RULES 

1) Name:
The Quinquennial Tile Award, second edition.

2) Target:
The Quinquennial Tile Award, now at its second edition, is an international architecture award reserved to all those professionals realizing important works in the architecture and design field through a creative use of the ceramic materials of the Fincibec group with brand Naxos, Monocibec and Century. The initiative is conceived and promoted by Fincibec Spa in collaboration with Ottagono magazine and intends to select and award the five best artists at an international level realizing projects between 1.01.2007 and 31.12.2011 in all forms of building works in the residential, public, industrial and commercial sectors.

3) Term:
Application from 28.10.2010 to 10.03.2012. A panel of experts will be appointed by 15.05.2012 to select the winning entries.

4) Area:
worldwide

5) Participants:
The participants of “The Quinquennial Tile Award, second edition” can be, without any fee: architects, designers, interior designers, engineers, surveyors, technical agencies, professional architecture or design agencies, project creators even without qualification, such as owners realizing projects using the ceramic materials of the Fincibec group with brand Naxos, Monocibec and Century.

Works produced by individuals or groups shall be admitted: in the latter case, a person responsible for the group must be indicated to whom the Organizing Secretariat will refer for any communication. Participating groups must also indicate the person to whom the award will be assigned in case of victory in the entry form.  

One or more works shall be admitted for each participant.

6) Participation procedure:
Entry application forms should include the following material:

• application sheet (to be downloaded from the site www.tileaward.org or to be asked for at the Organizing Secretariat of the award) duly filled in with the required data.
• Photographic evidence of the work realized. Min. three different images in digital format (high definition, min. 300 dpi) or pictures as alternative are required. The digital images must be sent in an easily readable format, namely: Acrobat PDF, JPEG, TIFF.
• ID document xerox copy.
• Acquittance by the participant and owner/customer for all images, photographs and videos to publishing the work.
• A short introduction of the realized project (max. 500 words).

7) Application deadline:
All above documents must be sent at the latest on 10.03.2012 by mail or by e-mail.

a) MAILING: the complete documents can be mailed in a single envelope to the Award Organizing Secretariat, at the latest on  10.03.2012 (the mail stamp shall prove it), at the following address:
“The Quinquennial Tile Award, Second Edition” Organizing Secretariat
FINCIBEC SPA VIA VALLE D’AOSTA, 47
41049, SASSUOLO (MO) - ITALY

NB: the mailed material must be sent making sure it cannot be damaged during the transport. No responsibility for damaging can be accepted.

b) E-MAILING: the complete documents can be filled in and also e-mailed to the following address:

To be admitted to the award, the produced material must anyway be received at the latest on 31.03.2012. The organizing company shall not accept any responsibility for delays due to the mail service or to failed e-mail reception.

8) Prizes:
Prizes to be given in this international award represent the acknowledgment of the personal artistic merit of the participating professionals. The winners will receive the following prizes:

• first classified: – A new Fiat 500 of the value of 13,500 euros or as an alternative the corresponding amount of money (13,500 euros).
  

  *The prize of a “Fiat 500” refers to a vehicle equipped with standard features. After the prize has been assigned, the winner may indicate the requested drive, features and model of the car within the limits of the value of the prize, equal to 13,500 euros. The prize does not include administration fees related to the delivery of the prize, which are held by the winner: therefore the prize does not include all the costs for making the car roadworthy and registration fees, IPT fees (motor vehicle registration fees due in Italy) or equivalent fees charged in other countries, road tax and third-party liability insurance. However, the winner is responsible for all costs exceeding the total value of the prize, equal to 13,500 euros.

  **The prize will be available for collection from the official Fiat dealer appointed by the Promoter of the prize in agreement with Fiat. The winner will be responsible for covering all travel costs to collect the prize.

• Second to fifth classified: a Diamond Chair designed by Harry Bertoia for Knoll, a design icon of the value of 1,100 euros or as an alternative the corresponding amount in money (1,100 euros).

Should the winners not benefit from the prizes for any reason, they can delegate third parties or ask for the prizes to be turned into cash.

The organising authority reserves the right to award prizes in cash at its sole discretion.

The value of the prizes includes VAT or equivalent taxes.

All those admitted to the award for their works shall receive a free yearly subscription to Ottagono magazine.

Ottagono magazine will publish a special report of the event particularly enhancing the works of the awarded professionals.

9) Jury:
Works admitted to the award shall be assessed by a jury composed of five authoritative members with remarkable expertise in the field of ceramic, design and architecture.

The jury shall be composed of the following members:

- Vittorio Borelli, Managing Director of Fincibec Spa Group
- Sofia Cortellini Klein, Managing Director of KleinRusso
- Laura Rinaldi, Architect (replacing Raffaella Mantovani)
- Alessandro Lolli, Managing Director of Ottagono magazine
- Aldo Colonetti, Scientific Chief of the European Design Institute.

The jury assessment shall be final and unquestionable.

10) Exclusion conditions:
The following shall not be admitted to the award:

• All those sending the required documents later than the specified deadlines;
• the employees, aides, family members and relatives (up to the second degree included) of the jury members, of the Organizing Secretariat, of Fincibec Spa and of Ottagono.
• Works already submitted for the first edition of the “Quinquennial Tile Award”.
• Works deemed not suitable or not compliant with the rules.

11) Notice to the winners and result publishing:

The prize winner shall be informed by phone call, e-mail and/or return receipt registered letter.

The contest results, winners and best works shall be published on the Web site www.tileaward.org .

The prize will be awarded to the winners upon receipt by FINCIBEC S.p.A. of acceptance of the prize; the winners are required to inform Fincibec S.p.A. of said acceptance by sending an e-mail to mazzoni.renata@fincibec.it or a fax at +39 0536 861351 or by sending a REGISTERED LETTER to Fincibec S.p.A. via Valle d'Aosta, 47 - 41049 Sassuolo (MO) Italy.

12) Prize giving:
The first prize winner shall receive by mail, e-mail and/or phone all operating instructions to collect his/her prize. All other prizes shall be shipped by courier without any additional fee directly to the address specified in the application sheet, unless different instructions are given.

13) Personal data processing:
Personal data collected through the procedures of asking information on the initiative shall be stored on a database owned by the promoting company, which is the responsible and controller of the processing.

The user personal data shall be used by the data controller according to the privacy protection principles stated by the Italian Law Decree no. 196 dated 30.06.2003 and by other norms in force on this matter.

This information covers the personal data sent by the user when asking for specific info. The organizing company processes the personal data of the participants through all operations described in the Italian Law Decree 196/2003 - namely collecting, recording, arranging, keeping, processing, disclosing to third parties, if necessary - mostly with automated and computer procedures.

14) Acceptance of the rules:
Participating to the award involves the full and unconditional knowledge, approval and acceptance of these rules in every clause. The promoting company reserves to ask for integrations of the received material (sending of drawings, graphic tables or any material aiding the understanding of artistic, architectural and functional merits of the project) should it deem this necessary for assessing the produced work.

By participating in the award, applicants grant, free of charge, Fincibec S.p.a a non-exclusive right of publishing the works and authorize to use the produced works for promotional purposes (photographic material, digital images, project papers) without claiming any copyright. Anyway, organizers shall be excluded from all civil liabilities toward third parties.

These rules shall be applied to any objection. The Italian law shall be applied to any controversy or aspect not expressly specified herein and the Court of Modena shall have jurisdiction.