The Search for the Asia Young Designer Award (AYDA) for the year 2018 Begins
Tasked to challenge the vernacular archetypes and present design boundaries, AYDA 2018 encourages Architecture and Interior Design students to depart from their usual comfort zones so they can come up with more creative creations in a variety of ways possible.
With the theme “FORWARD: Challenging Design Boundaries,” AYDA 2018 competition is open to Architecture and Interior Design students (third-year onwards).Each student is allowed to submit One (1) entry. Deadline for submission of entries is on September 28, 2018 at 10 pm. All completed entries must be postmarked not later than September 27, 2018 (Thursday). Nippon Paint AYDA team will schedule a school to school pick up of entries or students can also send their entries via any courier service, together with a present copy of valid school ID, The student’s entry and filled out entry form to Nippon Paint (Coatings) Philippines, Inc., G/F CSP Building, 173 EDSA, Mandaluyong City. All entries must be stored in USB/CD.
Criteria for judging in the Architecture category is Green and Sustainable Design Concept (20%), Design Innovation (25%), Color Concept (15%), Design Concept Statement (30%), and Critical and Forward Thinking (10%). For the Interior Design category, judging is based on Green and Sustainable Design Concept (15%), Design Innovation (30%), Color Concept (20%), Design Concept Statement (25%), and Critical and Forward Thinking (10%).
Prizes include an internship opportunity courtesy of Jose Siao Ling & Associates (For Architecture student), Santa Fe Interior Architecture and Aidea Philippines, Inc. (For Interior Design student) and a P50,000 cash prize. The AYDA Gold Award winner will also experience a once-ina-lifetime learning program abroad to compete against Gold Awardees from 14 other countries, and a chance to be part of an all-expense paid learning experience at Harvard University Design Discovery for 6 weeks.
The Silver Award winner will receive P30,000 cash prize and the 8 other finalists will receive P10,000 cash prize, and an internship at Jose Siao Ling & Associates (For Architecture students) and AideaPhilippnes, Inc. (For Interior Design students), respectively. Other special awards include The “Best Color Choice” and “Best Green Innovation,” where the winners will receive P5,000 each. Meanwhile, the mentor or adviser of the Gold Awardee who will be declared “Best Professor/Adviser” will bring home P10,000.
The design that will garner the “Most Number of Likes” in social media will win the “People’s Choice Award” with a P5,000 cash prize. The school of the Gold Awardee will also win P10,000 cash and P10,000 worth of paint voucher, while the Best Supporting College/University will bring home P10,000 cash and P10,000 paint voucher.
The Judges’ Panel for AYDA 2018 include some of the best and the brightest luminaries in the Architecture and Interior Design Industry.
The Asia Young Designer Award (AYDA) 2018 was formally launched last July 19, 2018 at the AngBahayng Alumni, Magsaysay Avenue, UP Diliman, Quezon City.
The Nippon Paint Young Designer Award (NPYDA) was first introduced in 2008 to inspire interior design and architecture students to apply creativity and innovation in modern design. Judges were among the best and reputable architects and interior designers in the region. It started off with just Malaysia and later reached 11 other countries in 2015 such as the Philippines, Singapore, Bangladesh, Thailand, Pakistan, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam, China, Japan and Hong Kong. This group expanded further to 15 countries with the addition of Sri Lanka, India, and Taiwan.
The AYDA is judged by prominent and well-established industry professionals, and is supported by the United Architects of the Philippines (UAP), Council of Deans and Heads of Architecture Schools in the Philippines (CODHASP), the Philippine Institute of Interior Designers (PIID), and the Council of Interior Design Educators (CIDE).