Classics The Small Luxury Design Award 2025 Notice
CLASSICS the Small Luxury Design Award 2025" will be held from Sunday, November 3, 2024. Handkerchief designs from all over the world are invited.
We have collaborated with many artists in Japan and abroad to produce handkerchiefs. We seek to expand new charms and possibilities of handkerchiefs by infusing them with the power of design. In addition to supporting the activities of artists, we will launch "CLASSICS the Small Luxury" in 2020 in the hope that design will become more intimate for people. Design Award to support the work of artists and to make design more accessible to the public.
CLASSICS the Small Luxury Design Award 2025
DesignTheme
「Harmony」
「Harmony(We are looking for works that express diversity, connection, and harmony under the theme of "Harmony. We hope that people from all over the world with different backgrounds and values will join hands and find harmony together, and that the handkerchiefs will help give shape to this message. I hope that the handkerchiefs will help to give shape to that message.HarmonyHarmony" means not only accepting differences, but also respecting the individuality of each person while playing a beautiful tune. We are looking forward to seeing your creative works that will have a positive impact on the world through the relationships, cooperation, and understanding among nature, culture, and people!
*Submissions will be accepted from November 3 (Sun.).
Application period
2024Sunday, November 3, 2011~to January 31, 2025 (Fri.) (Japan time)
2. Prize
Grand Prix
100,000 yen (about US$677)
Commercialization of the design,CLASSICS the Small LuxurySold at directly-managed stores, online stores, and other retailers.
Runner-up
Prize money of 30,000 yen (about US$202)
・Commercialization of the design,CLASSICS the Small LuxurySold at our directly-managed stores, online store, and other retailers.
*Prize money will be paid after deducting withholding tax, special income tax for recovery, and other taxes.
*The amount shown in U.S. dollars is the amount calculated at the time of publication. Prize money will be calculated from the amount shown in Japanese yen based on the exchange rate at the time of payment. (For applications submitted from outside Japan)
Judges' Special Prize
Awarded design will be made into a handkerchief and presented to the winner.
*JudgesThe jury will make a recommendationWhen there is a recommendation from the(2) The committee shall be elected by consultation. If the nomination is made byApplicable to.There is no workIn case(In some cases, there may not be any works.)
3. Theme
Harmony.
4. Submission
Handkerchief design (45 × 45cmsquare)
*File type: JPEG
5. Eligibility
Any company, organization, individual or group, regardless of age, gender, occupation or nationality. Entries must be unpublished, both domestically and internationally. Entrants must agree to commercialize the winning entries.
6.Participation Fee
Free of charge
7.Judges
Kanako Kajiwara (Inc.)KAJIHARA DESIGN STUDIO(Representative Director / Textile Designer)
Takashi Saito (Representative Director / Project Designer, Griffon Co.)
Kaoru Takai (Graphic Designer, Sun-Ad Inc.)
Tomohiro Nakayama (Graphic Designer, Sun-Ad Inc.)
Kayoko Goto (Blooming Nakanishi Co., Ltd.) CLASSICS the Small Luxury Designer)
Hajime Nakanishi (President, Blooming Nakanishi Co., Ltd.)
8.Announcement of results
Announced on the official website and official Instagram in mid-April 2025
9. Sponsor
CLASSICS the Small Luxury Headquarters
Blooming Nakanishi Co.
10. Entry
*Applications will be accepted from November 3 (Sun.).
Click here to download a PDF of the application outline >.
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About the 0 Prize
*Some prizes may not be applicable to all entries.
*Prize money will be paid after deducting withholding tax, special income tax for recovery, and other taxes.
*Amounts shown in U.S. dollars are calculated at the time of publication.
Prizes will be calculated from the amount shown in Japanese yen based on the exchange rate at the time of payment.(For applications submitted from outside Japan)
0Caution for Application Participation
*Personal information of applicants will be used for the following purposes
*Applicants' personal information will be handled in compliance with the laws of Japan and the privacy policy of the organizer at the time of application.
*Applicants must not fall under the category of antisocial forces and their applications must not offend public order and morals.
*Application for the Award constitutes an application for a preferential prize advertising contract as defined in Article 532 of the Japanese National Law, and acceptance of the application constitutes acceptance. Applicants agree to the following terms and conditions and may not object to the terms and conditions.
*Entries must be original and unpublished, both domestically and internationally, as well as not infringing on the rights of any third party.
*Duplicate entries to other competitions are not permitted. Entrants shall not disclose their entries to any third party without the prior consent of the organizer.
*The organizer will take every precaution to manage and transport the submitted works after receipt, but will not be held responsible for any damage or loss caused by natural disasters or other unforeseen accidents.
*All entries (including presentation sheets and models) become the property of the organizer and will not be returned. The organizer reserves the right to display and present the submitted works.
*The Sponsor may inquire about the submitted works during the judging process or in the process of commercialization of the winning works or application for various rights.
These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Japan.
The entrant agrees that any dispute concerning the Award shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the District Court having jurisdiction over the head office of the Sponsor.
0Rights, etc.
*The entrant of a winning entry agrees to release the Sponsor from all patents, utility models, designs, trademarks, and copyrights (including copyrights under the Copyright Act) in Japan and all countries of the world with respect to the winning entry at the time of the decision to award the prize.27 The winning entry shall be deemed to have acquired all rights to the patents, utility models, designs, trademarks and28 The entrant assigns to the Sponsors, without compensation, all rights to the winning work in Japan and all countries of the world with respect to patents, utility models, designs, trademarks, and copyrights (including the rights specified in Article 1 and Article 2 of the Copyright Act) and does not reserve any rights.
*In the event that an entry is contrary to the terms and conditions of entry, if the information submitted by the entrant is factually incorrect, if the winning entry is contrary to the terms and conditions of entry, especially if the winning entry is identical or very similar to a previously published design, or if it infringes on the intellectual property rights of a third party (including cases where infringement occurs after entry), even after the award results have been announced The name of the entrant and an outline of the case will be made public and the award may be revoked. The entrant must compensate the organizer for any damages caused by this.
*For the notification of the award from the Sponsor, 3If the entrant does not provide the necessary information to receive the prize within one month, the entrant shall be deemed to have waived his/her right to receive the prize.
- Can I submit more than one work?
- There is no upper limit to the number of entries. If you wish to submit more than one entry, please submit an entry for each entry.
- What is unpublished work?
- This is work that has not been uploaded to social networking sites, websites, blogs, or other Internet sites, or exhibited in a solo exhibition by an individual, group, or other organization.
- How can I cancel my work?
- Please contact us using the "Contact Us" form to inform us that you wish to cancel your order.
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