We are pleased to announce the results of the "NEXSTO - Next Generation Store Idea Contest 2022" (hereinafter referred to as "this Contest"), held by Tanseisha, to consider the new normal stores for the next era.
A first round of judging was conducted from a total of 249 applications, and the judges' special award winners were selected, as well as the Grand Prize candidates who would proceed to the final round of judging. At the final round of judging, the applicants gave heartfelt presentations in front of the judges. After rigorous judging, the following 12 winning ideas were selected, and an awards ceremony for the winners was held on December 7th.
This was the second time the event was held, following last year's, and we received even more applications than last year, mainly from students, which we would like to thank.
[Grand Prize] [Judges' Special Prize]
・ Matching Everyday! Kaho Uraguchi (Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music)
[Excellent Award]
・ Noriori Bike Tour - A road-level, multi-level commercial space with bicycle parking -Kirori Shigematsu (Kyoto City University)
[Encouragement Award] *
・ Transformal Marumi Satoishi (Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School)
[Special Jury Award]
・ One-push vending machine Yuta Kawakami (Wakayama University)
・ Participatory stores cannot be created by designers and commercial facility production companies alone Tetsuo Kanasugi (Design Studio Physics Element Limited Company)
・ My closet My storage Yoshiaki Sugi (Osaka University of Arts)
・ Color-free fashion Sakuma Shino (Shizuoka Prefectural Shizuoka Higashi High School)
・ Live kitchen - A supermarket specializing in live sales Motoki Ikawa, Soi Kinoshita, Hiroya Shirai, Junsuke Honda, Sora Watanabe (Kokugakuin University, Miyashita Seminar)
・ Wall Bookstore Natsumi Iwasaki (Nagoya Mode Gakuen)
・ Filling the town with commerce Sota Sugihara (Kyoto City University)
・ "MIKKE" is a food sharing counter where you're sure to find something you like Yoshihiro Ando, Kazutoshi Tomita, Keigo Bunsen, and Yoshiyuki Ishii
・ CO-café Kazuki Ikeda and Yuhi Maeda (Graduate School of Chiba University)
*Initially we had planned to award a "Student Award", but since there were many students who had also won other awards, we decided to give an "Encouragement Award".
Final judging session (presentation in front of the judges)
Award ceremony (Kaho Uraguchi of the best Award in the center of the photo)
Comments by the judges
● Taisuke Uegakiuchi (Design Center Principal Creative Director)
The theme of this contest, which was held for the second time, was "excitement." It is a keyword that foreshadows the dawn of a new era. We received a wider variety of fresh ideas than last year. Listening to everyone's ideas, we realized that "excitement" in the modern era is strongly linked to solving small everyday problems. We would like to continue to develop the contest platform to make it even more attractive so that "future design" can be the driving force behind these solutions.
Akihiro Suzuki (General Manager, Spatial Media Produce Division 1, CMI Center)
This year, there seemed to be more ideas for spatial "experiences" than last time, and the winning works in particular were ideas that not only focused on the appearance of the space, but also on the time, feelings and emotions of the visitors, and were "exciting" for us who were listening to the entries. I think this contest reminded everyone involved in the contest of the joy of designing a space, the fun of using a space to "excite" visitors, and the true essence of spatial creation.
About this contest
As a pioneer in spatial creation within the chain store business, Tanseisha has worked to create Japan's leading select shops and restaurant chains. This contest will widely solicit ideas for creating new spatial experiences suitable for the next generation of stores. As part of its open innovation initiative, Tanseisha's clients will participate as judges, and Tanseisha's project managers, designers and Cross Media Innovation Headquarters, who promote spatial creation, will work with the clients to explore the possibility of introducing and realizing the best ideas into actual stores.
[Official contest website]https://www.tanseisha.co.jp/nexsto
■Contest cooperation: JDN INC.
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