Last update: 18 FEB 2024
Please read the following terms and conditions carefully before entering. If you have any questions please email FoodInSpace.
These terms are legally binding. This service is provided by Marcobeolchi.com srls (Via Citterio 6, 20010, Santo Stefano Ticino, Milano, Italy).
1. General
1.1 The initiator and organiser of the FoodInSpace Awards is Marcobeolchi.com srls. By completing and submitting the online entry form at www.foodinspace.net/awards and paying the entry fees, the applicant will fully and unreservedly agree to all of the terms and conditions of the FoodInSpace Awards. If you do not agree with any of the terms or conditions, then you should not take part in the FoodInSpace Awards.
1.2 The ‘Terms and conditions’ of the FoodInSpace Awards are an addendum to the general Terms of Use (da linkare al documento precedente) of the FoodInSpace website.
2. Eligibility
2.1 At the FoodInSpace Awards there are awards for interior design projects (short: project), and for product design projects (short: product).
2.2 For the project awards, only completed projects may be entered. Speculative or unrealised designs are not eligible. To be eligible for entry to the FoodInSpace Awards 2024, interior projects must have been completed between 1 January 2020 and 30 September 2024. To be considered as completed, interior projects need to have been handed over to the client.
2.3 For the product awards, only building products that are ready for production may be entered. Speculative products or products that won’t ever go into production are not eligible. To be eligible for entry to FoodInSpace Awards 2024 the products must have been presented to the public between 1 January 2020 and 30 September 2024. Furthermore, the products must be in industrial production or on a concrete path to industrial production.
2.4 All entries must be submitted by or on behalf of the designer, studio, architect, interior architect, architecture firm or manufacturer chiefly responsible for the architecture project or building product and named as such in press and publicity material. Entries submitted on behalf of a designer, studio, architect, interior architect, architecture firm or manufacturer must be done so with their permission. Joint entries are allowed if the architecture project or building product was designed by more than one designer, studio, architect, interior architect, architecture firm or manufacturer.
2.5 If the same interior project or product is entered by more than one designer, studio, architect, interior architect, architecture firm or manufacturer, FoodInSpace reserves the right to disqualify all entries. FoodInSpace also reserves the right to disqualify an entry if it becomes apparent that a submission is inaccurate or if FoodInSpace or the jury has any uncertainty about the integrity of the entry.
2.6 Entries must be submitted via the online awards entry form that can be found on the FoodInSpace website at www.foodinspace.net/awards. All submitted texts must be in English. If you submit a project in another language, FoodInSpace reserves the right to disqualify it.
2.7 Interior Projects or products must only be submitted into a category once. If two parties have collaborated on a project together, it is the entrant’s responsibility to ensure that the project is only submitted by one of the collaborating parties. The designated entrant will be responsible for all stages of the entry.
3. Requirements and accepted formats
3.1 The FoodInSpace Awards are open to all architecture firms, design studios and manufacturers, as well as all individual professional architects, interior architects and designers all over the world, over the age of 18.
3.2 There are two ways you can enter an architecture project or building product at the FoodInSpace Awards. If the project or product hasn’t yet been published on the FoodInSpace website, the steps described at 3.3 need to be taken. If the project or product has already been published on the FoodInSpace website, only the step described at 3.4 needs to be taken.
3.3 Entering an interior project or product at the FoodInSpace Awards is straightforward but requires several steps:
a – Log into your personal account at the FoodInSpace website or create a free, personal account;
b – In your personal account, found under your profile picture or avatar, select the brand for which you want to enter a project or product; or: connect to that brand; or: create that brand if you can’t find it on the FoodInSpace website;
c – In the brand’s dashboard, go to Projects or Products and select either ‘Add Project’ or ‘Add Product’ and upload all required information.
d – Follow the wizard in which you enter all information on the project or product to the end and then select entry to the FoodInSpace Awards;
e – At the page where you can enter projects and products at the FoodInSpace Awards, look up the project(s) or product(s) that you want to enter, select the right category or categories for each, pay the entrance fees, and you’re done.
3.4 If the architecture project or building product has already been published on the FoodInSpace website, simply go to foodinspace.com/awards and select ‘Enter Now’. At the following page look up the project(s) or product(s) that you want to enter, select the right category or categories for each, pay the entrance fees, and you’re done.
3.5 For the jury to see your entry, the interior project or product must be published on the FoodInSpace website.
3.6 Entries must be submitted before 23:59 Milano time (CEST) on the night of 30 September 2024. No entries will be accepted after this time.
3.7 All entries must be submitted digitally via the entry forms on the FoodInSpace website at www.foodinspace.com/awards. No other method of submitting entries will be accepted. Our awards entry form requires the entrant to provide a name, address and email address.
3.8 Applicants are allowed to enter as many projects and products as they wish, in as many categories as they wish.
3.9 Project(s) and product(s) that are entered at the FoodInSpace Awards can be altered up to the point of payment. After this point, no alterations can be made to the project(s) and product(s) that have been entered or to the category or categories.
3.10 The presentations of the project(s) or product(s) that have been entered at the FoodInSpace Awards can always be updated by logging into the brand’s dashboard.
3.11 Entries will be judged solely on the material submitted. Entries must include at least five photograph of the completed project or presented product. Photographs must be genuine and unaltered, though minor retouching is allowed. Computer-generated images or renderings are accepted as supporting material where relevant, but these will be given secondary importance in the judging process. Such images must be clearly captioned as being computer-generated or renderings. FoodInSpace shall be under no obligation to request alternative or replacement images.
3.12 Applicants represent and warrant that all materials submitted will not infringe or constitute a misappropriation of any right of any third party, including any copyrights, mask work rights, patent rights, trademark rights, trade secret rights or confidentiality rights and agree to indemnify Marcobeolchi.com srls and FoodInSpace and its employees against any liabilities, damages, costs, losses, or expenses arising as a result thereof.
4. Entry fees
4.1 The entry fees are dependent on date of entry, as set out on the FoodInSpace website. Any entrant deemed to have acted dishonestly when registering their entry will be contacted and this may result in disqualification. Upon registration, entrants should ensure they enter the correct information.
4.2 Payment must be made through the online payment system on the FoodInSpace website. Entrants will receive confirmation that their entry or entries have been successfully received via email once payment has been made. No other payment method will be accepted, except at the discretion of Marcobeolchi.com srls and FoodInSpace.
4.3 The entry fees for the FoodInSpace Awards are set at a highly affordable rate to allow all designers, studios, architects, interior architects, architecture firms and manufacturers to submit their best work. All entrants can save money by submitting their entries before the early bird entry deadline.
Once you’ve paid your entry fee there are no further obligatory payments to make. At FoodInSpace, we do not charge fees for nominations, winners, trophies, publications or anything else.
5. Projects
Early bird entry (from 30 april to 30 may 2024) – 75 euro per project per category + VAT (if applicable)
Standard entry (from 31 may to 31 august 2024) – 150 euro per project per category + VAT (if applicable)
Late entry (from 1 september) – 200 euro per project per category + VAT (if applicable)
A registration fee reduction of 20% will be applied to each additional category in which you enter your project.
6. Products
Early bird entry (from 30 april to 30 may 2024) – 100 euro per project per category + VAT (if applicable)
Standard entry (from 31 may to 31 august 2024) – 200 euro per project per category + VAT (if applicable)
Late entry (from 1 september) – 250 euro per project per category + VAT (if applicable)
A registration fee reduction of 20% will be applied to each additional category in which you enter your project.
7. Entry Instructions
7.1 Below is some information to help you submit your entry.
Photographs: Photographs can be up to 10MB each. You can upload an unlimited amount of photographs and images, but we recommend uploading no more than 25. Only upload renderings or visualisations as supporting material.
Drawings: When uploading material for a project publication, we highly recommend not adding drawings: plans, sections and details are not allowed.
Video: It could be a good idea to embed a video or include a link to a video. It’s recommended that such a video is no longer than five minutes in duration.
Entry text: Provide a short description of the designed project or product. The minimum word count is stated on the entry form. With a project, please provide a short description of the location, the brief, the design concept, the structure of the building or interior, applied materials, and sustainable solutions. Also note the way(s) in which the project makes a positive contribution to both the local community and society at large. With a product, please provide a short description of the challenge, the solution, the materials used, the technologies that has been applied, and sustainable factors. Write your entry succinctly and clearly, sticking to the facts and avoiding exaggeration.
8. Refunds
8.1 Participants are allowed to withdraw their submitted projects from FoodInSpace Awards at any time. However, fees will not be refunded if the submitted entry is withdrawn.
8.2 In the event of disqualification, the entrant’s entry fees will not be refunded.
9. Categories
9.1 There are a total of 18 interior project categories and 9 product categories that can be entered. These categories are listed below and on the FoodInSpace website at foodinspace.net/awards.
9.2 Entrants can enter as many of the interior project categories and product categories as many times as they wish.
9.3 Projects submitted in the Interior Design category will be nominated for the Interior Design Category Regional Winner Award and Interior Design Category Worldwide Winner Award.
9.4 Projects submitted in the Product Design category will be nominated for the Product Design Category Worldwide Winner Award.
9.5 We reserve the right to change the category for an entry if we believe the change benefits the entrant and their project.
9.6 For each category there will be a shortlist of projects and one winner. An award is given to both the winning designer and the winning restaurant/bar operator.
10. Interior Design categories
- All-day
- Bakery
- Bar
- Bistro
- Brewery
- Cafeteria
- Club
- Ethnic
- Fast Food
- Fast Casual
- Food Hall
- Healthy
- Hotel
- Ice Cream
- Pastry
- Pizzeria
- Pub
- Restaurant
- Steakhouse
- Store
11. Product Design categories
- Biophilic
- Ceiling
- Colour
- Flooring & Floor Coverings
- Furniture – Contract
- Lighting
- Surfaces & Finishes
- Murals & Graffiti
- Sustainability
12. Regions
- Middle East & Africa
- Asia
- The Americas
- Europe
- Australia & Pacific
13. Judges
13.1 FoodInSpace will appoint an international jury of acclaimed architects, designers, interior architects and interior designers, and possibly other experts from the food & beverage and design industry. A master jury will be selected from the jury pool to choose the winners of the awards for: Interior Design Category Regional project, Interior Design Category Worldwide project, Product Design Category Worldwide.
13.2 Names and portraits of the FoodInSpace Awards judges will be made public on the FoodInSpace website. A link to the LinkedIn-profile of each judge will also be included.
13.3 FoodInSpace will organise, select and manage the jury, which will be instructed to act without bias or favour. Judges may enter the awards, however they will not be able to judge their own entries.The judges decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into regarding their decisions or decision-making processes.
14. Jury process
First stage – Interior Design and Product Design categories judging.
All entries are digitally reviewed by the FoodInSpace editorial team, assisted by food & beverage and interior design experts, who will select a shortlist of nominees for each category. In this process, entries will be judged against the criteria of the FoodInSpace Awards Jury, as outlined in the About page of the FoodInSpace Awards guide on the FoodInSpace website. The result of this phase is a longlist for each category of Interior Design and Product Design.
Second phase – Interior Design and Product Design categories judging.
The international jury made up of architects, designers, interior designers and interior decorators, and possibly other experts from the food & beverage and design sectors, will digitally evaluate the longlist for each category in each region. In each category, the two projects with the highest combined evaluation will become the two finalists/nominated in the category for each region. Each jury member will review the interior design projects and product design categories remotely, and each juror will score the entries using an online scoring system. Scores will be awarded according to the judging criteria.
Third stage – Interior Design and Product Design categories judging.
The international jury of architects, designers, interior architects and interior designers, and possibly other experts from the food & beverage and design industry, will digitally review the finalists / nominees in each category and collaboratively select a jury winner in each category: the “Interior Design Regional Category Winner” and the “Product Design Regional Category Winner” .
Fourth phase – Interior Design and Product Design categories judging.
The international jury of architects, designers, interior architects and interior designers, and possibly other experts from the food & beverage and design industry, will digitally examine the Category Regional Winners for each category and collaboratively select an overall jury winner for each category: the “Interior Design Worldwide Category Winner” and the “Product Design Worldwide Category Winner”.
15. Announcement of winners
15.1 Nominated entries will be published on the FoodInSpace website. Entrants whose entries aren’t nominated will not receive any correspondence from FoodInSpace.
15.2 FoodInSpace Awards winners will also be announced in the FoodInSpace Awards guide at the FoodInSpace website, at www.foodinspace.net/awards.
15.3 FoodInSpace may attempt to respond, answer and reply to any requests, queries or questions communicated by an applicant at any time. However, FoodInSpace and Marcobeolchi.com srls are not required or obligated to provide such a response, answer or reply.
15.4 If an entry receives an award, the manner and details of announcing the nomination and award is strictly at the discretion of FoodInSpace and Marcobeolchi.com srls. The applicant understands that all awards may not be given or publicised in the same manner.
16. Timeline
30 April 2024 till 15 May 2024 – early bird entry.
31 May till 31 August 2024 – standard entry.
From 1 September till 30 September 2024 – late entry.
Entries must be submitted by 23:59 CET time on the night of each deadline day.
October 2024 – judging of entries.
November 2024 – publication of nominations and voting.
December 2024 – announcement of finalists and winners.
Under circumstances these dates might change. For the latest information please refer to the FoodInSpace Awards guide at the FoodInSpace website via FoodInSpace.net/awards.
17. Technical Support
If you have any questions about the FoodInSpace Awards, including press and sponsorship enquiries, please email: info@foodinspace.net
