Open Call for Souvenir Designs for the First Klek Shop Selection
Submission Deadline: December 31, 2024
DOT Sofia and Studio Komplekt are announcing a souvenir design contest with a prize fund and the opportunity for а serial production. The deadline for submissions is December 31, 2024, and the winner will be announced on February 10, 2025. The selected product will be the first produced by DOT Sofia for its Klek Shop initiative.
We will be expecting your interpretations on the topic of a souvenir at hello@studiokomplekt.com.
You can submit the idea in one of the following formats:
- Video up to 1 min.
- Presentation up to 5 slides in pdf document
Production cost justification
In the presentation you must include:
- How you fit into the production budget of up to 1200 BGN incl. VAT for the first 50 pcs, along with a breakdown of funds to achieve a final selling price no higher than 99 BGN
- Sustainability of the project and the possibility to continue it after the first 50 pieces of the souvenir
- Timing of production
Information about you:
- Name
- Website/social media accounts:
- Contact details: Email & Phone
- A short bio that we will use later if your idea wins.
The guiding criteria in evaluating proposals will be:
- Original approach in the interpretation of the topic of designing a souvenir
- Low production cost, large print run, selling price (final price to customers) - up to 99 BGN
- Mass appeal and comprehensibility by both Bulgarian and foreign audiences
- Sustainability of the idea and its successful replication
- Possibility for serial production and supply of DOT Sofia with more units after the first 50 ones
- Relationship with the context of DOT Sofia - the Women's Market and the subculture there
- Decorative or functional object
Time frame | 2024 - 2025
- 3 November 2024 - announcement of the open call in the presence of the jury as part of the international design festival Melba
- by 30 November - ask your questions at hello@studiokomplekt.com
- by 31 December - we look forward to receiving your proposals at hello@studiokomplekt.com
- by January 2025 - jurying
- 10 February 2025 - winner announcement
- by 28 February - signing the agreement
- by March 30 - souvenir prototyping, testing phase, feedback, production testing, final production run, packaging
- April - public presentation of the souvenir
Prize fund. Production and sale
The selected idea and its author will receive a cash prize of 800 BGN.
Production costs: up to 1200 BGN VAT incl. The winner of the competition will receive a production fee of up to 1200 BGN, VAT included, for the production of the first 50 pieces of the souvenir.
Period of commitment: 2025 with the idea of continuing the project if the souvenir is successful.
Jury members:
Dr. Pancho Georgiev (DOT Sofia)
Dr. Veselina Sarieva (DOT Sofia / Sarieva)
Adriana Andreeva and Boyana Gyaurova (Studio Komplekt / Melba)
Vyara Zhelyazkova (I/O Architects)
Dima Stefanova (Know-How / Show-How)
Thank you for your participation!