Set to take place in Italy‘s Carrara from February 5 to 7, 2014, Seatec, the 12th International Exhibition of Technology, Subcontracting and Design for Boats, Mega Yachts and Ships, has launched the 11th edition of MYDA – Millennium Yacht Design Award.
32m superyacht Cronos concept by Madella and Berselli awarded with a special mention in the “young professionals” category at the MYDA - Millenium Yacht Design Awards 2012
The competition, dedicated to yacht designers and architects, both professionals and beginners, presents three sections:
• A ‘New Projects‘: Design as a substantial contribution to development and innovation of a pleasure boat. Reserved to completed but not yet built projects.
• B ‘Dream Boat‘: One-off projects, with total freedom of creation with a personal look in concept and forms. Not an impossible dream, rather a daring feasible vision.
• C ‘The boat on a human scale‘: Development of outdoor and indoor lines of a sailing or motor boat within max 10 meters dimensions, where design combines shapes and function ideal for safety innovation, easy-to-use and living on board solutions as well as serial production.
Guidelines for participation
The designers or the designing team must directly apply for participation in each section of the award using the participation coupon, which is also available on-line.
Upon receiving the application coupon, CarraraFiere/Seatec will send applicants BY E-MAIL all the necessary forms and instructions for the presentation of the project. Further documentation required includes:
– A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT
A two-page form for the project description is provided among the forms. The description must be between 2000 and 3000 typewritten letters, including blank spaces. Entrants are required to provide an adequate description of the project since this is the only place where the project specifications and customer requirements will be featured.
– DRAWINGS
Entrants shall supply five drawings without any company’s /designer’s name or logo: all plates must only show the identification number that will be assigned by the Organizer at arrival of the projects. The drawings shall include layouts, cross-sections and longitudinal sections, in a suitable scale to illustrate the project. These drawings may be in any scale and in any media, but the scale must be clearly indicated.
All drawings shall be supplied on A4 paper and placed into A4 punched clear pockets (approx. size cm. 22 x cm 30) putting two sheets for each pocket, back to back.
A compulsory requirement for application is a CD-rom or DVD containing high-resolution image documentation (photographs, drawings, renderings) which is necessary to the Show Management to prepare the exhibition of the awarded projects that will be held during the 12th Seatec Show.
ID Form
The competition is anonymous. Each project is assigned with a unique ID code. The ID form is therefore the ONLY PLACE where the name/s of the entrant/s may appear.
Prizes
Having reviewed the projects, the jury will assign the MYDA Award to the winners for both categories – “Established Professionals” and “Young Professionals” in the three sections “New Projects” , “Dream Boats” and “The boat on a human scale” for a total of six first prizes- as well as special mentions as it sees fit. The jury’s decisions will be final.
Winners’ Presentations
Seatec will organize the awarding ceremony during the afternoon of February 5th 2014; the winners who decided to attend the ceremony shall describe their design techniques as well as the features of their work; guidelines will be communicated by the organization. The winners ands those awarded with a “special mention”, if any, will be informed as soon as the jury concludes its works.
The M.Y.D.A. Jury
Projects will be judged by a panel of experts from the fields of culture and design, a representative from CarraraFiere, yacht design professors and yacht building experts.
All documentation must be completed and returned to CarraraFiere Srl – Seatec by 29th November, 2013.
