2022.09.20

VOL. 272

Award&Competition
	Call for Entries! Design Educates Awards 2023
	The Design Educates Awards (DEAwards), organized by the Laka Foundation (a non-profit, non-governmental organization), are accepting entries. Organized with the aim of sharing the best educational ideas and architectural designs with the world and promoting their activities, the Design Educates Awards recognize each time outstanding projects that respond to complex social and environmental issues and have educational value. NPO Aoyama Design Forum (ADF) proudly supports the Design Educates Awards 2023 as a media partner.

ADF gallery
	ADF Art Gallery Project-Would you exhibit your works for free?
	Omotesando has a renowned reputation as a source of innovative art. The artworks are exhibited in our gallery in a great place where people with a deep understanding of art.

Event&Project
	The 5th Edition of Design China Beijing is officially launched
	June 22, 2022, Design China Beijing, the fifth edition, was officially launched by the team of Design Shanghai. Unlike the previous editions, this year's Design China Beijing will present a Sustainable Design China Summit , with a brand-new approach. It will be held from September 26-28, 2022 at the China World Summit Wing Hotel in Beijing. ADF proudly supports the Design China Beijing as a media partner.

Event&Project
	Call for works on the ADF Art x Design EC website
	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.

Event&Project
	ADF Launched 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¡ÛMaterial_S, design beyond boundaries
	Designer and researcher Enza Migliore presents Material_S, a new platform curated by industrial designer Tommaso Masera. Material_S, as the name suggests, is 100% dedicated to the world of materials and curates the latest innovations in contemporary furniture, the best international brands, influential trends and thought leaders. Enjoy the episode where the exhibited works are presented in detail.

Trend Reports
	¡ÚADF Web Magazine¡ÛMAGNETIC FORMS AND EMOTIONAL TRACES
	Lebanese architect Nader Sammouri describes architecture as a 3D painting emerging from a piece of land, telling how the visual journey completes the world. Architecture sometimes overwhelms human consciousness with its proportions, scale, sophistication, and incredible feats of engineering. Let's think together with the author about buildings that evoke our emotional responses.

Trend Reports
	¡ÚADF Web Magazine¡ÛSparano + Mooney Architecture Designs State-of-the-Art Buildings for Utah State University¡Çs Fine Arts Campus
	Award-winning Sparano + Mooney Architecture, known for its sustainable and thoughtful architecture in the American West, has already completed three remarkable buildings on the Utah State University campus. Another building is scheduled to open in 2025.

Trend Reports
	¡ÚADF Web Magazine¡ÛJapanese Calligraphy-inspired furniture by Sabina Blasiotti Sabina Blasiotti
	London-based Italian architecture firm SABI by Sabina Blasiotti has designed a collection of living room furniture called Characters. The collection is inspired by Japanese calligraphy, but each piece has its own expressive character. The Characters collection consists of a family of chairs, a table, a coffee table, a cabinet, a bookcase, a sofa, mirrors, lamps, picture frames and vases.