KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD 2025
Registration Deadline: Oct 9, 2024; Submission Deadline: Oct 9, 2024 1. What is the KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD? The KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD is one of the most renowned and historic product design competitions in Japan. It was established by KOKUYO back in 2002, and this year's competition marks its 22nd outing. Besides setting themes that mirror the times and then selecting the most outstanding product designs among all those entered in response every year, we have also been productizing the winning designs through co-creation between the award winners themselves and KOKUYO's product developers. So far, over 20 product designs have been productized. By taking designs that breathe new life into tools that are a familiar part of our lives at home and at work, and offering them to the world as soundly developed products, we aim to give their designers a boost for their future activities, and at the same time, achieve our purpose, "Bringing you a tomorrow you can't wait for." 2. KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD 2025 will be held The KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD 2025 will accept entries with the theme of "prototype." In product design, the word "prototype" is generally used to mean a pre-finished product or a sample before completion, but for this project, we saw it as "an original idea that has the potential to lead to the next step." A well-thought-out prototype will inspire others and serve as a catalyst for the future. The KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD 2025 is looking for product designs that will be the starting point for the future. In addition, the "NEW GENERATION Award" will be given just as last year. The NEW GENERATION Award encourages unique ideas and challenges that are not bound by existing concepts, and is open only to student applicants with the expectation of future success. Associating with KOKUYO's purpose, "Bringing you a tomorrow you can't wait for," we will select up to 10 outstanding entries with appealing ideas and viewpoints as proposals that make us "feel that their futures will be exciting." We hope this will encourage the young generation who will lead the next age to challenge themselves.Entries will be accepted from July 26.More: kokuyo.com/en/award/Read the full post on Bustler
1. What is the KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD?
The KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD is one of the most renowned and historic product design competitions in Japan. It was established by KOKUYO back in 2002, and this year's competition marks its 22nd outing. Besides setting themes that mirror the times and then selecting the most outstanding product designs among all those entered in response every year, we have also been productizing the winning designs through co-creation between the award winners themselves and KOKUYO's product developers. So far, over 20 product designs have been productized. By taking designs that breathe new life into tools that are a familiar part of our lives at home and at work, and offering them to the world as soundly developed products, we aim to give their designers a boost for their future activities, and at the same time, achieve our purpose, "Bringing you a tomorrow you can't wait for."
2. KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD 2025 will be held
The KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD 2025 will accept entries with the theme of "prototype." In product design, the word "prototype" is generally used to mean a pre-finished product or a sample before completion, but for this project, we saw it as "an original idea that has the potential to lead to the next step." A well-thought-out prototype will inspire others and serve as a catalyst for the future. The KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD 2025 is looking for product designs that will be the starting point for the future.
In addition, the "NEW GENERATION Award" will be given just as last year. The NEW GENERATION Award encourages unique ideas and challenges that are not bound by existing concepts, and is open only to student applicants with the expectation of future success. Associating with KOKUYO's purpose, "Bringing you a tomorrow you can't wait for," we will select up to 10 outstanding entries with appealing ideas and viewpoints as proposals that make us "feel that their futures will be exciting." We hope this will encourage the young generation who will lead the next age to challenge themselves.
Entries will be accepted from July 26.
