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Kengo Kuma and Higashikawa competition

 

Let's take  Aniva, the Japanese city of Higashikawa invites you to participate in an interesting competition for furniture designers KAGU "Kengo Kuma & Higashikawa".

The small town of Higashikawa, located in Hokkaido, has a developed furniture industry. Various interesting projects have been implemented here since ancient times. One of the first is "Your Chair".
Its essence is that each newborn resident of the city the mayor's office gives a personal highchair (original design, each chair has its own personal serial number). Anivchan, who visited Japanese friends, had a chance to see them. In fact, these are real works of art.
In elementary school, Japanese children study surrounded by beautiful wooden school furniture. And after graduating from high school, each student receives as a souvenir a chair that he used during 3 years of study. And he carefully keeps it all his life. All this, the Japanese believe, instills in children a respect for traditions, teaches them to value beauty, instills love for their native city.
Higashikawa City Hall is starting to implement its new project in cooperation with the famous Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, who promotes "charm of the area through architecture", as the Japanese themselves say. Architect Kengo Kuma advocates extensive use of local natural materials and has a keen interest in educating young people - the future generation of Japanese.
It is no coincidence that the project starts in 2021, the year of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. It is assumed that in this way he will receive the support of a large number of people and will be able to bring people together around the world.
As the organizers explain, the KAGU design is a symbol of a new "neat" way of life for young people, people of the future. KAGU is a general term for the connection between man and the world, it is an extension of the generally accepted concept of furniture. Indeed, in everyday life we ​​use many pieces of furniture, but in the everyday hustle and bustle it is difficult for us to see and understand how each thing was made, to learn to understand its value, - the Japanese believe.
Competition theme: "Wooden chair". The main material is wood. An important condition is that the competition work must be original, previously not presented anywhere. However, theses and classroom presentations (if any) will be considered unpublished.
Pupils and students under the age of 30 studying both in Japan and abroad are eligible to participate in the competition. The application can also be group. However, the participation of one person in several groups is not allowed. Only one application can be submitted, per applicant or per group. The work must be sent in electronic form to the mail: design@kagu-higashikawa.jp
The application form is posted on the official page of the KAGU competition "Kengo Kuma & Higashikawa": https://www.kagu-higashikawa.jp/
The work should be on one A3 sheet (one-sided, horizontal layout).
Be sure to include the title of the work, the essence of the design, an explanation. Competitive work must be modeled and visually shown in the form of a sketch, drawing, computer graphics, photo layout, etc. (font size is not less than 10).
In the lower right corner of the main page of your work, you must enter the number obtained during preliminary registration (font size 72).
The language can only be English or Japanese. Do not use expressions, symbols, letters in the works that can identify the participant.
The final version of the work should be A3 size in PDF format. The file size must not exceed 3 MB.
For more information, please contact design@kagu-higashikawa.jp. And don't forget to include your name and phone number. The organizers will contact you as soon as possible.
Pre-registration in the form from the official page of the KAGU design competition "Kengo Kuma & Higashikawa" will last until 02.27.2021, until 12:00 (Japanese time).

Deadline for submission of works:
3/25/2021, 3/31/21 to 12:00 PM (Japan Time)

Assessment of works:
The top 10 will be selected from all entries.
Around mid-May 2021, all winners will be personally notified. In addition, the results will be available on the official website of the city of Higashikawa.
10 selected participants must make a layout (1/5) using any material for the final presentation in front of the competition committee (layouts are non-returnable).
The presentation for the final competition committee will take place in Higashikawa.
After discussion, the jury members will determine the nominations for the participants. The whole process will be published online.
The award ceremony will take place immediately after the completion of the work of the competition committee. Therefore, applicants must be ready to come, take part in the work of the final competition committee, as well as in the award ceremony.

The final selection committee and award ceremony took place on 26.06.2021 in Higashikawa, Japan.

 Prize and cash prize
 Kengo Kuma Award (Grand Award). 1 piece - ,000 500,000 (Japanese yen)
 Great win prize. 3 jobs - 100,000 har each (yen)
 Honorary label q. 6 works.
 The organizers of the competition will ask all the winners to agree on the final competition and participate in the award ceremony.
 In Higashikawa, they are provided with housing that prolongs their stay and are paid for all transportation costs - travel back and forth from their place of residence.
 The works of the winners can be used for commercial purposes. Details will be discussed in person with the winners. Only the organizers have the full right to carry out the work of the winners on a commercial level
 Members of the jury
 Chairman of the Jury: Kengo Kuma (Architect, Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo)
 Members of the jury:
 Toshiko Mori (architect, professor at Harvard University)
 Masahiro Harada (architect, associate professor at Shibaura Institute of Technology)
 Teppei Fujivara (architect, associate professor at Yokohama National University)
 Katsuhiko Hibino (painter, professor at Tokyo University of the Arts)
 AsaoTokoro (designer, visiting professor at Tokyo Zokey University)
 Noritsugu Oda (Department Researcher, Design Consultant, Higashikawa)
 Hiroshi Nakamura (architect, NAP Architectural Design Bureau)
 Eisuke Tachikava (NOSIGNER MChJ)

 Legal issues:
 All copyrights, as well as the design rights of similarly submitted works, belong to the applicant.
 In the commercialization of the work, the organizers communicate separately with the participants.
 The organizers have retained the right to use the printed products for display, publication and large advertising.
 Organizer: Kengo Kuma & Higashikawa KAGU Design Competition Executive Committee
 Supporters: City Hall, City Council, Education Service, Chamber of Commerce, United Tourism Association, Agricultural Cooperative, Construction Industry Association, Training Association, Higashikawa City Advertising Corporation. In addition to the Asahikawa Furniture Industry Cooperative,
 Head Office: Department of Cultural Relations, Higashikawa City Hall
 Tel: 0166-82-2111 Email: official@kagu-higashikawa.jp
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