Mascot Design Competition
Mascot Design Competition
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia), or ("ICBC (Asia)"), the Hong Kong Design Institute ("HKDI") and the Hong Kong Institute of Information Technology ("HKIIT") are jointly launching the ICBC (Asia) Youth Creative Design Award (the "Competition") to provide students with a platform to showcase their design talents, while integrating elements of promoting the growth of the financial sector, empowering youth, and supporting the design industry.
HKDI and HKIIT students are invited to submit the design of a mascot for ICBC (Asia), incorporating elements of finance and youth-driven design. The winning design will be awarded a HK$ 200,000 scholarship and will be adopted as ICBC (Asia)'s official mascot for upcoming campaigns.
• Students from HKDI and HKIIT
• Individual or team participation (2 persons) is allowed
The Panel will assess and judge the submission according to the following criteria: | |
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1. Presentation of Ideas | 30% |
2. Aesthetic Quality and Composition | 30% |
3. Creativity and Originality | 40% |
Declaration and description of using GenAI used tools to assist in the design
Mascot Production Formats (Top 10)
Design of ICBC (Asia) Mascot
All participants who submit entries to the Competition, agree to assign the exclusive intellectual property
rights of the winning designs to ICBC (Asia).
By the act of entering the submission, each eligible participant is assigned a perpetual, royalty-free,
unlimited, unconditional use, and reproduction rights of his/her submission(s) to ICBC (Asia).
All submissions must be original and free from infringement of any existing intellectual property rights.
The participants shall bear full legal and related responsibilities arising from any possible breach of
intellectual property rights in respect of their entries and shall indemnify ICBC (Asia) and other concerned
parties against any claims and liabilities arising from any such breach.
If a participant is found to have disposed of to a third party, such as by assignment, transfer or provision as
security, or is making application or registration procedures, etc., for all or any part of the intellectual
property rights or any other rights concerning the submitted entry after the submission, the submission will be
made invalid.
The winning designs are subject to investigations regarding originality and eligibility for trademark
registration. If they do not comply with the requirement, ICBC (Asia) has the discretion to forfeit the prizes
involved without any liability to the selected participants or any other persons, and other entries may be
selected as the winning designs.
ICBC (Asia) shall not be obliged to accept or approve any entry, should they consider that none of the entries
submitted is appropriate.
When the design is adopted, ICBC (Asia) reserves the right to modify the winning design of mascot professionally
and/or develop different versions of the mascot with relation to its colours, size, form, resolution, and all
other features, with or without the consent of the creator of the winning entry.
By joining the Competition, the participants agree to accept that ICBC (Asia) has the right to display or
publish selected designs from the Competition for the following purposes: (i) printed publication; (ii) online
publication; and (iii) promotion of ICBC (Asia) in any other media.
ICBC (Asia) may polish and modify the winning entry and adopt it as the official mascot of ICBC (Asia). The official mascot will be published on all relevant promotional materials.
Any information supplied by the participants for the purpose of the Competition will be treated as confidential
and will not be released by HKDI, HKIIT and any third parties without the participant's permission. The personal
information of participants will only be used for communications regarding the submission and selection and
otherwise to the extent necessary for administrative matters for the selection.
If you have any questions about the use of your personal information in relation to this Competition, please
send email to hkdi-ccd@vtc.edu.hk
The winning results will be announced as the following schedule:
Decisions made by the panel of judges shall be final. Any objection of the participants will not be considered. In case of any dispute, ICBC (Asia) reserves the final decision, including the right to suspend, change or terminate the Competition and any of its terms and conditions without prior notice.