Participants

• The competition is international and open to professional and non-professional designers, students, graduates, teachers, jewellers, goldsmiths, etc.
• Participation is on an individual basis, not on a company basis.
• Participation is free of charge.

 
 
Criteria for diamond jewellery items

• Submitted entries must be original designs, that have not previously been put on display or commercialised.
• Diamonds must be an absolutely indispensable part of the jewel. A jewellery item should contain a minimum of 1.00 ct of diamonds and a maximum of 25.00 cts.
• Precious metals and/or other materials used need to correspond with the aura of the diamonds in the jewellery item. This does not exclude new and innovative materials.
• Fancy shapes and fancy colour diamonds can be used in moderate way.
• Rough diamonds are not accepted.
• Designs will be judged according to originality, wearability, the creative use of diamonds and technical skill.
• Because the HRD Awards Collection tours the world, it is important to take into consideration possible damage that could be caused during display, transportation and packing. It is strongly recommended that designers avoid the use of fine chains and make sure that the jewellery item is well manufactured.

 
Size of the jewellery item

• There is no limit on the size of jewellery item, but it should be possible to disassemble large (life size) jewellery.

 
Transport of jewellery item

• The HRD Awards collection should be easy to transport in lightweight boxes fit for air cargo. Badly packed jewels will not be accepted.

 
Winning jewellery design

• The professional HRD Awards jury will select one winner and three finalists in addition to a Public Award winner chosen by the general public through online voting on the HRD Antwerp website.
• The winning design selected by the professional HRD Awards jury will receive a cash prize of 10,000 USD.
• Each of the three finalists selected by the professional HRD Awards jury will receive a cash prize of 2,500 USD.
• The winner of the Public Award chosen by the general public through online voting on the HRD Antwerp website will receive a cash prize of 2,500 USD
• Should the winner of the Public Award be the same as the winner or one of the three finalists selected by the professional HRD Awards jury, then the cash prizes will accumulate.

 
 
Competition procedures

Registration

• All candidates need to register online via our dedicated website at www.hrdantwerp.com.
• Upon registration you will receive a unique registration number and password. These are to be used at all times.
• HRD Antwerp accepts only one registration form per person. Please always use the same email address.
• Deadline for registration and submitting designs is October 31, 2014.

Submitting Designs

• Entrants can upload as many designs as they please.
• Always use the unique registration number and password. This to avoid duplicates.
• Only online designs are accepted.

Specifications Designs

• Design files : only JPG or PDF files with a maximum 5 MB.
• Uploading designs is only possible with your registration number and password (login).
• There is no restriction to the number of designs submitted per person, but filling out and submitting technical details for each design is mandatory.

 
Technical Details (a description of the jewel and source of inspiration)

• Every uploaded design must be accompanied by its technical details (description of the jewel, materials and number & weight of the diamonds, etc.)
• Your source of inspiration relating to the theme 'A LA CARTE | A Culinary Journey' should be explained in a written text of no more than 10 lines.

Selection of Designs

• A professional jury selects the laureates based on the uploaded designs (13/11/2014).
• Selected laureates are informed by email.
• Drawings are published online
• The decision of the jury and its composition are final and not contestable.

Submitting Finished Jewellery Items

• The finalists are required to make and submit their finished jewellery piece(s) set with diamonds to HRD Antwerp by 31 March, 2015.
• The jewel(s) can be manufactured by a third party.
• The designer is responsible for insuring all materials related to the jewellery item until such time as the jewellery item is submitted to HRD Antwerp. From that moment on, the jewel will be insured by HRD Antwerp.
• All jewellery items have to be easy to transport in lightweight boxes fit for air cargo. Badly packed jewels are not accepted.

Shipment of the Finished Jewel

• Important information
• EU
• Non-EU (overseas)
• Please check carefully our instructions on How to ship your jewel to HRD Antwerp

Selection of Finalists and Winning Jewellery Design

• An international jury selects five finalists based on the finished jewellery items. From these five the jury awards the winning jewel.
• Criteria: innovation, technique, source of inspiration and the creative use of diamonds.
• All jewels will be numbered and displayed anonymously.
• Every member of the jury has the opportunity to evaluate the jewels.
• Each jewel is accompanied by a technical description and source of inspiration.

Voting Procedure

Professional Jury

• Only jewellery items with a minimum of three votes will be considered for the final round.
• Jury members will discuss the selected jewellery items.
• Each member of the jury can elucidate his/her opinion.
• The jury members vote on the four finalists.
• The jury members will vote for the winning jewellery design among these four finalists.
• The decision of the jury and its composition is final and not contestable.

Public Voting new in 2015
 
Rules & regulations


Who can vote

1. Everyone is eligible to vote in order to support a designer or favourite design.
2. Participants in the Public Voting procedure understand they are not eligible for a prize in any shape or form.
3. Participants can vote for multiple designs but cannot vote for the same design more than once. 

 
The voting procedure:

1. Only votes made on the HRD Antwerp website Via http://www.hrdantwerp.be/en/nominees will be considered valid.
2. Should there be any irregularities during the voting procedure  such as digital manipulation or automated voting or any other abuse,  HRD Antwerp reserves the right to intervene and act accordingly.

 
Voting period

1. The online voting period runs from Sunday  31 May until Thursday 1 October 2015.

HRD Antwerp reserves the right to change the dates.


Nominations and winner

1. Participants in the HRD Awards Public Voting can choose from 29 nominees selected by the professional jury of the HRD Awards.
2. The jewel with the most preference votes on the HRD Antwerp website after closing of the public voting procedure will be considered the public award winner.
3. The winner of the HRD Awards Public Award  will be announced together with  the first prize winner and the 3  finalist nominated  by the Professional Jury at the HRD Awards ceremony on  October 29^th, 2015 at the World Expo in Milan.

Design sponsors

Jewellery Sponsors

For the manufacturing of the jewel, the designer reaching the final round can be sponsored by a private firm, jewellery manufacturer or other party. The designer may freely choose the sponsor of his/her jewel.


Diamond Sponsors

• Designers reaching the final round will need to submit a list of the diamonds they need: Number, shape, sizes and colours (minimum 1 carat and maximum 25 carat of diamonds). See technical details.
• HRD Antwerp organises a sponsor meeting with Antwerp-based diamond dealers in order to find diamond sponsors. The diamond sponsor is appointed by allotment. The designer has no free choice as to who will sponsor the diamonds used in his/her jewel. Once a diamond sponsor has been appointed, HRD Antwerp informs the designer.
• It is the designer's responsibility to contact his/her sponsor personally and to come to an agreement; HRD Antwerp is in no way involved in this process.
• If there is no diamond sponsor available - and only then - the designer can personally contact or seek out his/her own sponsor.

Other

• HRD Antwerp reserves the right to interpret and/or change the rules.
• During 2015 and 2016, the HRD Awards collection remains at the disposal of HRD Antwerp for promotional use worldwide (an extension of this period is always possible).