Deadline:
October 09, 2024
Location(s)
Japan Online
Tokyo
Overview
The KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD is an international product design competition that’s all about imagining and creating the future together. It gathers proposals from all around the world, and turns outstanding entries into commercial products.
Details
THEME: Prototyping
Groundbreaking design often begins with a prototype.
Prototyping is to design an original idea into a form.
That has the potential to lead to the next step.
The KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD 2025 seeks designs pointing the way to the future
and serving as a catalyst. Your design will inspire others and become a vector for the future.
We look forward to seeing your “prototype” not bound by existing thinking or limited to mockups or ideas.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
ELIGIBLE ENTRIES
Any stationery, furniture or tool used in working, learning and living scenes
ELIGIBILITY
The competition accepts entries from any corporation, individual, or group that fulfills all the following requirements, regardless of their age, sex, occupation, or nationality.
- Persons who are able to give a presentation at the final judging (March 22, 2025). * The contest organizer will pay expenses incurred by participants for travel and lodging (up to two individuals for group entries).
- Persons who consent to these Rules. * In cases when an entrant is a minor, the consent of their parent or other statutory agent is required.
Dates
Deadline: October 09, 2024
Cost/funding for participants
Prizes
- Grand Prix (one winner): ¥2,000,000 (about $12,800)
- Merit Award (three winners): ¥500,000 (about $3,200) per winner
- YOKOKU Award (up to 20 winners): ¥30,000 (about $200) per winner
* About New Generation Award
This award is selected by KOKUYO Co., Ltd. from among all entries submitted by students (from elementary school to graduate school students) in the hope for their future success. We will select up to 10 outstanding entries that, based on their presentation sheets, make us “feel that their futures will be exciting” (without judging the models).
* Not all prizes may be awarded for all categories if there is no winner selected.
* Prize money will be paid net of withholding tax, surtax for reconstruction funding, and other applicable deductions.
* The amount shown in dollar is that calculated at the time of publication. The prize will be calculated according to the exchange rate at the time of payment, from the amount shown in Japanese yen.
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