{"id":38419,"date":"2017-09-01T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T13:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retrofitmagazine.com\/?p=38419"},"modified":"2023-06-21T17:09:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T21:09:12","slug":"formica-corp-announces-call-for-innovation-competition-entries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/retrofitmagazine.com\/formica-corp-announces-call-for-innovation-competition-entries\/","title":{"rendered":"Formica Corp. Announces Call for Innovation Competition Entries"},"content":{"rendered":"

The search is on for the next generation of architecture and design leaders as Formica Corp.<\/a> announces a call for entries in the FORM Student Innovation Competition, open Sept. 5 through Nov. 10. The challenge occurs nearly a decade after a similar competition in which the company invited architects and designers to create works of art from Formica Brand products.\u00a0 This time around, veterans of firms honored in the first challenge will judge the work of today\u2019s up-and-coming talent to determine the winners of cash prizes, national recognition, and the chance to showcase their work in a public exhibit. <\/p>\n

In the 2008 FORM Contemporary Architects at Play challenge, Formica Corp. invited design icons Zaha Hadid, Michael Graves, Bernard Tschumi and Massimo Vignelli among others to create art in the form of something to sit upon, lay upon, lean upon or play upon from Formica Brand products. Their designs, which ranged from domestic pieces to conceptual sculptures, were then exhibited at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, where Formica Corp. is headquartered. <\/p>\n

Now in 2017, the FORM Student Innovation Competition invites design students to take up the same challenge of creating a rendering of something to sit upon, lay upon, lean upon or play upon using Formica Brand products. The grand prize winner will receive a $1,500 cash award, and their design will be fabricated and showcased at an unveiling event at the Contemporary Arts Center in 2018. The second-place winner will be awarded $1,000, and the third-place winner will receive $500.
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\nJudges include:<\/p>\n