“Tokyo Business Design Award”, a design and business proposal competition organized by Tokyo Metropolitan Government started now. This competition has a purpose of business matching with the aim of collaboration between companies and designers.

In this award, companies possessed high technology in Tokyo will provide their own technology or materials as theme to invite public participation, and then designers will propose their ideas in development of applications or business for the companies. In addition, matched companies and awarded designers by this competition, will be continue support for realization of the ideas after won the prize. The grand winner designer will receive a prize of 1,000,000\, companies which provide the themes will follow the advices by juries as well, moreover, combine with the support measures carried out by Tokyo government for small and medium sized enterprises, this competition aims to achieve realization and commercialization of propose. 

Presently, theme proposal companies of Tokyo are in recruitment. And a briefing of theme proposal for companies will hold on May 25, 10a.m.

Tokyo Business Design Award 1st

Theme proposal by Company: May 1 ~ June 29 
Call for proposal by Designer: August 1 ~ October 19
Fee: Free for proposal and theme (※Actual costs of production or other cost afford by applicant)
Award・Prize: Grand Award (1)1,000,000\
                        Excellent Award (2) 200,000\ for each
                        Theme Award (1 for each issue) 

Organizer: Tokyo Metropolitan Government

Management: Japan Institute of Design Promotion

Screening Committee

chairman
Naoko Hirota Product Designer/Hirota Design Studio Representative Director 

Juries

Ezoe Naoki Business Producer/Bunbo Co.,Ltd Representative Director

Kazufumi Nagai Creative Director/HAKUHODO DESIGN Co.,Ltd President and Representative director

Chiaki Hayashi Project Manager/Loft Work Co.,Ltd Representative Director

Kazuki Hidaka Consultant of Design and intellectual property rights/Hidaka International Patent Office Chief Director and Patent attorney

Tetsuo Fukuda Industrial Designer/Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology Professor

Keiichiro Fujisaki Design Journalist/Tokyo University of The Arts Associate Professor

Tamotsu Murakami Researcher of Engineering/Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo Professors

Theme briefing session for Company

To explain the theme for the first Tokyo Business Design Award, there will be a briefing session hold in Tokyo. During the session, summary description will be presented and also accept individual consultation. 

Date: May 25, Fri. 10:00〜11:30 

Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan small and medium sized enterprises Conference Room 1
             Chiyoda Sakuma-cho 1-9, Kanda District,Tokyo
             http://www.tokyo-kosha.or.jp/kosha/office/akiba.html

How to Apply: Send information as blow to tokyo-design@jidp.or.jp 
[Company Name]
[Attendee Name (Number of people attending)]
[Phone Number]
[Email Address]

Inquiry: Tokyo Business Design Award Office (Japan Institute of Design Promotion)

Tokyo Business Design Award official website:
www.tokyo-design.ne.jp