Joisel Awards 2024

This year is special; we wish to align the award with the calendar year. The creation date should be between 1/8/2023 to 31/12/2024.

The last day to nominate is 31/12/2024.
 

And one last thing - nomination is no longer anonymous! 

All nominations must include 

1. Descriptive text and explanation of what makes the model worthy of winning (we will use this text as part of the nomination).
2. High-quality images - no less than 500 KB and no more than 2 MB!!

Specific rules:

1. For the Artistic Award - Work must be folded by the creator!
2. For the Folding-Process Award - folding instructions, either by diagrams or a video tutorial.
3. For the Interpretation Award - work must be folded by anyone but the creator!
4. For the Book-of-the-Year Award - the nomination must be approved by the copyright owner and include content pages, the cover page, and two full diagrams.
    

The Artistic Award 

What is art? There is no accepted definition for this term, and still, the MOMA keeps a million objects that answer to some criteria in its storage rooms. This award will be given to the most expressive work of art that does not just try to imitate a figure but conveys a message, tells a story, and achieves artistic heights.

Some questions one should ask oneself while judging art are:

1. Can I identify quality in the work? Of course, quality is just as hard as art to define.
2. Will I consider it artistic even if it was not folded paper? Does the figure itself create the effect, or is it dependent on the fact it is a folded paper? What would the common person say (unaware of the technique)?
3. Does this work evoke any emotions in me? Does it tell a story?
4. Is the chosen paper suitable for the work and its story? 

The Technical Award

This award is for an artist who expands the barriers of the technique with exceptional results. 

This award is about taking known techniques and expanding the possibilities you can reach by using them, without compromising artistry, keeping it on a high level as well.

Another way to win is by creating a new technique whatsoever. 

Complexity is one axis you can measure technical achievements, but it's not the only one. The efficiency of the design, using less paper to show more details, for example, is another axis. You can also simplify a known process, yet improve the results.

The Folding-Process Award

For outstanding sequences, pushing the limits while keeping both an incredible elegance and folding pleasure.

One way to measure the folding process is the difficulty level - if it stays simple but you get impressive results.

A unique step can be another way to impress, like Unsink, or a collapse that has a Wow! moment. 

Making an enjoyable process will get more points.

Examples of stand-out steps:

1. Pure-folds (just valley folds) that create an impressive result.
2. Tessellation that only asks for grids (no precreases)
3. Strong locks for modulars
4. An amazing collapse phase in tessellations

To apply for this award you must submit instructions (diagrams or a video tutorial)

The Interpretation Award

This artistic award is for folders that did not create the model.

Like with music, the performance is as important as the score. This award will be given to a folder that executed a model beyond just following the diagrams.

Interpretation means taking the model further from the technical process the diagrams portray. We do NOT look for a replica of the original.

Some elements that should make the interpretation more vivid are:

1. The chosen paper - how does it suit the model? Does it have aesthetic values? Does it complement the design?
2. How far away was the interpretation? Can we still recognize the original model? Was it changed enough to be an interpretation and not a replica of the original design? 
3. For figurative models - how is the posture of the model? Does it tell a (new) story?

The Book of the Year Award

Nomination can be done by anyone, but with the permission of the copyright holder (see the next rule).
Nominations must include:

• The content pages, including images of all the models, 
• Sample of 2 full diagrams.

This award will be given to the book that got the most combined votes of all the CFC-site members, folders, and creators.
There is one category, for both the figurative and abstract genres.