‘KUKAN DESIGN AWARD 2026’ will open for entries from 30 March!
‘KUKAN DESIGN AWARD 2026’ will open for entries from 30 March.
Entries close: 11 PM(JST), 14 May 2026
Kukan Design Award is one of the largest spatial design award in Japan. The purpose of Kukan Design Award is to express the power of spatial design by introducing excellent design with high values from Japan to the world on a periodic basis.
Kukan Design Award and Germany’s iF Design Award is planning to continue their partnership. The detail of the partnership will be released soon.
ENTRY GUIDELINES:
2025 KUKAN OF THE YEAR WINNER:
Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan “EARTH MART” / Kundo Koyama (ORANGE AND PARTNERS CO.,LTD.), Ryo Onishi (NOMURA Co., Ltd nora) Photography: Masato Kawano (Nacasa&Partners)
Wako Basement Floor Arts & Culture / Jun Musashi (Wako Co.,Ltd.) , New Material Resarch Laboratory Photography: Junpei Kato
Misato Boathouse / Tsuyoshi Nakamoto, Yuichi Tanaka(STUDIO YY) Photography: Kenichi Nozu
Organizer:
JCD/Japan Commercial Environmental Design Association
DSA/Japan Design Space Association
