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Report on the crQlr Awards Exhibition Tour: Exploring "New Relationship Design"
This year, the crQlr Awards Exhibition toured five cities in Japan and abroad, aiming to make circular design—a critical component in achieving a circular economy—more accessible to the public. The exhibition showcased award-winning projects from the crQlr Awards, which were established to promote and celebrate sustainable design.
WED, AUG 07, 2024
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Year End Party 2023: AWRD Exhibition Report featuring Award-Winning Artists
On December 8, 2023, Loftwork Inc. hosted the "Year End Party 2023 (YEP)" in Shibuya. This year's theme, "GATE", aimed to act as a catalyst for new stories, fostering encounters and interactions with people from beyond the gate. Loftwork members from various teams curated exhibitions and attended to visitors.
TUE, APR 16, 2024
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The award-winning works from three AWRD projects showcased at the Loftwork Year End Party 2022
On December 9th, 2022, the Year End Party was held at the Loftwork office in Shibuya, Tokyo. As the creative platform of Loftwork inc., AWRD held a special one-day exhibition.
TUE, DEC 20, 2022
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What is wellbeing from the viewpoint of materials? "Material Driven Innovation Award" Screening Event Report Part II
This is the second part of the "Material Driven Innovation Award" judging panel report. In this second part, we will focus on the winning materials selected at the online judging sessions held in Japan and global.
THU, MAY 19, 2022
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What is wellbeing from the viewpoint of materials?「Material Driven Innovation Award」Screening Event Report: Part I
The Material Driven Innovation Award 2022, a material award that explores the new value of materials, was announced on April 19. In this report (Part 1), we present a discussion on "wellbeing" as captured by the judges, who are active on the front lines of their respective fields.
THU, MAY 19, 2022
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The Yaoya Project: Japanese manufacturers use Taiwan as a launchpad for new ideas
Eight traditional Japanese manufacturing companies are taken to Taipei, Taiwan to develop new product ideas for the local market in this collaboration between Osaka’s Yao city and Loftwork, as a way to step out the comfort zone and ‘break the bias’.
TUE, MAR 03, 2020
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Undercover report! An urgent examination of "Shibuya QWS"! 〜How is everyone hacking this new facility?〜 public review board
In November 2019, Shibuya Scramble Square opened directly above Shibuya Station. On the 15th floor is "Shibuya QWS", a joint, members-only facility that has received attention from a wide range of fields including highly perceptive business people.
MON, DEC 09, 2019
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report：Announcement of results! This is the emblem that will cheer on Japanese startups as the “J-Startup” logo design!
The logo design for “J-Start-up,” a program organized by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, has been decided! What is the creation that was selected for the Grand Prix? Also, we will report the behind the scenes sequence of events up till the selection.
THU, AUG 02, 2018
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Report：The People I Met at the Awards -- Shirakane 5-chome Award Judges Committee Report and Message to the Entrants! ／KIGI (Ryousuke Uehara/ Yoshie Watanabe) Etsuko Sonobe, Rika Fukuda
Squatting repo as the first bulletin of "Platinum 5-chome Award". In addition, we have received the message from the judges for what kind of encounter we are seeking for the future awards!
MON, JUN 11, 2018
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Working towards a world where if you can dream it, you can make it! The Mesh Idea Awards／Sony
These awards come from Mesh, one of the new businesses that came from Sony’s new business creation program! With Mesh in your life, what kinds of interesting things can you do?
THU, APR 12, 2018
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The Search for a Photography Experience to Embody the Concept of the OLYMPUS AIR / Olympus Corporation
Olympus and Loftwork hosted the OPC Hack & Make AWARD in 2015. New items and services were developed through a co-creation process that cultivated open communication between makers and users.
TUE, APR 10, 2018
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Designing the Lifestyle of 2045 through an Ideathon & Makeathon / AXA Life
An ideathon and makeathon entitled “Designing the Future” was held, part of a popular series that in the past has conducted ideathons and makeathons thinking about the future of products, services, and experiences with various themes such as space, housework, and music.
FRI, APR 06, 2018
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