Design Within Reach 18th Annual Champagne Chair Contest^™

OFFICIAL RULES

NO PAYMENT, ENTRY FEE OR PURCHASE REQUIRED TO ENTER OR WIN. OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND D.C. ENTRANTS MUST BE AT LEAST TWENTY-ONE (21) YEARS OLD (OR AGE OF MAJORITY IN THEIR STATE OF RESIDENCE) AT TIME OF ENTRY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

The Champagne Chair Contest (the “Contest”) may only be entered from the 50 United States and Washington D.C. (the “Eligible Jurisdictions”) and entries originating from any other jurisdiction, including any jurisdiction expressly voided under these Official Rules, are not eligible for entry. This Contest is sponsored by Design Within Reach, Inc. (“Sponsor”) in partnership with VRANKEN-POMMERY MONOPOLE d/b/a Champagne Pommery (“Partner”).

HOW TO ENTER. During the Contest Period (defined below), enter the Contest by using any or all of the materials (except glass) from no more than two (2) bottles of champagne, sparkling wine, or sparkling cider, from any brand to create a chair. The chair can be your original design, or a likeness of a chair offered by Sponsor’s assortment. To be added to eligibility for the Pommery Prize (as defined in the Prizes section below), use only materials from Pommery brand champagne bottles (the “Partner Materials”). Glue is the only permitted adhesive, and it must be used as an adhesive not as a building material that can be carved or shaped. You are not permitted to use any additional materials – including tape or paint. 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". 

Enter by (i) uploading a photo of your chair to the Contest website (the “Site”) or (ii) sharing a photo of your chair on Instagram, tagging @designwithinreach and also using the hashtag #dwrchampagnechair. In order for your chair constructed with the Partner Materials to be eligible for the Pommery Prize, you must also tag @champagnepommery on Instagram. Please see Site for Submission photo guidelines. Only one (1) entry per person allowed.

If you choose to enter using your mobile device, standard data fees may apply.  You should consult your wireless service provider's pricing plan for details. You agree to incur all charges demanded by your wireless carrier. You should also check your device's features for capabilities and check the device manual for specific use instructions.

All entry information and contest submission shall be collectively referred to herein as the “Submission.” Your Submission must comply with the Content Restrictions defined below.

By entering, each entrant warrants and represents the following with respect to entrant’s Submission: (a) entrant is the sole and exclusive owner of the Submission and entrant has all appropriate rights, powers and authority to grant Sponsor all licenses to the Submission as set forth herein; (b) entrant is not subject to any prior contractual, employment or third party commitments that would restrict entrant’s ability to create and enter the Submission; (c) the Submission will not infringe on any rights of any third parties, and entrant has all appropriate rights to use, and to grant Sponsor the right to use, any third party content or technology used to develop or contained in the Submission; (d) to the extent possible under applicable law, no party can invoke any moral rights in relation to the Submissions that have not been duly waived; (e) the Submission and entrant’s participation does not violate any local, state law; (f) the Submission does not contain the confidential information of any third party, and to the extent it contains entrant’s confidential information, such information immediately becomes non-confidential the moment entrant submits the Submission to Sponsor and (g) the Submission is not being submitted on behalf of any education institution or any other third party.

Subject to the exceptions set forth herein, entrants shall retain ownership in and to their Submission, including all intellectual property rights relating thereto.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Sponsor and its designees or successors shall have an irrevocable, unrestricted, fully sublicensable, transferable, perpetual (or for the duration of protection of the rights where perpetuity is void), exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, manufacture, sell, create derivative works from, and display Submissions in whole or in part, on a worldwide basis, with or without identification of the entrant or any authors of the Submission, in whatever form and in whatever circumstances they see fit, and to incorporate it into other works, in any form or in any manner and in any and all distribution channels, media or technology now known or later developed in any medium known at the time when such rights were granted, for any purpose whatsoever, without prior review, payment, compensation, or additional consent by entrant, including for promotional or marketing purposes, administration of the Contest, and in advertising and publicity related to the Contest, and entrants consent to Sponsor and Partner doing (or omitting to do) any acts in respect of the entry which may otherwise constitute an infringement of the entrant’s moral rights, to the fullest extent permitted by law. In granting this license, Entrant understands and agrees that Sponsor or Partner is under no obligation to exercise any of its rights, licenses and privileges herein granted.  Entrants hereby agree to do such other things and execute such other documents as may be reasonably requested in order to allow the Sponsor and Partner to make such use of, and exercise such rights over, their Submission.

For the avoidance of doubt, entrant expressly grants Sponsor and Partner the right to review entrant’s Submission and to have the Judges (as defined herein) review the Submission.  Entrant also expressly acknowledges that Sponsor and Partner may post entrant’s Submission (even if not selected for progression in the Contest), and any descriptions therein, on the Site and/or on Sponsor’s or Partner’s digital and social media channels, with or without entrant’s name, picture, photograph or biographical information.

Entrants agree that entering the Contest may affect his/her legal rights, including, but not limited to, each entrant’s ability to obtain patent rights, copyright registration, trade secret protection, or other intellectual property or proprietary rights with respect to the information disclosed in the Submission. Entrants agree that Sponsor has not induced any entrant to enter the Contest and is not responsible or liable to any entrant for any loss of right suffered by any entrant for entering the Contest.

USE AND RIGHTS TO MATERIALS. Use of the Partner Materials for any purpose other than for the Contest is strictly prohibited. Entrants agree not to modify or alter the Partner Materials in any way whatsoever, except for the express purpose of entering the Contest. The entrants’ use of the Materials must be consistent with the overall guidelines set forth in these Official Rules. Further, entrants acknowledge Partner’s ownership of the Partner Materials and agree not to contest or assist others to contest the ownership and validity of the same and agree that it will not use the Partner Materials or confusingly similar intellectual property as part of any other current or future work. It is agreed and understood that Partner retains all right, title, and interest in and to the Partner Materials, all of which shall remain the exclusive property of Partner.

Except for use of the Partner Materials for the express purpose of entering the Contest, no other license or right to use Partner’s Intellectual Property is granted herein. For the purpose of these Official Rules, the term “Intellectual Property” means all intellectual property under laws of the relevant jurisdiction, such as by way of example and not limitation, names, trademarks, logos, symbols, emblems, designs, colors, identifications, and designations, service marks, images, text, copyrights, trade colors and the goodwill associated therewith.

LIMIT ONE (1) SUBMISSION PER PERSON. Entrants are not permitted to submit a Submission more than once during the Contest Period.  Duplicate Submissions by the same person will be subject to disqualification.  All terms and conditions of any Contest website apply.  Multiple entrants are not permitted to share the same email account.  Any attempt by any entrant to obtain more than the stated number of entries by using multiple/different email accounts, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that entrant's entries and that entrant may be disqualified. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of an entrant, the authorized account holder of the email account used to upload the Submission, or the social media account used to post the Submission (as applicable) will be deemed to be the entrant. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address.  Each potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder.

Receipt of entries will not be acknowledged or returned. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, illegible, stolen, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, postage-due, misdirected, technically corrupted or garbled entries, which will be disqualified, or for problems of any kind whether mechanical, human, or electronic.  Proof of submission will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by Sponsor.  By entering the Contest, entrants fully and unconditionally agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the judges, which will be final and binding in all matters relating to the Contest.  Entrants must comply with the applicable laws, decrees, regulations and guidelines of their Eligible Jurisdiction, and Sponsor will have no obligation to change or modify any of these Official Rules or take any further action as a result of such laws, decrees, regulations or guidelines of any Eligible Jurisdiction, except as is otherwise provided in these Official Rules. 

CONTEST ENTRY START/END DATES. Contest begins at 12:01am ET on November 17, 2021, and ends at 11:59pm ET on January 4, 2022 (“Contest Period”).

CHARITABLE DONATION. For each valid Submission, Herman Miller Cares will donate $50 up to $25,000 to Office Hours, a charitable initiative working to provide financial help and other resources to artists during the Covid-19 pandemic.

ELIGIBILITY. Participation open only to legal residents of (i.e., entrants who have a registered address in) the Eligible Jurisdictions, who are at least twenty-one (21) years of age and who have a valid email address and/or social media account, as applicable. Employees, officers, directors and agents of MillerKnoll, Inc. and its controlled subsidiaries and affiliates globally (collectively, “MKI”), and Partner as well as their respective promotion agencies, and the immediate family members (meaning spouses, parents, siblings, children and their respective spouses) and members of the households of such employees, officers, directors and agents are not eligible. All potential winners are subject to verification before any prize will be awarded. Use of a profane social media username or the submission of false or misleading personal information will result in disqualification. Sponsor reserves the right to permanently disqualify from this Contest any person it believes has intentionally violated these Official Rules. You are not authorized to participate in the Contest if you are not located within the Eligible Jurisdictions.  All applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply.

CONTENT RESTRICTIONS: By entering the Contest, each entrant agrees that entrant’s Submission conforms to the Content Restrictions as defined below and that Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may remove any Submission and disqualify an entrant from the Contest if it believes, in its sole discretion, that the entrant’s Submission fails to conform to the Content Restrictions:

• The Submission must not contain material that violates or infringes any rights of any other party, including but not limited to copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity or any other intellectual property rights;
• The Submission must not have been previously displayed or exhibited publicly;
• The Submission must not disparage Sponsor, Partner or any other person or party;
• The Submission must not contain material that is inappropriate, indecent, obscene hateful, tortious, defamatory, slanderous or libelous;
• The Submission must not contain material that promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual or promotes discrimination based on race, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age;
• The Submission must not contain material that is unlawful, in violation of or contrary to the laws or regulations of the Eligible Jurisdiction or of any jurisdiction where Submission is created or submitted;
• The Submission must not include any material including malware, spyware, viruses, worms, malicious code and any and all other code, instructions or components that are deceptive, malicious, harmful or designed to interfere with, breach, harm or limit the functionality or security of any product, service, network or other system or technology of Sponsor or any other third party; and
• The Submission must be consistent with the image and values of Sponsor and be consistent with and satisfy the purpose of the Contest.

By making a Submission, entrant acknowledges and agrees that Sponsor and its designees (i) are continually and independently of the Contest and entrant’s Submission working on creating, developing, improving upon and expanding Sponsor's product and service offerings, and may already be developing or may develop in the future products or services that are similar or identical to the Submission, and (ii) may receive Submissions from other entrants that may be similar or identical to the Submission entrants submit. By entering this Contest, entrant hereby releases Sponsor for use of entrant’s intellectual property rights related to the Submission, and hereby agrees not to sue Sponsor, its employees, directors, affiliates, subsidiaries, parents, agents, successors and assigns for any actual or alleged infringement or misappropriation by any Sponsor product or service of entrant’s intellectual property rights related to the Submission. Furthermore, entrant hereby waives any and all claims entrant may have had, may currently have, and/or may have in the future related to Sponsor's review, acceptance, and/or use of the Submission, and agrees that Sponsor is under no obligation to review, use, or in any way process entrant’s Submission, regardless of any status indicated on the Site. Further, Sponsor is not and shall not be restricted in any way from pursuing, developing, or commercializing, in any way that Sponsor sees fit, independent of entrant and at Sponsor's sole discretion, any technology or innovation that is created independent of entrant’s Submission. Participating in this Contest does not create an obligation on either entrant’s part or Sponsor’s part to enter into any business relationship or sign any commercial agreement. Sponsor’s decisions are final and binding in all matters relating to this Contest, including, but not limited to, interpretation and application of these Official Rules.  By entering the Contest, entrants fully and unconditionally agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Judges, which will be final and binding in all matters relating to the Contest. Unless explicitly requested by Sponsor and the Judges, once the initial Submission is submitted, entrant may not make any alterations.

JUDGING PANEL/JUDGING CRITERIA. All eligible Submissions will be judged by Sponsor and Partner judges (collectively, the “Judges”) on or about January 13, 2022.  All Submissions will be judged based on the following equally-weighted judging criteria (“Judging Criteria”): (a) how successfully the Submission adheres to the Contest entry guidelines; (b) whether the Submission showcases an innovative idea; and (c) the technical quality of the Submission design execution. Sponsor and the Judges reserve the right to either disqualify any ineligible Submissions or to request that any entrant re-submit a Submission to conform to these Official Rules within a time-frame communicated by Sponsor. Should any entrant be asked to re-submit a Submission and fail to do so within the time-frame and/or manner communicated by Sponsor, such entrant may be disqualified in Sponsor's sole discretion.  

A total of twenty (20) Submissions will be selected as finalists (ten (10) from each category - Most Original and Best Likeness) (collectively, the “Finalists”). If your Submission is selected as a Finalist, you must send your Submission to Sponsor. All Submissions will become property of Sponsor and will not be returned to you. The Winners (as defined below) will be selected by the Judges based upon the following Judging Criteria:

• Most Original Prizes: (i) overall style of the Submission (50%); (ii) design aesthetics (25%); and (iii) ingenuity in presentation of the Submission (25%).
• Best Likeness Prize: (i) creativity as it relates to the Submission (50%); and (ii) most exemplifying of the prize theme.
• Pommery Prize: (i) originality as it relates to the Submission (50%); and (ii) most exemplifying of the prize theme.

After evaluation and scoring by the Judges, in the event of a tie, the highest score in the technical quality category will determine the potential Winners and Finalists (subject to verification and compliance with these Official Rules).

PRIZES.  There are total of five (5) winners (“Winners”) for the prizes below (each a “Prize”). Total approximate retail value (“ARV”) of the Prizes: $3,700.

• Most Original Prizes - Two (2) winners will each receive a DWR Gift Card (one (1) per winner) as follows:
  • First Place Winner: $1,000 DWR Gift Card
  • Second Place Winner: $750 DWR Gift Card
• Best Likeness Prize - Two (2) winners will each receive a DWR Gift Card (one (1) per winner) as follows:
  • First Place Winner: $1,000 DWR Gift Card
  • Second Place Winner: $750 DWR Gift Card
• Pommery Prize - In addition to the Most Original Prizes and Best Likeness Prizes, the Finalists will also be eligible to receive one (1) $1000 DWR Gift Card and one (1) Pommery Gift Set (ARV: $1,200).

The ARV is determined as of the date of the printing of these Official Rules. The difference in the value of the prize as stated herein and value at time of prize notification, if any, will not be awarded. Prize is non-transferable, with no cash redemptions, equivalents, or substitutions except at Sponsor’s sole and absolute discretion. All prize details not specified in these Official Rules will be determined in Sponsor’s sole and absolute discretion and are subject to change. In the event that Sponsor is unable to provide the Winner with the Prize or any portion thereof, the Sponsor may elect to pay the Winner the ARV of the Prize or award an alternate prize of comparable or greater value. The Prize is awarded “AS IS” and without warranty of any kind, express or implied. Winner will be solely responsible for all federal, state and/or local taxes, and for any other fees or costs associated with the Prize. The Winner may be required to provide Sponsor with a valid social security number or tax identification number before the Prize will be awarded for tax purposes. An IRS Form 1099 may be issued in the name of the Winner for the actual value of the prize received. Unclaimed prizes will be forfeited. Winner is solely responsible for any and all expenses and incidental travel costs not expressly stated in the prize description herein, including, but not limited to, transportation, hotel, meals and beverages, gratuities, personal incidentals, applicable taxes, and insurance. Prize may not be substituted, transferred, or redeemed for cash, except by Sponsor, who reserves the right to substitute similar prize of comparable or greater value in its sole discretion. Acceptance of Prize constitutes permission for Sponsor to use Winner's name, likeness, and entry for purposes of advertising and trade without further compensation unless prohibited by law.

Winners understand and agree that Sponsor shall have exclusive third-party commercial marketing rights with respect to all Submissions and any commercial development thereof.

If due to a printing, production or other error, more prizes are claimed than are intended to be awarded, the intended prize will be awarded in a random drawing from among all verified and validated prize claims received. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded.  

NOTIFICATION. Potential winners will be notified by an appropriate method and may be required to sign and return, where legal, an Affidavit and/or Declaration/Certification of Eligibility, Liability/Publicity Release within five (5) days of receipt.

Potential winner(s) will be required to email Sponsor within five (5) calendar days in order to claim their prize.

If any potential winner cannot be contacted within five (5) calendar days of first notification attempt, if any prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, if any winner rejects his/her prize or in the event of noncompliance with these Contest Rules and requirements, or any other laws, rules or regulations of any applicable jurisdiction by the winner, such prize will be forfeited and may be awarded to the Submission with the next highest score. Upon prize forfeiture, no compensation will be given.