Terms for the Contest:

Competition Launch and Duration

Launch Date: 14th August 2017

Competition Duration: 14th August 2017 - 25th September 2017

Eligibility:

The contest is open for residents of any country.

It is open to photographers who have not been published professionally.

No employees of 100% Design, or its affiliates, or their immediate family members, can participate in the competition.

Competition Entries:

All entries must be submitted in digital format via the competition website.

Entrants must complete the online entry form and include their name and email address, together with all the required fields necessary to complete the image upload process.

There is no limit on the number of entries per person.

By submitting an entry, the entrant agrees to comply with all Competition rules.

Photo Guidelines

Photos must be high-resolution. Must be in JPG format, must be at least 1,600 pixels wide or tall, and the file size must be at least 1 MB.

Photos must not have won an award at a previous photo competition or been professionally published.

Only minor digital editing, colintellectual propertyour correction, and cropping of the photo are allowed.

The photo must be free of Prohibited Content (which includes images that are violent, sexual, plagiarized, political in nature).

Conditions and Rules of Entry

Competition: This competition is operated, managed and the responsibility of Picfair. If you enter the competition these Conditions and Rules of Entry govern your participation in the competition.

Originality and owned copyright: The submitted photograph is an original work, entirely owned by the entrant, and does not infringe on the copyright, trademark, intellectual property, privacy or other rights of any third party under applicable laws, rules and regulations.

Consent: If a person is recognizable in a photograph, the entrant has obtained all releases and consent necessary from the person appearing in the photograph, in order to permit the exhibition and use of the photograph, without additional compensation. If any person appearing in the photograph is under the age of 18, the entrant warrants that he/she has obtained consent from the parent or legal guardian of the minor in the photograph. Our sponsor reserves the right to request written proof of consent. If the entrant fails to provide written proof of consent within 7 days of Picfair’s or our sponsor’s request, the entry may be disqualified from the competition.

Licence agreement: Accordingly by submitting images to Picfair, you hereby grant and consent to a royalty-free and irrevocable licence to Picfair and our sponsor including its affiliates to use the photograph in any online or offline material specifically intended to promote or market the photo competition for the duration of the competition. Any usage thereafter, or beyond the scope of promoting or marketing the photo competition, will be licensed in accordance with Picfair’s Licence Agreements, in return for a licence fee requested by the photographer.

Data privacy: Entrants agree that personal data, especially name and address, may be processed, shared, and otherwise used for the purposes of the contest with our sponsor and/or any of its affiliates.

Indemnity: Each entrant holds Sponsor and its affiliates and partners, and their respective directors, officers, employees, shareholders, agents and representatives (individually, an “Indemnitee”) harmless from and against all claims of any nature arising in connection with (i) any violation of any third party rights (deriving from Intellectual Property or otherwise) resulting from the entry, submission, use or publication of any photograph submitted in this contest, and (ii) the entrant’s participation in the contest and acceptance or use of a prize. No Indemnitee shall be liable for any costs, damages, injuries, or other claims incurred as a result of any entrant’s participation in the Competition or any winner’s acceptance or usage of a prize. No Indemnitee shall be responsible for any disqualified entry as a result of incomplete, untimely or misdirected submissions, technical or network malfunctions or failures, or any other cause whatsoever. Each entrant is solely responsible for his or her entries.

Prohibited Content: Entrants may not submit materials that introduce any software viruses, worms or other programs designed to damage software, hardware or telecommunications equipment or are off-topic, partisan political, contain advertising, nudity, personal attacks or expletives, or is otherwise abusive, threatening, unlawful, harassing, discriminatory, libelous, obscene, false, sexually explicit, as determined by Picfair in its sole and absolute discretion, or that infringes on the intellectual property, privacy or other rights of any third party under applicable laws, rules and regulations.

Competition Prizes:

One winner will be selected from each of the three categories (Elements of Home, Elements of Work, Elements of Architecture) to receive a 12-month subscription to Icon Magazine and be featured in an editorial piece from Icon.

An overall winner will also be selected from the category winners to receive a cash prize of £500.00.

Winners for each category will be selected by the judging panel and such decision shall be final.

Winners will be notified within 1 month from the close of competition.

Each entrant hereby declares that he/she will not contest any such decision.