2025.04.08

VOL. 400

Award&Competition
	¡ÈADF Design Award 2025¡É Excellence Award Winner - Interview with Sofia Fors
	Winner of Excellence Award from the Education & Sports Category, Sofia Fors Hosted by NPO Aoyama Design Forum(ADF), the "ADF Design Award 2025" has chosen Sofia Fors's work as the Excellence Award in the Education & Sports Category. Here is an interview article with Fors (Fors Arkitekter) to introduce the award-winning work and the story behind the designing process. Image: Sofia Fors

Trend Reports
	Art Gallery/Museum Information - Recommended Exhibitions in April 2025
	We feature the exhibitions of art galleries and museums in April 2025. In addition to the schedule of events, we will provide you with detailed information, such as the works on display. Before your visit, please check each museum's official website for the most up-to-date opening hours.

Award&Competition
	DFA Design for Asia Awards 2025 Entry Now Open in April
	The DFA Design for Asia Awards 2025, one of the most prestigious international design awards in Asia, is now open for entry from April 1, 2025. Organized annually by the Hong Kong Design Centre since its launch in 2003, and sponsored by the Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency of the HKSAR Government, the award aims to spotlight outstanding Asian design that reflects cultural depth and contributes meaningfully to society. Aoyama Design Forum (ADF) is proud to serve as an official media partner for the award.

Award&Competition
	[Deadline Approaching] ASA Experimental Design Competition 2025
	The Association of Siamese Architects under Royal Patronage (ASA), Thailand, invites architects, designers, students, and creative minds from around the world to take part in the ASA Experimental Design Competition 2025. The NPO Aoyama Design Forum (ADF) continues to sponsor this award as a partner in 2025. Deadline: April 9, 2025 (by 11:59:59 PM Thailand time) Register now: http://www.asacompetition.com/en

Trend Reports
	International Architecture Scholarship ¡ÈGottfried Bohm Scholarship¡É Now Open for Applications
	Under the patronage of the City of Cologne, the "Gottfried Böhm Scholarship" is now accepting applications until May 31, 2025. This scholarship is designed for architects and urban planners with a strong interest in the relationship between architecture and urban development. Selected scholars will participate in a one-year residency program in Cologne from October 1, 2025, to September 30, 2026, where they will explore the future of the city and its surroundings through innovative research and design. Neviges_Copyright-Familie-Boehm (c) Böhm family

Award&Competition
	World Architecture Festival 2025¡ÃWAF Awards Now Open - Final Submission Deadline Approaching!
	The World Architecture Festival (WAF) will be held in the United States for the first time in its 18-year history. Taking place from November 12 to 14, 2025, at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Florida, the festival will welcome architects and designers from around the world for three days of live awards judging, talks, exhibitions, and networking. Aoyama Design Forum (ADF) is proud to serve as an official media partner for the 2025 edition.

Trend Reports
	¡ÚADF Web Magazine¡ÛMasaya Kawamoto Presents ¡ÈPFS¡É Furniture Series
	The "PFS – Press Furniture Series" by product designer Masaya Kawamoto explores a rarely celebrated industrial technique: the aesthetic compression of cylindrical steel pipes. By deforming these round forms, Kawamoto creates an expressive design language where structure, function, and visual artistry converge.

Trend Reports
	¡ÚADF Web Magazine¡ÛFestival des Architectures Vives 2025 to take place in Montpelier, France
	The Festival des Architectures Vives 2025 will take place from June 10-15, 2025, in Montpellier, France. Since 2006, the Festival has been offering the public an immersive exploration of Montpellier's architectural treasures - its private mansions. By transforming little-known historic spaces with contemporary architectural installations, the Festival encourages dialogue between past and present, tradition and innovation. Each installation is created by teams of young architects.

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.