Following the CODE International Poster Competition, the Ville de Montréal issued the CODE SOUVENIR MONTRÉAL call for proposals with the goal of selecting a number of existing gift items to be published in a catalogue that offers institutional buyers an easier access to items, designed by Montréal creators, in various price ranges.
16.05.2011 // 64 gift items by 27 designer-producers and distributors chosen by the selection committee as part of the CODE SOUVENIR MONTRÉAL call for proposals.
All of the gift items were on view and available for sale at the Centre de design de l’UQÀM from June 2 to 26, 2011, as part of the CODE International Poster Competition exhibition.
A catalogue including all of the gift items was distributed to all institutional buyers targeted by the selection.
BROWSE THE CATALOGUE
After the call for proposals was issued on February 17, 40 Montreal-based designer-producers and distributors submitted a total of 139 gift items to the Selection Committee.
Its members met on April 4 to assess the proposals based on the project objectives and the following evaluation criteria:
General criteria
Selected gift items had to tend toward the following 10 criteria:
- Sustainable and eco-responsible
- Universal
- Functional
- Well made (manufactured/built)
- Poignant
- Timeless
- Socially useful
- Beautiful
- Ergonomic
- Affordable
Specific criteria
The gift items had to be:
- easy to transport (by hand, in a suitcase)
- as light as possible
- compliant with customs regulations
Though the following were not mandatory criteria, gift items had to preferably be:
- locally made
- emblematic or representative of Montréal
Selected designer-producers and distributors
À Hauteur d'homme
Adzif
Les Archivistes (éditeur : Agence Monde Ruelle)
Aquaovo
Bluecony
Chic Moustache
Chocolats Geneviève Grandbois
C comme Ça
Couple d'idées
Design ÔM
Duel
Erratum
Espace verre
Etic Design
Eve Rachèle Sanders
Harricana par Mariouche
La bourgeoise sérigraphe
OTRA on the road again
PANOPLIE
PATTERN recognitions
Rana Achkar
Schleeh Design
Sébastien Kauffmann
Self Made
String Theory
Toboggan Design
TOMA objets
