2023.07.11

VOL.314

Award&Competition
	LOOP Design Award 2023 is now calling for applications
	The LOOP Design Awards are now open for the fourth edition of the awards, with a number of new features and new trophies.The LOOP Design Award is a platform to recognize outstanding work in the fields of architecture, interior design, landscape design, product design and architectural photography and to promote the creativity and skills of the participants worldwide. To apply for the LOOP Design Award, please visit the registration page.

Trend Reports
	Zushan ¡¼ Ji Xin Monastery ¡¼ Wood Buddha Statue Museum by Archstudio
	The Wood Buddha Statue Museum is located at Ji Xin Monastery in Zushan Scenic Area of Qinghuang dao City. With a history dating back to the Song dynasty (960-1279), the temple nestles half way up the mountain, overlooking the city and Bohai Sea like a hermit. As a major tourist spot of Zushan Scenic Area, the existing temple was rebuilt on its original site in 2002. Facing eastwards, the temple complex unfolds across the mountain terrain, forming a spatial layout in three courtyards. The museum is located at the back courtyard. As visitors navigate through a corridor of the temple¡Çs main hall, they will see three halls standing on top of a high platform: the Guanxin Hall, the Hall of Medicine Buddha and the Hall of Amitabha Buddha, which are venues for the wood Buddha statue museum.

Service
	ADF Supports CSR 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.

Recruitment
	Aoyama Design Club is looking for new creative members for its coworking space in Omotesando, Tokyo¡ª
	GARDE, an interior design company that provides innovative designs in every field, has established and started a new type of community, "Aoyama Design Club", with an art gallery in Omotesando. With the concept of "creators connecting the world", they are looking for creative members with diverse backgrounds to join us at their coworking space.

Trend Reports
	¡ÚADF Web Magazine¡ÛBlue Temple Presents Bamboo low-cost housing Project
	Blue Temple presented a bamboo low-cost housing in Myanmar. This is a part of Housing NOW project started by Blue Temple in 2019. The proposed architectural project is a housing typology implemented in a series of completed constructions.

Recruitment
	Call for Artists for Metaverse Virtual Art Museum ¡ÈCOCO WARP¡É
	NPO Aoyama Design Forum is pleased to announce the opening of a new virtual museum "COCO WARP" on the Metaverse. We would like to announce a call for entries for this memorable opening exhibition. Would you exhibit your digital art with the surprise of depicting the culture of a different planet that no one knows about the grand romance that humanity in 3030 AD would express?

Recruitment
	Looking for Entries for Design Anthology Magazine¡ª Design Anthology
	Would you like to show the world your work? The Aoyama Design Forum (ADF) is seeking information on projects (architecture, product design, hotels, condominiums, apartments, restaurants and bars) recently completed or soon to be completed from designers and owners for the "Design Anthology."