KUKAN DESIGN AWARD GroupA

■About entry form input
Please check the information below and enter your project information.
Please enter your application per project.

Deadline for submission:  23:00 PM, Friday,  May 15th,2024(JST)
*Application conditions are the works realized between 1st March, 2023 and 30th April, 2024.

 

*The language used is English-only.
*You cannot make any changes after your project is posted. Please confirm the input contents and apply.

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■About payment
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Please confirm your application details and proceed to the screen for entering your credit card information.
*When applying, be sure to prepare your credit card and post your project.
*Available credit cards: Visa, MasterCard, JCB,AMEX

Applicant Information


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- Please enter an e-mail address we can contact about your works.
- It doesn’t have to be an e-mail address of the representative (applicant).
Please re-enter your email address.

Project Information


* Please enter the place name, not the facility name.
*Up to 15 words in a specific content

Application Category


Application Material


Image file such as photo, sketch, conceptual drawing, drawing, concept
Landscape/Portrait in bitmap file format such as jpeg and png (Long side: Within 1000px)
Each file should be within 1MB.
*5 images can be applied for each work.
*Please be warned not write a name of applicant or company etc. on image files, otherwise it will be regarded as ineligible and will not be screened.
*Please use more than 18 points font size if writing letters on images.
If you would like to apply for supplemental videos, please check the "Yes".
- Data within 15MB: Please post in web form.(Acceptable format is mp4 only)
- Data over 15MB: Please write your application ID and title of your work on DVD-R, and send it to the address below.
- Your video must be within one minute.
- Please don't mention the designer's name or the design company's name on your
video. In that case, you will not be eligible to be judged.
- Regarding submission of video, photo slideshow is not accepted. Only works which
need expression by video will be accepted.

Sustainable Space of the Year


The Sustainable Space of the Year is a new award established in FY2021 and can be applied in any category. If you wish to apply for the Sustainable Space of the Year, please check the "Apply" box; if you do not wish to apply, please check the "Do not apply" box.
When applying for the Sustainable Space
of the Year, please explain your thinking, conception, ideas, design approach, etc. considering sustainable space in the "Sustainable Space of the Year Entry Description. Visual materials should be expressed using the files and supplementary videos in the lower application materials.
*For more information about the Sustainable Space of the Year, please refer to the "The judgement procedure for the Sustainable Space
of the Year" on the official website.
https://kukan.design/detail-guidelines/

*The application fee will be ¥10,000-.
Please register your award images for the Sustainable Space of the Year

Representative


Select and enter your role or position.
*If the work is selected for Longlist or higher, a certificate will be given per work.
Please note that the name of the “work’s representative” and “affiliation” will be printed on the certificate, so be careful when entering the information.

Direction


Design


Construction or Production


Name of Client


Photographer


Job type 1


Please select and enter a role and job title other than those listed above
Other

Job type 2


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Other

Job type 3


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Other

Job type 4


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Other

Job type 5


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Other

[Notes]
Judging results will be announced on this website.
Shortlisted entries and above will be included in the "Annual of Spatial Design in Japan 2024 Displays, Signs & Commercial Spaces" (inside and outside editions).
In the case of duplicate entries or series, some entries may be omitted.
Applicants are responsible for promptly submitting photographic manuscripts and other materials necessary for inclusion in the yearbook to the designated publisher. The yearbook will be edited by the "Kukan Design Organization" separately established by the Japan Commercial Environmental Design Association (JCD), the Japan Design Space Association (DSA), and the Japan Sign Design Association (SDA).

Format: Bound in top binding Scheduled publication date: December 2024

The winners of each award may be asked to give lectures at seminars of the association.
The award-winning works will be exhibited in major cities throughout Japan, including "KUKAN DESIGN AWARD Exhibition 2024" at "GOOD DESIGN MARUNOUCHI" in mid-February 2025, "KUKAN DESIGN AWARD Exhibition 2024" at "Comprehensive Trade Fair for Stores JAPAN SHOP 2025" in early March 2025.
Please obtain prior approval from the client, business owner, and related parties for all entries. All entries are subject to this condition.
All applicants are responsible for the management of copyrights, rights to use photographs, publication rights, industrial property rights, etc., of their works in advance.
All entries must be free from any suspicion of imitations or plagiarism. The Secretariat will not be involved in any conciliation or arbitration in the event of trouble caused by the applicant.
If any significant alteration or intentional modification of the photographs or videos of the entries is found, the award will be cancelled even after the judging has been completed.
Please be careful not to submit the same work more than once.
Failure to follow these procedures may result in the ineligibility of the winning entry for publication in the yearbook.
Please note that the photographer and the entrant must resolve any photo usage permissions between them before submitting the entry.
All materials submitted to the competition will be used for the purpose of publicity in the "Annual of Spatial Design in Japan 2024 Displays" (conventional paper and electronic editions), other publications, our website, the website of the sponsor association, exhibitions, and the association's website. and publications in affiliated media and

The organizers, the Spatial Design Organization Yearbook Publication Committee, and the publisher of the "Annual of Spatial Design in Japan 2024 Displays" will be granted the right to make the image data available on DVD. Failure to obtain permission will result in suspension of publication and cancellation of the award.
If the photographer's name is not indicated in the "Photographer" column of the entry form, the name of the author is not required to be indicated.
 The entry will be deemed to be a "no-show".
The contents of the application guidelines are subject to change for various reasons.


[Handling of Copyrights]
Applicants are required to make prior arrangements with all parties involved before submitting their entries.

1.Applicants are responsible for managing the copyrights, photographic usage rights, publishing rights, industrial property rights, etc. of their submitted works in advance. If you do not follow these procedures, even if your work is a prize-winning work, it will not be published in the "Annual of Spatial Design in Japan 2024 Displays". Regarding the permission to use photographs, please resolve the matter between the applicant and the photographer before submitting your work.

2.However, in submitting entries, the entrant grants the sponsoring organization, the Yearbook Publication Committee, and Rikuyosha Inc. the right to publish all materials in the "Annual of Spatial Design in Japan 2024 Displays" (conventional paper and electronic editions), other publications, and exhibitions, and to create a DVD of the image data. The applicant is required to Failure to obtain permission will result in the cancellation of the award. If the photographer's name is not indicated in the "Photographer" section of the entry, it will be deemed that the author's name is not required to be indicated.

 

[Payment of entry fee by credit card]

We adopt credit card payment service which Omise Japan operates for this contest. The credit card information entered is directly sent to and saved by the payment service agency. Therefore, the credit card information of applicants is not saved to the server of either the host of this contest or the administrative office, JDN Inc.

https://www.jdn-inc.co.jp/en/policy.html

 

[Private Policy]
The personal information you register is used to communicate and inform applicants in the design award held by Japan Design Space Association (DSA) and Japan Commercial Environmental Design Association (JCD). The personal information you register will not be disclosed or transferred to third parties other than DSA, JCD, and JDN Inc..
In addition, we may send information such as direct mail about events, seminars and awards held by DSA and JCD. For inquiries, please contact the secretariat listed in the application guidelines.

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