SHANGHAI, April 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On April 15, under the guidance of the Ecological Habitat Academic Committee of the Architectural Society of China, the 2024 Nippon Paint "Future Star" Young Designer Competition (hereinafter referred to as the "Competition") organized by Nippon Paint China and the Chinese University Students' Knowledge and Action Promotion Program was officially launched, soliciting works from college students majoring in architecture and design. With the theme of "Global Vision, Local Rebirth", this year's competition encourages young designers to build a sustainable ecological habitat based on a global perspective, integrate local culture, and build a sustainable ecological habitat with innovative thinking.
The 2024 Nippon Paint "Future Star" Young Designer Competition officially launched the competition recruitment
Held for the first time in 2013, the Nippon Paint "Future Star" Young Designer Competition is a sub-event of the Asian Young Designers Competition (AYDA Awards), providing a high-quality platform for young designers to exchange and learn with the help of professional strength in production, learning and research. Contestants will receive guidance from professional mentors from design universities, the Architectural Society of China, famous design studios and architectural design institutes, and those who perform well will also have the opportunity to receive professional competition certificates, generous cash prizes and valuable internship opportunities in celebrity studios. In addition, the winners of each category will compete in the AYDA Awards, where they will compete with outstanding representatives from other Asian countries and regions on a world-class stage, demonstrating the future power of design. At present, the competition has been officially launched, from now until September 30, participants can learn about the requirements for submission of works by visiting the official website of Future Star or the official WeChat mini-program of "Nippon Paint Future Star" and complete the registration.
The jury of the 2024 competition is full of big names
With the theme of "Global Vision, Local Rebirth", this year's competition requires young designers to pay attention to and understand global development trends, think about and explore the uniqueness of local culture in terms of history, traditions, customs and environment, and create sustainable design works that can not only meet local needs, but also adapt to the global context. The competition will continue the tradition of previous years, set up two tracks, "Interior Group" and "Architecture Group", and will carry out evaluation work from five aspects: design concept and theme interpretation, planning and function, sustainability, aesthetics and color, innovation and practicability.
Review of the award-winning entries of the 2023 Architecture Group (top) and Interior Group (bottom).
Over the past 12 years since the "Future Star" Young Designer Competition was held, Nippon Paint has continued to pay attention to social development, gain insight into the changes in the local design and construction industry, and continue to enrich the connotation and significance of the competition, creating a better professional communication platform and a shining stage for local young design forces to show their talents. Nippon Paint expects to inspire young designers and architects to unleash their infinite creativity, look forward to a better habitat with wonderful works, depict vivid humanity with colorful colors, promote the vigorous development of the design industry, and draw a better future where design, color and life are integrated.