Any cit­i­zen and res­i­dent from a Devel­op­ing Coun­try, 13 years of age or older can apply. The com­pe­ti­tion is addressed to archi­tects, artists, design­ers, engi­neers, thinkers and curi­ous minds from the so called devel­op­ing world with any num­ber of years or months of prac­tice (stu­dent sub­mis­sions are wel­come!). The $1,000 prize is intended to sup­port design­ers whose entries reflect sys­tems think­ing, sus­tain­abil­ity, acces­si­bil­ity, mate­ri­als explo­ration, tech­nol­ogy, and cul­tural rel­e­vance. Humor­ous and ironic designs are encour­aged hav­ing in mind that they have to pro­vide solu­tions nonetheless.

Max­i­mum Num­ber of Submissions

Each indi­vid­ual or team can sub­mit up to five (5) design solutions.

Orig­i­nal Work

By sub­mit­ting an entry, whether as a pro­posal or a work­ing design, the entrant war­rants that it is his/her orig­i­nal work and that they have per­mis­sion to pub­lish the material.

Sub­mis­sion Process

Projects must be sub­mit­ted via the online sub­mis­sion form.  By click­ing the sub­mit but­ton appli­ca­tions are final­ized and can­not be altered at a later time.

The online appli­ca­tion allows appli­cants to upload sup­port­ing mate­ri­als. If an attached file is cor­rupt, we will con­tact the appli­cant for a replace­ment file. In this case replace­ment files must be received no later than July 1^st, 2010, at 11:59 p.m. EST.

Judg­ing

Judges from a broad range of design dis­ci­plines will choose the win­ner and up to fif­teen (15) hon­orary men­tions dur­ing the month of June 2010. The win­ner and runners-up will be noti­fied by tele­phone or email. Judges’ deci­sions are final.

Win­ners and final­ists’ Obligations

The win­ner must sign a copy of his/her appli­ca­tion assign­ing the rights to Dx1W to use the design on its Web site, in a printed pub­li­ca­tion, in art exhi­bi­tions and in adver­tise­ments and pub­lic­ity, and license oth­ers to do so. We encour­age par­tic­i­pants to license their works under a cre­ative com­mons license.

The win­ner will be asked for and must present pub­li­ca­tion qual­ity images of the win­ning project, defined as 300 dpi at 10” x 12”. The win­ner must pro­vide a publication-quality headshot. The win­ner will be asked to pro­vide image cred­its as necessary.

The win­ner may be asked to present the progress or out­come of his/her project at the announce­ment cer­e­monies for the 2010 Dx1W Com­pe­ti­tion, or in other pub­lic discussions.