{"id":282046,"date":"2025-08-15T15:39:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T06:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/?p=282046"},"modified":"2025-08-15T15:39:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T11:29:56","slug":"call-for-entries-adf-design-award-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/en\/design\/call-for-entries-adf-design-award-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Call For Entries &#8220;ADF Design Award 2026&#8243;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"><h3>Opportunity to Present Your Work with the World<\/h3>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adf.or.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"cb-dropcap-big\">N<\/span>PO Aoyama Design Forum<\/a> (ADF) is pleased to announce the 16th edition of the <a href=\"https:\/\/10561.evalato.com\/?utm_source=01&amp;utm_medium=site&amp;utm_campaign=design_award_2026&amp;utm_id=design_award_2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ADF Design Award 2026<\/a>, an international design award organized by ADF. Award applications will be accepted from Friday 15 August to Friday 19 December 2025 (JST). There will be a Grand Prize of US$10,000 and two Awards of Excellence of US$5,000 from all categories, for approximately US$20,000.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/adf-web-magazine-2026_adf_design_award.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/adf-web-magazine-2026_adf_design_award-750x321.jpg\" alt=\"adf-web-magazine-2026_adf_design_award\" width=\"750\" height=\"321\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-282048 size-ADFwebimage999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/adf-web-magazine-2026_adf_design_award-750x321.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/adf-web-magazine-2026_adf_design_award-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/adf-web-magazine-2026_adf_design_award-1024x439.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/adf-web-magazine-2026_adf_design_award-150x64.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/adf-web-magazine-2026_adf_design_award-768x329.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/adf-web-magazine-2026_adf_design_award-230x99.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/adf-web-magazine-2026_adf_design_award-933x400.jpg 933w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/adf-web-magazine-2026_adf_design_award-1167x500.jpg 1167w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/adf-web-magazine-2026_adf_design_award-500x214.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/adf-web-magazine-2026_adf_design_award-600x257.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/adf-web-magazine-2026_adf_design_award.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>As a supplementary prize, the Grand and Excellence Award winners will be able to exhibit their works at the ADF venue in Fuori Salone during the Milano Salone Internazionale del Mobile, the world's largest furniture trade fair scheduled to take place in April 2026, where they will be invited to a reception party and other opportunities for exchange with interested parties. The winners also will be exhibited\u00a0 at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cocowarp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COCO WARP<\/a>, the Metaverse Museum operated by ADF. The ADF Design Award is a great opportunity to showcase your architectural design work to the world.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>The mission of the ADF Design Award is to discover and recognize the latest and most outstanding designs worldwide and introduce design to people who have not known it. We emphasize how the design was created and what ideas were put into it, not merely how beautiful it looks. We are looking for entries that challenge us to break completely new design ground with innovative ideas that enrich people's lives and are environmentally friendly.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"attachment_274253\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/adf-web-magazine-award-kunstsilo-5.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-274253\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/adf-web-magazine-award-kunstsilo-5-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"adf-web-magazine-award-kunstsilo-5\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" class=\"noimg wp-image-274253 size-ADFwebimage999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/adf-web-magazine-award-kunstsilo-5-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/adf-web-magazine-award-kunstsilo-5-300x200.jpg 300w, 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https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/adf-web-magazine-award-kunstsilo-5.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-274253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ADF Design Award 2025 \u300cKunstsilo\u300d<br>\r\n\/ Boris Be\u017ean (BAX studio), Mara Partida (Mendoza Partida studio), Hector Mendoza (Mendoza Partida studio), Maria Mestres\u00a0 (Mestres W\u00e5ge architects), and Magnus W\u00e5ge (Mestres W\u00e5ge architects)<\/p><\/div> <div id=\"attachment_256631\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/893d8f1b92f4ffa69fee8a485aae1f95.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-256631\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/893d8f1b92f4ffa69fee8a485aae1f95-500x750.jpg\" alt=\"adf-web-magazine-la-carboneria-barcelona\u00a9oss\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" class=\"wp-image-256631 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https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/893d8f1b92f4ffa69fee8a485aae1f95-267x400.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/893d8f1b92f4ffa69fee8a485aae1f95-333x500.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/893d8f1b92f4ffa69fee8a485aae1f95-467x700.jpg 467w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/893d8f1b92f4ffa69fee8a485aae1f95-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/893d8f1b92f4ffa69fee8a485aae1f95-750x1125.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/893d8f1b92f4ffa69fee8a485aae1f95.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-256631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ADF Design Award 2024 \"<span>La Carboneria (House Tarrago)\"<\/span> \u3000\/\u3000Office for Strategic Space<\/p><\/div> <div id=\"attachment_223033\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/adf-web-magazine-adf-design-award-2023-mashiko-kazuhiko-10.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-223033\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/adf-web-magazine-adf-design-award-2023-mashiko-kazuhiko-10-750x499.jpg\" alt=\"adf-web-magazine-adf-design-award-2023-mashiko-kazuhiko-10\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\" class=\"wp-image-223033 size-ADFwebimage999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/adf-web-magazine-adf-design-award-2023-mashiko-kazuhiko-10-750x499.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/adf-web-magazine-adf-design-award-2023-mashiko-kazuhiko-10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/adf-web-magazine-adf-design-award-2023-mashiko-kazuhiko-10-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/adf-web-magazine-adf-design-award-2023-mashiko-kazuhiko-10-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/adf-web-magazine-adf-design-award-2023-mashiko-kazuhiko-10-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/adf-web-magazine-adf-design-award-2023-mashiko-kazuhiko-10-230x153.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/adf-web-magazine-adf-design-award-2023-mashiko-kazuhiko-10-601x400.jpg 601w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/adf-web-magazine-adf-design-award-2023-mashiko-kazuhiko-10-751x500.jpg 751w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/adf-web-magazine-adf-design-award-2023-mashiko-kazuhiko-10-1052x700.jpg 1052w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/adf-web-magazine-adf-design-award-2023-mashiko-kazuhiko-10-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/adf-web-magazine-adf-design-award-2023-mashiko-kazuhiko-10-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/adf-web-magazine-adf-design-award-2023-mashiko-kazuhiko-10-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/adf-web-magazine-adf-design-award-2023-mashiko-kazuhiko-10.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-223033\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ADF Design Award 2023 <span>\"Tonami Public Library\" \/ <\/span>Kazuhiko Masuko &amp; Mikami Architects &amp; Oshida Architects<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n<h4>Application Guidelines<\/h4>\r\n<h5>Application Period<\/h5>\r\n<p>August 15, 2025 - December 19, 2025 (JST)<\/p>\r\n<h5>URL<\/h5>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/10561.evalato.com\/?utm_source=01&amp;utm_medium=site&amp;utm_campaign=design_award_2026&amp;utm_id=design_award_2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/10561.evalato.com\/<\/a><\/p>\r\n<h5>Categories<\/h5>\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>Hospitality: hotel, casino, theme park, pavilion<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Commercial &amp; Office: shopping center, department store, office building<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Housing Complex: non-private residence, non-interior<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Education &amp; Sports: school, research facility, stadium<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Cultural Buildings: theater, library, museum, art gallery, hospital<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Public Architecture: public facilities, airport, station, port<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<h5>Juries<\/h5>\r\n<p>TBA<\/p>\r\n<h5>Criteria<\/h5>\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>Beauty: Artistic value in shape, color, detailing, and material selection<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Innovation: Responding to social changes, using new materials, innovative construction processes, and pioneering designs. Innovation is a challenge within limited conditions<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Usefulness: The architecture and building is beneficial and sustainable for its users and the environment<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Regional \/ Cultural \/ Chronological : The architecture and building blends with and differentiates itself from the region, and its superficial beauty fits with the times and cultural context<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<h5>Submission<\/h5>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Design Proposal: Design concept, materials, and details (A4 size, no more than 5 pages in PDF format) *Resolution of 300 dpi or higher, file size of 10M or less, font size of 11pt or higher<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Curriculum Vitae (maximum of 5 pages in A4 horizontal PDF format)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h5>Prize<\/h5>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Grand Award: US$10,000 (1 work from all categories)<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Excellence Award: US$5,000 (2 works from all categories)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>There may be a case that some awards are considered as \"not applicable\".<\/p>\r\n<h5>Supplemental Prize<\/h5>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>The Grand Award and Excellence Award winners will have their works exhibited at the ADF venue in Fuori Salone during the \"Milano Salone (Salone Internazionale del Mobile)\"<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Aoyama Design Forum will cover up to USD 1,000 for set-up costs<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The winners will have the opportunity to be exhibited at the Metaverse Museum \"COCO WARP\" run by ADF<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The grand prize winner will receive PR support from the ADF Business Matching Division for one year<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h5>Entry work<\/h5>\r\n<p>Completed work within 3 years<\/p>\r\n<h5>Eligibility<\/h5>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Individuals or groups (up to one work per group)<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Any nationality<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Must be a member of ADF (No fee is required to join)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h5>Application Fee<\/h5>\r\n<p>Free<\/p>\r\n<h5>Announcement of Results<\/h5>\r\n<p>March 10, 2026<\/p>\r\n<h5>Language<\/h5>\r\n<p>English<\/p>\r\n<h5>Contact<\/h5>\r\n<p>For further questions about the Award, please reach out to <a href=\"mailto:award@adf.or.jp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">award@adf.or.jp<\/a><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"cb-divider clearfix\"><h3 class=\"noimg\"><span class=\"cb-title\">NPO Aoyama Design Forum (ADF)<\/span><\/h3><\/div>\r\n<p>ADF (NPO Aoyama Design Forum) is a non-profit organization established in Japan in 2009, and we aim to train and improve the status of designers worldwide. Since its establishment, we have been working closely with many design and architect associations throughout the world. As part of that, we have been showcasing at the \u201cMilano Salone\u201d since 2013, which is held once a year in Milan, Italy.<\/p>\r\n<p>We are pleased to have held the Award since its first in 2013. By receiving many entries from the world through our partners every year, this Award has been growing as an international competition for design.<\/p><\/article>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opportunity to Present Your Work with the World PO Aoyama Design Forum (ADF) is pleased to announce the 16th e [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":282048,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Call For Entries \"ADF Design Award 2026\" #adf #npoadf #adfdesignaward2026 #\u52df\u96c6","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[8,9],"tags":[36,38,42,61,83,108,110,160],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/adf-web-magazine-2026_adf_design_award.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282046"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}