Qualifications to enter:
Any individual or group, under the age of 40

Judges
Masuteru Aoba (Graphic Designer) Japan
Masayuki Kurokawa (Architect, Product Designer) Japan
Tadao Shimizu (Interior Product Designer) Japan
Keizo Matsui (Graphic Designer) Japan
Peter Stathis (3D Designer) U.S.A.
Wang Xu (Graphic Designer) China
Johanna Grawunter (Architect, Interior Designer) Italy

Prizes
Grand Prix (one award): 2 million yen
Gold Prize (three awards, one for each category): 500,000 yen each Silver Prize (five awards): 200,000 yen each

In addition, all nine winners will be awarded a trip to Japan to design collectively a journey of "self-discovery"

Deadline for application
The starting date for accepting applications for the first judging is Wednesday, March 1, 2000 and the application deadline is Thursday, April 20, 2000.

Inquiries
For answers to questions, refer to the International Design Center NAGOYA web site.

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

If you have any questions regarding any items in the application, you can send us a letter, fax or e-mail by February 20, 2000 (address details below). We will not respond to telephone inquiries.

Questions and correspondence
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

No inquiries via this e-mail address will be accepted after 5:00 p.m. on February 20, 2000, Japan time.