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INDUSTRIAL DESIGN COMPETITION

«ATHENS BENCH MARK»

The non-profit organization under the name “The World of Athens” based at 8 Sisini & 7
Alkmanos St, Post Code 115 28 in Athens (henceforth “The Hosting Authority”) is hosting a
contest (henceforth “The Contest”)

The aim of the following detailed terms (henceforth “Detailed Terms”) is the definition of the
terms and conditions of the participants in the contest and, under these principles, the
procedure through which the awarding nominations will emerge.

ENTRY TERMS & CONDITIONS

1.0 Detailed Entry Terms & Conditions.

1.1 Eligibility.

The contest is global and open to all. Entrants must apply online filling the relevant participation
form available on www.athensbenchmark.com [1]. Eligible to participation are those 18 years of
age or older at the time of entry. Entrants may participate as individuals or in groups but no
entrant can participate in more than 2 entries in total. Former or present, employees, agents,
representatives, members of the board of directors of the “Hosting Authority” and regular or
substitute members of the evaluation committee as well as their relatives up to second degree
are NOT eligible to participation. By entering “The Contest”, all participants fully and
unreservedly accept the terms and conditions and regulations of “The Contest” and agree to
abide by them as those are stated bellow.

1.2 Acceptance of the Contest’s Terms and Conditions Contest.

By responsibly accepting all the terms and conditions of the Contest, each entrant willingly and
irrevocably transfers the copyright of his work exclusively to the “Hosting Authority” in no return
or any further demand, regarding the exhibition of the entrant’s design(s), the broadcasting by
any means (television, radio, internet, printing, digital means) and their commercial exploitation
through the previously mentioned for promotional or other reasons. The creator of the design(s)
is not eligible to claim or demand its/their paternity or his reference to it/them by any means of
public broadcasting or exhibiting the regarded design(s).

During the stage of the final 3 prize winning designs and beyond the exhibition-broadcasting-
promotional rights, the “Hosting Authority” is additionally granted with and holds the total of the
exclusive intellectual property (copyrights) and manufacturing rights in the way those defined

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and are legally applied under the provisions and laws in force about copyright, intellectual
property and manufacturing rights and the total commercial use of the designs, as well as the
rights that will potentially arise through the legal exploitation of the designs in the form of
trademarks/logos or products. The “Hosting Authority” also holds the right for the use or not of
the previously described material which will be submitted by each entrant, in combination with
any other trademark/logo, distinctive mark, text or other attributes and elements.

The creator of the design owes to exercise his moral right over his intellectual work in such a
way that will not obstruct any use of it by the “Hosting Authority”, abiding by the provisions and
laws about the intellectual property as well as the provisions on unfair competition and any other
legal provisions. During the contest, the submitted entries are forbidden to participate in
concurrent or other similar event.

The personal data of the participants will be asked, according to the provisions of Greek Right
(Law 2472/1997, P. [d]. 207/1998. P. [d]. 79/2000 and No 8 Laws 2819/2000), as the European
Right ([Od]. 95/46/[EK] and [Od]. 97/66/[EK]), for the valid attendance in the Competition so are
following: full name, date of birth, telephone number of communication and electronic address
of communication (e-mail). Valid will be considered the attendances provided that have been
supplemented truly, equitably and completely the relatively above-mentioned fields and
participating are called to proceed in relative confirmation with his signature in the form of
attendance. Besides, will be asked from participating the explicit benefit or not his consent for
future (except competition) communication on behalf of the Organizers for informative or
advertising aims, by any chance relative refusal will not recommend reason of nullity of
attendance. The organizers maintain the right of communication via telephone with participating
to verification of their individual elements.

1.3 Design Originality.

Each entry should be consisted of original and unpublished designs. Design(s) which have
participated or been submitted to other concurrent contests, are subjected to third party
copyright, include trademarks, promotional messages or contain offensive material will be
automatically disqualified. The “Hosting Authority” shall not be responsible or liable to others in
case the entrants submit material that offences third party (individual or company) copyrights.
After the final selection of the to-be-manufactured designs, the “Hosting Authority” reserves the
right to modify these designs at will for the purposes of their final production wherever this is
needed.

1.4 Modification of the Present Terms.

The “Hosting Part” reserves the right to modify the terms and conditions of the contest without
any prior notice. Any modification will be communicated through www.athensbenchmark.com [1].
All material which will be submitted to the contest WILL NOT be returned in case it will not be
prize winning. Furthermore, the “Hosting Authority” reserves the right to unjustifiably postpone
the contest’s process during any stage.

Entries Submission.

In order to participate, each entrant must fill in the entry form online, available at
www.athensbenchmark.com [1] and mail a digital folder in form and with context as described
and explained in the Technical Specifications & Design Submission section. All received data
will be initially checked by the site administrator on the folders’ context. If the context meets the
described specifications, all the entries will be uploaded and exhibited on the contest’s site

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during the public voting stage. Entries should be submitted between the contest’s official
opening date; February 23rd, 2010, and the midnight (24:00) of the termination date; April 6th,
2010. No entry will be accepted after that date. Moreover, no change, modification or
cancellation on behalf of the entrants shall be possible after their entry application and
submission of the material through the web.

2.0 Selection of the Finalists

2.1 Selection criteria of “Athens Bench Mark” competition

The criteria by which the final selection of the 3 prize winning designs, out of which, at least one
will be manufactured , is to be made are the following:

Design aesthetics and harmony - the way it is implied by the central idea of the contest - in
the relation of the relevant proposal with the urban environment.
Object ergonomics to suit not only the average user but as well the elder, disabled people
ect.
Quality of materials and functionality
Innovative and sustainable design.
Environmentally friendly and other possible materials and methods of building the final
product in an eco friendly or energy saving manner…”Green product”
Capability of using the modern present industrial machinery and realistic, cost efficient,
mass production methods… “smart design”
Compact design, resistance to vandalism, endurance in time under all environmental
conditions, and ease of installation.

2.2 Evaluation procedure

During the 1st stage of the evaluation, which is the “public voting”, all entries will be uploaded in
www.athensbenchmark.com [1]. Site visitors will be given the chance to rate any project in the
scale of 1-10, simply by signing in.

The 100 highest rated projects will go through the 2nd and final evaluation stage. This time the
evaluating committee will examine each project counterbalancing all the marks and declare the
three finalists. The announcement of the results will be held on April 15, 2010 and will be
followed shortly by the awards ceremony held by the “Hosting Authority”.

In case the hosting authority can not come in contact with one of the winning participants, is
entitled to award the prize to the next highest rated participant.

2.3 Competition prizes:

FIRST PRIZE 5.000€

SECOND PRIZE 3.000€
THIRD PRIZE 2.000€

The above prizes will be awarded upon completion of the project, as it has been described
above.

The time and place of the award ceremony will be designated by the Hosting Authority and will
be announced through the website www.athensbenchmark.com [1]

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Members of the evaluation committee

Theano Dioli – (Representative of the City of Athens)

Sergios Fotiadis - industrial designer
Maria Houkli - journalist
Tatiana Karapanagioti – (President of “The World of Athens”- Photographer)
Katerina Katsabe (Member of the City Council of Athens & President of Athens Tourism
and Economic Development Company)
Andreas Kourkoulas - Assistant Professor NTUA
Daphne Zoumboulakis - gallerist

Athens Bench Mark

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