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Inventables组织了首届学生设计竞赛。注册后会得到竞赛所需的材料和技术资料，针对在校生或2005年后毕业的学生。
关于竞赛的主题＆要求：
Observe.
At Inventables we believe design
should start by identifying unmet user needs. It is important to consider not
only how products are used, but also the context in which they are used. To best
understand this go out into the field and observe. Take notes and pictures to
document your findings.
Learn.
Entry to the competition gives you ONLINE
access to 20 of our materials. Review all the materials and technologies
provided by Inventables. The idea here is to stock your subconscious with new
possibilities. Inventables researches technologies with unexpected properties.
This makes it good for both direct applications as well as inspiration for fresh
ideas.
Brainstorm.
Starting with a well crafted problem statement
brainstorm solutions to the unmet user need you identified. Use the Inventables
research as stimulus for the brainstorm. Solutions can use materials and
technologies outside of the ones provided by Inventables however the final
solution must incorporate or be inspired by one of the Inventables technologies.
Submit.
On no more than two 8.5"x11" PDF pages(with web friendly low-res
images), take your best idea and tell us the story. Email the entry with an
image and thumbnail image in jpg format to contest at inventables dotcom. (If
you win you will be contacted for the hi-res versions)
竞赛细则：
Eligibility:
Participants must be currently
enrolled in an educational institution, or have graduated no earlier than 2005.
To Enter:
Entry fee is $15 per entry; participants can enter as many
times as they wish.
To Enter on online go to www.Inventables.com during the Contest
period and complete the online Official Entry Form by entering your email
address, full legal name, complete permanent mailing address with zip code,
day/evening phone numbers, date of birth, design school attending/ attended,
year of graduation, and credit card information (all fields required). Click on
the "Submit" button, and you will be registered, and given a password to access
IN DIGITAL FORMAT ONLY 25 materials in the Inventables web database. Inventables
will determine what these materials will be, and all participants will have
access to the same ones.
By mail: send a cover letter containing the words
Inventables Student Competition, your email address, full legal name, complete
permanent mailing address with zip code, day/evening phone numbers, date of
birth, design school attending/ attended, year of graduation, and mail your
cover letter along with a check for $15 made payable to Inventables. You will be
emailed a confirmation of enrollment, including a password to access 20
materials in the Inventables database. Inventables will determine what these
materials will be, and all participants will have access to the same ones. Your
design submission must be sent via email.
Entries must be original work, generated by the Participant, specifically for
the Inventables 2006 competition.
You may create your design using the
medium of your choice, however all entries should be submitted in pdf format -
screen resolution. The participants name must be included in the file name and
visible on each page of the pdf.
All email entries must be received by 11:59
pm EST, June 15th 2006.
Submitted images may contain people or objects not
designed by the participant, if they are necessary to support the submitted
concept, however they may not display proprietary logos, or trademarks. No stock
photography may be incorporated in submissions; all photography must be taken by
the participant.
Failure to comply with any of these rules will result in
disqualification.
Winner Selection:
A team of independent judges, at
Inventables Innovators Roundtable, from corporations such as Motorola, SC
Johnson, Sloan Valve, Creata Promotions, IDEO, and SRAM will review all entries
and will select the winners based on the following criteria weighted equally:
innovation, creativity and design sensibility.
Odds of winning any prize
depend on the number and caliber of valid entries received. By participating,
entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and by the decisions of the
independent judging organization, which are final and binding in all respects.
Each of the top winners will be required to execute an Affidavit of Eligibility,
a Liability Release, a Publicity Release (where legal) to be returned within 14
days of notification. Prize winners will be notified via email or telephone. In
the event of a non-compliance with any requirements herein or if Prize Winner
cannot be reached by email or telephone on or about June 15th 2006, an
alternative winner will be chosen who will be notified by email or telephone on
or about June 20th 2006. In the event the alternative Winner cannot be reached
by email or telephone, the selection will be forfeited.
Prizes:
First:
Cover and full-page feature of Inventables quarterly magazine. Plus a $500
scholarship.
Second&Third: Half-page spread in Inventables quarterly
magazine.
General Conditions:
Sponsor, nor any of their agencies are
responsible for any telephone, technical, network, electronic, computer,
hardware or software failures, malfunctions, or disconnects of any kind, or
misdirected, illegible, incomplete, stolen or garbled, fragmented, or delayed
Internet/email computer transmissions or network/ISP/website/or internet
accessibility; or for lost or late entry forms sent by mail.
Any attempt by
an entrant to deliberately damage the website or undermine the legitimate
operation of the contest is in violation of criminal and civil laws and should
such an attempt be made, sponsor reserves the right to seek remedies and damages
from any such entrant to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal
prosecution.
In the event of a dispute as to entries submitted by multiple
users having the same email account, the authorized subscriber of the email
account used to enter the contest at the actual time of entry will be deemed to
be the participant and must comply with these Official Rules.
If, for any
reason, the contest is not capable of running as planned by reason of infection
by computer virus, worms, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud,
technical failures, or any other causes which, in the sole opinion of Sponsor,
could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or
proper conduct of this contest, Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole
discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend this contest for any
drawing(s) and select the Prize Winners from entries received for that drawing
prior to the action taken.
Participants waive the right to assert as a cost
of winning any prize, any costs of redemption or travel to redeem said prize and
any liability which might arise from redeeming or seeking to redeem said prize.
Although schools may have differing policies, the intellectual property
rights of the resulting designs shall remain with the participating students and
faculty, who will share the rights. Should Inventables wish to acquire the
rights to produce or otherwise utilize a design beyond the immediate scope of
the competition or collaboration, those involved in the direct results of the
work shall come to an agreement in writing. This policy or any alternate
agreement needs to be established in advance, in writing, with the students,
school and Inventables. Inventables shall not be involved in any dispute and
shall be held harmless and free of any liability in any dispute regarding
intellectual property rights or compensation or payment for any competition or
program that it endorses.
This contest shall be governed by and interpreted
under the laws of Illinois without regard to its conflicts of law provisions.
All entrants to this contest agree that all disputes arising out of or relating
in any way to this contest shall be litigated only in courts sitting in Chicago,
Illinois.
Each entrant warrants and represents that the design/concept
submitted is their sole work and does not infringe on the rights of any third
party and has been licensed or entered into any previous competition.
Disclaimer
By submitting your entry, you agree that any or all of the
material may be published and utilized by Inventables LLC and any other party
authorized by Inventables LLC in connection with the awards. No material
submitted will be considered confidential. All decisions by the jury and/or
Inventables are final.
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