SDGs Design International Awards 2024: Let’s create sustainable design for FOOD!
Students worldwide can submit their ideas for designing food culture of the future for the chance to win awards and recognition.
2024-08-09
(Press-News.org)
Fukuoka, Japan—The SDGs Design International Awards 2024 are calling for students worldwide to submit their original ideas for using design to achieve Sustainable Development Goals.
First organized in 2019 and led by Faculty of Design, Kyushu University, the awards aim to demonstrate the power of design in solving social problems and to elevate society's expectations for design.
Now in its sixth year, this year’s theme is “Let’s Create Sustainable Design for FOOD." Food is indispensable for life, and it is essential for the survival of both humans and animals. How can our eating habits and food systems ensure the continuation of life? We are seeking innovative designs that address social issues related to food, including how to sustain it, preserve its culture, and make it accessible to everyone.
“Food is a theme familiar to everyone and food culture continues to evolve with the times. We would like young people to come up with innovative and bold design proposals for the nature of food. Anyone with an interest in food, including high school students, vocational school students, university students, and graduate students from Japan and abroad, is welcome to apply. We look forward to receiving ideas from a wide range of fields, regardless of genre,” says Zhang Yanfang, associate professor of Kyushu University’s Faculty of Design.
Details of this year’s awards are as follows.
Application deadline
Monday, September 30, 2024
Theme 1: Sustainable Food Design
Following keywords as reference.
1. Food Culture
2. How to eat
3. Sustainable Food
4. Food Technology
5. Miscellaneous
Theme 2: Let’s Create “Sustainable design for FOOD” with Companies!
Coming Soon
Application method
Submit through the SDGs Design International Awards 2024 website
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About Kyushu University
Founded in 1911, Kyushu University is one of Japan's leading research-oriented institutes of higher education, consistently ranking as one of the top ten Japanese universities in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and the QS World Rankings. The university is one of the seven national universities in Japan, located in Fukuoka, on the island of Kyushu—the most southwestern of Japan’s four main islands with a population and land size slightly larger than Belgium. Kyushu U’s multiple campuses—home to around 19,000 students and 8000 faculty and staff—are located around Fukuoka City, a coastal metropolis that is frequently ranked among the world's most livable cities and historically known as Japan's gateway to Asia. Through its VISION 2030, Kyushu U will “drive social change with integrative knowledge.” By fusing the spectrum of knowledge, from the humanities and arts to engineering and medical sciences, Kyushu U will strengthen its research in the key areas of decarbonization, medicine and health, and environment and food, to tackle society’s most pressing issues.
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