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The Kokuyo Design Awards opens its 8th year as the competition that seeks to commercialize outstanding product designs presented from designers and users worldwide.
In the 2008 competition we received 1240 submissions (970 from Japan, 270 from overseas) and the competition continues to expand as an international award in product design. Also last year we released three new products from 2007 winning entries, "Kamikire" writing paper, "Beetle Tip" three-tipped highlighter, and "Tidbit" memo pad.
The Kokuyo Design Award seeks to cast creativity and ideas into commercial products available to everyone. So come and participate in the Kokuyo Design Award 2009. We look forward to your creative entries.
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Foundations
Needed most today are solid foundations:
Our families and friends, leaders we can trust,
Our beliefs, values, and identity,
The cause or purpose of our actions, and a reason for being,
The support for our basic needs, a place where we can live peacefully, a rewarding workplace,
The water, air, and land that make all the processes of life possible.
We seek new designs for items to serve as foundations for future ways of life:
Safe and innovative stationery our families and friends can use;
Furniture that supports and enhances the energetic spirit of people we work with.
Things that prove useful in emergencies, things we can't do without,
Tools and objects that assists us and provides us with emotional support,
Things that we feel joy in buying and continue to enable us to experience the pleasure we felt when we first acquired it.
In times of worsening economic conditions, surely there are things that are all the more vital to us than ever before.
Additionally, we are looking for items that are also meaningful in protecting the earth's environment.
Message from Shunji Yamanaka, jury chair
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* Furniture used at work
* Stationery used at school and in the home
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Grand Prize: 2 million yen
Second Prize (4 winners):500,000 yen each
Special Prize (5 winners):100,000 yen each
※ Each award is determined regardless of category.
※ Some awards may not be granted.
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This competition is open to all individuals, groups, businesses or
organizations regardless of age, gender, occupation or nationality.
Entries must not have been previously released elsewhere.
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Registration:
April 10, 2009 through June 10, 2009.
Submission of work:
April 10, 2009 through July 10, 2009.
Initial Screening:
Around late August 2009.
Presentation sheet (the original and a duplicate) + Entry form
Further details of the final screening will be notified to the qualifiers of
the initial screening around late September (planned).
Final Screening:
Around mid October 2009.
Presentation sheet (the original and a duplicate) + Entry form + actual
design model
Winner's notification:
Award winners will be notified late October 2009.
Announcement of winners:
After an official announcement, the results will be posted on this website.
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Shunji Yamanaka (Jury Chair, Designer/President of LEADING EDGE DESIGN)  |
| Fumie Shibata (Industrial Designer/President of Studio S) |
| Manabu Mizuno (Art Director/President of good design company) |
| Akihiro Kuroda (President, Kokuyo Co., Ltd.) |
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1. Compatibility with theme
2. Feasibility of development as a commercial product
3. Design aspects
- Novelty
- Functionality
- Style (design)
- Ease of use (comfort)
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Registration
Registration will be accepted until June 10, 2009.
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Submission of work
Send a submission form with a presentation sheet by mail (not e-mail) to the award
office by July 10, 2009. Those arriving after July 10 will be disqualified.
* Photocopies of the original form are acceptable, but they should each be
accompanied by your signature.
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Initial Screening: Presentation sheet
Final Screening: Presentation sheet + actual design model
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*Initial Screening
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１）Work Submission Form
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Download and print out the Work Submission Form.
Please read through the terms and conditions before signing, and fill out
the required information.
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２）Presentation sheets (original and duplicate)
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Express your work on a sheet of A3 paper (portrait, 297(W) × 420(H) mm).
Make sure that your work has all the following elements at the locations
specified below.
_ Required elements
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“Title of the work": upper left
“General name of the object (for example, notebook, scissors, stool,
folding chair etc.)" : under the "title of the work"
“Concept": upper right
“Overall rendering (3-dimensional CG, illustration, photo of model) : no
location specified
“Three-side views": no location specified
“Size": no location specified
“Work label": bottom right corner on the reverse side.
Express yourself freely, but make sure to include the above elements.
*Do not indicate personal data on the work.
Fill in a work label and paste it on the bottom right hand corner on the back of your presentation sheet.
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_ Additional sheet
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If necessary, you may use one additional sheet of paper (portrait), for a
total of two sheets of paper. Note that the information for the required
elements must appear only on the first sheet, and not on the additional
sheet.
*Works using more than two sheets will not be accepted.
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How to send
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For each work, send the original (for judging) and a duplicate (copy;
photocopy acceptable) and send them to the award office by mail (not e-mail). Works
should not be pasted on panels nor be packaged in rolled form.
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*Final Screening
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Further details of the final screening will be notified to the qualifiers of the initial screening around late September (planned).
Presentation sheets
Models (Qualifiers of the initial screening only)
_ Furniture
A 1/5 scale model
_ Stationery
full size
_ Applies to both stationery and furniture
Each model, as sent, must not exceed the total linear dimensions (length + width + height) of 100 cm and must not weigh more than 20 kg.
Entrants must create works on their own without any support from the
organizer.
All entrants will be given 30,000 yen in production and shipment costs.
Works will not be returned after entry.
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Kokuyo Design Award office
Ueki Bldg. 4F 5-3-4 Ueno Taito-ku Tokyo 110-0005, JAPAN
MAIL：award@mrk.kokuyo.co.jp
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