Happy Coffin Project – Coffin Design Competition
This contest has expired. More information about the final results will be published when they become available.
Winners Announcement Expected: 24 September 2010
The Happy Coffin project hopes to dispel our fear in talking about and facing death by celebrating it through channels of an artistic expression.
Lien Foundation wants to change mindsets by using the coffin as a medium of expression for people to remember and honour their loved ones - moving from grieving into a celebration of life and a fulfillment of one’s wishes.
The Lien Foundation's Life Before Death initiative seeks to get people thinking and talking about a universally taboo subject - death & dying - and to highlight the urgent need for improved care for the dying.
Objective
Here’s a challenge for you to do something you probably have not done before. Get creative and design a coffin either for yourself, a close friend, a family member or someone who has been an inspiration to you.
Submitted works must be designs of coffins (according to the given template and specific dimensions) based on the various notions of death detailed in the design brief.
Works must be accompanied by an artist's statement, with a maximum of 300 words.
Entry specification:
- The design should only cover the external surfaces of the coffin. There is no requirement to design the internal surfaces.
- Entries must be in JPEG, TIFF or PDF file format using the template provided.
- In no more than 300 words, explain your design’s concept. If the coffin is designed for someone other than yourself, explain why the intention and how the design came about. The description may be used as a factor in determining the winners.
- If your works are selected, you must provide the original working files in a format required by us, so keep the source files in high resolution.
Prizes
A total of US $10,000 in prizes will be awarded to 12 winners!
- 1st Place US $3,000
- 2nd Place US $2,000
- 3rd to 12th Place US $500
Winning entries also have the chance to go on to the international stage through online activities and installations, as part of the global campaign to break the silence of death through 'die-logues'.
Rules
- Participation in the contest is subject to having first created a user account on the Eyeka website.
- The employees of the company and of Eyeka, as well as their relatives (parents, children, and spouse) cannot participate in the contest.
- To be eligible for the contest, minors must imperatively be provided with written authorization from their parents / guardians which must give this written authorization to the company.
- Works must abide by the following general brief: "Life Before Death: Happy Coffin Personalisation CFE"
- The number of works submitted by each contestant to the contest is not limited.
- Submitted works must not constitute:
- Pornographic, racist, pedophilic content or violating a minor's right;
- defamatory, libelous, insulting content against individuals or legal entities;
- An infringement of intellectual property rights;
- A violation of right of publicity;
- A breach of law.
How to enter?
Log in on Eyeka and submit your designs online.
If you don't have an Eyeka account you can create one for free.
