Inside2013: Competition Winners Announced

August 20th, 2013
On behalf of the competition organizers, collaborators and supporters, the Morpholio Project is proud to congratulate the Inside 2013 Winners. "There's a wealth of talent brimming from the young designers, especially with respect to creative structures for communities." said Diana Budds, Associate Editor of Dwell Magazine. "The submissions take into consideration our increased use of technology, as well as more humble applications, from social to architectural levels, and contribute ideas which are not so far off from being realized in the future." said Birgit Lohmann, Editor-in-Chief of designboom.

Inside 2013 was assembled as a means to publicly promote the research, exploration and investigation currently happening amongst today's emerging talent. "The finalists are clearly a group of designers with the depth of understanding, respect and sensitivity to not just provide a project or product solution, but to assess a client's or user's significant requirements." said Cheryl Durst CEO and Executive Vice President of the IIDA. Gregory Han, Tech Editor of apartment therapy called it "an inspiring and imaginative detour from my work as an editor, normally reviewing "finished" products/designs, with each finalist investigating material and structure in ways which reminded me it's as important to remember "what can be" as much as "what already is". All of the submissions exemplified outstanding work and the competition organizers are grateful for the enormous amount of entrants who were bold enough to confront the world with their voice. "Students make the most wonderfully reckless designers because middle managers have yet to crush their creativity." said Mark Wilson of Fast Company Design.

Inside 2013 would also like to give a special thanks to the IIDA, AIAS, AIGA, DBA, Bustler, Archinect, designboom, Dwell magazine, apartment therapy, Wired, Inhabitat, TEDx , Decor 8 and the incredible jury who supported the work. This year's jury included Cheryl Durst of the IIDA, Tim Maly of Wired Magazine, Diana Budds of Dwell Magazine, Jill Fehrenbacher of Inhabitat, Mark Wilson of Fast Company Design, Connie Frances Avila of TEDx, Gregory Han of Apartment Therapy, and Birgit Lohmann of designboom. To view the Winners, Honor Awards and Honorable Mentions, please visit "Pinup" on the competition app: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/morpholio/id484413042?ls=1&mt=8

Emerging Talent: Young Professionals Category

Jury Winner

Hive City
Elevator B: An Urban Bee Habitat

EyeTime Winner

Based on crowdsourced data


Seda Zirek
Kitchen of Elements

Jury Honor Awards

Jury Honorable Mentions

Morpholio Special Recognition

Future Voices: Students Category

Jury Winner

EyeTime Winner

Based on crowdsourced data

Jury Honor Awards

Jury Honorable Mentions

Jury Quotes

"The exploratory nature of the Inside 2013 submissions were an inspiring and imaginative detour from my work as an editor normally reviewing "finished" products/designs, with each finalist investigating material and structure in ways which reminded me it's as important to remember "what can be" as much as "what already is"."

- Gregory Han, Tech Editor of apartment therapy

"There's a wealth of talent brimming from the young designers, especially with respect to creative structures for communities-the hostel and convent, for example-and projects that foster environmental awareness, like the urban beehive and the mixed-use seed library and public garden.

-Diana Budds, Associate Editor of Dwell Magazine"

"Students make the most wonderfully reckless designers because middle managers have yet to crush their creativity."

-Mark Wilson of Fast Company Design

"The finalists in both Emerging Voices and Future Talents are clearly a group of designers with a depth of understanding, respect and sensitivity to not just providing a project or product solution, but to assess a client's or user's significant requirements."

-Cheryl Durst, CEO and Executive Vice President of the IIDA

"The inside2013 competition has delivered a number of insightful projects. regardless of the diversity of scale, form and intention behind them, each of the shortlisted works touches on relevant issues related to the development of our society-- notably our digital and consumer culture."

-Birgit Lohmann, Editor-in-Chief of designboom

"It was a honor to be a part of the group of design and thoughtleaders jurying this competition and to be on the "front-lines" to see and assess the finalists in Emerging Voices and Future Talents, who represented a truly comprehensive and exceptional global range of talent, that can most assuredly be called the "future of design"."

-Cheryl Durst CEO and Executive Vice President of the IIDA

"The submissions take into consideration our increased use of technology, as well as more humble applications, from social to architectural levels, and contribute ideas which are not so far off from being realized in the future."

-Birgit Lohmann, Editor-in-Chief of designboom

About the Competition App

The Inside 2013 Team would like to give a special thanks to the Morpholio Project for the technology and support that allowed this competition to happen. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/morpholio/id484413042?ls=1&mt=8

Call for Submissions

Inside 2013 invites students and young professionals to submit a collection of their "inside" work comprised of up to three digital images. By submitting your work, we invite you to share your voice with the collective intelligence of a community of visual thinkers. The Competition is open to all design disciplines including architects, interior designers, furniture designers, digital fabricators, graphic designers, lighting designers, product designers or any other creative field that creates for the inside. The competition is free to all entrants.

The proliferation of device culture, social networking, and cloud technology are changing the way we create, and connect on a daily basis. For design, this means that technology is not only transforming the process of production, but also the processes through which we share, critique, and organize ourselves around the work we do. The competition is first, and foremost an experiment in distributed intelligence. By leveraging the "wisdom of crowds" every entrant can see and understand how his or her work is experienced by others. It has been predicted that in 2020, there will be 50 billion mobile internet connections worldwide, the equivalent of seven devices per person. Thus, this competition is not simply about the existence of technology, but rather why and how we harness it as designers.

Inside2013 poses the following questions: What are the aspirations by which we evaluate design today? In an increasingly networked culture, what makes a project capable of cutting through the virtual noise, and starting a new conversation? How do evolving forms of media affect the way in which your message reaches its destination? What is your message?

The competition challenges you to confront the world with your work. By sending it out into the field you will test yourself and your projects. You are the designer, the curator and the critic.

Inside 2013 was assembled by designers, professors and students as a means to publically promote the research, exploration and investigation currently happening in academia and amongst today's emerging talent. The competition is supported by the AIAS, IIDA, ADC, AIGA and is hosted by The Morpholio Project. The guest jury includes participants from Designboom, Dwell magazine, Apartment Therapy, Wired magazine, Inhabitat, TEDx and Decor 8. We look forward to your participation and recognition.

Categories

Future Voices (students only)
Future Voices aims to discover upcoming design voices within academia. To be eligible, students must currently be under-graduate or post-graduate students at universities or tertiary institutions. (Tertiary institutions include: junior colleges, colleges of technology, and other relevant vocational schools.)

Emerging Talent (young professionals or enthusiasts)
Emerging Talent is oriented to all young professionals and upcoming firms. To be eligible, young professionals must be 40 years of age or under if submitting as an individual. If the work was completed by a firm or practice, then the firm must be 15 years old or younger.

Submissions

• Competition is open to all creative fields including but not limited to architecture, interior design, product design, graphic design, art, furniture design, lighting design, fashion, digital fabrication and technology.
• Submissions can be of anything designed for inside and should represent the thoughts, explorations and ideas of the applicant. Iniside 2013 encourages the following types of entries: interior architecture, interior public space, surfaces, furniture, interior graphics, furniture, interior products, renovations, conceptual space and digital fabrication.
• Submit three images per entry of the applicant's choice. The submitted images can be in any order.
• All international entries are welcomed.
• All submissions are digital and each entrant may submit a maximum of three entries.

Judging

Finalists:
A group of finalists will be selected by public viewing called "EyeTime" which captures and records the amount and type of viewing time an image receives. For every second an image or a collection is viewed by others the entrant will accumulate various types of Competition "EyeTme." In addition, the competition organizers will select a minimum of four additional finalists.

Please note:

1. Entrants are permitted and encouraged to Facebook, Tweet, email and post their entry to as many people as they want to help generate "EyeTime".
2. Finalists will be selected on a complex formula of special competition "EyeTime" data. Including but not limited to viewing, hits, zooms and more.
3. Self "EyeTime" will not count and excessive viewing time from a single source will be automatically flagged, limited and evaluated.
4. The EyeTime number you see reflects the full EyeTime for that image, it will NOT reflect the official competition EyeTime which takes into account select time periods as well as several other competition factors noted above.

Winners:
For each category there will be one winner selected by the guest Jury as well as one winner selected by public "EyeTime."

Guest Jury:
The guest Jury will select a Winner(s) from the finalists.

Cheryl Durst
International Interior Design Association
iida.org

Tim Maly
Wired Magazine
wired.com

Diana Budds
Dwell Magazine, Associate Editor
dwell.com

Jill Fehrenbacher
Inhabitat, Editor in Chief
inhabitat.com

Mark Wilson
Fast Company Design
fastcompany.com/

Connie Frances Avila
TEDx
tedxeast.com

Gregory Han
Apartment Therapy
apartmenttherapy.com

Holly Becker
Decor 8
decor8blog.com

Birgit Lohmann
Designboom, Editor in Chief
designboom.com

Schedule

June 30th 2013:
Collections may be submitted anytime between June 11th and June 30th.

August 1st 2013:
Finalists announced and Stage 02 "EyeTime" begins.

August 20th 2013:
Winners and Honorable Mentions announced.

Announcement of the Winners

A minimum of one "EyeTime Jury" winner and one "Guest Jury" winner will be selected in each category. All winning entrants will receive the title of Competition Winner(s) and will be announced publicly. Remaining finalists in each category will receive the title of Honorable Mention and will be included in all press releases.

Submission Procedures: iPad or iPhone Users

Step 1: Download the Competition App.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/morpholio/id484413042?ls=1&mt=8
Register by simply creating a new account or login in to your existing account. By creating an account and agreeing to the terms and conditions the entrant will be registered.

Step 2: Add a collection
Create a collection of up to any three digital images of the entrant's choice. Images must be jpg files less than 5mb.

Step 3: Add Entry Title and Subtitle
(Remember to press unlock to change text)
Title= Change "Untitled" to any name you choose for your entry. (Example: "Walls")
Subtitle=Change "Created on …" to say "Inside2013:FV" for Future Voices (students entries) or "Inside2013:ET" for Emerging Talent (Young Professionals entries.)
Example naming:
Walls
inside2013:ET
Please note that the project title and your name will be searchable in Pinup and MUST be correct.

Step 4: Pinup
Lock the collection and press the globe. If the globe is on your project is submitted and should be searchable in Pinup.

Submission Procedures: Non iPhone or iPad Users

Step 1: Sign Up
Create an account here http://www.mymorpholio.com/site.php/login/signup

Step 2: Upload
Press "Upload" to load images to the server. You might need to load one at a time.

Step 3: Borrow any iPad or iPhone for 20 minutes and say "Thank You."
Make sure the device has the competition app found here http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/morpholio/id484413042?ls=1&mt=8

Step 4: Login
Login to your account or press the switch user button to switch accounts. Proceed to Step 2 in the iPad or iPhone users submission procedures above. Note when adding your images they will appear in the "Add from MyMorpholio" tab.

Tips

1. NEWS: For immediate competition news, posts and updates please like Morpholio on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/morpholio) or visit this competition page and look for "updates".
2. Changes: You may change your collection images or image order at any time during the competition period by hitting unlock in the collection. After you make your changes press lock. Please note images you delete will lose accumulated EyeTime for that specific image.
3. Social Media: All entrants are permitted and encouraged to post, Facebook, Tweet, and email their entry to as many people as they want to help generate "EyeTime."

Regulations

1. Entrants maintain full copyright to their work and grant no usage to the Competition Organizers other than those granted herein. "Competition Organizers" as used herein refers to all competition collaborators, supporters, contributors, sponsors and organizational teams.
2. There is no registration fee.
3. The official language of the competition is English; however text within images may be submitted in any language.
4. This will be a digital competition and no hardcopies will be accepted. Images are permitted to be digitally manipulated or altered and must be jpg files less than 5mb.
5. If the competition exceeds 500 entrants, then only one collection per entrant will be selected as a competition finalist or the number of finalists will be adjusted. In this case should any entrant have more than one collection in the list of finalists the Competition Organizers will automatically select the collection with the most competition EyeTime as a finalist.
6. For purposes of announcing the winners, finalists and/or the competition, the Competition Organizers reserve the right to reproduce, distribute, in part or in whole, any images or text included in the submission material. Entrant agrees that their work may be exhibited or shown during competition sponsored events, as well as on the competition sponsored website and competition sponsored promotional materials, allowing for the entrant to retain control over the licensing of their work. Entrant agrees that the Competition Organizers may reproduce and may allow reproduction of selected images in competition approved publications. Credit will be given to the entrant for any image(s) used. It also acknowledges the right to use winners and finalists in any and all forms of print, electronic and digital media, related to The Competition.
7. The competition organizers and collaborators, reserve the right to modify the competition schedule, terms, regulations and requirements at any time if deemed necessary. Competition organizers also reserve the right to disqualify any entrant or winner not providing the required information. Entrants will be disqualified if any of the competition rules, terms or regulations are not considered.
8. The competition organizers reserve the right to prohibit an entry if it is deemed inappropriate as well as the final number of included works. Jury reserves the rights to select additional winners if deemed necessary by the jury or Competition Organizers.
9. Entrant represents, agrees and warrants that they have obtained all releases from any persons and/or property owners requiring such, featured in their submission allowing publication in any and all media forms.
10. Entrant represents, agrees and warrants that the whole copyright and any other form of intellectual property right in the work is vested in them.
11. Entrant represents, agrees and warrants to the Competition Organizers that they own and have created all elements of the work submitted and that nothing within any work has been added or copied from another person's work.
12. Entrant represents, agrees and warrants that they have not in any way assigned, licensed, disposed of, or otherwise encumbered any of their rights which allow them to deal freely with the work and the copyright therein.
13. Entrant represents, agrees, warrants and acknowledges that by entering this competition each entrant may be contacted by the Competition Organizers for competition updates, related information or general marketing purposes.
14. Entrant represents, agrees, warrants and acknowledges that the Competition Organizers rely fully upon the warranties and license given by entrants when submitting their work for consideration. Entrants indemnify and hold the Competition Organizers harmless from any and all claims, actions, proceedings, costs and expenses arising as a result of any allegation that the relevant entrant did not own or is not wholly entitled and authorized to allow publication and reproduction of the work by the Competition Organizers.
15. Submission of an entry to the competition automatically constitutes the entrant's acceptance of all conditions set forth in these regulations as well as the guidelines and terms of service. See terms for complete list of regulations. Should any other regulations, rules or terms be in conflict then these regulations set forth herein will supersede all other versions.
16. Entrants must be at least 18 years of age.

Contact

Questions may be submitted up to June 30th 2013 by emailing the competition organizer at InsideCompetition@gmail.com. All Frequently Asked Questions will be posted here and no questions can be answered after this date.

The Inside 2013 Competition would like to give special thanks to the following organizations for their support and their promotion of young talent in all creative fields.



Inside 2013 would also like also to give special thanks to our friends and collaborators: