All entries of the “Open Group Competition” must be in accordance with the theme and the scope of this competition. They must be originals that haven’t yet been published in any newspapers, periodicals, magazines, on websites and other media. The contestants have to ensure that it is the first time their designs appear in competitions, and that the full intellectual property rights of their works are completely owned by them without infringing any previous intellectual property rights. If any case of infringement is found in the qualified or award-winning works, the Organizing Committee has the right to cancel the contestants’ qualification and awards, and take back the bonuses, trophies, and certificates. The Organizing Committee will also issue a notification explaining the case.
The intellectual property shall remain the property of the competitor. For all the winning entries in the “Open group Competition”, the payment of prize money does give the organiser does an option to use the prize-winning design (eg. for publication in a book or for an exhibition) for one year from the day the jury has agreed on the competition winners. The Organizing Committee will not alter, or amend in any way the work of the work submitted, without the written agreement of the designer. The prize money does not include remuneration for the use of designer’s copyright. Organiser is not involved in the process of design development. Supporting Corporations of each category enjoy preferential right to negotiate with designers to produce or carry out their prize-winning designs. The corporations should negotiate with the designer for use of their design after the competition. If corporations are interested in designs that do not win any prize, they can negotiate directly with the contestants after the competition. The design development fees are a separate budget consideration to be negotiated with the designer. The negotiation period is 180 days after the Award Ceremony. The reproduction rights are subject to payment of a fee or royalty to be negotiated with the individual designer or design team. The competitor must be present or consulted in any discussion, by any group, of ideas or development based on the entrant’s design submitted.
After the results of the competition have been announced, if prize-winning or other designs are to be produced or otherwise carried out, the responsible competitor will be commissioned to develop the design to the requisite stage. If the successful competitor does not have the necessary experience or facilities available for the successful completion or production, or is unable to undertake such work within a reasonable period after the result of the competition has been announced, then a consultant or design organisation may be recommended by the jury to collaborate with the competitor.
All entrants of awards whether or not they win a prize retain the copyright of their designs. It is the responsibility of the competitor to protect his design intellectual property if he/she chooses, as it may be placed in the public domain, before its submission to the promoters. The public domain refers to Exhibition and LotusPrize Book.
Organiser has no right of possession or sale, no right of reproduction without prior written authorization, no right to alter the work without prior written authorization.
Open Group Competition 1. Design concepts should be submitted in A3 (420mm×297mm) sized JPEG format posters in horizontal composition with resolution of 150dpi. The number of posters for each works should not exceed 3 pages. The content should include theme, rendering of the product, necessary structure details, products sizes, and descriptions in both Chinese and English texts. Finalists are required to submit documents of higher resolution, prototypes and video presentations. The Organizing Committee will offer subsidies to contestants if necessary.
2. Individuals and teams with no more than six members are allowed to participate in the “Open Group competition”.
3. Students are assessed together with professional designers according to the criterions of each category without preferential treatment. The submission of students’ works should get the allowance from the corresponding schools first of all.
4. In order to ensure the impartiality of “LotusPrize”, the names and companies/schools of the contestants, and other individual information such as icons and figures must not appear on the posters. The entries will be numbered by the Organizing Committee according to their time-of-arrival, and be presented to jurors for preliminary assessment.
5. Participants can submit a written application to the Organizing Committee requiring retrieving their entries before second assessment starts. Pay attention that, except real models, the Organizing Committee will not return manuscripts, please reserve copies in advance. If you want to take back models after the exhibition, please indicate this when you register on the website. The Organizing Committee will not cover logistic expenses.
6. The jury panel is allowed at its discretion to withhold the awards or prizes or divide the total prize money in other proportions.
7. The Organizing Committee will seek written agreement from each entrant during the entry process for the details of books and exhibition. We will public LotusPrize Book in April, 2013. The book contains the prize-winning designs, and will be printed 1500 copies. And each winner will get a free copy. Itinerant Exhibition of Award-Winning Works is planned to be hold during January, 2013 to April, 2013. Since we are a nonprofit organization, we will not provide extra payment to competitors. The purpose of book and exhibition is to promote these excellent designers and their brilliant concepts, and take this opportunity to broadcast LotusPrize.
Enterprise Group Award 1. Design concepts should be submitted in A3 (420mm×297mm) sized JPEG format posters in horizontal composition with resolution of 150dpi. The number of posters for each works should not exceed 3 pages. The content should include theme, rendering of the product, necessary structure details, products sizes, and descriptions in both Chinese and English texts. Finalists are required to submit documents of higher resolution, prototypes and video presentations. The Organizing Committee will offer subsidies to contestants if necessary.
2. The “Enterprise Group” contestants are required to provide, apart from those documents mentioned above, real objects not more than 1.5 m3. For those whose sizes exceed 1.5 m3, models or videos displaying the usage of the products and their features are required. The file format of the video should be avi or mpg, burned on a CD. The contestants are also required to provide 3-5 photos (A4 sized, presenting overall and detailed characteristics), descriptions in both Chinese and English texts, patent licenses or corresponding intellectual property rights and legally binding documents (if any), and the documents that prove the designs have already been produced.
3. There is no limitation on the number of team members for the “Enterprise Group Award”.
4. For “Enterprise Group Awards”, the name and address of the participant must be shown on submissions.
5. Participants can submit a written application to the Organizing Committee requiring retrieving their entries before second assessment starts. Pay attention that, except real models, the Organizing Committee will not return manuscripts, please reserve copies in advance. If you want to take back models after the exhibition, please indicate this when you register on the website. The Organizing Committee will not cover logistic expenses.
6. The jury panel is allowed at its discretion to withhold the awards or prizes or divide the total prize money in other proportions.
7. The Organizing Committee will seek written agreement from each entrant during the entry process for the details of books and exhibition. We will public LotusPrize Book in April, 2013. The book contains the prize-winning designs, and will be printed 1500 copies. And each winner will get a free copy. Itinerant Exhibition of Award-Winning Works is planned to be hold during January, 2013 to April, 2013. Since we are a nonprofit organization, we will not provide extra payment to competitors. The purpose of book and exhibition is to promote these excellent designers and their brilliant concepts, and take this opportunity to broadcast LotusPrize.