KOKUYO and VUILD Co-host New International Design Competition "Digi Fab Award 2025 by KOKUYO x ...

KOKUYO — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 17:00:00 +0900

OSAKA, Japan, June 11, 2025 /Kyodo JBN/ --
KOKUYO Co., Ltd.
KOKUYO and VUILD Co-host New International Design Competition "Digi Fab Award 2025 by KOKUYO x VUILD"

KOKUYO Co., Ltd. (HQ: Osaka) hosts an International Design Competition "Digi Fab Award 2025 by KOKUYO x VUILD" crossing the boundaries of architecture and furniture through digital fabrication. Entry opens June 1 (Sun) through July 31 (Thu), 2025.

Digi Fab Award 2025 by KOKUYO x VUILD: https://cdn.kyodonewsprwire.jp/prwfile/release/M108714/202506039927/_prw_PI1fl_q8umyvn5.jpg

1. Overview
In July 2022, KOKUYO entered a capital and business alliance with VUILD, inc. (HQ: Kawasaki). Since then, KOKUYO has adopted VUILD's digital wood fabrication machine "ShopBot" and has been offering services that utilize digital fabrication technology referred to hereafter as "DigiFab technology" to create original interior spaces, artworks, and furniture primarily using wood materials. These creations have been produced for a wide range of clients and have been implemented in various settings, including office environments.
(*DigiFab technology: The production of physical objects by digital data)

The "Digi Fab Award 2025 by KOKUYO x VUILD," co-hosted by KOKUYO and VUILD, inc., aims to enhance brand recognition for both companies and to further develop and promote DigiFab technology. The competition welcomes submissions from architects, creative practitioners, and students from Japan and around the world, seeking ideas that explore the theme "Personal and Public."

In addition, during the period from May 10 to November 23, 2025, VUILD, inc. participates as an invited exhibitor at the European Cultural Centre - Palazzo Mora, an international exhibition of contemporary architecture held in Venice, Italy. KOKUYO participates in collaboration with VUILD, inc. as a co-sponsor.

The Grand Prize-winning design, selected through a rigorous screening process, will be fabricated during the exhibition period, and displayed both at the European Cultural Centre -- Palazzo Mora and at KOKUYO’s Tokyo office, THE CAMPUS.

2. "Digi Fab Award 2025 by KOKUYO x VUILD" Applications Guidelines and
Terms and Conditions
Digi Fab Award 2025 application form: https://kokuyo.jp/dfa2025

Reference Links
- KOKUYO official website: https://www.kokuyo.com/
- VUILD official website: https://vuild.co.jp/en/

*The information contained herein is current as of the date of publication. The information is subject to change without notice. Please note that the information is subject to change without prior notice.

KOKUYO to Open Limited-time Pop-up Store of ‘THINK OF THINGS’ in London’s Shoreditch District

KOKUYO — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 14:00:00 +0900

TOKYO, Sept. 7, 2018 / Kyodo JBN / --
KOKUYO Co., Ltd.
KOKUYO to Open Limited-time Pop-up Store of ‘THINK OF THINGS’ in London’s Shoreditch District
KOKUYO Co., Ltd. will run a pop-up store of its Tokyo-based lifestyle shop & cafe “THINK OF THINGS” in the Shoreditch district, east London, Britain, from October 3 to 14.

(Image: https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/release/201809057613?p=images)

THINK OF THINGS is a foothold for KOKUYO, engaged in businesses targeting mainly corporations, such as production and sale of stationary and office furniture and configuration of office space, to repeat business experiments, proposals and verifications through points of direct contact with ordinary citizens. Holding out the concept of “Going beyond the border between work and life,” THINK OF THINGS proposes tools and experiences that provide inspirations and discoveries for one’s life and work.

Since its opening in May 2017, THINK OF THINGS has received more feedback than expected not only from Japan but from many customers, media organizations and retailers in the United States, Europe and Asia as it has been offering KOKUYO’s long-selling products and THINK OF THINGS’ original products, and actively sharing cultural content using conceptual space. KOKUYO is considering launching pop-up shops in the United States, Europe and Asia with the aim of verifying the possibility of the brand’s reputation spreading throughout the world.

In London, the first venue for the THINK OF THINGS project overseas, a small-scale event space will be leased in the Shoreditch district to sell mainly original and selected KOKUYO products in the space design reflecting the concept. The company is focusing on the fact that Shoreditch is an area where start-up companies and creators such as designers and artists are gathering to pursue new workstyles and lifestyles while linking business and creativity together. While sensing common traits between Shoreditch and Tokyo’s Sendagaya district, home to THINK OF THINGS in Japan, KOKUYO will take this opportunity to confirm and verify responses to THINK OF THINGS’ proposals in Shoreditch, which is gaining attention from around the world for being a more active and sensitive district, with a view to overseas expansion in the future.

OUTLINE
Opening days: Oct. 3 (Wed) - 14 (Sun), 2018
Operating hours: 11:00 - 18:00 (Mon - Sat); 11:00- 17:00 (Sun)
Venue: IN-HOUSE (67 Redchurch Street, London E2 7DJ)
Floor space: about 10 square meters
Website: http://www.think-of-things.com

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KOKUYO and VUILD Co-host New International Design Competition "Digi Fab Award 2025 by KOKUYO x ...

KOKUYO to Open Limited-time Pop-up Store of ‘THINK OF THINGS’ in London’s Shoreditch District