Conditions
Conditions for Participation: TOP OF DESIGN Award by Marie Claire Maison and Pro Conso 2024
Offer
Users can submit deco design pieces (single products, sets, collections), herein after called “products”, in the categories mentioned on this website. The submissions will be judged by a jury. A submission can be either successful (it receives the award = award winners) or it can be declined. Award winners will automatically receive a licence to use the TOP OF DESIGN Award logo for the award-winning product. The terms of the licence can be found here.
Award-winning deco design pieces will also be presented in a Print Special Edition of Marie Claire Maison and on this website.
A user can submit more than one product. All terms apply for each product submitted.
Fees
With the submission of a product via this website, the following set-up and usage fees apply:
- For submission and evaluation: 150 €* per product.
- For award-winning products the one-year licence fee for the TOP OF DESIGN Award logo applies, including an additional marketing package: 3.500 €* per product. The fee is mandatory for award-winning products regardless of the intent to use or the actual usage of the award logo. The licence fee is due, when the decision of the jury is announced. For products that are not award-winning, only the submission fee applies.
The marketing package contains:
- Use of TOP OF DESIGN Award logo for one year, without limits
- Presentation of the award-winning product either in a print special edition of Marie Claire Maison (separate edition or part of the standard magazine)
- Presentation of the award-winning product on our website and social medias
- Blueprint for a press release announcing the success.
The fees are due immediately upon invoicing by Pro Conso SARL. The invoice will be issued after the evaluation of the submitted products, the notification of the result and, if applicable, the delivery of the TOP OF DESIGN Award seal.
Submission & Award
No special conditions apply to the submission of products. We may reject submissions without reason; in this case, no fees will be charged.
The award may be revoked if information provided with the submission turns out to be untrue or if the products submitted violate applicable laws. Upon revocation, the licence to use the TOP OF DESIGN-Award logo expires with immediate effect.
Licence
Award winners will receive a licence to use the TOP OF DESIGN Award logo in all media. The licence is valid for 1 year after receipt of the logo. The licence can be extended. If not extended, the TOP OF DESIGN Award logo has to be removed at the end of the term.
The TOP OF DESIGN Award logo may only be used in the context of advertising the award-winning product.
Detailed terms of licencing TOP OF DESIGN Award logo
Contract partner
Pro-Conso France S.A.R.L. is the provider of this service and contract partner of participants of the TOP OF DESIGN Award. Pro-Conso France S.A.R.L. guarantees that it has all necessary rights to realise the award. Marie Claire Album (MCA), owner of Marie Claire Maison, is licensor of the TOP OF DESIGN Award logo.
The place of jurisdiction shall be the location of the court responsible for Paris, France.
*VAT may apply