Call For Ideas Regulations

ART.1. PROMOTING COMPANY 

The promoting company is Hiro S.r.l. Via dell'Artigianato 6/8, 37030 Badia Calavena (VR) VAT 04470670235 Verona Registry Office, REA VR – 423099

ART.2. SUBJECT OF THE CALL 

The subject of the Call is the creation of a product project in the Hiro style. For all technical details, see the Project Brief available at the following LINK (for the English version LINK)*

(*available only in case of an ongoing call). 

ART. 3 HIRO CHARACTERISTICS 

HIRO is a modern, smart, Italian design brand that, with its products, connects the community of designers and design lovers. 

HIRO’s mission is to create unique and original metal objects designed by designers from all over the world, made in Italy and voted on by design lovers. We believe in the power of opinion and want our products to be free and democratic: that’s why we only produce the favorites of our community, whom we ask to express themselves through a vote on our social channels and website!

How it works:

- We periodically open Call for Ideas with always new themes;

- The Call for Ideas are open to all: whether you are an emerging or established designer does not difference. Hiro is an opportunity for everyone;

- The Call for Ideas aim to collect projects for possible production and marketing on the hiro.design website and on proprietary and/or partner brand websites and physical stores according to Hiro’s timing and methods;

- The Hiro Scientific Committee selects only the best projects for innovation, originality, adherence to the brand style and production feasibility;

- Selected projects may be subject to a vote by the Hiro design lover community: they can give their approval and also choose some features of the item before it goes into production. Hiro puts the community at the center: it’s the design lovers who choose the next Design object.

ART. 4 DURATION

Projects can be submitted from 03/03/2026 until 03/31/2026 at 11:59 PM (see art. 8 “Participation Mechanics”).

Projects will be evaluated by the Scientific Committee between 04/01/2026 and 04/15/2026.

(*dates available only in case of an ongoing call). 

Project authors will receive communication from Hiro about the selection outcome within 30 days after the Call deadline. Authors of projects selected for commercialization will receive a contract proposal detailing economic terms and usage rights.

Hiro reserves the right to consider the possible production and commercialization of some deserving projects, even if not selected, within a maximum of 24 months after the Call ends. After this period, Hiro will delete the projects from its databases.

ART. 5 RECIPIENTS

All designers, aspiring designers, or enthusiasts who are of legal age can participate in the Call for Design. Participation is also possible as a group or design studio; in this case, include the names of all group members who created the project in the presentation, and when uploading, enter the group or studio name or just a contact person. Multiple projects can be submitted for each Call for Ideas; in this case, each must be submitted individually with its respective presentation (maximum 3 projects per designer/studio). It is acknowledged that participation in the Call, in addition to accepting the rules and related privacy policy, implies acceptance of publishing the winner’s name on Hiro’s social channels and website. Hiro will publish all news, information, and images about the Call’s progress and final results on the web page https://hiro.design/pages/call-for-ideas as well as on social network pages. Participation is free. 

ART. 6 EVENT ADVERTISING

Contest advertising will strictly comply with these rules and be promoted through the website hiro.design, social networks, influencers, press, newsletters, social media, and generally online and offline. The full rules will be available on the website hiro.design and related subdomains at the link https://hiro.design/pages/regolamento-call-for-ideas

ART. 7 REQUIREMENTS

Event excluded from prize competition regulations pursuant to article 6.1 letter a) of DPR 430/2001. By participating in the Call, Participants unconditionally and fully accept these rules.

ART. 8 PARTICIPATION MECHANICS 

All projects must be uploaded at this LINK.

Projects can be submitted from 03/03/2026 until 31/03/2026 at 11:59 PM

(*available only during an ongoing call). 

To ensure your project presentation is successful, you need to provide:

the project name;

a PDF presentation including all images, views, dimensions, and materials and any other necessary information (max size 10 MB; name as as follows: COGNOMENOME_NOMEPRODOTTO.pdf)

- a "descriptive" image of the project, meaning a render/drawing/sketch that provides an overall view, in jpeg format (max size 3 MB; insert on the image at the bottom right first and last name of the designer and the project name; name as follows COGNOMENOME_NOMEPRODOTTO.jpeg).

Finally, to start the participation process, it is necessary to provide all personal data (first name, last name, e-mail address, phone number) and consent to their use for purposes necessary for the proper conduct of the process (please refer to the privacy policy available at this link).

Projects are sent and stored with secure protocols; we will keep them for a maximum of 24 months from the closing of the Call for Design, after which they will be deleted from our archives. Hiro reserves the right to use the projects, after notifying the designer or design studio, for the production of objects within the established times and methods. Hiro commits not to share or disclose your projects with third parties. The projects remain your property in any case, and you may freely use your projects.

Participation in this call and/or any selection does not in any way bind Hiro to production and/or commercialization and consequently to the provision of a contract.

If the technical and commercial evaluations are positive, you will receive an e-mail to that effect. After the project is uploaded, the company may propose some changes or modifications if deemed necessary for its overall commercial or technical plans. You will be informed of these proposed changes by e-mail and will have the option to reject any adaptation of the project. In case of your refusal, the company will not use the project, and both parties will be released from any obligation, declaring from now that neither will have any claims against the other for any reason resulting from the refusal.

If the technical and commercial evaluations are positive, you will receive the general contract terms by e-mail. The project implementation will remain conditional on the acceptance of the terms established in the contract itself. The company’s proposal may be a project fee or a usage fee; this will be communicated once the finalist project is defined.

The Participant guarantees that the submitted project is original and exclusive and that no copyrighted material was used in its creation, holding Hiro harmless from any liability in this regard, including any claims made by third parties.

ART. 9 JURY AND EVALUATION CRITERIA 

The completed projects will be submitted to the internal scientific committee of the company that selects between 2 and 5 finalist projects. The evaluation team consists of members of the Hiro team, the founder and administrator Manuele Perlati, creatives, and art directors. The Scientific Committee meets to evaluate the projects and select those to be submitted to the Hiro community and all design lovers. The evaluation criteria are:

- uniqueness and originality of the submitted project; 

- adherence and consistency with Hiro style;

- production feasibility.

Finalist projects are also submitted to the approval of the Popular Jury, which may express its vote sometimes through a data entry form, other times by commenting under social content. Such approval is not binding for the final decision, which always rests with the Scientific Committee.

ART. 10 PRIZE

The prize consists of advertising the project on the web and social networks by Hiro and the opportunity to formalize a working collaboration with Hiro. 

ART. 11 AMENDMENT OF TERMS OF USE

Any changes or additions to this regulation by Hiro will be communicated through appropriate informational notices or any other methods Hiro reserves the right to decide. 

ART. 12 DATA PROCESSING

In compliance with EU Regulation no. 679/2016, as the Data Controller of Personal Data, Hiro s.r.l. hereby provides the necessary information regarding the purposes and methods of personal data processing, the nature of the data, and their provision.

1. Purpose of processing

The data will be processed for the following Purposes:

Purposes related to the Call. The legal basis legitimizing the aforementioned processing is freely given consent. 

2. Processing methods

The processing will be carried out using electronic and paper tools by specifically appointed individuals, in a way that ensures the highest security and confidentiality of the data itself.

3. Scope of communication and dissemination

Your data, subject to processing, will be and/or may later be communicated:

- The Data Processors possibly appointed for activities related to the Call, accounting, tax, and administrative management; the provision of cloud services used by the Data Controller for the storage of documents in electronic format. 

- to external collaborators entrusted with the execution of all or part of the processing in question;

- to public authorities in compliance with legal obligations;

Any further communication or dissemination will occur only with explicit consent.

4. Duration of processing

The Personal Data provided by the data subject will be processed for the time strictly necessary to fulfill the obligations arising from the Call and therefore for its entire duration. After this period, in compliance with the principle of necessity, the collected personal data will be processed and stored only for the period strictly necessary to fulfill legal obligations in tax, fiscal, and civil matters, including the protection of credit rights arising from the contract according to the rules on statute of limitations. 

5. Data Subject Rights

As a Data Subject, you have the right to exercise the rights provided under Articles 7, 15-22 of EU Regulation 679/2016. In particular, by contacting the Data Controller via email, you may request access to your personal data, receive the personal data provided to the Controller and transmit them to another Data Controller without hindrance (so-called portability), obtain updates, restriction of processing, correction of data, and deletion of data processed in violation of current regulations. The right to object to processing for the same purposes can also be exercised by following the procedure indicated in every email received through the service provider. You also have the right to file a complaint with the Privacy Authority as the supervisory authority for Personal Data Protection.

ART. 13 LIABILITY 

Hiro excludes all liability towards the Participant for any loss of income, loss of profit, loss of goodwill, loss of data, loss of opportunity, and any indirect or consequential loss or damage suffered by the Participant in connection with their participation in the Call.

ART. 14 MISCELLANEOUS 

If any provision of these Regulations is found to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not be affected or prejudiced in any way. These Terms are entirely governed by Italian law. Any dispute arising regarding validity, interpretation, or execution shall be under the exclusive jurisdiction of the court of the Participant's place of residence (the so-called consumer court).