[NIME community] TEI 2012 Design Challenge Call for Entries. Entry deadline: 31.Nov 2011

Hello,

We are chairing the Design Challenge at the TEI 2012 conference in
Ontario, Canada on the 19-22. February 2012. The call is out there,
and we’d like to ask you to pass it to people you deem potentially
interested in the challenge.

In a Nutshell:

DESIGN ENTERPRENEUR CHALLENGE:
http://tei-conf.org/12/Main/DesignChallenge

CONCEPT:
The promise of tangible, embedded and embodied interaction is to
transform the way we interact with technology. This year’s design
challenge aims to push these transformations beyond the conference and
into the world. The winning work will be WANTED, not just liked, by
the jury and the audience of the conference. This means that the
winning project team will have the responsibility to make the design
happen, to produce it and to deliver it to the participants who vote
for it – with their wallet.

Possible results of this challenge could include:
• a static but intelligent artifact that is the result of computational process
• an electronic product that can be easily be built with accessible
parts and existing platforms
• a large-scale singular installation or intervention that the
audience is willing to enable with their financial support

DATES:
31. Nov 2011            Entry deadline (a simple email with details about your
team and basic concept )
6. Jan 2012             TEI Early Registration
19-22. Feb. 2012        Conference

PRIZE:
Three prizes:
• The most votes from the participants.
• The most money collected.
• The judges’ award.

Each category will receive $1000 prize on top of the money the votes
add up to. This money is to be used to produce and deliver the works
to the voters.

MORE:
The details how to submit, and what we are looking for can be found at:
http://tei-conf.org/12/Main/DesignChallenge

Yours,
Design Challenge Chairs,
Jussi Ängeslevä & Kate Hartman

tei2012_designchallengechairs@googlegroups.com