SPECIAL PRIZE
Next STEAM Prize
Technology design for learning
that fosters new discoveries and creativity
YouFab 2019 Next STEAM Prize are calling for
works under theme of
"Technology design for fostering new discoveries and creativity."
The distance between the sun and the earth,
genetic information about oneself, the mechanisms of airplane flight,
forecasts for the appearance of the aurora...
Evolving faster than ever expected, digital technology has enhanced the infrastructure and
tools to stay on top of anything new, anywhere and anytime, to an unprecedented degree.
At the same time, simply accessing information is not the same as learning.
What do you really want to know? What methods and tools are needed to figure it out?
And, after doing so, how will you put it to use, and with whom do you want to share it with?
Technology is not simply a tool for taking in information;
it will surely be used to aid and enhance these learning activities.
From here on out, what sort of learning experiences will we seek together with technology?
Welcoming Panasonic Corporation as a sponsor,
the YouFab 2019 Next STEAM Prize are calling for works under theme of
"Technology design for fostering new discoveries and creativity."
*STEAM is an acronym from the five words: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics.
STEAM education aims to nurture unique creativity by adding Art to the STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics).
JUDGES
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Rie Noritake
Panasonic Corporation Corporate Strategy Division Corporate Planning Division Future Strategy Office
100Banch Organizer
Rie Noritake
Panasonic Corporation Corporate Strategy Division Corporate Planning Division Future Strategy Office
100Banch OrganizerRie Noritake was born in Gifu Prefecture and joined Panasonic after studying gender and community development in developing countries at Kobe University. With Panasonic, she is in charge of various branding activities including internal PR, media PR, IR, exhibitions, event planning and PR management. From February, 2016, she has headed the Panasonic 100th anniversary project, where she established the "Experimental District that Builds the Future”, located in Shibuya, Tokyo in July, 2017.
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Motoshi Chikamori
Representative Director of the PlaPlax
Motoshi Chikamori
Representative Director of the PlaPlax
Using the production of interactive creative works as a base, Motoshi Chikamori plays an active part while crossing through areas such as space, image, and products. He is busy with new discoveries, creative learning, and the creation of exciting experiences through the process of digging down to the stories that lurk in the middle of the themes and motifs that he handles and by using various media to turn things into creative works. He also participates in the planning and direction of exhibitions such as the art direction for Panasonic Center Tokyo's Special and the planned exhibition, "The Power of Culture", and the organization of the Design Ah! Exhibition.
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Chiaki Hayashi
Loftwork Inc. Co-founder
Chiaki Hayashi
Loftwork Inc. Co-founder
Co-founded Loftwork Inc. in 2000 and currently serves as its representative director. Loftwork is a new style of creative agency that boasts a network of over 25,000 creators. Each year Loftwork rolls out over 200 projects including web, community, and spatial design initiatives. Loftwork also operates the digital fabrication cafe, FabCafe. Hayashi pioneered the adoption of Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) guidelines in the creative industries in Japan, and has penned the book Web Project Management Standards. Hayashi is Japan Liaison to the Director of MIT Media Lab, a member of the Good Design Awards Screening Committee, and a member of the Manufacturing Industry Subcommittee of METI's Industrial Structure Council Committee.
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Toshiya Fukuda
Hakuhodo Fellow / Chief Creative x Technology Officer Osaka University of the Arts Professor of Design Triple Seven Creative Strategies Co., Ltd. Representative Director Co-Founder of FabCafe
Toshiya Fukuda
Hakuhodo Fellow / Chief Creative x Technology Officer Osaka University of the Arts Professor of Design Triple Seven Creative Strategies Co., Ltd. Representative Director Co-Founder of FabCafe
Toshiya is a professional in communication planning, directing and consulting media platforms. His own company, 777 Interactive, responds to the cutting-edge demands of companies and he considers the future of fabrication through FabCafe. He also raises next-generation creators at Hakuhodo and teaches digital design at Osaka University of Arts. His exemplary efforts are highly regarded overseas and has been awarded multiple international design awards and has taken part as a judge for such awards.
HOW TO ENTER
Target Audience: We are accepting entries from systems that encourage learning in fields related to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics), including products, workshops, games, sports, and apps.
Anyone who submits work in keeping with the theme can enter for the Next STEAM Award at the same time as the application for YouFab 2019. You can enter by clicking the Special Prize check box in the YouFab 2019 application form.
PRIZE
Next STEAM Prize
Award Certificate /
1000USD - 3000USD
OPPORTUNITIES
- Prize money of 1,000 - 3,000 USD per work (more than one may be selected)
- An opportunity to exhibit at the YouFab Exhibition 2019 (March 2020, Tokyo); an opportunity to exhibit at 100BANCH and other Panasonic-related facilities (Summer 2020, Tokyo)
- An invitation to the Award Ceremony in Japan (March 2020, Tokyo)
- You may be able to receive budget support for fine-tuning your work.
SELECTION CRITERIA
The Next STEAM Award is based on the following:
- Does it encourage learning?
- Does it encourage shared learning?
- Does it evoke an image of what happens after learning?
MESSAGE
While managing 100BANCH, the experimental group that builds the future,
I got the feeling that 100BANCH's source of creativity was the quest for truth which leads to the STEAM fields.
I think that the possibility of learning from a place where the STEAM fields are condensed is an opportunity for both the youth who carry the future on their backs and adults to improve their way of living from here onward. Through this prize, I would like to come across many diverse STEAM-related experiences that foster new discoveries and creativity.
Rie Noritake
Panasonic Corporation
Corporate Strategy Division
Corporate Planning Division Future Strategy Office
organizer of 100Banch
Rie Noritake was born in Gifu Prefecture and joined Panasonic after studying gender and community development in developing countries at Kobe University. With Panasonic, she is in charge of various branding activities including internal PR, media PR, IR, exhibitions, event planning and PR management. From February, 2016, she has headed the Panasonic 100th anniversary project, where she established the "Experimental District that Builds the Future”, located in Shibuya, Tokyo in July, 2017.
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