Entry Criteria

Entrants must be a northwest-based designer, interior designer, architect or 3D designer. Or training to be one of the above (student, post grad or professional) and must be available for 100% design, 24th-27th September 2009.

Design Parameters

It's your design, your creation we only ask that you keep with in the technical frame work of the box, the basics of which are available on the box project pdf download. Again keep your budget as small as possible and be creative with you materials.

Competition Schedule

Deadline for submissions is midnight Friday 31st July.

A shortlist of 15 finalists will be announced on Monday 3rd of August.

The overall winner will be announced on Friday 7th August

The 15 finalists will get their submissions/entries displayed in the Box Project zone at 100% design.

The winning design will then be built and previewed at 100% design.

The winner will also get transport to London and accommodation for 100% design plus a 3 month work placement with NoChintz (if applicable).

The Selection Process

A judging panel of Northwest based architects, designers, engineers and creatives figureheads will select the final 15.

They will also select the winner from this final 15.

The winning design will be judged on it's innovation, creativity and feasibility (that it can be built within budget and time scale).

Submitting Your Design

On submitting your Box Project design please include the following with visualisations and mood boards in A3 format at high resolution.

Mood boards

Floor plans and technical drawings

Technical specifications

Visualisations

Budget details

We have produced a handy PDF file containing all the important details and a 3D model you can cut out, make and play with to get your creative jucies flowing!

Download the box project pdf

email your submissions to submissions@theboxproject.co.uk. If your submisson exceeds 5MB please provide all files on a CD/DVD and post to…

PO Box 4280
Manchester
M60 1SB

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Get involved

The Box Project is supporting and promoting the Northwest creative community!

Our aim is to raise the awareness and profiles of the whole The Box Project family, be it a partner, sponsor or entrant.

We want to show that even in this global economic downturn the northern creative industry is still a thriving and exciting place to be. Our resourceful and adaptable nature has meant we can ‘spend alittle and create a lot’.

We hope that through promoting The Box Project we will reinforce our local design values and attract more talented young designers to the area, profile local creative industries and draw national and even international business to our region giving a helping hand in supporting the northern economy.

Latest news

The Box Project winner announced!

14/08/09
Interior Design student, Karen Smart, from the University of Central Lancashire announced as the winner of The Box Project.

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