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Calling for Entries for the 7^th International Ceramics Competition MINO, Japan

SUMMARY OF COMPETITION

THEME

No specific theme is provided. What is asked for in the three categories is imagination and inspiration expressed in the work, free from conventional ideas; work that will shape the future of ceramics.

ENTRY CATEGORIES

Ceramics Design (A)
Design entries for mass-produced factory manufactured products, made primarily for practical function
Ceramics Design (B)
Design entries for individually handmade products reproduced in small quantities, made primarily for practical function
Ceramic Arts
Any ceramic products creatively conceived

AWARDS

Awards are separated between the Ceramics Design Contest and the Ceramic Arts Contest.

Awards/Categories	Ceramics Design （A）	Ceramics Design （B）	Ceramic Arts
Grand Prix （3 million yen）	one per contest		one per contest
Gold Award （1 million yen）	one per category	one per category	one per contest
Silver Awards （500,000yen）	one per category	one per category	two per contest
Bronze Awards （300,000yen）	three per category	three per category	five per contest
Special Judge's Awards （200,000yen）	seven per contest		seven per contest
Honorable Mentions	up to 100 pieces per contest		up to 100 pieces per contest

The winner of the Grand Prix will be invited to a ceremony. An exhibition of the winner's work will be held the following year (all expenses related to this exhibition will be borne by the sponsors).
The awards are subject to tax.
In addition, all prize-winners and those whose works are chosen for final evaluation will receive a catalog (pictorial record) of all entries. (However, in the case of group entries, only the representative will receive a catalog).

QUALIFICATIONS FOR CONTESTANTS

Category	Ceramics Design (A)	Ceramics Design(B)	Ceramics Arts
Qualifications	There are no specific qualifications required for contestants. Both individual and group entries will be accepted.
Number of Entries	Each individual or group is allowed up to 3 entries for each category. (total 9 entries)
Originality of Entries	Entries must be creations or pieces which have not been exhibited elsewhere. *1
Originality of Entries	Design drawings or design drawings accompanied by plaster models including other are acceptable.
Size of Entries	The size, weight, and configuration of entries should be such that transportation and delivery are not hindered. *2
Size of Entries	The size of any design drawing submitted must be 594mm×840mm.

*1. If it is determined that an entry has infringed upon design right, even after the announcement of the judges' decision, the entry may be barred from selection for the final evaluation and from winning any prize.
*2. Entries that may impede transportation or exhibition will not be accepted. (Please contact the Executive Committee for details).

APPLICATIOMN PROCEDURES

(A) Domestic Contestants

Registration	Applicants can register by sending the registration form by mail or through our website. http://www.icfmino.com Registration application is attached at the end of this brochure. Deadline: October 31, 2004 (Application should be postmarked on or before this day).
Registration Fee	Pay the registration fee by postal transfer when you send the registration form. (Registration fees cannot be refunded under any circumstances). Registration fee: 1 entry: 5,000 yen 2 entries: 8,000 yen (Please add 2,000 yen per additional works.) Transfer Method: Postal Transfer Account Name: The 7^th International Ceramics Competition Mino, Japan Account Number: 00860-6-86802 Deadline: October 31, 2004
Receipt of Documents	Upon receipt of the application form and confirmation of the registration fee transfer, the sponsor will send the following documents to applicants after the deadline of registration in November. Entry Form Display Direction Form Entry Label Curriculum Vitae Package Label

(B) Overseas Contestants

Registration	Applicants can register by sending the registration form by mail or through our website. http://www.icfmino.com Registration application is attached at the end of this brochure. Deadline: October 31, 2005 (Application should be postmarked on or before this day).
Registration Fee	Not required
Receipt of Documents	Upon receipt of the application form, the sponsor will send the following documents to applicants after the deadline of registration in November. Entry Form Display Direction Form Entry Label Curriculum Vitae Package Label Credit Label Invoice Form

ACCEPTANCE OF ENTRIES

（A) Domestic Contestants

Domestic contestants may deliver their entries themselves or via courier.

	Entries delivered in person	Entries delivered via courier
Acceptance Period	March 5 / 6, 2005, 10:00am~4:00pm	February 21 to 25, 2005 (no later than this date)
Attached Documents	Entry Form Curriculum Vitae (attach a photo of your face) Display Direction Form × 2 (A photo of the work must be affixed to both forms.)	Entry Form Curriculum Vitae (attach a photo of your face) Display Direction Form× 2 (A photo of the work must be affixed to both forms.)
Address for Transportation	Ceramics Park MINO 4-2-5 Higashi-machi, Tajimi City, Gifu Pref. Please refer to the map on page.	" The 7^th International Ceramics Competition Mino, Japan" c/o Nippon Express Co., Ltd., Tajimi Branch, Inagaki Warehouse 2-204 Ikuta-cho, Tajimi City, Gifu Pref. 507-0807 Japan TEL: 0572-24-3504 FAX: 0572-23-6289 *Inquiries for transportation: " The 7^th International Ceramics Competition Mino, Japan" c/o Nippon Express Co., Ltd. Chubu Art Division TEL: 052-581-5083
Precautions	Entry labels must be affixed to the back of each entry. * Note: Only registered entries will be accepted. On the day of submission, the contestant will be given a receipt/claim ticket.	All works must be sent with prepaid shipping insurance. Entry labels must be affixed to the back of each entry and on the top and on the side of each package. (Total of three entry labels per entry) Package labels must be clearly visible and affixed to two sides of each package.

（B）Overseas Contestants

Overseas contestants may ship their entries using a local authorized courier or by directly mailing them to the sponsor.

	Delivery to the local authorized courier	Direct mailing to the sponsor
Acceptance Period	February 1 to 15, 2005 (no later than this date)	February 21 to 25, 2005 (no later than this date)
Attached Documents	Entry Form Curriculum Vitae (attach a photo of your face) Display Direction Form×2 (A photo of the work must be affixed to both forms.) Invoice Form (The invoice form must be affixed to the airway bill together with a photo of the work).	Entry Form Curriculum Vitae (attach a photo of your face) Display Direction Form×2 (A photo of the work must be affixed to both forms.) Invoice Form (The invoice form must be affixed to the airway bill together with a photo of the work).
Address for Delivery	Nippon Express Co., Ltd. and firms acting in cooperation with Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (Please refer to the list of authorized couriers on page ~ ). *Nippon Express Co., Ltd. Is authorized by the 7^th International Ceramics Competition Mino, Japan.	" The 7th International Ceramics Competition Mino, Japan" c/o Nippon Express Co., Ltd., Tajimi Branch, Inagaki Warehouse 2-204 Ikuta-cho, Tajimi City, Gifu Pref. 507-0807 Japan TEL:+81-572-24-3504 FAX:+81-572-23-6289 *Inquiries for transportation: " The 7^th International Ceramics Competition Mino, Japan" c/o Nippon Express Co., Ltd., Nagoya Airport Branch, Import Div. TEL+81-52-571-2259
Transportation Fee	Cost borne by applicant: expenses incurred in transporting entries to the nearest authorized local courier, such as customs duties, handling charges, packing charges and insurance fees, will be assumed by the individual contestant. Cost borne by the sponsor: airfreight charges incurred in import, including import duties and storage fees.	Contestant shall bear all transportation expenses incurred.
Precautions	Entry labels must be affixed to the back of the entry and on the top and side of each package. Package labels must be clearly visible and affixed to two sides of each package. Credit labels must be clearly visible and affixed to two sides of each package. *Packages without credit labels will not arrive in Japan. Insurance on all entries must be secured by the contestant from the time the courier service picks up the work until it is delivered to Ceramics Park MINO. The sponsor will not be held accountable for any accidents or damage to any entries shipped without insurance.

PRECAUTIONS FOR APPLICATION

Attached Documents
Be sure to include an entry form, a display direction form and curriculum vitae. In the absence of the display direction form or photos of the work with any display instructions, it will be understood that it has been left to the discretion of the sponsor on how the entry should be displayed for the contest and presented in the catalogue.
Storage of Entries
- Entries must be packed carefully to avoid damage. The sponsor cannot assume responsibility for any damage sustained to the entries before they have been received.
  *Entries will be unpacked in the presence of three parties; the sponsor, Nippon Express Personnel, and representatives from the judges panel.
- The sponsor will take every precaution against accidents or damage when storing entries; however, we cannot be held responsible for accidents or damage caused by natural disasters, and others over which we have no control.
- The sponsor will insure all entries after their arrival to a maximum liability of 300,000 yen. This insurance shall cover the works during the period of judging, storage, transfer and exhibition.
Rights and Obligations
All copyrights, industrial property and rights relating to industrial property, etc. shall be held by the contestants. Contestants, therefore, have a responsibility to protect these rights and should, if necessary, take the appropriate steps to register designs before submitting their work. As the Japanese Patent Office is one of the competition's sponsors, entries are eligible for the exception of the loss of design's originality for six months after the opening of the exhibition. However, contestants shall, by the act of application to this competition, agree that all rights relating to the exhibition of entries that receive prize or are selected for final evaluation in the 7^th International Ceramics Competition Mino, Japan, including rights related to pictorial records and video/CD-ROM recordings of the exhibition as well as their sale and release, and rights to carry photographs of the entries in publications issued with the sponsor's permission, be held by the sponsor.
Official Languages
The official languages of the International Ceramics Competition Mino, Japan shall be limited to Japanese and English.

JUDGING and AWARDS CEREMONY

Period of Judging: March 9 to 11, 2005 (three days)
*All contestants will be notified in writing.
*All judgments are final. No requests for explanation concerning the judgments shall be accepted.
Date of Awards Ceremony: June 30, 2005
Venue: EXPO Hall at the 2005 World Exposition (Aichi, Japan)

EXHIBITION

All entries selected for the final evaluation will be exhibited.

Period of Exhibition: July 1 to August 31, 2005
Venue: Ceramics Park MINO Exhibition Hall

JUDGES

Ceramics Design

Shin Matsunaga (Japan/Graphic Designer)
Makoto Komatu (Japan/Ceramics Designer)
Shigeru Uchida (Japan/Interior Designer)
Kati Tuominen-Niittyla (Finland/Ceramics Designer)
David Queensberry (U.K./Product Designer)
Kwon Oh-Hoon (Korea/Dean of Division of Arts and Crafts Dankook University)
Hubert Kittel (Germany/Course Director of Department of Ceramic/Glassdesign
Burg Giebichenstein Hochschule fur Kunst und Design Hall)

Ceramic Arts

Toru Enomoto (Japan/Director of Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu)
Koube Kato (Japan/Ceramist)
Nobuyoshi Araki (Japan/Photographer)
Enrique Mestre (Spain/Ceramist)
Arne Ase (Norway/Ceramist)
Sang-Ho, Shin (Korea/Dean of Fine arts, Hong-Ik University)
Jun Kaneko (U.S.A./Ceramist)

RETURN OF ENTRIES

The entries chosen for Grand Prix and the Gold Awards will become the property of the sponsor.
With the exception of the Grand Prix and Gold award winners, works will be returned in the following manner. As a basic rule, any work which the artist does not wish to be returned will be donated to a public institution. However, please be aware that, on occasion, works are discarded. Works cannot be donated to individuals. We ask for your understanding in these matters.

(A) Domestic Contestants

Return Period	Non-prizewinning entries	Pick up in person March 19 and 20, 2005 10:00am~4:00pm (Ceramics Park MINO) *Those who delivered their entries in person should pick them up during this period. Return by transport company Sent within 6 months from end of judging
Return Period	Prizewinning entries other than the Gold Award/Entries selected for final judging	Sent within 6 months from end of exhibition (Works can also be picked up in person).
Transport Fees		All transportation will be handled by Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (includes all expenses incurred for packing materials, insurance, transport fees, and storage charges)

(B) Overseas Contestants

Return Period	Non-prizewinning entries	Returned by transport company (items will be returned to the originating address only) Sent within 6 months from end of judging.
Return Period	Prize-winner entries other than the Gold Award/Entries selected for final judging	Sent within 6 months from end of the exhibition
Transport Fees		All transportation will be handled by air via Nippon Express Co., Ltd., C.O.D. (includes all expenses incurred for packing materials, insurance, customs fees, handling charges, and transport fees)

Example of Charges Payable

Summary of charges for an article 20 kg in weight and 120,000 cm³ in volume.

<Domestic>

Area	Cost (yen)
Tokai	15,000
Kansai and Hokuriku	17,000
Kanto	20,000
Chugoku and Shikoku	20,000
Tohoku and Kyushu	22,000
Hokkaido	23,000

<Overseas>

	Fees incurred in Japan (yen)	Airfreight(yen)	Fees incurred at the destination(yen)	Total(in yen)(yen)
Tajimi - New York	20,000	15,000	20,000	55,000
Tajimi - London	20,000	15,000	20,000	55,000
Tajimi - Singapore	20,000	10,000	20,000	50,000
Tajimi - Sydney	20,000	15,000	20,000	55,000

Contestants who have requested their entries to be returned will be sent an invoice for shipping from Japan with payment on delivery. After checking the charges, sign the return request form enclosed with the invoice and return it to the sponsor to make a formal application. If contestants are from countries where the COD system is not used, the sponsor will send a bill for all transportation expense. After confirmation of the payment has been made, the entries will be returned.
Airfreight charges quoted here are those authorized as of April 1, 2004.
Please note that the charges for sending an article overseas from Japan are about three times higher than those for sending an article to Japan. These charges may be subject to change.
The maximum insurable amount for each item is 300,000 yen. Anything exceeding this amount cannot be delivered.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Pictorial Records

Photographs will be taken of all entries that receive awards or are selected for final evaluation. These photographic records will be printed and offered for sale in the Exhibition Hall during the period of the International Ceramics Festival '05 Mino, Japan. Also, they will be offered for sale through postal mail.

INQUIRIES

Any questions concerning the competition including application procedures should be made to the Executive Committee Office, via e-mail, facsimile, or via other means.

International Ceramics Festival Mino, Japan
Executive Committee Office
Ceramics Park MINO, 4-2-5 Higashi-machi,
Tajimi City, Gifu Pref. 507-0801 Japan
TEL: +81-572-25-4111
FAX: +81-572-25-4138
E-mail: info@icfmino.com
http://www.icfmino.com

Delivery and Pick up in Person

Ceramics Park MINO, 4-2-5 Higashi-machi, Tajimi City, Gifu Prefecture

Calling for Entries for the 7th International Ceramics Competition MINO, Japan