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: 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

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  • 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)

  • EOI Registration Deadline: 13 April
    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.

    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.