YouFab calls for fabrication that provoke new questions and challenge established norms.
The YouFab Award seeks and evaluates works that promote the asking of new questions and push the limits of current 'Fab' models. We want to challenge the status quo, fight “sound judgement”, and hack “common sense”.
We look forward to gathering works that align to this spirit with great anticipation.
YouFab is category-free. All works are acceptable for submission, whether they fall under the category of art, performance, architecture, or a multidisciplinary area. Products and services are also acceptable.
If the work is in it’s draft or prototypal stage, we will base our evaluation on the way it has been attempted and it’s future potential.
Works that have already been published or released are encouraged. Applications from individuals, groups, and/or businesses are permitted.
This Year's Theme, 'Conviviality'
Emerging from the space
between the old and the new OS
"Whenever I look at events and revolutions that are shaking up the world, I relive the feeling that systems from an older era are finally approaching their limit. Regardless if we are thinking of issues in business, culture, or politics, it has become more and more challenging to address them through a stream of constant updates, and the limitations of the entire system have become increasingly apparent." ...see more on official website...
Kei Wakabayashi ／ Chief Judge of YouFab 2019
Recruitment Target
AWARD NAME : YouFab Global Creative Awards 2019
Submission should be creative experiments, works and inventions that stem from powerful collaborations in the fabrication world. YouFab is category-free. All works are acceptable for submission, whether they fall under the category of art, performance, architecture, or a multidisciplinary area. Products and services are also acceptable.Submissions can encompass physical products, art, architecture, or intangible projects such as performing arts, events, workshops and experiments.
If the work is in it’s draft or prototypal stage, we will base our evaluation on the way it has been attempted and it’s future potential.
Works that have already been published or released are encouraged. Applications from individuals, groups, and/or businesses are permitted.
About the Prize(s)
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GRAND PRIZE(1WINNER)
Trophy/ 1000 USD
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FIRST PRIZE(1WINNER)
Trophy/ 500 USD
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STUDENT PRIZE(1WINNER)
Award Certificate / 300USD
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GENERAL PRIZE(1WINNER)
Award Certificate / 300USD
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SPECIAL PRIZE(1WINNER)
Award Certificate / 1000 - 3000 USD
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FINALIST(SEVERAL WINNERS)
Award Certificate
Schedule
YouFab Global Creative Awards 2019 Schedule
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Entry Period |
Thursday, August 1, 2019 - Thursday, October 31, 2019 12:00 (Japan time, noon) |
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Initial Review Results Announcement |
Mid-December, 2019 |
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Final Review Results Announcement |
Early January, 2020 |
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Award Ceremony |
Early February 2020 |
Judge
Kei Wakabayashi
Editor
Kei Wakabayashi was born in 1971 and spent his early childhood in London and New York. After graduating from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences in French Studies at Waseda University, he joined Heibonsha, and became part of the editorial department for "Gekkan Taiyo." In 2000, became an independent editor. Afterward, he edited a wide range of publications, including magazines, books, and exhibition records, and became active as a music journalist. He was assigned as the Chief Editor for the Japanese edition of "WIRED" in 2012, and left the post in 2017. In 2018, he launched blkswn publishers, Inc. and authored the book, "Sayonara Mirai" (Goodbye, Future), published by Iwanami Shoten (April 2018).
Chiaki Hayashi
Loftwork Inc. Co-founder
Co-founded Loftwork Inc. in 2000, which rolls out diverse creative projects including web design, community, and space design. The agency operates multiple services: “FabCafe”, a digital manufacturing cafe, and “MTRL”, a creative space for creators, and “AWRD”, a platform to promote co-creation with creators. She also serves as the Japan Liaison to the Director of MIT Media Lab and as CEO of Hidakuma. Hidakuma is a new form of public-private joint enterprise, which aims to create regional industries through traditional techniques and forest regeneration.
Leonhard Bartolomeus
Ruangrupa dan Gudskul Ekosistem curator in Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media (YCAM)
Leonhard Bartolomeus (Barto), was born at 1987 in Depok, Jawa Barat, Indonesia. He studied Ceramics at Jakarta Institute of Art. He works as an independent curator, and also part of ruangrupa dan Gudskul Ekosistem--an open educational platform focusing on collective practice. His curatorial projects are mainly addressing historical issues, but in recent years he started to focus on open education and collaborative projects. At 2013, his first book “Publik dan Reklame di Ruang Kota Jakarta” alongside with co-author/editor at Karbonjournal.org, published. Alongside with several curators in Jakarta, Semarang, and Surabaya, he formed a curatorial collective called KKK (Kolektif Kurator Kampung). In 2019, he joined the curatorial team in Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media (YCAM). Lives and works in Yamaguchi, Japan.
Keiichiro Matsumura
Okayama University Literature Department Associate Professor
Keiichiro Matsumura is a cultural anthropologist Professor whose research includes conducting field work in the farm villages and cities of Ethiopia and the Middle East, studying the wealth distribution and the development of poverty and assistance. He continues to photograph women who migrated from Ethiopia to the Middle East. The professor has received awards and accolades for the following work: Recipient of the Promotion of Research in Developing Countries Awards for "Anthropology of Wealth Ownership and Distribution" (Sekaishisosha Co., Ltd.) in 2009 and the Serizawa Prize for the same in 2010; Recipient of the Special Prize in the Mainichi Cultural Publication Awards for "Shame in Anthropology" (Mishima Publishing Co.) in 2018. Additional works and compilations of his include, "The Basic 30 Volumes of Cultural Anthropology" (The Humanities Academy) and "Thoughts on Cultural Anthropology" (Sekaishisosha Co., Ltd.).
