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1. General information about the competition
Fritz Becker KG is one of the world's leading moulded-wood manufacturers. Our customers mainly operate
in the furniture industry.
As part of its 75th anniversary celebration, Fritz Becker KG is holding the BeckerContest 2011.
It aims to promote and encourage young designers around the world.

2. The competition's aims and the benefits for the organiser
We would like to give young designers the opportunity to present their ideas for moulded wood in an
international competition.
Ten award-winning prototypes will be presented to international professionals at the 2011 Interzum
exhibition in Cologne. All submissions will be recorded in a publication. The participants will retain
the rights to their ideas. Ultimately, we would like manufacturers to add the designs to their product ranges.

3. Eligibility
All students at educational institutions for design and young designers (within two years of beginning
work, so finished school in 2008) can participate in the international competition.

4. Costs of participation
Young designers may participate in the competition and publication of the record free of charge.

5. Participation requirements
Only ideas that include moulded wood in their designs may be submitted to the competition.

Combinations with other materials are also permitted.
You can submit stand-alone pieces, project or thesis work.
Each participant can only submit one piece.

The following documents must accompany each participant's submission:

The completed submission form can be filled online and printed out.
A maximum of four informative and concise, titled pictures of the design (photographs,
or black-and-white or colour images in a maximum format of DIN A4) and/or a model in 1:5 scale
or smaller.
A brief, printed description of the submission in German or English with a maximum length
of 1,000 characters.
A written declaration that the person submitting the piece is indeed its creator, that the piece
is indemnifi ed from all third-party claims and that Fritz Becker KG has been granted indemnification
in the event of claims from third parties.
A Windows-compatible, executable CD-ROM containing a maximum of four digital images of the
submission (at least 3,500 × 2,500 pixels and in TIFF format) and the brief description as a
Word or TXT file. These images and brief descriptions will be used for publication in the competition
record. In addition, you can include a good-quality video of up to two minutes in length on the
CD-ROM (AVI or QuickTime MOV format, with a resolution of at least 640 × 480 pixels).

To uniquely identify the documents, participants are required to include their name and address on each
one, placing them in the upper right on the back and on the CD-ROM. On the model, the name and

address must be visible from below. Participants should pack their submissions carefully and professionally.

Please send the competition documents to:
BeckerContest
Fritz Becker KG
Am Königsfeld 15
33034 Brakel
Germany

Participants are responsible for transportation insurance.

6. General technical conditions
For information on the general technical conditions, see www.becker-kg.de.

7. Deadlines and dates
The competition documents must be submitted to Fritz Becker KG by 31st January 2011 (submission deadline).
The jury will convene on 7th and 8th February 2011. The award ceremony is on 24th May 2011 in Cologne.
The ten winners' prototypes will be exhibited at the Becker stand during the Interzum trade fair in Cologne
from 25th to 28th May 2011.

8. Jury
The international jury consists of the following people:

Dr Marc Brunner, Germany
Barbara Friedrich, Germany
Alfredo Häberli, Switzerland
Dr Sabine Thümmler, Germany
Willem van Ast, Netherlands
Professor Dieter Zimmer, Germany
Dr Ralf Becker, Germany

Technical experts:

Günter Schwarz, interior designer
Joachim Schelper, Fritz Becker KG

9. Evaluation criteria
The idea must be new and will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

Innovation
Function
Product aesthetics
Design concept
Industrial manufacturability
Interdisciplinary approach
Economic viability
Visualisation
Presentation
Sustainability
Ergonomics
Suitability of the material
Realisation quality of the optionally submitted model

10. Awards ceremony
The awards ceremony will take place on 24th May 2011 as part of a gala event.

11. Awards
1st prize: 10,000 EUR and production of the prototype
2nd prize: 5,000 EUR and production of the prototype
3rd prize: 3,000 EUR and production of the prototype
4th-10th prize: 1:1-scale prototype

The jury reserves the right to distribute the overall prize sum differently.

All ten prototypes will be presented at the Becker stand during the Interzum trade fair

from 25th to 28th May 2011.

12. Rights of use
Participants retain the rights to their designs. The ten prototypes will be made available to the designers

after the exhibition. They will become the property of the respective designer. By submitting their
pieces, the participants agree to their publication. The competition submissions will be recorded in a

publication that will additionally be available in PDF format on the Fritz Becker KG website.
Competition participants hold sole responsibility for the protection of their own designs.
Fritz Becker KG hereby recognises that the participants retain the copyright for their submissions.

During the competition, the submissions will not be brought to the attention of any third parties.

13. Returning submissions
The submitted documents will not be sent back. The documents can be picked up in Brakel, Germany,
if required, until 30th June 2011.
After that date they will no longer be archived.

14. Benefits for all participants

Targeted international media relations
Publication of the submission in a record and distribution to companies around the world
Publication on www.becker-kg.de

In addition, for the winners:

Prize money
1:1-scale prototypes
Display at Interzum 2011 in Cologne