The aim of the competition is to design a home and office product with the material foam and a special coating.

Materials to be used in your design Regardless whether it is categorised as home or office product, we don't rule out any design as long as the reason why this design is necessary in people's lives is clear enough. There are some rules to the design, you’ll have to design with the components foam (polyurethane) and a special coating that by application of a technique works as a closed skin on all types of foam. SKUUMA and its partners can create, for example, soft furniture that is bendable and that has virtually any texture...from a subtle pebbled texture to a tyre tread! We simply ask that the furniture serve its purpose and do so in style, be understand and functional or over the top and sumptuous. From sleek to cushy to dented, we are confident that within certain bounds almost any design can be realized into a physical product. The possibilities and applications are indefinite. The material is gentle, strongly and very hygienic and also excellent resistant to weather conditions. Each product can be finished impermeable for water by this method. An aesthetic design aspect is that there are no stitches in the product, and that all forms, colour and textures belong to finish possibilities. The coating has been tested in a lot of different areas like fire-retardant, durability, disinfection, maintance and sound reducing. There are no particular limitations to the actual volume or economical efficiency of the product, but SKUUMA will verify the technical aspects. Make the proposed design the way you feel it should be presented by SKUUMA. For the component foam (polyurethane) you can use all exciting, new and innovative foam components and designs, you can combine with foam in the way you want. Watch the flash animations and see the possibilities of how cutting the foam. All separate foam components can be easily glued or constructed, but each seam will be more or less visual after application of the coating.

We allow you to use 10-20% other material or parts in your design, but we stimulate to limit this and keep the designs simple and clear. Call for entries and competition conditions This SKUUMA design competition is arranged by SKUUMA and it’s partners. Participation is open to designers from every country in the world. Free registration and acceptance of the competition conditions is required. By registering you accept the conditions. Please observe – in particular – the conditions applicable to the intellectual property rights to the design. Who can enter Candidate from all over the world can participate in this SKUUMA design competition. *Not only individuals but also groups can enter. Entry is possible regardless of age, nationality, or occupation, and regardless of whether someone is a student, as long as the candidate has the residence permit of the countries they live in. *In the case of entry as a group, please specify the names of the participants and the name of the person acting as the group’s representative. Whether you are an individual or a group, you can submit a maximum of 3 works. Entry method Please submit an entry application by entering the necessary information on the webpage. A separate application is necessary for each entry, so people who intend to submit multiple designs should submit applications for each entry. *Application registrations are not being accepted from cell phone addresses. Please take care to insure that the contact address you enter in the application is correct.