Sponsor: The Battery Conservancy, New York City
Type: Open, but restricted to professionals and students residing in the Americas
Eligibility: Professional designers and students residing in North and South America
Language: English
Fees and timetable:
Early registration – US$50 (individuals); US$75 (teams) to October 1, 2012
Late registration – US$75 (individuals); US$125 (teams)
October 30, 2012 – Submission deadline
December 2012 – Announcement of top designs
Summer 2013 – Unveiling of Prototypes
Fall 2013 – Announcement of winners
Awards:
US$10,000 to each winning entry (Conservancy will fabricate winning design or designs, currently estimated at 300 units.
Jury:
Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator, Architecture and Design, The Museum of Modern Art
Allison Arieff, Design Writer, The New York Times, Atlantic Cities; Editor, Urbanist
Fernando and Humberto Campana, Designers, Estudio Campana, Sao Paulo
Rob Forbes, Founder of Design Within Reach; CEO of Public Bikes
Mario Schjetnan, Co-Founder & Director of Mario Schjetnan/Grupo de Diseño Urbano, Mexico City
Design Challenge: to design an iconic moveable outdoor seat for The Battery, the 25-acre park at the tip of Manhattan (the “Park”), which welcomes six million visitors each year.
For information, go to: www.thebattery.org/projects/chair-competition/