Design & Art Event TOKYO DESIGNERS WEEK 2013 ASIA AWARDS Held to Foster Young Talented Designers, the Future of the Creative Industries

DESIGN ASSOCIATION NPO (President Kenji Kawasaki) will be holding a Design & Art Event, TOKYO DESIGNERS WEEK 2013, in the Aoyama Area, Tokyo. (In front of Meiji-Jingu Memorial Picture Gallery)

This year, a comprehensive Asian creative award called the "ASIA AWARDS" has been established to gather all the young and high-quality professional creative power from Asia and around the world in the center of Tokyo, trying to discover young talents and become a platform for students and young designers to make their strides to the global stage.

We are implementing the "Professional Exhibition" for professionals, the "Young Creators Exhibition" for young designers and artists under 30, and the "School Exhibition" for design & art schools, colleges, universities.

Design Association NPO Representatives, Architect Toyo Ito and Art Director Katsumi Asaba will be distributing several awards for the"Young Creators Exhibition" and the "School Exhibition" (Grand Prix 1,000,000JPY, Semi-Grand Prix 300,000JPY, etc).

ASIA AWARDS Outline
http://www.tdwa.com/en/tdw/about/

Professional Exhibition
http://www.tdwa.com/en/join/designer/professional_ex.html

Young Creators Exhibition
http://www.tdwa.com/en/join/designer/young_creator.html

School Exhibition
http://www.tdwa.com/en/join/school/outside.html

TOKYO DESIGNERS WEEK 2013 Outline

Started as Designers´ Saturday in 1986 and was renamed as TOKYO DESIGNERS WEEK in 1997, setting its venue continuously every fall for 28 years in the city of Tokyo. An international design event gathering the excellent design and art from all over the world in areas such as architecture, interior, product design, graphic design and art. In 2012 attracted a record number of over 100,000 people with highly sensitive opinions in the creative field. It has allowed companies, organizations, embassies, schools, designers to become highly recognized by providing a place to announce their latest design and art through, product promotion, test-marketing and branding.

Date: Oct. 26th (Sat.) - Nov. 4th (Mon.) 10 days
Time: 11:00–22:00 (18:00 on the last day)
Venue: Meiji-Jingu Gaien Mae, Tokyo
Expected Visitors: 120,000 people

TOKYO DESIGNERS WEEK 2013
http://www.tdwa.com/en/

Tent Exhibition for Companies:
http://www.tdwa.com/en/join/corporate/tent.html
http://www.tdwa.com/en/join/corporate/pavilion.html

Tent Exhibition for Designers:
http://www.tdwa.com/en/join/designer/tent.html

Container Exhibition:
http://www.tdwa.com/en/join/corporate/container.html