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December. 22, 2023
KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD 2024 Finalists Announced !
The KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD 2024 accepted designs based on the theme of “primitive” between July 28 and October 11, 2023. During that time, we received 1,480 entries (876 from within Japan and 604 from overseas).
In the initial round, each judge member had reviewed all the entries in advance and selected a total of 108 nominated works. In the second round of judging, there was a vigorous discussion on the selected entries from the first round, in line with the judging criteria set out in the application guidelines.
This resulted in the decision of the 10 finalists that will continue on to the Final Judging. The Final Judging will be held on March 16, 2024, along with the Award Ceremony, where the Grand Prix and Merit Award winners will be decided.
The Final Judging and Award Ceremony will be streamed live on YouTube. We’ll release the link for the streaming at a later date.
In addition, messages from the judges on the trends among the entries and their expectations for the entries to be brushed up for the final round will be disclosed next week.
〈 Finalist 〉
| Application Number | Title | Designer Name |
|---|---|---|
| KDA2024-0244KNC-230346 | Kezuriempitsu | Tasuku Denno |
| KDA2024-0256ZAA-490384 | Do It Your stationery | Yasuyuki Yamada |
| KDA2024-0624UEK-210383 | Memento | Soichiro Tanaka |
| KDA2024-0981YGL-490979 | FLUTE | Natsumi Sakamoto |
| KDA2024-1157NJJ-231039 | Color-Changing Pencil | Ibuki Ohara |
| KDA2024-1185IMH-161843 | Ruler of annual rings | A STUDIO (Lyu Muzhi, Jiang Fang, Chen Yang) |
| KDA2024-1297TCB-041326 | Drippy | FUKATAKA (Takaaki Sato, Mao Fukasawa) |
| KDA2024-1312TLB-091794 | Fig Emulsion | W-OH (Yingqi Liu, Yuxuan Chen) |
| KDA2024-1314BMM-011264 | Your Cave Wall | Takuya Matsumoto |
| KDA2024-1484EHH-411576 | At the moment | RANTA (Shoma Furui, Ken Kobayashi) |
