2025.12.02

VOL. 431

Award&Competition
	The Architizer¡Çs 14th A+Awards Calls for Entries
	Crafting The Next Era Of Architecture Architizer, the largest online platform for architecture, announces the official opening of the 14th Annual Architizer A+Awards, honoring the year¡Çs best buildings and spaces. NPO Aoyama Design Forum (ADF) proudly supports the A+Awards as a media partner of Architizer. Imaqge: CENTRE FOR INCLUSIVE GROWTH & COMPETITIVENESS FOR TAPMI by The Purple Ink Studio Photo credit: Suryan//Dang

Award&Competition
	52nd WA Awards 10+5+X Now Open for Entries
	An international architecture award organized by World Architecture Community The 52nd Cycle of the WA Awards 10+5+X, hosted by the World Architecture Community (WAC), is now open for submissions. The deadline is November 3, 2025 (23:59 GMT+0). This global awards program celebrates outstanding creativity and innovation in architecture and interior design, providing international recognition to projects often overlooked by conventional media. Aoyama Design Forum (ADF, NPO) supports the WA Awards as one of its official media partners. Larry Wen's Ghaf Woods Experience Centre in United Arab Emirateswon the WA Awards in the 51st Cycle in the Architecture/Realised category. Image © Arch-Exist.

Trend Reports
	¡ÚADF Web Magazine¡ÛThe Power of Safe Making: The Award Winning Chompsaw and the return of Hands-on Childhood
	In her piece ¡ÈSummary of Virginia Alluzzi¡Çs Article on ChompSaw,¡É Product Designer Virginia Alluzzi showcases how ChompSaw is reshaping hands-on creativity for children. In the original article, ¡ÈBringing Back Hands-On Creativity in the Touchscreen Age,¡É she highlights the kid-safe cardboard-cutting tool celebrated in Fast Company¡Çs Innovation by Design 2025. Alluzzi explains how founders Kausi Raman and Max Lietchy engineered a fear-free power tool that lets kids invent independently. From its top-0.1% Kickstarter success to Shark Tank and TIME¡Çs Best Inventions, she illustrates a broader return to tactile, confidence-building learning.

Trend Reports
	¡ÚADF Web Magazine¡ÛDezeen Awards 2025 - Design Winners Announced
	At the Dezeen Awards 2025 party in London, AtMa¡Çs ¡ÈJ39.5¡É was named Design Project of the Year and also won Collectible Design of the Year. Fourteen design category winners were announced, including projects by Flokk, Kvadrat, Paul Crofts Studio and Terzofoco. AtMa¡Çs J39.5 repurposes salvaged parts of Børge Mogensen¡Çs iconic J39 chair into one-off seating pieces.The master jury described it as ¡Èan act of rebellion against the constant churn of newness¡É and praised its craft warmth and its creation of new value without new materials.

Trend Reports
	¡ÚADF Web Magazine¡ÛJD Beacon: Buro Ole Scheeren Unveils New Hub for Scientific Innovation in Nanjing, China
	Büro Ole Scheeren has released its design for JD Beacon, a new regional headquarters and R&D hub for e-commerce giant JD.com in Nanjing. Rising 200 metres in the Jianye High-tech Zone, the project is set to become a key anchor in the city¡Çs Hexi Central Science and Technology Innovation district—an area already home to major tech players such as Alibaba and Xiaomi.

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.