Yarışmalar-Competitions

Design for a Sustainable Future

No need for just beautiful design
No need for self-righteous design
No need for disposable design

If mass production, mass consumption and attitudes would change
If the life of items were longer
If natural materials were used effectively
If everyone would use environmental standards in material purchases
Our world would be a much better place
And return to its maintainable brightness.
Design that is kind to people, design that is kind to the earth-
We wish to make “Kagu” with that in mind.

”Kagu” are furniture and interior goods that combine various techniques
and materials based on Shizuoka woodworking craft and can contribute towards
the realization of a maintainable future society.

This competition is only aimed at product development and its introduction
to the world market. There is no prize money. Earn royalties from design
which is long loved by many people.

Theme: Design for a Sustainable Future

Description: The development of furniture and interior goods which can support the stability of future society by combining new design ideas from a global environmental perspective with Shizuoka woodworking skills and ergonomics.

Eligibility: Professional designers or those aiming to be designers who are 40 years of age and under (born on January 1, 1964 or after). There are no individual, group, sex or nationality restrictions.

How to Enter: (1) Download the submission form (application) from the association web page.
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(2) After filling out the submission form, send it and your work plus necessary papers to the association office during the entry period.�B

Entry Period: September 13th (Mon.) to October 4th (Mon.), 2004

Submission Materials: 1. Submission Form 2. Work 3. Necessary Papers 4. Reply Postcard

2. Submitted Work: Only works which have not been made public can be submitted. More than one work may be submitted by an individual or a group but a submission form must be sent with each work. Also layout on an A2 board (420mm length x 594mm width) a design illustration which shows the entire work and diagrams showing 3 sides (front, top, side).
Please mount on Styrene Board or other panel board.

3. Necessary Papers: Proof of age such as a copy of your driverÕs license, student identification, passport or other identification card.

4. Reply Postcard: Needed for announcing judgesÕ decision.
Write your name and address on the reply postcard.

Judging: 1. Schedule: October 2004 Public Judging
(Results in November; winners notified; viewable on website.)
March 2005 Product sample completed
June 2005 Final product sample; Winning works announced at Shizuoka Kagu Messe.

2. Judging : Judging will be public and done by designers, magazine editors and furniture makers.

3. Judging Criteria �› Functional pieces; not art or arts & crafts
Outstanding work showing unique design creativity
Can be made into a product and mass produced to some extent
Uses Shizuoka woodworking skills (may be used with other materials)
Please see the following web page for info on Shizuoka woodworking
Suitable for the international market
Easy for anyone to use
Takes the environment into consideration
Not a trendy good
Has not been made public

Awards: This competitionÕs aim is product development; there is no prize money. When developing the product, a design contract and a royalty contract will be made with each manufacturer. The competition sponsor will test manufacture the 5 winning entries. (For the test manufacturing and product development, changes may be made to the design after discussing it with the designer.)
Grand Prix :1
Silver :2
Bronze:2
Other Awards :5
When going into product development, discuss details of the contract with each maker before finalizing.

Ceremony/Display: Winning entries and works of distinction will be on display during the Shizuoka Kagu Messe in June 2005. The award ceremony will also take place during the Shizuoka Kagu Messe.

Return of Submissions: Only applicants who have submitted a request for return will have their work sent back. Submissions will be returned within 12 months after the final judging. But winning entries will not be returned.
* If you want your work returned, write clearly on your submission form ÒRequest ReturnÓ.
Costs for returning work is the responsibility of the applicant. Those submissions without the request will not be returned.

Rights: On the premise of the rights of the sponsors of the after-mentioned exhibit and publications, the rights for all works submitted, including copyrights and industrial property rights, belong to the applicant. Consequently, the applicant has the responsibility to protect such rights. Through showings in publications and on the Internet work may lose its novelty. In this respect, it is advisable to take necessary measures and register the designs. Also be careful that use of third party photographs or printed matter in your work does not infringe on copyrights. The sponsors reserve the right to exhibit and publish submitted works. Consequently, the sponsors do not pay royalty fees to the applicant for use of submitted works in the exhibit or publications.

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 revoked.
(1) If the work has won, or has found to have won, other competitions.
(2) If the work is similar to or exactly the same as a design that has already been made public.
(3) If it becomes apparent that the work infringes on industrial property rights or other copyrights.
(4) If the submitted work is denied publicity through the exhibit, publications, Internet, etc.

Mailing Address for Submission and Information Shizuoka Furniture ManufactureÕs Association
6-8-21 Komagata-dori
Shizuoka City 420-0042

Questions regarding competition entry accepted only by E-mail at the following address.
[email protected]