Eligibility
The call for submissions is open to all individuals, teams and firms with the following exceptions and qualifications:
Work submitted for consideration cannot have been published previously. Work self-published in a portfolio of work or individual website is acceptable. Work published in periodicals, books or journals (with the exception of university anthologies or year-end compendia) is not eligible. One entry per registration will be accepted. The deadline for entries is 5 June 2006 at 11:59pm, EST.
At least one member of a team must be a student or recent graduate (since 1995) in a college or university design degree program. A design degree is intended to include architecture and related disciplines. For the purposes of this competition, a BFA or a PhD in art or architectural history is understood to be a related discipline.
Registration
Registration is free. Entrants can only register and submit entries on-line
(at www.1000postcards.org).
Submission Requirements
Submissions should provide the curators with a clear understanding of the
author's design concept. All entrants are required to submit their project
as a 1800 x 1275 pixel jpeg in CMYK format. This is equivalent to a 6" x 4.25" (15.24 x 10.8cm) image at 300dpi. Please orient the 6" side
horizontally. The outer 1/8th inch of the image will treated as bleed area, and will be removed during printing. The image must be a single image without frames. The
sponsors will review all entries for compliance with the submission
requirements and will determine whether images may be presented to the
curators. The curators will not review any material that does not fit the
submission requirements.
Every entry regardless of concept or strategy must by accompanied by the
following requirements:
--A title of not more than seven (7) words
--A brief description of the project intent of not more than fifty (50)
words
The title and statement do not necessarily have to be included on the
postcard image.
Rights
Public Exhibition and Copyright:
The Architectural
League and TurKi plan to exhibit selected images on the worldwide web,
publish them as postcards, publish them in a catalogue, and exhibit them.
Entrants will be notified of any public exhibitions of their work through
correspondence with the registered contact. By submitting images, entrants
grant The Architectural League and TurKi (Hunter Tura and Jeannie Kim)
unrestricted license to exercise the participants' rights regarding their design submissions including, but not limited to, reproduction, preparation of derivative works and distribution of copies of the design submission, and the right to authorize such use by others.
Waiver:
In participating in this process, entrants agree to confer any
ownership of the rights to images and/or text to The Architectural League of
New York. In return, The Architectural League and TurKi agree to make every
effort to inform all entrants of any subsequent publication and
dissemination of their work.
Announcement, Displays and Publication of Results:
Entrants will be credited
on all online and print material that will be published by the organizers of
the exhibition. Sponsored by The Architectural League of New York. Curated
by TurKi (Hunter Ford Tura and Jeannie Kim).
Selected projects will be announced on 19 June 2006. All entrants will be
notified electronically. Any questions regarding the process should be
addressed to info@1000postcards.org.
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