Cloth & Co + Dwell on Design Textile to Furniture Contest
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Description
ABOUT THE COMPETITIONCloth & Company is a new Chicago-made, customizable furniture company formed by industry veterans, Christiane Lemieux, former founder of DwellStudio, and Meganne Wecker, President and CCO of Skyline Furniture. Cloth & Company brings the fast fashion concept to the home, using digital printing technology to produce custom, welldesigned product at a rational price point that ships within six days. With a made-to-order business model and the most efficient textile production capabilities in the country, Cloth & Company has the freedom to produce endless collections. Setting a new standard in home design, the brand will be partnering with some of the country's most dynamic influencers, and has recently launched collections with Oh Joy! and Apartment Therapy.
Client:
Dwell on Design, in partnership with Cloth & Co.
Type of Artwork:
Digital rendering of textile fabric for furniture production
Finalists and Winners:
Top 5 finalists will have a Cloth & Co chair produced and featured at Dwell on Design 2017, June 23-35 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Final winner will be selected from the top 5 finalists by a panel of judges onsite at Dwell on Design and their textile will be produced into a line of furniture and sold by Bed Bath & Beyond within a few weeks following the event. The winner will receive between 5-8% in sales.
Where Project will be installed:
Winning textile will be produced into a line of furniture and sold at Bed Bath & Beyond.
Budget for Artwork:
Digital artwork required, no budget allotted
Cloth & Co. is seeking creative, up and coming artists to produce a textile fabric design. The initial textile will need to be designed specifically to produce into one of Cloth & Co.’s concept chairs.
Knowing the potential winner will have their textile implemented into a line of 5- 6 pieces of furniture, the designer should be able to envision their design onto multiple styles of furniture to create a fuller line.
Designers are asked to submit 2-3 textile design options as part of their submission.
Rewards
Final winner
will be selected from the top 5 finalists by a panel of judges onsite at Dwell on Design and their textile will be produced into a line of furniture and sold by Bed Bath & Beyond within a few weeks following the event. The winner will receive between 5-8% in salesTop 5 finalists
will have a Cloth & Co chair produced and featured at Dwell on Design 2017, June 23-35 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.Timeline
America/Los_Angeles
Submission ends
Jury
Finalist selection date
Jury
Final artist selection : Top 5 finalists
Results starts
Final artist selection : Final winner
Results ends
Final artist selection : Final winner
Event
Furniture Line Production: Design + production with Cloth & Co
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