2024 International Busan Design Award (IBDA)

2024 International Busan Design Award (IBDA) is now open for entries!

2024 International Busan Design Award (IBDA): Busan Metropolitan City, Busan Office of Education and Design Council Busan are calling for submissions to its 2024 International Busan Design Award (IBDA), inviting all undergraduate and graduate students, all individuals and organizations wordwide to participate.

About Competition

The 2024 International Busan Design Award (IBDA), international competition organised by Busan Metropolitan City, Busan Office of Education and Design Council Busan, has been recently announced for entries.

This is an international event developed and based on the former Busan Industrial Design Exhibition. It is used as a forum for sharing various design concepts through international design industry exchanges and restorations. It is Asia’s largest international design award.

The purpose of the Award is to advance the skills and understanding of industrial design, motivate design development through the exchange of ideas between industrial and academic designers, and strengthen the competitiveness of products for the development of the industry.

Entries can belong to one of the following categories, all of which drive toward the goal of creating and developing the field of industrial design, as well as boost the competitiveness of relevant industrial products to advance the overall industrial development.

Free Theme:

➜ Communication Design & Service Design - communication design including advertising, graphics, CI, BI, video, multimedia content and all areas of service such as design shared value design, social innovation design, etc.
➜ Product Design & Environmental Design - comprehensive product designs for consumer goods, industrial goods, etc. and environmental designs such as architectural and public designs
➜ Craft and Fashion Design - comprehensive craft designs such as metals, ceramics, woodwork, paintings, varnishing, textiles, etc. and fashion designs such as clothing, accessories, etc.

Evaluation Criteria

➜ Originality
➜ Efficiency
➜ Proper use of materials
➜ Comprehensive aesthetic quality
➜ Universal validity
➜ Compliance with the manufacturing specifications
➜ Tastes of the consumers

Eligibility

This competition is open to all undergraduate and graduate students, all individuals and organizations. Personal submission or group submission of maximum 4 designers are accepted (maximum 2 pieces of design per each entry)

Prize

The most persuasive work will receive the grand prize with 15 Million Won ( approx. $11,300) for the prize money. Many additional prizes will be awarded as well.

Entry fees

Undergraduate and graduate students and individuals can submit they works for free, instead entry fee for organization is KRW 100,000 per 1 entry piece.

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