Call For Entries: ADF Design Award 2025

NPO Aoyama Design Forum (ADF) is pleased to announce the 15th edition of the ADF Design Award 2025, an international design award organized by ADF. Award applications will be accepted from Thursday 15 August to Friday 20 December 2024 (JST). There will be a Grand Prize of US$30,000 and two Awards of Excellence of US$5,000 from all categories, for approximately US$50,000.

As a supplementary prize, the Grand and Excellence Award winners will be able to exhibit their works at the ADF venue in Fuori Salone during the Milano Salone Internazionale del Mobile, the world’s largest furniture trade fair scheduled to take place in April 2025, where they will be invited to a reception party and other opportunities for exchange with interested parties. The winners also will be exhibited at the ADF gallery space in Aoyama, Tokyo and at COC WARP, the Metaverse Museum operated by ADF. The ADF Design Award is a great opportunity to showcase your architectural design work to the world. The jury for the awards will be announced as soon as it has been decided. 

The mission of the ADF Design Award is to discover and recognize the latest and most outstanding designs worldwide and introduce design to people who have not known it. We emphasize how the design was created and what ideas were put into it, not merely how beautiful it looks. We are looking for entries that challenge us to break completely new design ground with innovative ideas that enrich people’s lives and are environmentally friendly.

Application Guidelines

APPLICATION PERIOD

August 15, 2024 – December 20, 2024 (JST)

URL

https://9154.evalato.com/

CATEGORIES

• Hospitality: hotel, casino, theme park, pavilion
• Commercial & Office: shopping center, department store, office building
• Housing Complex: non-private residence, non-interior
• Education & Sports: school, research facility, stadium
• Cultural Buildings: theater, library, museum, art gallery, hospital
• Public Architecture: public facilities, airport, station, port

CRITERIA

1. Beauty: Artistic value in shape, color, detailing, and material selection
2. Innovation: Responding to social changes, using new materials, innovative construction processes, and pioneering designs. Innovation is a challenge within limited conditions
3. Usefulness: The architecture and building is beneficial and sustainable for its users and the environment
4. Regional / Cultural / Chronological : The architecture and building blends with and differentiates itself from the region, and its superficial beauty fits with the times and cultural context

SUBMISSION

1. Design Proposal: Design concept, materials, and details (A4 size, no more than 5 pages in PDF format) *Resolution of 300 dpi or higher, file size of 10M or less, font size of 11pt or higher
2. Curriculum Vitae (maximum of 5 pages in A4 horizontal PDF format)

PRIZE

• Grand Award: US$30,000 (1 work from all categories)
• Excellence Award: US$5,000 (2 works from all categories)

There may be a case that some awards are considered as “not applicable”.

SUPPLEMENTAL PRIZE

• The Grand Award and Excellence Award winners will have their works exhibited at the ADF venue in Fuori Salone during the “Milano Salone (Salone Internazionale del Mobile)”
• Aoyama Design Forum will cover up to USD 1,000 for set-up costs
• The winners will have the opportunity to be exhibited at the Metaverse Museum “COCO WARP” run by ADF
• The winners will have the opportunity to be exhibited at the ADF gallery space in Aoyama, Tokyo
• The grand prize winner will receive PR support from the ADF Business Matching Division for one year

ENTRY WORK

Completed work within 3 years

ELIGIBILITY

• Individuals or groups (up to one work per group)
• Any nationality
• Must be a member of ADF (No fee is required to join)

APPLICATION FEE

Free

ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS

March 12, 2025

LANGUAGE

English

CONTACT

For further questions about the Award, please reach out to [email protected]