Human city design award 2019

The Cité du design Saint-Etienne has the pleasure to send you the call for application of Human City Design Award organized by Seoul Design Foundation. This international Award is addressed to designers or groups that have contributed to building a more harmonious and sustainable relationship between men and their environment, tackling urban environmental issues and by presenting a new vision through creative design.

Theme:

Design for Sustainable City for a harmonious relationship between human and the environment

Purpose:

• To establish a sustainable city ecosystem for a harmonious relationship between people and the environment through design
• To discuss design as a creative solution of complex social problems in the city and expand design's healing effects around the world
• To make the design sector contribute to the development of mankind

Area:

Projects that contribute to a more harmonious and sustainable relationship between people and people, people and society, people and the environment and people and nature

Qualification:

Individuals or organizations who have five or more years of experience in design-related field and providing a recommendation letter from nations, local city governments, design-related universities or design-related associations

Award: 

• 1  Grand Prize for  1 laureate  [Human City Grand Prize]
• 10  Benefit Awards  for applicants who qualified at the 1st review
• Grand Prize Money : 100 000 000 wons (KRW), worth à 85 000 US$ or 76 000 € (variable according to the rate of exchange)

Benefit Award  and Grand Prize:

• Participation as a speaker at 2019 Seoul Design Week International Conference
• Support for exhibition at 2019 Seoul Design Week "Human City Design Award"
• Support for a visit to 2019 Seoul Design Week (airfare and lodging expenses)

Dates (Korean Standard Time):

• Official Announcement I 27 June 2019 (Thur.) ~ 06 August 2019 (Tue.)
• 1st Registration I 08 July 2019 (Mon.) ~ 06 August 2019 (Tue.)
• 1st Review I 07 August 2019 (Wed.) ~ 11 August 2019 (Sun.)
• 2nd Registration I 12 August 2019 (Mon.) ~ 16 August 2019 (Fri.)
• 2nd Review I 17 August 2019 (Sat.) ~ 21 August 2019 (Wed.)
• Final Review (including Site Verification) I 22 August 2019 (Thur.) ~ 03 September 2019 (Tue.)
• Announcement of Winner I Early September 2019

Details of the call, Judging criteria, entry form  and  FAQ : humancitydesignaward.or.kr
Contact :  humancity@seouldesign.or.kr