Registration fees from the 2010 DAME (Design Award METS) – the 20th in the history of the competition – will be donated to the Whisper Boat Building Academy (WBBA) in South Africa, the only boat building school for people with disabilities.
The WBBA helps deaf, previously disadvantaged, South African young people acquire learning and skills in composite construction and boatbuilding. The DAME proceeds will be used to fund development of a skills programme with learning aids suited to deaf students, and to train teachers and interpreters.
Last year EUR18,750 was raised for the African Medical & Research Foundation (AMREF) Flying Doctors and used in the creation of accessible water supplies and sanitary facilities in Mtwara, Tanzania.
Two decades of excellence
The DAME (Design Award METS) – the most prestigious design competition for new marine equipment and accessories in the world – celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2010.
Over the past 20 years, independently appointed judges have scrutinised several thousand innovative products in specific marine categories and the DAME has come to set the pace for new concepts and designs in the worldwide leisure marine industry. It is the industry’s top design prize. For the past three years, all product registration fees have been donated to a designated charity thus extending the scope and value of the competition.
METS Trade Show
Call for entries
Exhibitors wishing to submit products for the DAME 2010 should complete the online application by September 20, 2010. All products entered for the competition must be displayed at METS or the SuperYacht Pavilion (SYP) in 2010 and comply with the standard terms & conditions of participation.
Tremendous boost Winner DAME
Winning the 2009 DAME Award brought FLIR Systems under the media spotlight. “Being the overall winner of the DAME in 2009 gave a tremendous boost to the FLIR Systems METS participation,” confirms Christiaan Maras, FLIR Systems marketing director Europe/Middle East/Africa. “Not only did we attract a lot more visitors, also the international press easily found its way to our booth. After the show we had a lot of press coverage worldwide in all important maritime magazines. The DAME Award helped us enormously to put our new M-Series thermal imaging camera in the market worldwide.”
METS & SYP 2010 will be held on 16-17-18 November 2010 in the Amsterdam RAI Convention Centre, the Netherlands.
About METS incorporating SuperYacht Pavilion
METS, the world’s largest trade exhibition of equipment, materials and systems for the international marine leisure industry, is organised by Amsterdam RAI in association with the International Council of Marine Industry Associations (ICOMIA). The show’s target groups are yacht builders, naval architects, repair yards, distributors, dealers, wholesalers, captains, marina operators and equipment manufacturers from around the world. The SuperYacht Pavilion is the central platform for the worldwide super yacht industry and a ‘show within a show’ at METS.
