The MSW Design Contest 2009:
Far Worlds - Best of Science Fiction
The participating teams will be asked to prepare their ideas about a Far Worlds - Best of Science Fiction exhibit hall of MSW. The sci-fi themes of the design are free to choose: they can be a mix from published sci-fi work - like the example of our straw man team Team 007 -, or contain your own ideas.
Submission will contain:
1) A basic plan of the layout
This will be a picture document in A3 format (jpg, png or gif) which
- lists the featured blocks, (incl. a minimum of three interactive pushbutton sceneries)
- contains a plan which shows the arrangement in a fictive model hall of the Far Worlds - Best of Science Fiction part of MSW; the layout surface should be at least 150m2 (this fits e.g. quite well into 16m x 16m room), but preferably not more than 250m2; the layout scale can be 1:87 (H0 Scale) or 1:100.
- contains a legend (indicate here the scale you have chosen).
2) A detailed description of the design
The team shall explain - with somewhat between 1000 and 2000 words, approximately - in a .pdf, .odt or .doc file
- the motivation why this special design has been chosen
- what is the "message" behind it
- details of the major featured blocks and the pushbutton scenes.
3) Three (or more) Highlights
The task is here to create illustrations (jpg, png or gif) and description - .pdf, .odt or .doc files - about selected details of the team's design. - see the example file 
here.
4) Optional
Teams can submit addtional 3D-Designs, animations or videos as well. Note, however, that such amendments are not a must and will not influence the jury's decision. They can, obviously, have effects on the Community's voting procedure.
You might take a look at the presentation of our simple example Team 007. It is surely inspirative to visit Miniatur Wunderland, probably the most spectacular gathering of model railway talent ever assembled in a single place.
The contest is open to everybody in the world. Participation will formally happen in Teams; one-member teams are possible and teams can have a maximum of five members.
Submission
Submissions should be sent via email from the Team's email address - please zip and/or segment the files as far as possible - to contest at minispaceworld dot com with subject MSW Design Contest Submission.
Submission deadline is 1st November 2009!
We accept
- an image file (jpg, png or gif) for the basic layout plan (see the example map or the Ad Astra! map); please send us, if possible, a high-resolution version, appropriate for printing, as well
- a .pdf, .odt or .doc file for the detailed description
- a .pdf, .odt or .doc file for each highlight (see the example file here.)
- images illustrating the highlights in jpg, png or gif format.
If you use published image material, please ensure that they are available as public domain or similar. Note that in most cases the rationale for fair use can be applied.
Example for submission
Team 007 submits an email to contest at minispaceworld dot com with subject MSW Design Contest submission with the following message:
Please find attached Team 007's submission for the MSW Design Contest 2009: Far Worlds - Best of Science Fiction.
yours,
James Bond, Team Leader
There are two zip files attached: Team007_Design.zip and Team007_Images.zip.
Team007_Design.zip contains the files
- Team007_Detailed_Description.pdf
- Team007_Basic_Plan.pdf
- Team007_Highlight_1.pdf
- Team007_Highlight_2.pdf
- Team007_Highlight_3.pdf
Team007_Images.zip contains the files
- Team007_Basic_Plan.jpg
- Team007_Highlight_1.jpg
- Team007_Highlight_1a.jpg
- Team007_Highlight_2.jpg
- Team007_Highlight_2a.jpg
- Team007_Highlight_3.jpg
