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Humanscale Auction

Take a walk on the wild side.

Staff -- Interior Design, 7/11/2004 12:00:00 AM

Preparations for Humanscale’s 5th Annual Competition and Auction to benefit World Wildlife Fund, Faces in the Wild, are underway and this year's event will be held in the Humanscale offices on September 28th.

Last year’s event brought over 350 attendees and earned more than $25,000 for WWF, including a matching gift by Humanscale.

For the first time, Faces in the Wild will also exist as a live auction on the Humanscale website www.humanscale.com, allowing for greater participation worldwide and exposure for the pieces.

To allow for more artistic creativity and expression, Humanscale has broadened the parameters for this year’s event. Designers are invited to submit artwork of any type (mask, sculpture, painting, drawing, photograph, woven design, etc.) that represents the face of a non-domesticated animal.

All entries must be: tangible – printed matter, painted matter, photography, sculpture, etc. (electronic entries are not accepted); easily transportable; made from environmentally-friendly, non-perishable materials; representative of the face of a non-domesticated animal.

In addition to the auction, all entries will be judged by a panel representing a wide range of design disciplines, with a winner selected in each of the following categories: Best Use of Environmental Materials; Best Representation of the Essence of the Animal (personality, presence, look); Best Overall Design.

Winners, who will each receive either a Humanscale Freedom chair or the new Humanscale Liberty chair, will be announced at the event on Tuesday, September 28th from 5:30-8:30pm at the Humanscale Showroom, 11 East 26th Street, 8th Floor, NYC.

If you would like to contribute a piece of original artwork, please contact Karen Brooking at (212) 353-1383 or e-mail Karen@bdeonline.biz. Submissions must be received by September 10th.