The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum East Building, for which we were involved in Display Planning, Design, Layout, Production, Construction won the iF DESIGN AWARD 2018.
Based in Hannover (Germany), iF International Forum Design is the world's longest-standing independent design organization, and each year it selects outstanding designs and presents them with the iF DESIGN AWARD. This year, 63 design experts rigorously reviewed over 6,400 submitted designs from 54 countries and regions, and the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum East Building was awarded the iF DESIGN AWARD in the Public Interiors category.
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum East Building has received high acclaim, receiving various domestic awards including the Grand Prize of the DSA KUKAN DESIGN AWARD 2017, the Grand Prize of the 36th Display Industry Award Awards (2017), and the Sign Design Encouragement Award at the 51st Japan Sign Design Awards, as well as the Grand Prize in the Museum/Gallery category of the 2017 Best of Year Awards (USA).
This marks the second consecutive year that our company Award, following last year's win for the Fujinokuni Museum of Earth Environmental History.
Going forward, we will continue to keep in mind the perspective of those who will use the space and work to create rich spaces that can contribute to our customers' businesses.
Overview of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum East Building
[Employer] Hiroshima City
Planning: Tomoko Shima, Shigenobu Kosugi, Hiroki Kuramoto, Eimi Nishikawa / Design: Toshitake Tanaka, Masanori Fukano, Satomi Utsumi
Video Content Direction: Tatsuro Shiota of Tansho Laboratory / Sign Direction: Kenji Takahashi
Production/Construction: Katsumi Kato
[Projects] Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum East Building
About the iF DESIGN AWARD
The iF DESIGN AWARD has been one of the most authoritative design awards in the world for 65 years, and the iF logo is widely recognized as a symbol of excellent design. The awards are divided into seven categories: product, packaging, communication, service design/UX, architecture, interior design, and professional concept.
All winning designs will be published in the iF WORLD DESIGN GUIDE and the iF design app, and will be exhibited at the iF design exhibition Hamburg in Hamburg, Germany.
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Posted on February 21, 2017 Announcement
Won the top award in the Museum Gallery category of the 2017 Best of Year Awards, an American design award.
Posted on October 11, 2017 Announcement
Won the Grand Prize for the second consecutive year at the DSA KUKAN DESIGN AWARD 2017
Posted on December 1, 2017 Announcement
Winner of the Grand Prize and other awards at the 36th Display Industry Award (2017)
Posted on December 1, 2017 Announcement
Received the Encouragement Award and other awards at the 51st Japan Sign Design Awards
＜Last year's award winner＞
Posted on April 3, 2017 Announcement
The "Fujinokuni Museum of Earth Environmental History," a renovated prefectural high school in Shizuoka, has been recognized both in Japan and overseas.
[Projects Fujinokuni Museum of Earth Environmental History
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