Theme: The Power of Fragility

Prizes

Grand Prix (1 award) - 2 million yen (approx. US$15,000 as at 19-Jan-02)
Gold Prize (three awards) - 500,000 yen each
Silver Prize (five awards) - 200,000 yen each
Honorable Mention (approx. twenty awards) - A memento for each recipient

Free trip to Japan

The grand prix, gold, and silver award winners will be invited to a workshop held in International Design Center NAGOYA. (In case of a group winner, only one representative will be invited.)

Free to participate in this competition

There is no fee required with the application.

Qualifications to enter

Any individual or group, under the age of 40, can apply. No restrictions are placed on the design area or specialty; all areas of design are applicable for entry. Only new works that have not yet been made public can be submitted.

Schedule

• Starting date for accepting application for the first judging: Friday, March 1, 2002
• Deadline for submitting application for the first judging: Thursday, April 18, 2002
• The first judging: End of May, 2002
• Notification of the first judging results: Beginning of June, 2002
• Deadline for submitting work for the second judging: Friday, September 6, 2002
• The second judging: Mid September, 2002
• Notification of the second judging results: End of September, 2002
• Opening date of the workshop in Japan: Mid October, 2002
• Awards Ceremony in Japan: Early November, 2002
• Exhibition in Japan: Early November, 2002

Judges

The first judging / Panel of judges

• Shigeru Uchida (Interior Designer) Japan
• Taku Satoh (Graphic Designer) Japan
• Shinichi Takemura (Professor, Tohoku University of Art & Design) Japan
• Syunyo Yamauchi (Graphic Designer) Japan
• Karen Blincoe (Design Producer) Denmark

The second judging / Panel of judges

• Shigeru Uchida (Interior Designer) Japan
• Kazuo Kawasaki Ph.D (Design Director/Professor of Graduated School of Design & Architecture, Nagoya City University) Japan
• Taku Satoh (Graphic Designer) Japan
• Shinichi Takemura (Professor, Tohoku University of Art & Design) Japan
• Karen Blincoe (Design Producer) Denmark
• Peter Mehlstaeubler (Vice President of Product Development, Alias Wavefront) Canada
• Ross Lovegrove (Industrial Designer) UK
• Ken Yeang (Architect) Malaysia

How to apply for the first judging

There is no need to register beforehand, just send your work(s) along with the application form. Download the Application Form for First Judging at:

http://www.idcnagoy.co.jp/compe/e/form.html

Method for submission

Works for the first judging may be submitted on (1) slides, (2) floppy disk, or (3) e-mail.

Where to send your work for the first judging

Send your work by Slide(s) or Floppy disk & your application form to:

Nagoya International Design Competition Secretariat
International Design Center NAGOYA Inc.
Design Center Building, 18-1,Sakae 3-chome, Naka-ku, Nagoya,
460-0008 Japan
Tel: +81-52-265-2105

Send your work by e-mails & your application form to:

Applications from within Japan: domestic@idcnagoy.co.jp
Applications from overseas: overseas@idcnagoy.co.jp

These e-mail address will be closed after 5:00 p.m. on April 18, 2002, Japan time.

Questions

Nagoya International Design Competition Secretariat
International Design Center NAGOYA Inc.
Design Center Building, 18-1,Sakae 3-chome, Naka-ku, Nagoya,
460-0008 Japan

Fax for inquiries: +81-52-265-2107
E-mail for inquiries: inquiry@idcnagoy.co.jp

For details, look up:

http://www.idcnagoy.co.jp/compe/index.html