Kokuyo Design Award is now open for applications from suitably qualified students. It is a fully funded scholarship for all students sponsored by Kokuyo Group.
About Kokuyo
The Kokuyo Group philosophy is to enrich the world through our products. We are constantly looking for ways to make people more creative through careful observation of their lives and work.
Stationery is an important tool for intellectual activities, and furniture is an essential factor in composing a space for such activities.
The Kokuyo design award is an international product design competition that’s all about bringing together proposals for projects the future needs and giving them form.
The Kokuyo Award is a special award commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Kokuyo Design Award.
It will be awarded to selected student entrants as a way to support their future work. Kokuyo’s Purpose is, “Bringing you a tomorrow you can’t wait for.”
Following that concept, they will select up to 20 outstanding entries that, based on their presentation sheets, make us feel that their futures will be exciting.(without judging the models).
Aim and Benefits of Kokuyo Design Award
1. Grand Prix (one winner): ¥2,000,000.
2. Merit Award (three winners): ¥500,000.
3. Yokoku Award (up to twenty winners): ¥30,000.
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Requirements for Kokuyo Design Award
1. Any stationery, furniture or tool used in working, learning and living scenes.
2. The competition accepts entries from any corporation, individual, or group that fulfills all the following requirements, regardless of their age, sex, occupation, or nationality.
3. Must be able to give a presentation at the final judging (March 18, 2022).
4. Entry eligibility is limited to those designs never before shown publicly (in Japan, other countries).
Judging Criteria
1. The design includes a proposed solution to some social issue.
2. The design has components that make people feel positive.
3. The idea’s uniqueness.
4. The product design’s feasibility.
5. The design’s potential to become a product.
Application Deadline
October 11, 2022.
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