Exclusive Protocol Gift Items for the Bureau de l'accueil et du protocole of the Ville de Montréal

Design Competition

Gift Set with the three items
Source:
Design Montréal
General information

Type of project: Design of official objects
Program: None
Principal contractor:

  • Bureau du design de la Ville de Montréal
  • Bureau de l’accueil et du protocole of the Ville de Montréal
Competition format

First selection: Upon invitation by designers who participated in one of the previous editions of CODE-SOUVENIR catalog. Second selection: Prototypes (3 winners)

Number of competitors: 14
Number of finalists: 3

Scope: Local (Montréal)
Targeted professionals: Designers-producers in any of the three editions of the CODE SOUVENIR catalogue.

Type of presentation: None (deliberations without presentation)
Public presentation: None

Professional advisor: Véronique Rioux
Steering committee: No
Technical committee: No

Competition documents:

  • Program developed by the Bureau du design and the Bureau de l’accueil et du protocole of the Ville de Montréal in collaboration with the professional advisor. 
  • Competition rules developed by the professional advisor.
Timetable

Competition duration: 3 months
Launch of call for candidates: November 5, 2014
End of stage 1 (selection of finalists): January 30, 2015
Jury deliberations: February 6, 2015

Subsequent stages:
Unveiling of the products: May 1, 2015

Financial information

Funding sources:

  • Bureau du design de la Ville de Montréal
  • Bureau de l’accueil et du protocole of the Ville de Montréal

Competition budget: $7,500
Fees paid to the finalists: $2,500
Other fees (e.g.: professional advisor, jury, technical experts, etc.): $900
Production budget: $14,000 $

Turnkey project comprising production and professional fees.
Competition costs represent 53.57% of the project’s production budget.