Objectives

• To promote water saving devices and raise public awareness on water efficient showerheads
• To publicise the importance of water conservation
• To enhance product design of eco-friendly water saving devices
• To encourage young generations to unleash their creativity and develop their ambitions in design

Design Concept and Theme

Categories of Entries

Conceptual Design: Academic Section (Secondary and Tertiary Education)

Original Product: Professional Section

Conceptual Design: Academic Section

• Entrants must be Hong Kong residents and students of registered secondary schools, universities, tertiary institutions or other institutions accredited by Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications.
• Entrants may participate individually or as a team under this category.
• Students from different institutions may participate as a team with no more than 4 students.
• Each entrant may only join a maximum of 2 teams.
• Entrants may participate individually and as a team at the same time. However, submissions with repeated design are not allowed.
• Submission must be original designs; each participating unit (individual or team) may submit a maximum of 3 entries. If more than 3 entries are submitted, the Organiser will randomly select 3 entries for assessment without prior notice.

Original Product: Professional Section

• Products submitted must be original and manufactured (not conceptual designs) and preferably, available in the market for no more than 3 years.
• Hong Kong or overseas industry practitioners aged 18* or above, and any corporates registered in Hong Kong or overseas may participate individually or as a corporate under this category.
• Participating individuals or corporates must be the copyright owner of their entries (except for product agencies). If there are more than one person or corporate owning the copyright of the entry, agreement from all copyright owners must be obtained to qualify for participation. All entries must not infringe the rights of any third parties.
• If entries are agencies’ products, product agencies must obtain agreement and authorisation from all copyright owners before participating the competition.
• Each participating unit (individual or corporate) may submit a maximum of 5 entries. If more than 5 entries are submitted, the Organiser will randomly select 5 entries for assessment without prior notice.
• Entries must be finished products. Partial products or accessories will not be accepted.

*Age of entrants will be calculated as of the application deadline of Competition.

All employees of the Organiser and Co-organiser involved in organising the Competition and all members of the adjudication panel, as well as their immediate relatives are not eligible to participate in the Competition by any means. For those who are interested in participating the Competition suspects any potential conflict of interest, he or she shall enquire the representative of the Organiser in writing prior to entry submission. The Organiser reserves the right to declare any participant ineligible.

Participation Fee

Free of charge

Application Method

• For protecting the environment, the Organiser accepts online application only.
• Interested individuals or corporate representatives (both Academic and Professional Section) shall submit the Online Application Form on or before the deadline via the Competition’s official website.
• Application No. will be provided upon successful application. Responsible officer of the Organiser will contact and follow up with all participants via email.

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 and class suspension, Application Deadline extended to: 17^th April 2020 (Friday) HKT 23:59

(The above-mentioned time is based on the server time of the Organiser. Late application will not be accepted.)

Entry Specifications

1. Product Design Layout

All Sections

• Participants are required to submit at least 3 design layouts for every entry. The layout shall show a clear and complete display of appearance and structure of entry in different dimensions.
• Both hand-drawn or digital layout drawings/ three-dimensional drawings/ perspective drawings are acceptable. No decorative graphics shall be added to the background of design layout to enhance visual effects.
• Files of the design layout must be in JPEG format; the size must not be smaller than 1190 width x 840 height pixel with the resolution not less than 300dpi and file size must not exceed 10MB.

Academic Section

• For Academic Section, the design layout shall not contain any personal data, such as entrants’ name, student class number, institution name, faculty, etc. Failing entries will not be assessed.
• Files of design layout must be named after individual entrant’s name or team leader’s name. Please follow the format below for identification: NAME 001, NAME 002, NAME 003. To uphold the objectivity of the assessment, the file names will be coded and renamed during assessment.
• Prototype (e.g. 3D printing figure) is also welcome for specific expression of the design layout, while this is not one of the essential items of the entry specifications, yet the assessment score will not be adjusted due to any submission of models.

Professional Section

• For Professional Section, design layouts shall not contain information such as corporate name, brand registered trademark, and names of entrants or designers. Failing entries will not be assessed.
• Files of design layout must be named after corporate’s name or entrant’s name. Please follow the format below for identification: CORPORATE NAME 001, CORPORATE NAME 002, CORPORATE NAME 003. To uphold objectivity, file names will be coded and renamed during assessment.
• Design layout must be the same as the actual product. If the design layouts are altered without any prior authorisation, the Organiser reserves the right to disqualify any entrants.

2. Description of Design

All Sections

• Each entry must enclose a description with the entry’s name, theme, design concept, materials, dimensions, structure, features, functions, usage instructions and water saving elements, etc.
• Description can be written in either Chinese or English (about 500 words in Chinese or about 300 words in English). Please write in paragraphs, bullet points are not accepted.
• Entrants may also submit videos or audio recordings as explanations or display of any relevant situations (if any).

Professional Section

• For Professional Section, entrants must include the suggested retail price and water output per minute in the description. The price declared must be the retail price in the market. If the Organiser suspects the declared price is not consistent with the market price, the Organiser reserves the right to disqualify any entrants.

3. Copyright Documents (for Professional Section only)

• For Professional Section, entrants are required to submit the copyright documents and the authorisation from all proprietary right owners of the product entry (if any). Each entry must indicate the name(s) of product designer(s) or all member(s) of the design team.

4. Actual Entry Products (for Professional Section only)

• For Professional Section, entrants are required to submit the actual product at the same time. If there are any unavoidable brand registered trademark or corporate name on the products, the Organiser will cover it up during assessment to uphold the objectivity of the assessment.

Entry Submission Methods

Academic Section

Entry Design layout and Description

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 and class suspension, Deadline for Actual Product Submission extended to: 29^th May 2020 (Friday) HKT 17:00

(The above-mentioned time is based on the arrival time of delivery to the above address. Late submission will not be accepted.)

If Black Rainstorm Signal or Typhoon Signal No.8 or above is hoisted on the day of the Actual Product Submission Deadline (i.e. 29^th May 2020), between HKT 14:00 and 17:00 by the Hong Kong Observatory, the submission deadline will be postponed to HKT 17:00 of the next working day. “Working day” means Monday to Friday (except Public Holiday) after the Black Rainstorm Signal or Typhoon Signal No.8 or above is cancelled.

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 and class suspension, the following arrangement has been made with regard to the competition schedule.

Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

The Organiser reserves all rights to modify the schedule of the competition.