2024.02.28

VOL. 346

Award&Competition
	2024 Kyoto Global Design Awards Call for Submissions
	Amidst the dynamic backdrop of 2024, as the world's gaze converges on the pursuit of sustainable well-being and the effortless fusion of state-of-the-art AI technology, the 2024 Kyoto Global Design Awards (KGDA) warmly invites creative designers and inventors from every corner of the globe. The central theme for this year revolves around achieving a harmonious union of aesthetics and sustainability, prompting creators to craft compelling, environmentally conscious, and socially impactful masterpieces. The NPO Aoyama Design Forum (ADF) actively backs the Kyoto Global Design Awards as a media partner.

Award&Competition
	Design Educates Awards 2024 is now Accepting Applications
	Design Educates Awards (DEAwards) acknowledge, exhibit, and globally promote the finest concepts and executions in architecture and design. It unites a community of visionaries who emphasize the genuine added value of their projects. The NPO Aoyama Design Forum (ADF) is honored to stand behind the Design Educates Awards 2024 as a media supporter."

Service
	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.

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.

Service
	Metaverse Virtual Museum ¡ÈCOCO WARP¡É presents the first special exhibition ¡ÈPhygital World - Beyond Gutenberg -¡È
	NPO Aoyama Design Forum (ADF) presents the exhibition ¡ÈPhygital World - Beyond Gutenberg¡É at the Metaverse Virtual Museum ¡ÈCOCO WARP¡É from September 1 to October 31, 2023. This exhibition focuses on the theme of our physical senses, which are changing along with civilization.

Trend Reports
	¡ÚADF Web Magazine¡Û¡ÈTransparences¡É, the new exhibition at the musee Yves Saint Laurent in Paris
	Architect Filippo Esposito introduces a new exhibition at musée Yves Saint Laurent in Paris directed by Anne Dressen. The showcase explores the enduring fascination with transparency in various disciplines, featuring highlights such as Renzo Piano's Niccolò Paganini Auditorium and Salvador Dalí's Surrealist Portrait of Mae West. Giuseppe Sanmartino's Veiled Christ in sculpture is also discussed for challenging marble's opacity. The significance of transparency as an artistic expression for Yves Saint Laurent is emphasized in the exhibition running until August 25, 2024. The exhibition presents forty works, including a notable 1968 smoking ensemble challenging gender norms and a 1988 evening ensemble celebrating feminine allure and empowerment.

Trend Reports
	¡ÚADF Web Magazine¡ÛTerritoire Charlevoix, a Unique Hands-on Camp by Atelier L¡ÇAbri
	Atelier L'Abri unveiled Territoire Charlevoix, a singular concept of experiential camping set in the Canadian wilderness. The remote location offers spectacular panoramic views of the magnificent Charlevoix region of Quebec and its infinite landscape.

Trend Reports
	¡ÚADF Web Magazine¡ÛStudio UNLTD Unveils Design of Cino Restaurant
	With the opening of Cino Chophouse and Crudo Bar, Los Angeles-based Studio UNLTD celebrates the unveiling of its first design project in the Hawaiian Islands. Encompassing the interiors, facade, and patio of a 3,000 square foot restaurant with 700 square feet of outdoor space, the project is located in the 'A'ali'i shops at the Ward Village mixed-use development, overlooking Victoria Ward Park on O'ahu, Hawaii.