Stand-up Paddle Boards Design Competition and Cash Prize up to € 2,000 from Desall

Desall and Bestway are inviting designers around the world to participate in a new competition about designing the new decorative graphics for stand-up paddleboards with Hydro-force brand, in particular by designing the new decorative graphics of the “Oceana” and “Acqua Glider” SUP boards.

Contest Guidelines:

• Product typology: SUP board is composed of 3 design areas, top surface, bottom surface e side rail. The top surface features a series of elements, such as elastic ropes, handles, metal D-rings, and valves, while the bottom surface has a tail fin. Your proposal must have 2 graphics, one applied to the “Oceana” structure model and the other one applied to the structure of “Acqua Glider” both inserted inside the “Design sheet” file attached to the Material files.
• Colors: the colors should be pertinent to the sports world, preferably bright, therefore avoid pastel shades.
• Logo: You are invited to insert the Hydro-force (HF) logo attached to the Material files integrating it as much as possible within the graphic proposal and respecting the company style guides. (“HF_StyleGuide_2021”).
• Target: The target audience is the sport-loving adult. The product will be sold all over the world and the sales channels will include both shops specializing in sports goods and large general distribution.

Evaluation Criteria:

In the evaluation of your submissions Bestway will take into account the following criteria:

• Aesthetic quality 5/5
• Versatility (possibility to create a collection) 5/5
• Technical feasibility 4/5
• Innovation degree 4/5
• Brand Compliance 1/5

Eligibility Criteria:

• Participation is free of charge and open to designers and creative talents of any nationality aged 18 years or older. 
• Participants can present one or more projects, but only the projects published on the www.desall.com web site, via the upload page related to “SUP graphic design” will be accepted.

Awards:

• The winning project will receive 2000euros.
• For the duration of the options right, the Sponsor offers an extra chance to all participants setting a fee of Euro 750,00 = (seven-hundred and fifty/00) for the purchase of the license for the economical exploitation of the projects not-acknowledged as the winning proposals.

Contest Timeline:

• Upload phase: 4th December 2020 – 16th February 2021
• Client Vote: from 16th February 2021
• Winner announcement: approximately before the end of April 2021

About Desall:

Desall is an open innovation and crowdsourcing platform that, through design contests, connects companies and private clients with a worldwide community of creative talents.

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