DWR Champagne Chair Contest™
Bring out the bubbly! Now through January 6, design a mini modern chair from champagne corks and enter for your chance to win prizes worth up to $1,000 at Design Within Reach.
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Through design programs such as Landfills as Museums and Waste Design Challenge, Slow Factory creates solutions that utilize waste as a resource, building community power through open education and regenerative design.
Prizes
Most Original
Grand prize: $1,000 DWR Gift Card
Runner-up: $750 DWR Gift Card
Best Likeness
Grand prize: $1,000 DWR Gift Card
Runner-up: $750 DWR Gift Card
Pommery Prize
Our official champagne partner will award a $1,000 DWR Gift Card and Pommery Gift Set to the creator of its favorite chair made using any or all of the materials (except glass) from no more than two (2) Pommery champagne bottles.
Slow Factory Prize
DWR will award an Eames Molded Plastic Armchair in recycled plastic to the creator of our favorite champagne chair made using recycled, recovered, or found plastic – in addition to any or all of the materials (except glass) from no more than two (2) bottles of champagne.
See below for entry requirements for each prize.
Entry requirements
• Use any or all materials (except glass), including cork, cage, foil, cap, and label from no more than two (2) bottles of champagne, sparkling wine, or sparkling cider from any brand.
• If you enter for the Most Original Prize by posting a photo of your chair to Instagram, you must follow and tag @designwithinreach as well as #dwrchampagnechair and #mostoriginal.
• If you enter for the Best Likeness Prize by posting a photo of your chair to Instagram, you must follow and tag @designwithinreach as well as #dwrchampagnechair and #bestlikeness.
• To be eligible for the Pommery Prize, awarded by our official champagne partner, use only materials from no more than two (2) Pommery Champagne bottles (except glass). If you post your Pommery-branded entry to Instagram, you must follow and tag @designwithinreach and @champagnepommery as well as #dwrchampagnechair.
• To be eligible for the Slow Factory Prize, your chair must incorporate recycled, recovered, or found plastic in addition to using any or all materials (except glass) from no more than two (2) bottles of champagne, sparkling wine, or sparkling cider, from any brand. If you post your entry to Instagram, you must follow and tag @designwithinreach and @theslowfactory as well as #dwrchampagnechair.
• Cork sheeting is not allowed. If you think the construction of your chair might be mistaken for cork sheeting, please take photos while making your chair. Finalists may be asked to provide proof of construction methods.
• The chair must measure no more than 4" x 4" x 4".
• Entries accepted starting November 7, 2022. All entries must be received before midnight ET on January 6, 2023.
• Up to 10 chairs from each category will be selected as finalists. If your chair is selected, you’ll be asked to send it to DWR. All submitted chairs will become property of DWR.
• NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. See Rules. U.S. and D.C. only. +21. Void where prohibited.
• Each person is allowed one (1) entry per prize category. If you choose to enter more than one category, please note you must submit a new design for each category.
Enter the contest here!