ADI - Associazione per il Disegno Industriale has launched the first edition of the "ADI Compasso d’Oro International Award". It is the first time in the history of the Compasso d’Oro, who started in 1954, 60 years ago, that also non Italian companies and designers can participate.

The theme of the Award is Design for Food and Nutrition in line with the Expo 2015 theme. Please, find attached the Regulations. It is an important event and a great opportunity that involve designers and companies all around the world and a way to take advantage of the International showcase that is the Milano Expo 2015.

The new deadline for the presentation of products is April 30th, 2015!

The categories of the award are the following:

- Design for Agriculture, Fishing and Breeding
Design as applied to methods, techniques and tools for the cultivation of food products, fishing and the raising.

- Design for Quality Food Process
Design for the enhancement of organoleptic, nutritional, flavour and health qualities in food production: from food processing to food preparation and transformation tools and techniques and the design of food products.

- Design for Food Packaging
Packaging design (both primary and secondary), packaging methods, transport, food presentation, portioning, convenience food, and visual communication.

- Design for Food Distribution
Design for food distribution systems and post-consumption activities: from the design of services for food and catering, to intermediation between the producer and the consumer, from short food chains and ethics to design for the recycling of food and other waste products.

- Visual Communication for Food and Nutrition
Design for communicating food and food products: brand design, visual communication of food products (from advertising to labelling, from physical communication tools to virtual tools) for small and large scale distribution, design for food education and raising awareness about nutritional issues.

- Design Food Preparation and Instruments
Design for food preparation: from techniques and tools for food preparation on an industrial scale to those for domestic and hand-prepared foods.

- Design for Food Consumption and Eating
Design for individual and/or group food consumption: from solutions for sales environments to those used for consumption (internal and external catering) to street food, including edible products and objects used for consumption of the same, visual communication and everything related to the unmistakeable definition of a nutritional format.

- Design for Food and Local Heritage
Design for the development of food production, food producing communities and regions: from projects for the reintroduction, development and spreading of typical products, to design for the innovation of practices, diets and new features for cultural tourism.

A special prize is reserved to young designers, the "Targa Giovani", that carries a financial prize of € 30,000 which will be awarded to the best design created by students from University-level schools which either individually or in groups, has developed designs for products, services, independent productions or research on Design for Food and Nutrition, the theme for this year’s edition.

For information on how to apply, please click on the link http://www.adi-design.org/compasso-d-oro-award.html.