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Participate
Following registration, participants are required to submit some materials by uploading them in the dedicated area of the AWDA website following the indications and within the set deadlines. All participants must clearly state the category in which they wish to participate.
For each project submitted, each designer shall send a .pdf file that shall:
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have a maximum of ten pages, in which the project is described by means of text and images (in the way and through the tools the author considers most suitable, as long as they clearly convey: the project’s rationale, the nature of the process, the complexity and structure of the work);
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include sketches and/or executive drawings, photographs;
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include text (in Italian and English) not exceeding 1000 characters per page.
Please follow the format guidelines provided at the bottom of the present call.
The materials to submit are:
01. Professionals Category
A maximum of three projects, one of which may be a self-production; a short biography; a portfolio; a portrait of the designer and all useful contacts (website, email address, phone no.). Each project must be illustrated in a single pdf document, A3 format, for a maximum of 10 pages (the pdf must not be heavier than 8 MB).
Projects’ specifications and credits
Each project must report full credits as follows: project title, client, art director if relevant, senior/junior graphic designer if relevant, any other collaborations if relevant, photography, copywriting, printing, paper, country of production, year/years. The projects submitted must have been realised from 2012 onwards. All the texts must be in Italian and in English. Freelancers and designers employed in design firms/agencies must submit a self-declaration, stamped and signed by the studio or firm, certifying the intellectual property of the design submitted.
02. Research and Training Category
A maximum of three documented research projects: a short biography, a portfolio, a portrait of the designer and all useful contacts (website, email address, phone no.). Each project must be illustrated in a single pdf document, A3 format, for a maximum of 10 pages (the pdf must not be heavier than 8 MB).
Projects’ specifications and credits
Each project must report full credits as follows: title of the research project, year (if it is an unpublished project/volume); title of the volume, publisher, place, year (if it is a published project/volume); title of the chapter authored by the entrant, publisher, place, year (if it is an edited volume). The projects submitted must have been realised from 2012 onwards. All the texts must be in Italian and in English.
03. Students Category
A maximum of three study projects including a degree thesis, exam, workshop results; a short biography, a portfolio, a portrait of the designer and all useful contacts (website, email address, phone no.). Each project must be illustrated in a single pdf document, A3 format, for a maximum of 10 pages (the pdf must not be heavier than 8 MB).
Projects’ specifications and credits
Title of the project or thesis, university or institution of affiliation, name of the tutor (and co-tutor if relevant), place, year; name of the workshop leader designer in the case of participation in workshops, setting/event in whose framework the workshop took place, place, year. The projects submitted must have been realised from 2012 onwards. All the texts must be in Italian and in English.
How to submit
The materials to be submitted for the third edition of AWDA 2017 must be uploaded through the website www.aiap-awda.com, filling all the information required and going through the various steps needed for participation, following registration. The uploaded materials can be integrated or replaced by others until the closing date of the call. The submissions and online presentations will be forwarded to the jury, who will shortlist a group of participants for publication in the AWDA 2017 volume and will later choose, among these, the winner of the Aiap Women in Design Award 2017 as well as the mentions. The Aiap secretariat will contact the shortlisted designers, who may be required to send the original materials and those needed for the publication of their projects.
Exclusion
A design will be excluded from participation in the contest:
a) if it is uploaded after 24:00 (midnight) on the deadline set in the call;
b) if it does not meet the requirements of the call.
Use of the materials submitted
All the materials submitted are meant to be available for publication. Aiap may use them, entirely or in part, during the selection process, and reproduce them, entirely or in part, in publications by Aiap Edizioni, on Aiap's websites and related online tools, in press releases concerning the events related to the publication of books and to any exhibitions related to the AWDA award, always indicating the project’s and the designer’s name, client and year. The designers submitting their works agree that all the materials (texts and images) may be freely adjusted according to the communication needs of the various tools used, relieving Aiap from any responsibility concerning the violation of third parties’ rights. All participants will therefore be asked to sign a waiver.
Protection
Aiap is responsible for the safety of all the projects and works received and for the confidentiality of the information. Aiap guarantees that the upload area is private and only accessible to the jury members.
Information
All information are available on AWDA's website. Requests for clarification may be submitted to help@aiap-awda.com
