Terms & Conditions

ELIGIBILITY

1. All work must must have appeared physically or online from 01 July 2010 until the submission deadline of 22 December 2011. Sponsored work for non-profit organisations may be submitted and must be mentioned in the submission.
2. Past submissions to the Singapore Design Awards (SDA) are not allowed to be resubmitted.
3. All works must be paid commission by a client. No works submitted in a free pitch or for personal communication will be considered.
4. For work submitted within the SCHOOL WORKS category, must be submitted by the design school. The concepts must be developed by students who are still undergoing professional design studies.
5. For work submitted as a MULTI-DISCIPLINARY work, more than one design firm or practice might participate to join in the submission.
6. Any work submitted which has not conformed to the proper instructions as mentioned in this Terms & Conditions is deemed ineligible.
7. Any work submitted without the company of proper and prompt payment is to be deemed as ineligible.
8. The executive committee in consultation with the international judges reserves the right to reject any works on grounds of eligibility if a work may affect the standards of the awards, put the reputation of the organisation in peril and cause any concern on the issue of interests etc.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, RIGHTS & TERMS OF USE

1. All rights related to the name and trademark of Singapore Design Awards is managed and owned exclusively by Designers Association Singapore.
2. A Candidate seeking to use the related name and trademark must seek the permission of the DAS Executive Committee.
3. Only Gold and Silver Awardees will be allowed to use the relevant Singapore Design Awards Gold and Silver marks for a period of 1 year only.
4. Design companies or designers submitting works for any category must be responsible for their own intellectual property and patent issues. The Organisers, Designers Association Singapore take no responsibility for any infringement of intellectual property rights.
5. All design firms and schools who submit an entry to the Singapore Design Awards agree to allow the organisers to use any submissions and the right to reproduce any work for publicity purposes.
6. If any press, publications or media networks agrees to publicise the Singapore Design Awardees, the entrant further agrees to absorb talent or other residual charges incurred by inclusion if required.

JUDGING

1. The Judges reserves the right not to confer an award in any category or discipline if the entries were found to be below par in terms of the reaching the top bandwidth of a category’s score board.
2. The Judges and Organisers have the right to move entries into a category that they deem more suitable or relevant.
3. The Judges' decision is final.

ONLINE SUBMISSION

1. All candidates must log on to www.singaporedesignawards.com to submit work.
2. Please fill in all details accurately online, as this information will be used for verification, judging purposes and preparation of certificates and award trophies. The Organisers, Designers Association Singapore will take no responsibility for any inaccurate information, misrepresentation or wrong accreditation.

GUIDELINES

1. An entry means a single piece of design solution. You cannot enter more than one design under one entry unless entering the multi-disciplinary category which allows you to present a variety of design solutions based on a single and integrated concept.
2. For each entry, submit up to 5 images in Jpeg formats only. (Each image no larger than 1MB).
3. Compress all images with total file size not exceeding 5MB into one zipped file and upload accordingly.
4. For MULTI-DISCIPLINARY submissions, you may submit up to 10 images in Jpeg formats only. (Each image no larger than 1MB). Compress all images with total file size not exceeding 10MB into one zipped file and upload accordingly.

FEES & PAYMENT

1. See entry fees and payment terms.
2. Nominees and winners would be requested to sponsor relevant costs for the winners’ showcase publicity.

DATES

1. All entries must be received by 22 December 2011 23:59 GMT+8 (Singapore time).
2. Award Show Dinner Ceremony date and venue to be confirmed at later date.
3. Tickets to the event are sold separately. Interested parties, please Click here to contact the organisers.
4. For all queries to the awards secretariat, please Click here to contact the organisers.