2025.08.26

VOL. 418

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	ADF Art Gallery Project Vol. 35: Namae Myoji and Ayuko Takahashi's Two-Person Exhibition ¡ÈUnframing the bodies¡É
	ADF (NPO Aoyama Design Forum) is pleased to present ¡ÈUnframing the bodies,¡É the 35th exhibition of the ¡ÈADF Art Gallery Project,¡É by artists Namae Myoji and Ayuko Takahashi, from Friday, September 5 to Saturday, September 20, 2025. Dates: September 5–20, 2025 Time: 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Venue: GARDE Gallery (ALLIANCE Building 4F, 5-2-1 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo) Closed: Sundays and National holidays

Event&Project
	Chicago Build Expo 2025 to be Held in Chicago
	Promoting Diversity and Equality in the Midwest¡Çs Built Environment The Midwest¡Çs largest construction show, Chicago Build Expo 2025, will take place from October 29 to 30, 2025, at McCormick Place Hall D2 in Chicago. The event will welcome more than 30,000 attendees, 350+ exhibitors, and 400+ speakers across 13 conference tracks, covering fields such as architecture, real estate, digital construction, and sustainability. In addition to conferences, the expo will also feature live music, performances, food and drink tastings, creating a large-scale platform for networking and knowledge exchange. ADF (Aoyama Design Forum) will support "Chicago Build Expo 2025" as a media partner.

Event&Project
	¡ÉWorld Architecture Festival 2025¡É to Be Held in Miami for the First Time
	The World Architecture Festival (WAF) will be held in the United States for the first time in its 18-year history. Taking place from November 12 to 14, 2025, at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Florida, the festival will welcome architects and designers from around the world for three days of live awards judging, talks, exhibitions, and networking. Aoyama Design Forum (ADF) is proud to serve as an official media partner for the 2025 edition.

Trend Reports
	Thailand News August 2025
	We have received a new report supported by GARDE! The new Jim Thompson flagship store, located in the One Bangkok mixed-use development, boasts a stylish two-story layout spanning 550 square meters. The space seamlessly integrates retail, exhibition, and food & beverage functions. Reflecting the brand¡Çs textile heritage, the interior features silk-covered walls, red mirrored surfaces, and furnishings from the Jim Thompson Home Collection, creating an atmosphere that is both refined and immersive. Also within One Bangkok, the Swatch concept store stands as the brand¡Çs largest flagship globally, occupying over 600 square meters across two floors in The Storeys retail zone. The interior design draws inspiration from traditional Thai pavilions, reinterpreting classic architectural forms with contemporary materials. The result is an open, flexible environment that highlights Swatch¡Çs core values of art, creativity, and interactive engagement.

Trend Reports
	¡ÚADF Web Magazine¡ÛOpposites Attract: ACDF¡Çs Story Captured in New Monograph by FRAME
	FRAME has released "Opposites Attract: ACDF au fil des contrastes", a monograph that departs from conventional architectural publishing. Instead of glossy showcases, the book unfolds as a series of candid conversations between ACDF co-founder Maxime Frappier and Quebec editor François-Luc Giraldeau. Blending essay, documentary, and journalistic investigation, it offers an intimate portrait of a studio that has become one of Canada¡Çs most distinctive architectural voices.

Trend Reports
	¡ÚADF Web Magazine¡ÛAZ Awards ¡ÈEmerging Design Firm¡É Winner - Common Object Studio Designing for a Regenerative Future
	Common Object Studio explores design that transcends form and function. By centering systems, materials, and intention from the outset of every project, they shift their perspective from user-centered to planet-centered, with a firm recognition that humans are part of the Earth's ecosystem. Their approach begins by asking how objects exist within ecological systems, how they evolve physically, emotionally, and socially, and how they impact their makers and their source environments. These questions push their design process from sustainability into regeneration.

Trend Reports
	¡ÚADF Web Magazine¡ÛVoice Architecture Lab Wins Popular Choice at Architizer A+Awards for WuXi AppTec Campus
	Voice Architecture Lab (VAL) has been named the Popular Choice Winner in the Factory & Warehouse category at the 13th Architizer A+Awards, earning international recognition for its design of the WuXi AppTec Nantong site (Phase I).

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	ADF Art Gallery Project-Would you exhibit your works for free?
	Omotesando has a renowned reputation as a source of innovative art. The artworks are exhibited in our gallery in a great place where people with a deep understanding of art.

Service
	ADF Supports CSR Project
	Awards are an option that is still not widely available in Japan. Let's be among the first to discover and develop new and fresh talent. Incorporating "awards" as part of CSR activities into your corporate strategy can significantly increase your company's visibility in the public eye. The word "awards" is in common use worldwide, and your awards business will be recognized as a cultural and social contribution activity. ADF supports your awards program and accelerates your cultural and social contribution activities and branding. There are awards that can only be provided by ADF, which has many connections around the world.