also be taken into account and followed. Each participant (or group) can submit only one project. The projects will be assessed and evaluated regarding their originality, inspired innovation and research of new design solutions related to the typical processing of solid wood, experimenting with materials, surface finishings, anticipating their potential scenario of use, and exploring innovative concepts on wood furniture and contemporary furnishing accessories.

Submission requirements for Porada International Design Award 2023

Each participant must submit a brief text-only report without images, describing the motivations, and the general concept. Additionally, the characteristics of the project, and the materials envisaged. The PDF file of the report must be contained in a vertical ISO-A4 format sheet (21 x 29.7 cm) and must be named ‘relazione_codice’, with the header containing only the alphanumeric code indicated in art. 2 and the project name/title, if any.

Additionally, graphics are needed consisting of 3 horizontal ISO-A3 tables (42 x 29.7 cm) in PDF format, composed using the layout of the table which can be downloaded from the website http://www.porada-design-award.polidesign.net, containing:

Board 1: an overview, reference scenarios and modes of use, mood board, general concept of the object in the context of use and sources of inspiration
Board 2: technical drawings including plans, elevations, sections, axonometric views, exploded views, dimensioned construction drawings at appropriate scales. Moreover, details of details and choice of materials considered significant
Board 3: representation of the object, rendering, photos of the model. The presentation boards should be combined into a single PDF file named ‘tavole_codice’ (maximum file size 5 Mb). Finally, a preview image of the project, summarizing the salient features is required.

Eligibility

Competitors of both the Professional (P) and Student (S) categories, both foreign and Italian, may partake in the competition. Group entries are also allowed. Professionals may partake in the competition if they have the authorization of their employer. Furthermore, Students can join if they are currently enrolled program, recently graduated, or are secondary school students.