View Melbourne Design Market trader application form.
When and where is the Melbourne Design Market held?
What can I sell at the Melbourne Design Market?
What will be provided for traders?
Can I park my car there?
What about the weather?
Who can attend the Market?
Can anyone have a trader stall at the Market?
What time should I arrive and pack up?
How will the public hear about the Market?
If my application is accepted, what type of marketing material should I provide?
Can I sell by catalogue?
What about signage?
What if I don’t have credit card facilities available at the Market?
Can I have more than one stall on the day?
What about staffing?
What about Public Liability Insurance?
Will there be power?
What other facilities will be available?
Will there be food and entertainment?
How much space will I have?
What if I have to cancel my application?
How much does it cost to hold a stall?
What’s next?
The Melbourne Design Market is held on Sunday Nov 30th, 2008, from 10am –
5pm at Federation Square undercover carpark.
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Consider Melbourne Design Market an open-air extension of your showroom or studio: you may choose to display a selection of goods that you would normally sell, or use this opportunity to launch a new product or service. Items under $100 sell more readily, but this should not exclude larger items being part of the story.
As part of the site online application form we will ask you to describe and
attach 1-2 PowerPoint slide(s) of what you plan to sell at the market.
Please note that consumable food and beverages (as listed in the terms and conditions)
must not be sold at the market, unless you hold a City of Melbourne food licence
and are registering yourself as catering trader via the food trader site application
form (available on application).
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Two standard trestle tables with quality linen white cloths, two chairs and stall signage will be provided for each stall at Melbourne Design Market.
Trestle table sizes:1 x 2.4m and 1 x 1.8m
Other equipment, such as clothes racks and easels can be ordered through Melbourne
Design Market administration: email market@nationaldesigncentre.com to indicate
your needs.
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Yes. Once you have delivered all the components for your stall you will need to remove your vehicle from the market site into the lower floors of the car park, although there is a grace period of 30 mins for stallholders to remove their cars without charge during bump-in.
Please note that every vehicle that enters the car-park is charged a flat
rate of around $8 for the entire day. Vehicles are not permitted within the
market site during the market operating hours.
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The show will go on, whatever the weather!
The car park is an enclosed space, providing shelter from rain and wind. Lighting
and heating will be provided throughout the market vicinity.
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Melbourne Design Market is a public event, so anyone and everyone can attend
free of charge. The venue has wheelchair access.
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No. Only high quality design products and design-led businesses are permitted.
A panel will consider each trader application individually on its merit, selecting
those that demonstrate sensitivity to design and the intention to sell goods
that are of high quality. Not for profit and other businesses will also be considered
for trader sites – these opportunities will be limited. A proportion of
stall spaces are reserved for new stallholders each year.
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Bump-in commences at 7:30am and a second ‘wave’ at 8:15am. Between 7:30am and 9:00am traders will have access to the site to drop off any goods to their site. At 9:00am no vehicles will be allowed onsite, and all vehicles must be out of the market area. At 9.30am there will be a Traders’ Safety Briefing in the main entrance – each stall must send at least one representative to this 5 minute briefing. Official trading begins at 10am – all traders must be ready for business before 10am.
Trading must finish at 5pm. Between 5.30-6pm, or at the earliest moment that
the site is determined safe for vehicle access, traders will be given vehicle
access to the site. Bump-out must be completed by 7.30pm. All traders will be
briefed in more detail about the bump-in and out process prior to the event.
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Melbourne Design Market will be promoted through a publicity and promotional campaign, produced by the National Design Centre.
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A short company background document/biography, product information and prices,
and high resolution product images (JPEG format, 300dpi, maximum 2MB file size)
should be posted on a CD to: Communications Manager, National Design Centre, PO Box 18235
Collins St East, Melbourne Vic 8003.
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An important objective of the Melbourne Design Market is to make good design
visible and accessible to the community. As such, you are welcome to supplement
sales with catalogues and by taking orders, but our preference is that you make
the most of your stall space by bringing a range of physical products for display
and sale.
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We will provide external stall signage with the name of each business or designer.
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It is a stipulation of the MDM Management that all traders provide purchasers with the option of using not only cash but also credit card/eftpos. This can be done independently or by using the facility described here:
The Market office will have credit card facilities set up. Each transaction
will be recorded, held in the festival account, and then payments will be forwarded
to your account. If you require the Market office to provide you access to banking
facilities on the market day you must register your account details with us prior
to the event. We will not be able to set up accounts on the day.
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Depending on availability, traders are very welcome to request as many sites
as they wish. The Market office will advise you if your application has been
successful.
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Each trader is responsible for their own staffing needs.
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Traders must have their own public liability insurance for conducting business outside of normal premises. Melbourne Design Market and its employees must be released from any claims by traders. A scanned copy of your liability insurance must accompany the site application form. Emerging designers without insurance should indicate this on the application form and you will be contacted about this if selected.
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There is access to power through power onsite. If you require power you must
indicate very clearly on the application form exactly what your requirements
are. If you notify us after your application has been processed we may not
be in a position to assist you with your power requirements, depending on
other traders who have already been accommodated. There is a charge of $70
for access.
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First aid, OHS, security, stall signage, gas heating, lighting and credit card
facilities via Market office.
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Yes.
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Each single site is approximately 2.5x5m. Double sites are double the size
and so forth. Depending on the site, there may be an opportunity to hang visual
material from overhead beams or walls. Sites are positioned 2.5m across the
‘front’ of the stall, and 5m deep, (just as a carpark space is).
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The Market office can only process refunds for traders who notify us in writing
prior to Friday Nov 7th 2008. All cancellations post this date will be
considered on an individual basis at the discretion of the National Design
Centre.
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Single site fee incl. gst (approx. 2.5x5m) – $440
Intermediate site fee incl. gst (approx. 3.75m x 5m) – $590
Double site fee incl. gst (approx. 5x5m) – $750
Super site fee (size on application) – $990
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To apply for a stall, visit www.nationaldesigncentre.com , click on the Melbourne Design Market link and complete the online application form. (We will no longer be accepting faxed applications unless by prior arrangement.) This needs to be done by 5pm Friday Oct 10th, 2008.
Please note that stalls for Melbourne Design Market are limited and we are not able to guarantee a market space for each application. Participation in previous years does not guarantee selection.
If successful, you will be sent an acceptance letter with further details and information. Once payment is forwarded by cheque, direct transfer or credit card your site is confirmed. Closer to the date emails will give a running sheet and site map (covering bump-in and out process) and other more detailed reminders for the day.
If you have any other queries, email Elizabeth Collins at market@nationaldesigncentre.com
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