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Design Do! Nagoya International Design Competition Type: Open, international Registration Deadline: March 1, 2000 Submission Deadline: March 1, 2000 Open to: Any individual or group, under the age of 40 as of April 20, 2000 Entry Fee: None Awards: - 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 - Honorable Mention (approx. twenty awards) A memento for each recipient Jury: The first judging / Panel of 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. The second judging / Panel of judges Masuteru Aoba (Graphic Designer) Japan, Masayuki Kurokawa (Architect, Product Designer) Japan, Peter Stathis (3D Designer) USA, Wang Xu (Graphic Designer) China, Johanna Grawunter (Interior Designer) Italy PREFACE Located in the center of Japan and boasting a population of 2.16 million people, Nagoya reveres its heritage of long-standing traditions. The metropolis is known as a world-class industrial center with industries ranging from textiles and ceramics to furniture, transportation equipment, and computers. The World Design Exposition was held here in 1989, proclaiming Nagoya to be a [Design City.] Since then, a series of design-related events, making the city even more design-oriented, have been held. [NAGOYA DESIGN DO!] is a program designed to provide an opportunity for young, talented designers to develop their skills and exchange ideas with one another. It targets young people from around the globe and is held in the form of a competition every two years. The first competition in 1997 drew 839 works from artists in 53 countries and regions. After passing the first and second judging, 9 award winning works and 15 honorable mentions were selected. In this, the second competition, winning works will be awarded prizes and the artists will be invited to a workshop, similar to the first competition. By interacting with each other in a work-like setting, young designers can share their talent and enjoy wide-ranging points of view. Participating in this competition can be the [gateway to success] for many young designers, and is an opportunity for them to show off their talent. We are looking forward to receiving new and inspirational works for this competition. This competition has the approval of icograda, ICSID, and IFI. icograda=International Council of Graphic Design Associations ICSID=International Council of Societies of Industrial Design IFI=International Federation of Interior Architects / Interior Designers Nagoya International Design Competition Secretariat GENERAL INFORMATION Theme:The future passed through People live by forever embracing hope: hope focused on a person, on an immediate destination, or on one's own future. Without hope, we would have no tomorrows. It is our hopes and aspirations for our tomorrows, how we envision they could or will surely be, that provide the power to live that springs forth from within us. In design, this power to live is infused within parameters of time and space. To design is to depict the elements of time and space which incorporate our hopes, our desires, our expectations. In the opening passage of his acclaimed novel Snow Country, Yasunari Kawabata describes his protagonist emerging from a long train tunnel and suddenly arriving in a snow-clad setting. What Kawabata depicts is a tunnel, representing reality, through which the protagonist passes into another realm imbued with the man's hopes. The dark tunnel is the "here" through which he must pass to arrive "there"; in the dazzling white snow country he has longed for, the utopia he has dreamed of, where his lover Komako awaits him. From this shore, we ponder what awaits us on the other. With anxiety and hope, we await a new century. Just as our tomorrows need to be filled with hope, so too our urban spaces, the spaces of each building, each object, need to instill us with hope for what lies ahead. Space is the force whereby we can depict what lies between "here" and "there"; time is the force whereby we can depict what transpires between "now" and "tomorrow". Our wish is for you to depict the power of life encapsulated in space and time. We want you to express spaces, mechanisms and images in which "there" is a realm filled with possibilities, and "tomorrow" is a realm filled with light. Design challenges individuals and the entire world to live. Our wish is for you to create designs with life-awakening impetus to guide us, with hope, to what lies ahead "the future passed through." The Goal Our goal is for you, in your design work, to stress that hope, though it might sound plebeian, is a concept destined for great importance in the years ahead. Its destiny is set by the fact that hope gives us vision, a sense of time, desires and strength. When our aspirations are numerous, it is unlikely they will all be fulfilled, and so we are left unsatisfied. If, on the other hand, we harbor only a few desires, we are more likely to achieve them all, so our dissatisfaction will be less. But which is the more preferable? To have a wealth of aspirations, even if a great many of them will ultimately go unachieved. Dissatisfaction, a feeling of "unfulfillment," instills in us a sense that something is missing in our lives, that something is deficient. This sense that something is missing provides us with the power to be creative in our lives. We often speak of how "hunger makes us strong" or how "necessity is the mother of invention." What these adages demonstrate is that it is insufficiency that generates strength. Lack of fulfillment in itself is not enough, however, to enable every person on earth to rush headlong toward the future. What we also need is strength in the forms of dreams, hopes and aspirations. Such strength arises for no apparent reason. Those who fail to possess it cannot possess it no matter how they may struggle to, while those who can have it have it without effort. This is because such strength is nothing other than the very power to live with which we all are born as human beings. He who is incapable of possessing hope is one who has lost the inherent will to live. It is sustained by such strength that humans live. It is because of the power of hope that a sense of deficiency gives us strength. The theme of this competition is hope: our source of life, our source of creativity,"the future passed through." The theme of this competition was decided by a theme committee consisting of Kyo Toyoguchi, Shigeru Uchida, Shigeo Okamoto, Masayuki Kurokawa, Shin Matsunaga, and Shunji Yamanaka. Submission Categories There will be three categories -- which together are designed to encompass the entire range of design fields -- in which submissions will be accepted, as follows: The First Category: Industrial design, transportation design, craft design, and other related fields. The Second Category : Interior design, architecture, landscape design, and other related fields. The Third Category : Graphic design, package design, and other related fields. Applicants should decide for themselves which category to choose. Note that the e-mail addresses for each category differ, so please make sure that you are sending your work to the correct address. Works that can be submitted Only new works that have not yet been made public can be submitted. That is to say, as of the time of announcement of the second judging results, only works that have not been made into commercial products and works that have not been mentioned in newspapers and magazines, nor placed in other exhibitions, will be accepted. Design publicity intended to protect original design rights will be ignored, and will not affect the "nonpublic" status of the work. Applicants should not submit the same works to any other current competitions. Submissions should be exclusive to this competition. Following the announcement of the results of the second judging, the applicants are free to do as they wish with their submissions. Qualifications to enter * Any individual or group, under the age of 40, can apply. * Applicants must be under 40 years of age as of April 20, 2000, the submission deadline of the first judging. For groups, each individual must be under 40. * Applicants should not collaborate on their works with competition personnel and judges, nor with members of their families. Allowable number of submissions Any number of works can be submitted by each applicant or group. Exhibition fee There is no exhibition fee required with the application. Official Languages The official languages of the competition are English and Japanese. Prizes Monetary Prize - 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 - Honorable Mention (approx. twenty awards) A memento for each recipient Taxes are included in the awards. Invitation to the workshop 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 in.) For this event, the sponsors will pay for round trip air fare to Japan, all domestic transportation costs, and lodging costs. However, no cash grants will be given. (Description of the Workshop). The workshop will be held for about one week in the middle of November, 2000. Well-known designers will join as team coordinators. A new theme will be tackled by teams, who will try to produce some results. Corporations and design offices will be visited, and interaction with young designers and students of design will be promoted. ENTRY INFORMATION Term of accepting applications for the first judging The starting date for accepting applications for the first judging is Wednesday, March 1, 2000 and the application deadline is Thursday, April 20, 2000. No entries will be accepted after 5:00 p.m. on April 20, 2000, Japan time. Allow plenty of time for time differences and mailing time when submitting your work. How to apply for the first judging Exhibition fee There is no exhibition fee required with the application. Method for submission Works for the first judging may be submitted on (1) slides, (2) floppy disk, or (3) e-mail. You can choose one of these. (1) Application by slide(s) Present each work using up to five 35-mm color slides. The judges will use five projectors to show the slides simultaneously, so be sure to mark the projection sequence and direction on each slide. Do not mount the slide in a glass cover due to the high risk of breakage during transportation. 1. After filling out the required sections on the specified application form, send the form together with the slides to the designated address. When sending more than one work together, place each work (application form and up to 5 slides) in a separate envelope and then place all the envelopes in one large envelope. 2. The application form must be filled out in either Japanese or English, including the name and address sections. 3. When submitting a group work, select one person to be the representative and write his or her name in the "Applicant's name"section of the application form. (Also write down the names of people in the group.) 4. Use one application form for each work (up to five slides). The application form may be copied, if needed. (2) Application by floppy disk Present each work using up to five files on one Mac- or Windows-formatted floppy disk. The judges will view each file individually on a 17-inch monitor in the indicated sequence, so be sure to name the files in an easily understandable sequential order. This does not apply when the submission has only one file. The screen size (the longer of the horizontal or vertical sides) should be 800 pixels or less. Restrictions apply to media formats and file formats, so be sure to follow the guidelines. 1. After filling out the required sections on the specified application form, send the form together with the floppy disk to the designated address. Write the name of the work, applicant' s name and number of files on the floppy disk label in either Japanese or English. When sending more than one work together, place each work (application form and floppy disk) in separate envelopes and then place everything together in one large envelope. 2. The application form must be filled out in either Japanese or English, including the name and address sections. 3. When submitting a group work, select one person to be the representative and write his or her name in the "Applicant's name" section of the application form. (Also write down the names of people in the group.) 4. Use one application form for each work (one floppy disk). The application form may be copied, if needed. (3) Application by e-mail Each work must be submitted within its own e-mail message. When submitting more than one work, use a separate e-mail message for each one. Present each work using up to five files. The expression method is the same as for floppy disks. 1. When applying by e-mail, attach the application text file and the work file(s) to the e-mail and then send to the designated e-mail address. The application text file for applying by e-mail is available from our web site. Restrictions apply to data volume and transmission encoding, so be sure to follow the guidelines. Submissions that do not conform to these guidelines will not be accepted. In this case, a notification of receipt will not be issued. 2. The application text file must be filled out in either Japanese or English. 3. When submitting a group work, select one person to be the representative and write his or her name in the "Applicant's name" section of the application text. (Also write down the names of people in the group.) 4. Note that the e-mail addresses for each category differ, so please make sure that you are sending your application to the correct address. 5. The deadline for submitting entries to e-mail addresses is 5:00 p.m. on April 20, 2000, Japan time. No entries will be accepted after this time. Allow plenty of time for time differences and transmission lag time when submitting your work. We expect to be inundated with entries just before the deadline. Since there may be some problems with e-mail access, please try to send your entry as early as possible. A series of posters is also an acceptable media form. Each work should comprise up to five posters in this case. Requirements to apply by floppy disk or e-mail There are different requirements and conditions depending on how you apply. Follow the guidelines below. Mac- or Windows-formatted 2HD floppy disk 1. Submission media (software) = Send two disks after backing up the files, in case one is damaged. 2. Data requirements File types= Only JPEG format will be accepted. Data volume= (1) A single work must be presented using up to five files. A single work must have a total data volume of 1.4 MB or less. This data must be contained on one Mac- or Windows-formatted 2HD floppy disk. (Compressed data exceeding 1.4 MB, and in any format other than JPEG, will not be accepted.) (2) The screen size (the longer of the horizontal or vertical sides) should be 800 pixels or less. 3. Documents to submit = The stipulated application form (filled out in either Japanese or English) 1. Submission media (software) = Only Base64 is accepted for transmission encoding. 2. Data requirements File types= Only JPEG format will be accepted. Data volume= The application for each work must be sent in one e-mail message. (1) A single work must be presented using up to five files. A single work must have a total data volume of 1.4 MB or less. (2) The screen size (the longer of the horizontal or vertical sides) should be 800 pixels or less. (3) The application text file should be plain text data and fit on one sheet of A4-size paper. Send this data as an attached file together with the file(s) for your work. 3. Documents to submit = Attach the application text file to the e-mail message (filled out in either Japanese or English). The judges will be using Macintosh computers. Be sure to follow these guidelines because even if you use the same file format, depending on the media (software) used and the mail encoder format, it may not be possible to check the contents of the file. Anonymity= Make sure that neither the applicant's name nor any other distinguishing mark that could possibly identify the applicant appears on the screen of the work. Schedule * Starting date for accepting application for the first judging:Wednesday, March 1, 2000 * Deadline for submitting application for the first judging: Thursday, April 20, 2000 * The first judging:End of May, 2000 * Notification of the first judging results:Beginning of June, 2000 * Deadline for submitting work for the second judging: Friday, September 8, 2000 * The second judging: Mid September, 2000 * Notification of the second judging results:End of September, 2000 * Opening date of the workshop:Mid November, 2000 (at International Design Center NAGOYA) * Awards Ceremony:Mid November, 2000 (at International Design Center NAGOYA) * Exhibition:Mid November, 2000 (at International Design Center NAGOYA, Design Gallery) Sending and storing submitted works The work you want to submit and the application form must both arrive by the stipulated deadline. The applicant should pay for the costs of sending the work. Any loss or damage incurred while the work is in transit, and before the work is received by us, is the responsibility of the applicant. Consequently, insurance on the work should be secured by the applicant, if needed. After receipt of the work, the sponsors will make every effort to take good care of it, but the sponsors will not be responsible for loss or damage caused by natural disasters, or other factors over which we have no control. In case the work that you send us arrives damaged, we will immediately notify you as to the extent of the damage. Return of works Works for the first judging The works submitted for the first judging will not be returned. Works for the second judging The works for the second judging will be returned only to those applicants who have requested their works to be returned, within six months of the closing of the exhibition. However, the grand prix work and the gold prize works will not be returned. If you want your work to be returned, write "Please Return My work" on the application form for the second judging. If you do not do so, the work will not be returned. Your rights The rights for the submitted work, including copyrights and industrial property rights, belong to the applicant. Consequently, the applicant has the responsibility to protect such rights. In this respect, it is advisable to register the designs and take other necessary measures before submitting your products to the competition. Also be aware that if you use third party photographs or printed literature in your work, you could be infringing on copyrights. The rights to exhibit and publish the award-winning works, and the works from the second judging, and the rights related to printing and publishing in media issued or approved by the sponsor, will belong to both the applicant and the sponsor, and by applying for this competition, the applicant acknowledges this fact. Where to send your work for the first judging Slide(s) or Floppy disk Nagoya International Design Competition Secretariat International Design Center NAGOYA Inc. Design Center Building, 18-1, Sakae 3-chome, Naka-ku, Nagoya, 460-0008 Japan (Telephone: +81-52-265-2105) Note that the e-mail addresses for each category differ, so please make sure that you are sending your work to the correct address. E-mail address for submission: The First Category (Industrial design, transportation design, craft design, and other related fields.) : do1@idcnagoy.co.jp The Second Category (Interior design, architecture, landscape design, and other related fields. ): do2@idcnagoy.co.jp The Third Category (Graphic design, package design, and other related fields): do3@idcnagoy.co.jp These e-mail address will be closed after 5:00 p.m. on April 20, 2000, Japan time. The starting date for accepting applications for the first judging is Wednesday, March 1, 2000. How to apply for the second judging Only applicants whose works have passed the first judging are allowed to apply for the second judging. Application form for the second judging Applicants who pass the first judging will receive their application forms with the "pass notice!" from the competition secretariat. Make sure to write in the exhibition number of the first judging - which is sent out to applicants by the competition secretariat - on the application form. Also make sure to completely fill out every pertinent item. After filling out the application form for the second judging, copy it and affix it to the upper right corner on the back of each panel, or on the back of the real work or model in a manner that is not visible when viewed from the front. Submitting graphic posters and other such "flat" items Only panels that are B1 size (1,030mm x 728mm) with no frames, and that are pasted on 5mm-thick styrene boards will be accepted. In case of works with multiple items of various sizes, you should arrange them onto B1-size panels for submission. (Up to 5 panels) For a "work series," - a work consisting of a multiple number of panels- write numbers on the back of the panels on the upper left side, indicating their order. Submitting solid-like works such as panels, real works, or models It is acceptable to submit a model or real piece in addition to the panels. In this case, only panels that are A1 size (841mm x 594mm) with no frames, and that are pasted on 5mm-thick styrene boards will be accepted. Write numbers on the back of the panels on the upper left side, indicating their order. Weight and size restrictions on real works and models are described below. Weight limit: One package should be 12kg or less (including packaging) Size limit: Length: 100cm or less. The sum of the height, width, and depth should be 150cm or less. Note: The corners of polystyrene panels are sometimes damaged in transit. Take particular care in protecting and reinforcing the corners when sending in your work. Anonymity Make sure that neither the applicant's name nor any other distinguishing mark that could possibly identify the applicant appears on the work. Deadline for applying for the second judging Deadline for applying for the second judging is 5:00 p.m. on Friday, September 8, 2000, Japan time. Applicants who pass the first judging will be notified directly as to the address and method for sending their works in for the second judging. The applicants will be notified via letter and e-mail when their works are received. INQUIRLY Questions 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. We will not respond to telephone inquiries. For replies to questions, refer to the this site "FAQ" http://www.idcnagoy.co.jp/compe/e/faqtxt.html. 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. JUDGING PROCEDURE Judging Judging Method There are two steps in the judging for the competition, the "first judging" and the "second judging" . In the first judging, the works will be judged as they are presented on the slides, floppy disks, or e-mail that have been received for each category. In the second judging, works that pass the first judging will be judged in the form of a panel and an optionally submitted model or real piece. Judging Criteria The criteria will be: conformity to theme, social applicability, originality, revolutionary quality, and functionality among others. The detailed interpretation of each will be left to the discretion of the judges. Judges There will be a panel of five judges for the first judging, consisting of four Japanese nationals and one foreign national. In the second judging there will be two Japanese nationals and one foreign national from the first judging, plus two additional foreign judges, to make a panel of five. The first judging / Panel of 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. The second judging / Panel of judges Masuteru Aoba (Graphic Designer) Japan Masayuki Kurokawa (Architect, Product Designer) Japan Peter Stathis (3D Designer) USA Wang Xu (Graphic Designer) China Johanna Grawunter (Interior Designer) Italy Similarity of works submitted for the first and second judging. It is possible to upgrade works for the second judging, such as by adding some "finishing touches," for works that pass the first judging, but any large diversions from the original concept or form will not be allowed. Notification of receipt of works and notification of judging results The applicants will be notified via letter or e-mail when their works for the first judging are received. All applicants will also be notified of their first judging results via letter or e-mail. Individual inquires by telephone will not be accepted. Disqualification If any of the following conditions apply to the work, it will be removed from the judging procedure and any awards that may have been given can later be revoked. (1) If the work violates any of conditions for submission. (2) If the work is similar or exactly the same as a design that has already made public. (3) If it becomes apparent that the work infringes on industrial property rights or other copyrights. Announcement of award-wining works All the works submitted for the second judging, including the award winning works will be displayed at International Design Center NAGOYA. They will also be recorded in the catalog of works and posted on our Internet web site. http://www.idcnagoy.co.jp/compe/ |
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