from the beginning, exceptional design has defined the brand so in honor of its 10th anniversary, 
TIVOLI AUDIO is inviting designers, illustrators, and photographers from around the world to participate 
in a special International competition celebrating the design, creativity and success of the audio company.

you are asked to prepare a poster to celebrate TIVOLI AUDIO's 10th anniversary,
using the medium of your choice: illustration, photography, painted, hand drawn or computer aided etc.
all entries need to include an image of the new 1 - TIVOLI AUDIO MODEL 10 radio, 
2 - the TIVOLI AUDIO LOGO and 3 - the TIVOLI AUDIO LOGO 10TH ANNIVERSARY in your poster design.
you can download the required images here





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02 – awards 
the designers of 3 winning entries will win a cash prize of:
- first prize $ 3000 USD
- second prize $ 2000 USD
- third prize $ 1000 USD

the winning artist’s work will be featued on a billboard at 1535 marriott marquis rotunda mesh face 
in times square, NYC for the month of December 2010.



each one of the TIVOLI AUDIO distributors 
will select a local winner from their country (about 30 countries worlwide) 
to be featured on regional billboards.

and as always designboom will publish an exhaustive results report.





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03 - design criteria 
projects should be original. designs that have been commercialized 
or published/exhibited before the competition will not be accepted.

participants must ensure that images, people, places, monuments
used for artworks in relation with this competition are either free of rights 
or owned by participants.

it is important that you keep your design(s) confidential until the results 
of the competition are published by designboom.





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04 – registration deadline
application registration will be accepted through september 30th, 2010.





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05 - registration
registrations are open now, please fill in the form.
teams register with one name only 
- when submitting works you should add all team member’s names.
register here





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06 - submit your entry / entries
whether you're an individual or group, you can only submit a maximum of 3 works.

1. for each entry you are required to prepare
a hi-res file of your poster design to be used as horizontal format, 300dpi.
you should prepare your work to fit the guidelines of the billboard 
at 1535 marriott marquis rotunda mesh face (250 x 80 cm or 97',9'' x 31',5'')
- files should be layered-.
(the original hi-res image(s) of your entry will be requested if your work is shortlisted.)


2. for each entry a maximum of three images to upload to our server 
you are allowed to upload 3 images for every entry submitted.
the first should be an image of the entire poster design.
the addittional 2 images can include details of your entry. 

the entry submitted is a low-res version of your original work.
to upload your images please note: use only .gif, .jpeg, (72 dpi) max 150 kb each file,
RGB color mode.
max image size width: 600 pixels.
max image size height: 800 pixels.

if you are not able to reduce the size of your file please see
the tutorial on how reduce the size of your file with photoshop.

all entries need to include an image of the new 
1 - TIVOLI AUDIO MODEL 10 radio,
2 - the TIVOLI AUDIO LOGO and 
3 - the TIVOLI AUDIO LOGO 10TH ANNIVERSARY 
in your poster design.
you can download the required images here


3. explanation of ideas
you have the possibility to explain your design by entering a brief description,
in the text entry fields (english text only, explanation is expected to be concise).

4. you will be requested to accept the competition guidelines
competition guidelines: projects participating to the competition,
must be original works. projects must be free from copyrights
and any kind of obligation. the design shall not in any way infringe
any third party’s right, including but not limited to copyright, logos,
trademark, trade names, or other proprietary rights of publicity or
privacy. only entries with a declaration of authorship are accepted !
(when submitting your design you will be asked to tick a box of declaration)

submit your entry here





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07 – deadline for submission of entries
works can be submitted through september 30th, 2010.





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08 – results annauncment
results will be announced on october 2010.





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09 - intellectual property rights
any moral and paternity right regarding the project sent in for application is designer’s property.

however
by submitting a design in the competition, the participant agrees to provide
TIVOLI AUDIO with the right of first refusal to the exclusive use of
the design. this option is valid for 6 months after the competition will end.
in the event that TIVOLI AUDIO exercises the option to use the
rights for production on an exclusive basis and sine die (without time limitations),
TIVOLI AUDIO undertakes to pay a one-off fee to the designer.
and,
by participating in the competition, all participants authorise designboom
and TIVOLI AUDIO to publish and exhibit all the designs (including project data submitted) 
– waiving compensation – at exhibitions and events and/or to use them in any publications and communications 
tha designboom or TIVOLI AUDIO may deem suitable and/or necessary. 
in any cases, each time the creation is used, they must refer to the competition they originate from.
designboom and TIVOLI AUDIO will credit the designer's name to properly attribute authorship 
of works to promote the author adequately. TIVOLI AUDIO will have the right to apply minor change amendments 
without damaging the integrity of the artwork – i.e. add the TIVOLI AUDIO logo and text, reframing, translation, changing colors, 
cutting the background or parts of it, etc)
in case designboom and / or TIVOLI AUDIO want to bring major changes to the submitted artwork for publication, 
designboom and / or TIVOLI AUDIO will contact the designer and inform him about the use to obtain 
the designer's consent.






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10 - eligibility
the competition is only open to people of 18 years or older






11 - information on TIVOLI AUDIO
TIVOLI AUDIO is a world leader in the design and manufacture of table radios. 
the company was founded in 2000 with the goal of bringing beautifully designed, 
simple-to-use, high quality audio products to the consumer. for the past 10 years, 
TIVOLI AUDIO has become world renowned by introducing some of the finest and 
highly acclaimed audio products ever made.
http://www.tivoliaudio.com

12 - questions?
inquiries to mail@designboom.com
please write in the subject line: TIVOLI AUDIO 10th anniversary