Competition seeks creative designers to furnish Edge Hotel School

Edge, in conjunction with WorldSkills UK, WorldSkills Alumni and City & Guilds have launched a competition to engage creative designers! The aim is to develop a number of artefacts suitable for use within Wivenhoe House, the home of the Edge Hotel School; the artefacts must celebrate innovative and creative design whilst also being practical and durable.

 
Wivenhoe House is an elegant 18th Century Grade II listed building which is undergoing a major multi-million-pound ‘make-over’ to restore it to its former grandeur as a country house of significance. Within this extraordinary setting, the Edge Hotel School is dedicated to delivering ‘hospitality with an edge’; combining theory and practice in a new way to provide a high quality guest experience.

This fantastic competition is open to anyone who has entered past or present WorldSkills UK competitions or for competitors who have represented the UK in the international WorldSkills competition and who are under the age of 28 by 15 July 2011. The competition is divided into five competition categories:

1. A ‘partners’ type desk situated in the entrance lobby of the hotel
2. A ‘conversation’ communal table to seat 16 for the brasserie
3. A garden bench to seat 4 people situated within the hotel grounds
4. A feature light fitting to hang over the grand staircase of the hotel
5. A free standing display / storage centre piece for the brasserie.

The winning designers in each competition category will not only receive a cash prize of £1,000 and see their design manufactured for use in Wivenhoe House, but will also have the opportunity to become a ‘Designer in Residence’. This will include the opportunity to showcase their work, sell or take commissions for private work and provide workshops / demonstrations / master classes for hotel guests for up to 4 x 2 day periods in a calendar year, commencing September 2012!

Full competition details are available via the Edge website. The closing date for entries is 15 July 2011. 

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