NEXTMARUNI PROJECT COMMITTEE + DESIGNTOPE
MARUNI Inc. which has been producing and selling wooden furniture for 79 years since 1928, is now planning to start a new business dealing with the new type of furniture based on completely new concepts from those Maruni has kept so far. According to this purpose, the designs of chairs to be commercialized are widely sought for.
http://www.nextmaruni.com/

 
 


 
FAQ

< Concerning the theme >
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Q. Is it all right if the text for the explanation of the work’s concept, its material, its production processes, its composition, etc. exceeds the required limit?
A. Please make it within the limit.
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Q. Is it all right if the concept of the presented work is a developed innovation of an already existing idea?
A. If the concept hasn’t been introduced to the public yet and it will let us imagine the renewed lives of people, we will accept it.
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Q. What should we do to apply for the competition in the case that the lounge chair and the table are designed by different designers?
A. The same procedure as the group participation is applied to that case, that is, one application for one set of works.(Look at ‘Application Guideline’)
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Q. I forgot my application ID. What should I do?
A. Please inquire it from compe@designtope.net.
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<About the submission of the works>
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Q. May I send the work by postal service?
A. We are sorry we will not accept any other forms than those in electric format since this competition is the one held on the inter-net.
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Q. Is it all right if the images are not in JPEG or GIF format?
A. Please be sure that we will accept the images in JPEG and GIF format only.
The images in other format will not be received. (please refer to the
Application Guideline).
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Q. I haven’t received the mail telling me the password for the application for the competition.
A. The password for the application has to be set by the applicants themselves in the window for the registration of the applicants. After you have registered yourself, the password for the work-submission will be sent to you by e-mail.
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Q. Is it possible to apply only with the work of a lounge chair?
A. The theme(assignment) is‘ Lounge Chairs and Tables matching them’
(Look at ‘Application Guideline’)
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Q. How should I propose the idea concerning the materials for the back and the seat of the lounge chair?
A. Please do that within the area of the picture image you present.
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Q. Having tried many times, I still can’t send my work from the work-submission form in the web-site. Is it all right if I send my work to you by e-mail?
A. Check the text, the format of the images, their file-extensions. If the file names of the images don’t have their file-extensions such as < .jpg > < .gif > at the end of the file names, they are not recognized as image files in JPEG or GIF Format therefore you can’t send your image files.
(Even if you checked them and found there is no problem with the file names, with the format type, with the extension etc, please contact with compe@designtope.net.
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<Concerning the results of the competition>
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Q. Will the competition’s results be notified to all participants?
A. The competition’s results are to be announced in this competition-site.
Only award-winning participants will be notified of the competition’s results by e-mail.
And the award-winning works are to be exhibited on this web-site.
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<Others>
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Q. May I have my own(personal/company’s/school’s) site linked with this competition-site?
A. If it’s not the site for commercial purposes, there will be no problem. We will not, however, have this web-site linked with your site. And we will have to ask you to let the site’s administrator know about the following things if you want your site linked with this site. After learning about the details of your web-site, we will let you know whether your request will be met or not. Please be noted that if the traces of linking your site with this site without acquiring a proper permission are found, all applications for and accesses to this competition site from your site will have to be rejected later.

Requested information for the permission for linking sites
Site’s name, its URL(address), its objectives, its administrator’s name
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Direct inquirieds to:
DESINGTOPE Competition Secretariat
mail to: compe@designtope.net