OFFICIAL RULES OF COMPETITION & GUIDELINES

The 2024 ASID Georgia Chapter Design Excellence Awards Competition (“Competition”) is sponsored by The American Society of Interior Designers Georgia Chapter (“Chapter”), located at 351 Peachtree Hills Ave NW, Suite 504A, Atlanta, GA 30305. By entering the 2024 ASID Georgia Chapter Design Excellence Awards Competition, you – the (“Entrant”) represent and warrant that you have read, understand and agree to these OFFICIAL RULES OF COMPETITION & GUIDELINES, as follows:

i.  Entrant is the designer of this project. 

ii.  Entrant agrees that no other person or entity may claim this design as their own, and that Entrant has not submitted this design on behalf of anyone else.

iii.  Entrant agrees to abide by the judge’s decision as final. Entrant understands that any false or misleading information provided by the Entrant will result in disqualification from this Competition.

iv.  Entrant agrees that Entrant holds all original copyrights to the materials submitted pursuant to this Agreement (or that Entrant has obtained written permission from the copyright owner to submit these materials);

v.  Entrant agrees that should Entrant’s design project be chosen as a Gold, Silver or Bronze award winner, Entrant agrees to allow (and to cause the property owner where the project is located to allow) professional photography of the winning project to be used for future marketing, promotional, public relations, or educational purposes. In addition, and except where prohibited by law, Entrant’s entry constitutes permission from Entrant to allow the Georgia Chapter, the American Society of Interior Designers, Inc. and their respective media and agency partners to use, without additional compensation, Entrant’s name(s), workplace/business information, biographical data, and likenesses for publication on a Competition winner’s list; and/or for use in any Competition-related advertising and publicity.

vi.  Entrant represents that the submitted materials do not infringe on the copyrights, trademarks, trade dress, moral rights, rights of privacy/publicity or other intellectual property or proprietary rights of any third-party;

vii.  Entrant grants the Georgia Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers  and their respective media and agency partners a non-exclusive, perpetual, transferable, royalty-free right and license to copy, reproduce, perform, display, prepare derivative works from, and distribute publicly all of Entrant’s submitted materials in both print and digital format for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to, use of such materials on third-party websites, social media, and other publications without additional compensation; and

viii.  Entrant agrees to indemnify and hold the American Society of Interior Designers, Inc., and Chapter and their respective officers, directors, and employees (collectively “Indemnified Parties”) harmless from and against any and all losses, claims, injuries, demands, suits, costs, expenses  and damages (including reasonable attorney fees and expenses) (collectively “Claim”) that the Indemnified Parties may incur by reason of or arising out of any breach of any of my representations, my provision of false information, use of my submitted materials and/or my license grant, except to the extent that such Claim is caused by the gross negligence of the Indemnified Parties.