2021.05.11

VOL.200

Competition
	Call for Entries! Design Anthology Awards 2021
	Design Anthology holds the Design Anthology Award 2021 online. The host has established the award since 2019 to evaluate and introduce the talent and creative vision of communities in Asia as well as Australia. These countries are now competing to become the core of design and attracting talented designers. The purpose of the Design Anthology Awards is to evaluate and showcase the talent and vision of the creative community as an authority on design and architecture in the region. The Aoyama Design Forum, along with trophy sponsor Lasvit, prize sponsor Design Hotels, and House of Tai Ping, has supported the Design Anthology Award 2021.

Trend Reports
	ADF launched Art x Design EC site
	NPO Aoyama Design Forum (ADF) has launched the ADF Art x Design EC site to promote artists and designers further. Based on the concepts of "Your Art & Design Can Color Someone's Life," "Making Art & Design Accessible" and "Bring Colorfulness To Your Space," we hope that everyone can enjoy art and design more easily and add color to their lives.

Trend Reports
	ADF Lauched CSR Support Project
	Awards are an option that is still not widely available in Japan. Let's be among the first to discover and develop new and fresh talent. Incorporating "awards" as part of CSR activities into your corporate strategy can significantly increase your company's visibility in the public eye. The word "awards" is in common use worldwide, and your awards business will be recognized as a cultural and social contribution activity. ADF supports your awards program and accelerates your cultural and social contribution activities and branding. There are awards that can only be provided by ADF, which has many connections around the world.

Trend Reports
	¡ÚADF Web Magazine¡ÛLife in an old Japanese house Vol.8 Fine art on sliding doors in Japanese homes
	Akihiro Yamamoto writes about characteristics of arts in Japanese old houses. Under the theme of "Art of Japanese Houses and Joinery", he introduces the houses' spaces and historical partitions such as the sliding doors and folding screens that are also found in modern houses.

Trend Reports
	¡ÚADF Web Magazine¡Ûrhizomatiks_multiplex at Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT)
	A new exhibition rhizomatiks_multiplex, which was opened on March 20th, is hosted at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT). It celebrates the 15th anniversary of Rhizomatiks, which was born in 2006 as a collective of creative people. The author, Matteo Belfiore introduces the artistic group with their unique concepts.

Trend Reports
	¡ÚADF Web Magazine¡ÛThe creative district M50, a contemporary art district in Shanghai
	Designer and resercher, Enza Migliore introduces M50, a contemporary art district in Shanghai. She describes it as an allegory of the flexibility of the urban Chinese cultural identity and its artistic expression and evolution. In the article, you will explore the unique area with the distinctive photos of exhibitions.