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Eco Design Competition

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REGENERSIS MOBILE PHONE RECYCLED DESIGN COMPETITION

Eco-Design Fair have teamed up with Regenersis – The UK’s biggest mobile phone recycling company, to run a design competition during Love London Green Festival 2009.

Designers are invited to create an original and innovative product suitable for any sort of domestic use; from a piece of jewellery to an item of furniture, using old mobile handsets as raw material.

PRIZES

Winning entries will be exhibited at The EDSF on 26^th-28^th June 2009 at Dray Walk Gallery (Brick Lane). The winners will be announced at a multi-media sustainable design networking party on the evening of Friday 26^th June at the same venue. The overall winner will receive an eco goody-bag plus an ipod Nano. Two runners-up will receive eco goodie bags. All winners and their designs will feature on EDF and Love London websites.

HOW TO ENTER

To get started, please read the terms and conditions below then complete all sections of the registration form:

http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/116341/eco-design-competition

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The competition is open to anyone resident in the UK over the age of 16.

A maximum of two entries per person permitted.

Closing date for entries is FRIDAY 12^TH JUNE 2009.

Participants are required to consider the environment in their production methods and in the use of the product.

The entries will be judged by representatives from Eco-Design Fair, Regenersis and Love London.

All names and winning ideas will remain the property of the designer, although the organisers retain the right to exhibit and publish works.

RAW MATERIALS

Handsets will be available from Regenersis on completion of a registration form. These will be delivered to you within 5 days from the date of application. The total no of handsets available is limited to 2,000. You may apply for any number of handsets for your design, but not exceeding 100 units per entrant. Please note that all phones are in non-working order. If you apply after the stock has run out, you may still enter, but using your own raw materials as long as they are used mobile components.