Premise

1. The National Aerospace Technological Cluster, hereinafter called CTNA, is an association which brings together the main industrial players in the Italian aerospace sector with the aim of promoting positioning and synergies at a national and international level, with particular regard to research and development activities and industrial collaboration activities.
2. As part of its institutional activities, the CTNA intends to promote the ” Aerospace Academy ” platform dedicated to bringing together educational and dissemination initiatives to bring young people closer to the themes and culture of aerospace, discover and encourage new talents and future professionalism and promote synergy and dialogue between different skills.
3. The “ Aerospace Academy Visual Identity ” Call, hereinafter referred to as the Call , is announced by the CTNA and is aimed at receiving creative proposals for the declination of the visual identity of the “ CTNA Aerospace Academy ” platform.

 Articles of the Regulations

 1) General rules

The Introduction is an integral part of the Regulations of the ” CTNA Aerospace Visual Identity ” Call .

Participation in the Call is free.

2) Participants

Participation in the Call is reserved for students of Italian citizenship aged between 18 and 25 registered at:

• ART ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES;
• INSTITUTES OF HIGHER ARTISTIC EDUCATION;
• PUBLIC OR PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS AT UNIVERSITY OR POST-UNIVERSITY LEVEL, IN THE FOLLOWING DISCIPLINES: ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, ART, GRAPHICS, ILLUSTRATION, COMMUNICATION AND VISUAL ARTS;

of the entire national territory, individually or in groups of maximum three participants.

In the latter case, all members must possess the indicated requirements and must appoint a single contact person for relations with the CTNA.

3) How to participate and send proposals

Participation in the Call is completed solely by sending the participation application ( Attachment A ) completed in its entirety and attachments.

The documentation must be complete with all the information requested and signed by the individual participant, or by all participants in the case of groups.

The application for participation, together with the creative proposal and the required documentation, must be sent to the e-mail address: academy@ctna.it, reporting “CALL AEROSPACE ACADEMY” in the subject

The creative proposal, the exclusive result of one’s own creativity, hereinafter called Elaborate, must contain:

• THE LOGOTYPE, IN JPG/PNG FORMAT CONTAINING THE LOGO FRAMED IN A FILE FORMAT 1772 PIXELS X 1772 PIXELS, WITH 300 DPI RESOLUTION, AS BETTER SPECIFIED IN THE FOLLOWING ART. 4;
• A DESCRIPTIVE REPORT OF THE PROPOSAL PRESENTED, FOR A MAXIMUM OF 2500 CHARACTERS INCLUDING SPACES IN PDF FORMAT, WHICH EXPLAINS THE LOGICAL PATH FOLLOWED IN THE CREATION OF THE LOGO AND THE COMMUNICATIVE INTENTIONS;
• THE FILE CONTAINING THE SIMULATION OF THE VARIATIONS OF THE LOGO FOR THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS: LETTERHEAD, POSTER FORMAT (A4), POSTCARD FORMAT (10×15), WEBSITE HEADER (915×915 PIXELS), SOCIAL ICON (52×52 PIXELS);
• THE USER MANUAL OF THE LOGO, WITH INDICATION OF THE COLOR CODES ADOPTED.

Each of the above documents must be signed.

The file must be sent by email, DO NOT send via WeTransfer or similar methods.

4) Logotype

Each Participant or group of participants as defined in the art. 2 must present a proposal divided into at least one and up to a maximum of three different ” CTNA Aerospace Academy ” logo proposals. Each logo must be presented in positive and negative declination.

The proposed logo:

• MUST CONTAIN THE WORDS “ CTNA AEROSPACE ACADEMY”;
• IT MUST BE AN UNPUBLISHED ORIGINAL, DEVELOPED EXPRESSLY FOR THE CALL AND ONE OF A KIND, MUST NOT BE MODELED ON OTHER LOGOS OF PUBLIC OR PRIVATE BODIES AND MUST NOT INFRINGE OR VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES, INCLUDING COPYRIGHTS, TRADEMARKS, PATENTS AND ANY OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS;
• IT MAY CONTAIN A DRAWING, A SYMBOL OR OTHER GRAPHIC FORM CHOSEN BY THE COMPETITOR BUT NOT PHOTOGRAPHIC ELEMENTS;
• IT MUST BE IN COLOR AND HAVE CHARACTERISTICS SUCH THAT IT CAN BE VARIED IN SIZE (REDUCED AND/OR ENLARGED) WITHOUT LOSING QUALITY AND COMMUNICATIVE EFFECTIVENESS. THE COLORS MUST BE SATURATED AND THE CONTOURS WELL DEFINED;
• IT MUST BE DESIGNED FOR MAXIMUM REPRODUCIBILITY ON DIFFERENT MEDIA: HEADED PAPER, GADGETS, INVITATIONS, POSTERS, POSTERS.

5) Deadline for submitting documents

The work must be received according to the methods indicated in the previous art. 3 by the strict deadline of 30 June 2022 at 11.59pm. Submission after this deadline is grounds for exclusion. The date and time of the e-mail received will prevail.

It is the responsibility of the participants to ensure that the sending takes place in time for the reception to take place within the deadlines.

 6) Evaluation Committee

The submissions received in good time will be submitted to the CTNA Evaluation Committee , hereinafter called the Committee , which will identify at its sole discretion the recipient of the “ CTNA Aerospace Academy Visual Identity ” Award , hereinafter called the Award , applying the evaluation criteria indicated to the following art. 7.

The Committee will be composed of a minimum of 3 (three) and a maximum of 5 (five) members. The President of the CTNA will be a member and president of the Committee by right.

7) Evaluation Criteria

The evaluation of the Entries will be carried out based on the following criteria:

The work with the highest score will be considered the recipient of the Award. In the case of ex aequo, the winner will be the Entry with the highest score for the “Communicative Strength” criterion and, subordinately, for the “Visual Impact” criterion.

The Award can be assigned to only one Entry.

The Committee’s judgment will be unquestionable and valid even in the presence of only one proposal.

The Committee may unquestionably decide not to proceed with the appointment of the assignee, if it deems that the projects presented do not correspond to the evaluation criteria set out in the announcement.

8) Recognition

The Recognition is reserved for the participant, or the participants in the case of a group, who presented the work with the highest score, as defined in the previous art. 7 and consists of a scholarship of Euro 1,000.00 (one thousand/00) gross of any legal charges.

If the winning logo was created by more than one participant, the Award awarded will still be Euro 1,000.00 (One Thousand//00) and the winners will divide it among themselves without any liability on the part of the organizers of the Call.

The Award is personal and non-transferable.

The Award will be paid in a single payment via bank transfer to the current account of the Participant / contact person for the group of participants.

8) Declaration

In responding to this Call , the Participant or participants in the case of a group declare that they are the exclusive owner(s) of the intellectual property of each of the proposals presented.

9) Obligations of the Award Recipient

Each Participant in this Call undertakes, in the event of being awarded the Recognition, to:

1. transfer the ownership and rights of use of the Entry to the CTNA free of charge, definitively and irrevocably ;
2. send the logotype in its declinations in an eps vector graphic format of the same dimensions indicated for the jpg to the CTNA within one week of the notification of assignment, i.e. the logo must be framed in a file format of 1772 pixels x 1772 pixels;
3. A closed file and a layered file will be sent for the logo;
4. In the vector format the texts must be traced and in the case of images the texts must be rasterized.

10) Property and Rights

The CTNA will be the exclusive owner of the copyright, of all economic exploitation rights and all other rights on all projects and works presented.

The participants, with the approval of this announcement, therefore renounce any right to the logo and expressly relieve the CTNA from any liability towards third parties deriving directly or indirectly from the brand and/or its use.

Non-awarded proposals will not be returned and will remain available to the CTNA.

Participation in the Call is considered as full acceptance of this Notice and Regulations.

Nothing is due to the competitors as compensation or reimbursement for any expense connected to participation in the competition.

11) Reserves and Exemption of Liability

The CTNA, in respect of the winning idea and ownership of property and rights acquired through irrevocable transfer of the assignee, reserves the right to make any changes to the project chosen by the Committee that it may deem necessary for its functionality and its best application. and declension.

The CTNA also reserves the right. the right to cancel, modify, extend and/or postpone this Call at any time. Nothing will be due to Participants in the event of cancellation or revocation of the Call.

12) Recognition Ceremony

The award ceremony will take place in Rome by October 15th.

The date and place will be promptly communicated to the assigned Participant , who will be invited to personally collect the Award and publicly illustrate their creative work.

13) Exclusion

The following constitute grounds for exclusion:

• SENDING THE MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION (ANNEX A), THE DOCUMENTS AND THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION AFTER THE DEADLINE SET FOR 11.59PM ON 30 JUNE 2022.
• PARTIAL OR INCOMPLETE SUBMISSION OF THE MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION (ANNEX A) AND THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS AND DOCUMENTS.
• USE OF IMAGES, IDEAS, CREATIONS AND OTHER INTELLECTUAL WORKS THAT ARE NOT ORIGINAL AND/OR COVERED BY COPYRIGHT.

14) Privacy

Pursuant to article 13 and 14 of EU Regulation 679/2016 ss.mm.ii. and international, European and Italian laws relating to the processing of personal data, in each case to the extent that they are applicable from time to time, together with their respective modifications, additions and reforms, we inform you that the personal data provided and collected, as well as the works presented will be used in accordance with and for the sole purposes set out in this Call and may be disclosed in the performance of CTNA-related initiatives.

Each Participant must declare that they are informed of the communication and dissemination of the personal data provided and collected for the purposes indicated above, signing the release for the rights to use the works and accepting the rules set out in this Call, which constitute the Regulations.

 15) Decadence

Failure to send the creative proposal in the graphic formats and within the deadline referred to in article 9 of these Regulations constitutes grounds for forfeiture of the award .

16) Competent court

The Court of Rome is the competent court for any dispute.

For information and clarifications, contact the CTNA by writing to info@ctna.it   

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