Submissions Page

 

We are thrilled so many of you have signed up to take part in our NGV Melbourne Design week exhibition.

Q: What are the next steps after submitting my inquiry?

Get to work on your designs or submit them.
here are the parameters once more.

  • Must be within 28mm x 28mm x 28mm

  • Minimum detail thickness 0.5mm (less might not translate) 

  • Overhang/ Undercuts no greater than 3mm (more optional but might pose risks in chocolate)    

  • Obeys gravity (no impossible balance points)

  • files can not exceed 200mb

  • Is submitted as a solid STL or OBJ file, saved to scale

Q: Theme of the exhibition
Architects, artists, interior designers, industrial designers, students and cross-disciplinary creatives from around the world are invited to reinterpret their creative practise/ material thinking at a Bitesize scale.

Participants are encouraged to:

  • Reimagine their creative language at a radically reduced scale

  • Designers to step beyond their conventional forms 

  • Reimagine Architectural fragments

  • Develop Abstract ideas

  • Material experimentation

…all translated into a bite-sized three-dimensional chocolate objects to be printed, the brief is intentionally open.

Q: when and what do I need to submit

By the 27th April we need all 3D design submitted via We transfer using the email production@rlfootedesign.com
Participants must include:
please submit sooner then later so we can work our way through your design and spot any issues.

  • Your 3D files (solid STL or OBJ file)

  • One rendered image of your design.

  • Short bio (50 words)

  • A short 100-word concept statement (optional) 

  • Reference Photo (optional)

Q: can I submit Ai generated designs ?

Short answer no.
We do not accept Fully generated AI works, the works must be the creators own designs, reflect there own design practise, or reference by re interpreting exciting designs and change it to something new.

Q: what are the Exhibition dates?

19–27 May
R L Foote Design Studio, Clifton Hill, Victoria
Opening Night: 19 May 5pm-8pm
if your in melbourne we would love you and your friends to attend

Hong Kong Presentation: Dates TBC

When submitting on wetransfer.com please use: production@rlfootedesign.com

More Inspiration

  • Architects, artists, interior designers, industrial designers, students and cross-disciplinary creatives from around the world are invited to reinterpret their material thinking at a Bitesize  scale.

    Participants are encouraged to:

    • Reimagine their creative language at a radically reduced scale

    • Designers to step beyond their conventional forms 

    • Reimagine Architectural fragments

    • Play with Urban forms

    • Develop Abstract ideas

    • Material experimentation

    …all translated into a bite-sized three-dimensional chocolate objects to be printed, the brief is intentionally open.

    Each participant can submit more than one design entry. 

    Design three-dimensional digital format:

    • Must be within 28mm x 28mm x 28mm

    • Minimum detail thickness 0.5mm (less might not translate) 

    • Overhang/ Undercuts no greater than 3mm (more optional but might pose risks in chocolate)    

    • Obeys gravity (no impossible balance points)

    • Is submitted as a solid STL or OBJ file, saved to scale

    Participants must also submit:

    • One rendered image

    • A short 100-word concept statement (optional) 

    • Reference Photo (optional)

  • 3D Model Submission Deadline: 27 April
    Selection Notification: 22 April

    Exhibition:
    19–27 May
    R L Foote Design Studio, Clifton Hill, Victoria
    Opening Night: 20 May

    Hong Kong Presentation: Dates TBC

  • Selected works will be:

    • 3D printed in resin for long-term exhibition display

    • Professionally catalogued and credited

    • Exhibited on sculptural plinth installations within R L Foote Design Studio

    • Participate in future overseas exhibition

    Some early submissions may be selected for chocolate production and served during the exhibition opening.

    Throughout the exhibition, Chocolates by Ryan L Foote will also present new and signature sculptural chocolate works.

  • Open internationally.
    Open to professionals, emerging designers and students.

    Diversity of discipline, geography and approach is encouraged.

  • People's Choice Award

    Top 10 entries will:

    • Have their design professionally printed and sent to them

    • Receive a curated box of Chocolates by Ryan L Foote

    Limited Edition Award

    Nine selected designers will be offered the opportunity to have their design produced as part of a limited edition chocolate box.

    Designers will:

    • Be credited on packaging

    • Receive two boxes

    • Be able to order additional boxes at wholesale pricing

    Participation in commercial production will be confirmed prior to release.

  • Designers retain full copyright of their work.

    We do not accept Fully generated AI works, the works must be the creators own designs, reflect there own design practise, or reference by re interpreting exciting designs and change it to something new.

    we may refuse the right to not include work in the exhibition if it does not meet the exhibition design Briefs, plagiarises other Designers works, or look fully Ai generated.

    By submitting, designers grant Chocolates by Ryan L Foote the right to fabricate the design in digital, printed and physical and edible form for exhibition and publication purposes.

    All designers will be credited in exhibition materials and catalogue.