Design Competition 2020
The 31 st Fashion ZAKKA Design Competition is designed to reward the best and excellent designs through screenings of over 2,300 entries every year by judges who have established presence and been active in the forefront of fashion clothing and goods business.
Taito city government is hosting the 31st Fashion ZAKKA Design Competition and is looking for your leather and fabric fashion item designs.
The city of Taito, Japan includes well known touristic area such as Ueno and Asakusa, however it is also a renowned production area of fashion items. In fact, many of the fashion items for famous brands such as shoes, bags, wallets, belts or hats are produced in manufacturers in Taito.
categories :
The 31st Fashion ZAKKA Design Competition includes the following categories :
Leather Division
Shoes
Bags
Belts & Suspenders
Small Leather Items
Fabric Division
Hats
Designs should be new and previously unpublished — has not been made into product or received any awards — and should be able to be made into product. Both men’s and women’s designs are acceptable.
The copyrights of the awarded designs in the competition is transferred to Taito Fashion Fair Committee, which may put them in production.
Evaluation Criteria :
Evaluation will be based on to what extent your design/designs can demonstrate excellence in
Creativity
Originality
Practicality
Marketability
Timeline :
Entry Opens : 1 September 2020
Deadline : 30 September 2020
Entry Opens : 1 September 2020
Deadline : 30 September 2020
Who may enter ?
Anyone who is interested in ZAKKA (fashion items) design, either professional or amateur, is eligible to participate.
here is no entry fee to participate!
Participation in the competition is completely free
prize :
The competition will result in awarding 25 different prizes and more than ¥850,000 (Japanese Yen) in prize money.
Grand Prize
Selected from among all entries and rewarded to a single design.The winner will receive a prize of \300,000.
Best Design Prize
Rewarded to one design per category.The winners will receive a prize of \50,000.
the prize and chosen winners will be entitled to experience the whole process of product development from designing to manufacturing a sample in collaboration with manufactures
hello, this is an international competition?
yes
When the winner is going to be chosen?