we are pleased to announce the results of the international design competition ‘ceramics for breakfast’ organized by designboom and MACEF. 5002 designers from 93 different countries participated. see the results here shortlisted designs will be on show at: MACEF international home show, fieramilano, milan, italy from: 19 to 22 january 2007. —

 

a call to the designboom faithful, if anyone here has any objections to these designs being awarded let them speak now or forever hold their peace! we live in a global world saturated with products and it is impossible for us at designboom to track every design, as it is for our expert juries. selecting the winning entries for our competitions is becoming ever more difficult. designboom currently has more than 1 million readers a month, coming from different backgrounds and countries of origin. the massive participation rate for all our competitions is made up of fantastic and innovative entries. however, occasionally these designs include some that are not entirely original. having had the experience in one of our past competitions, where readers brought to our attention that an awarded entry already existed as a manufactured product, distributed in their countries, designboom opted to disqualify the awarded design (after it already being published). designboom has decided that global problems call for global measures and we would like you, our knowledgeable readers, to help us. today we published the jury selection of our latest competition. if you know of and can provide an example that a winning design has been produced and distributed somewhere in the world, please email us this information with the existing product image, so that we can compare them. after 4 days of investigation, on january 17th, 2007 the results will be confirmed and awards will be officially announced. (before this date, results are subject to change).