The Asia Design Prize 2027, an international design award organized by DESIGNSORI, officially opened for entries on October 6. Submissions will be accepted through December 30 in three categories: Industrial, Space / Architecture, and Communication. Companies, professional designers, and students from around the world are invited to participate. Covering products, spaces, and visual communication,...

Director Joohwang Kim Co-Founder of lllayer       In early September, I traveled to Bali with my wife and our son, who is in fifth grade, for a belated summer vacation. More precisely, rather than saying that we went to Bali, it might be more accurate to say that we went to AYANA in Jimbaran. For three nights and four days, we never left the resort and spent our entire vacation within its ...

INDEX offers a more dimensional view of the design landscape across Asia by introducing design studios and companies that demonstrate clear design philosophies and notable achievements. Spanning graphic design, branding, spatial design, product, digital, and motion, INDEX focuses on emerging practices and looks beyond portfolios to examine how they work, where their ideas come from, and what they ...

  Miki Orihara Chairperson, Japan Commercial Environment Design Association (JCD) / Jury Member, Asia Design Prize       “Miki Orihara is a Japanese interior designer and producer who developed her own approach to spatial design through field experience and independent study rather than formal design education. She established her own design office in 2011 and renamed the company ODO i...

  Miki Orihara Chairperson, Japan Commercial Environment Design Association (JCD) / Jury Member, Asia Design Prize       “Miki Orihara is a Japanese interior designer and producer who developed her own approach to spatial design through field experience and independent study rather than formal design education. She established her own design office in 2011 and renamed the company ODO i...

  Antoine Besseyre des Horts Vice President of Design, Asia, LIXIL Global Design       “As Vice President of Design at LIXIL Global Design, Antoine Besseyre des Horts leads multicultural and multidisciplinary teams across regions, especially in Asia. His primary focus covers Asia Pacific and Greater China, while his work also connects Asian markets with other regions through the stewar...

Teruaki Ishimoto Founder / Principal Architect, CURIOUS DESIGN WORKERS Inc. “A storehouse more than a century old in Nagoya’s historic Shikemichi district has been reborn as a contemporary showroom that conveys the memory of place through light. In light wave, Teruaki Ishimoto of CURIOUS DESIGN WORKERS reinterprets the ripples of the Horikawa Canal as a continuous spatial mo...

Doyoung Kim Founder, K-Design Award "How did a design award founded in Korea grow into a brand that attracts designers from around the world? When Doyoung Kim established the K-Design Award, his priority was not scale but the creation of a brand that could earn trust over time. From a small online award to a global platform, the choices and standards he has developed over the past ...

The Asia Design Prize 2027, an international design award organized by DESIGNSORI, officially opened for entries on October 6. Submissions will be accepted through December 30 in three categories: Industrial, Space / Architecture, and Communication. Companies, professional designers, and students from around the world are invited to participate. Covering products, spaces, and visual communication,...

Director Joohwang Kim Co-Founder of lllayer       In early September, I traveled to Bali with my wife and our son, who is in fifth grade, for a belated summer vacation. More precisely, rather than saying that we went to Bali, it might be more accurate to say that we went to AYANA in Jimbaran. For three nights and four days, we never left the resort and spent our entire vacation within its ...

INDEX offers a more dimensional view of the design landscape across Asia by introducing design studios and companies that demonstrate clear design philosophies and notable achievements. Spanning graphic design, branding, spatial design, product, digital, and motion, INDEX focuses on emerging practices and looks beyond portfolios to examine how they work, where their ideas come from, and what they ...

CEO Doyoung Kim Founder of Asia Design Prize       When running a brand, the list of things you want to do keeps growing. You want to create new products and enter new markets. Once you start running an Instagram account, it feels like you should be on YouTube as well. Once you achieve a certain level of success domestically, expanding overseas seems like the natural next step. And when a ...