JAD Design Competition is the most famous design award in Korea. The competition has been held since 1994 by Joong Ang Design (therein after, "JAD"), a representative interior design company. JAD Competition is focused on students' creative work than professional practices because the purpose of the competition is to make a great contribution towards development of design field. Therefore, more unique and experimental concepts are better than practical one for our competition.

Every year, more than average 300 entries were drawn, and evaluated by eminent professional judges including architects, designers, and professors. Any students whose major are design or not can participate in the competition.

2005 JAD International Design Competition is opened to the students all over the world. Please take participate and interest in our competition.

2005 JAD INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION

1. Eligibility
A. Students who are registered in Colleges or Graduate Schools
B. Entry should be an individual or a team composed of three people and under
C. One person can submit only one entry

2. Submissions by post or direct delivery
A. Due date:
By 17:00 pm (GMT+9), October 13, 2005

B. Address:
JAD International Design Competition Committee
5F Deahan Fire Insurance Co. Building, 51-1,
Namchang-Dong, Jung-Gu
Seoul, Korea 100-778.

3. Submissions
A. Data CD
a. Image file
- Image: A0 size (840mmW x 1188mmL), Minimum 150 dpi
- Formats: JPEG (*.jpg)
* There cannot be any IDs or names which identify the entrant appearing in front of the work
b. Report file
- Form: about 500 words in A4 paper (210mm x 297mm)
- Formats: either DOC (*.doc) or TXT (*.txt)
* All works should be written in English with Arabic numerals
c. Photos of each member
- Image: Minimum 150 dpi
- Formats: JPEG (*.jpg)
* The Title of your work and each member's name should be on the CD

B. Documents
a. Registration Form
- Registration Form may be downloaded from the Competition Website (http://www.jad.co.kr)
* All works should made out in English
b. Identification
- A paper proving that you are belonging to a college or a graduate school (a copy of the registration confirmation)
- A copy of personal certified ID ((ex) passport, driver's license, etc.)

4. Schedule Summary
A. Registration Form
- Registration Form may be downloaded from the Competition Website (http://www.jad.co.kr) from August 16, 2005 to October 13, 2005
* All works should made out in English
B. Submission
- Deadline: By 17:00 pm (GMT+9), October 13, 2005
- Submission via international parcel post or courier service shall be postmarked no later than Thursday, October 13, 2005
*No entry fee
C. Announcement of Results
October 24 Monday, 2005 on the Competition Website
D. Ceremony of Awards / Exhibition
November 10 - 15, 2005 at Sejong Culture Center, Seoul, Korea

5. Awards
A. Gold Prize (One Entry): US $10,000
B. Silver Prize (One Entry): US $5,000
C. Bronze Prize (Five Entries): US $1,000 (each)
D. Special Selections (15 Entries): Supplementary prizes
And More Awards be intended

6. Judging Criteria
A. Creative and Original Space Understanding
B. Conceptual and Experimental Design Approach
C. Future-Oriented Value

7. This year's theme: "Space of Qi (Space of Vital Energy)".
(This paragraph might be helpful to let you conceptualize the theme; however, this is not the exact answer.)

Have you ever felt something in space with nothing? There is nobody except you, but you feel like something is moving around you and talking unusual message to you. What is it? It is not your "personification" (imaginary being), nor your illusion. A sense of moving on or a sound of breathing is not that kind of feeling. The things behind you seem to tell you that they have watched you all the time. No matter you are there or not, the things have been there although they have not been recognized. Something that has life, motion, circulation and transformation, has always been there changing itself. Listen to what the space tells you, watch what it was in its way, and sense what it represents what it wants. Feel its powerful energy of space vitality. Let us show it- i.e. "space of vital energy."

* For more information, visit our web page (www.jad.co.kr) or e-mail us (competition@jad.co.kr).