1. General
The organiser of the competition is Dezeen Limited of 8 Orsman Road, London, N1 5QJ, United Kingdom (Dezeen). Dezeen is the world’s most popular architecture and design magazine and provides content related to the design, interiors and architecture industries, as well as supplying recruitment advertising via its Dezeen Jobs website and organising the Dezeen Awards programme.
2. The competition
2.1 Dezeen has partnered with MINI Living to invite readers to design an urban home of the future as part of this competition. Entrants are asked to consider the kind of challenges that urban life in a hundred years’ time might entail and design a conceptual home that responds creatively to those issues.
3. How to enter
3.1 The competition will run from 11:00 BST on 16 July 2018 (the "Opening Date") to 23:59 BST on 10 September 2018 (the "Closing Date") inclusive.
3.2 All competition entries must be received by Dezeen by no later than 23:59 BST on the Closing Date. All competition entries received after the Closing Date are automatically disqualified.
3.3 Enter the competition online by creating an account and submitting the online entry form available at www.dezeen.com/miniliving/competition-entry-form by the Closing Date. No other method of submitting entries will be submitted.
3.4 Dezeen will not accept responsibility for competition entries that are incorrectly submitted regardless of cause, including, for example, as a result any equipment failure, technical malfunction, systems, satellite, network, server, computer hardware or software failure of any kind.
3.5 By submitting a competition entry, you are agreeing to be bound by these terms and conditions. If you do not agree with any of the terms and conditions, do not take part.
4. Judges
4.1 The competition entries will be judged by a panel of four judges, comprising:
(a) Marcus Fairs, Dezeen editor-in-chief;
(b) Amy Frearson, Dezeen editorial director;
(c) Oke Hauser, MINI Living creative lead; and
(d) Corinna Natter, MINI Living designer.
4.2 The decision of the panel of judges will be final.
5. Eligibility
5.1 The competition is free to enter and all applicants over the age of 18 are invited to participate, regardless of whether they are professional designers and architects, non-designers, students or teams.
5.2 If the same project is entered by more than one designer, architect or studio, we reserve the right to disqualify all entries. Dezeen Limited reserves the right to disqualify an entry if it becomes apparent that a submission is inaccurate or if Dezeen or the jury have any uncertainty about the integrity of the entry.
5.3 In entering the competition, you confirm that you are eligible to do so and eligible to claim any prize you may win. Dezeen may require you to provide proof that you are eligible to enter the competition.
5.4 Dezeen reserves all rights to disqualify you if your conduct is contrary to the spirit or intention of the prize competition.
6. Submission requirements
6.1 Entrants must submit their entry via the form available at www.dezeen.com/miniliving/competition-entry-form, together with the following information:
(a) name of your design (which will subsequently appear on all communication and media coverage);
(b) description of your design (including an explanation of how it demonstrates the creative use of space and how the design responds to other challenges cities could face in 100 years time.);
(c) a hero image that presents your vision in the strongest way;
(d) a plan;
(e) an elevation;
(f) a section;
(g) optionally, up to five additional supporting images (which could include renders, sketches, drawings, photographs of models, or any other visual material that conveys your concept);
(h) also optionally, a URL to a video file which represents your design, such as a virtual fly through of a 3D model or an animation.
7. The prize
7.1 The prizes are:
(a) £5,000 for the winning entry;
(b) £3,000 for the runner up; and
(c) £2,000 for third place.
7.2 The prize is not negotiable or transferable.
8. Winner announcement
8.1 The winner of the competition will be announced on www.dezeen.com in January 2019 (Announcement Date).
8.2 The decision of the judges nominated by Dezeen is final and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into.
8.3 Dezeen will contact the winner personally as soon as practicable after the Announcement Date, using the telephone number or email address provided with the competition entry.
9. Claiming the prize
9.1 Dezeen will make all reasonable efforts to contact the winner. If the winner cannot be contacted or is not available, or has not claimed their prize within 30 days of the Announcement Date, Dezeen reserves the right to offer the prize to the next eligible entrant selected from the correct entries that were received before the Closing Date.
9.2 Dezeen does not accept any responsibility if you are not able to take up the prize.
10. Limitation of liability
10.1 Insofar as is permitted by law, Dezeen, its agents or distributors will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate the winner or accept any liability for any loss, damage, personal injury or death occurring as a result of taking up the prize except where it is caused by the negligence of Dezeen, its agents or distributors or that of their employees. Your statutory rights are not affected.
11. Ownership of competition entries and intellectual property rights
11.1 You agree that both Dezeen and MINI may, but are not required to, make your entry available on websites of their choice and any other media, whether now known or invented in the future, and in connection with any publicity of the competition. You agree to grant both Dezeen and MINI a non-exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable licence, for the full period of any intellectual property rights in the competition entry and any accompanying materials, to use, display, publish, transmit, copy, edit, alter, store, re-format and sub-licence the competition entry and any accompanying materials for such purposes.
11.2 You warrant to Dezeen that the competition entry and accompanying materials do not in any way infringe upon or violate any contract with a third party or any third party’s rights (including, without limitation, their intellectual property rights) and you will keep Dezeen indemnified against any third party claims that arise as a result of breach of this clause.
11.3 You agree to promptly execute and deliver such documents and perform such acts as may be required for the purpose of giving full effect to these terms and conditions and in particular clause 11.1 and clause 11.2 above if so required.
12. Data protection and publicity
12.1 By uploading your entry at www.dezeen.com/miniliving/competition-entry-form you agree that we will store the entry materials on our database for up to 12 months. Your data will be only accessed by Dezeen Limited employees as well as the appointed judges.
12.2 Dezeen will only process your personal information as set out in Dezeen’s privacy notice, which is available at www.dezeen.com/privacy-notice.
13. General
13.1 If there is any reason to believe that there has been a breach of these terms and conditions, Dezeen may, at its sole discretion, reserve the right to exclude you from participating in the competition.
13.2 Dezeen reserves the right to hold void, suspend, cancel, or amend the prize competition where it becomes necessary to do so.
13.3 These terms and conditions shall be governed by English law, and the parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.