The 4th Nitori One-House Total Coordination Competition 2009

Nitori develops products based on the concept of One-House Total Coordination Merchandising (OTCM), in which all the spaces of a house are totally coordinated.
In this competition, Nitori invites the public to propose totally coordinated designs of fabrics, furniture and interior accessories that match the idea of OTCM.
This competition aims to commercialize excellent designs and sell them at Nitori stores as well as discover new designers to work with Nitori.
* We may not be able to commercialize the designs due to circumstances beyond our control.

We have prepared three different settings of generational and family structure as themes.
Choose one of the following and make a design proposal for the theme.
The themes are the same irrespective of the category entered.

• Setting 1:
  A family consisting of a couple in their 40s and two teenagers. They favor a moderately trendy and functional space that fits their family structure.
• Setting 2:
  A couple in their 20s to 30s. This fashion-conscious pair favors an urban style of interior design.
• Setting 3:
  A couple in their 50s. They are not affected by trends, and favor a conservative interior design that they won’t tire of. Ease of use is their priority.

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All entries are accepted regardless of whether they are from within Japan or overseas (Japanese and English only).

April 1 (Wed.) - June 30 (Tue.), 2009 (entries should arrive by June 30)

Gold prize	1 million yen each for two winners	One winner will be selected from the furniture category, and the other from the fabric and interior accessory categories.
Silver prize	500,000 yen each for four winners	Winners are selected from all entries irrespective of the categories entered.
Bronze prize	100,000 yen each for ten winners	Winners are selected from all entries irrespective of the categories entered.

* Note 1: The prize money includes income tax collected at source.
* Note 2: We may declare “no appropriate entries” for each prize. In that case, we will increase the number of other prizewinners to reach the same total prize money.

Please refer to FAQ & For inquiries.

1. Works that can be commercialized by Nitori
2. Designs that are totally coordinated

The announcement of winners is scheduled to be made at the end of August in 2009.
Names of prizewinners will be released on the Nitori Website.

• Applicants should fill out the entry form and send it to the address below by e-mail or regular mail.
• Entries are accepted between February 1 (Sun.) and June 20 (Sat.), 2009 (postmarked no later than June 20).
• We will inform applicants of their entry numbers after receiving their entry forms.
• Entry numbers are needed for applicants to enter their work.
• An entry form is needed for each piece of work. Please fill out individual forms when entering multiple pieces of work.
• When the work is a joint effort by multiple people, please write the names of the representative and members on a single entry form.

• Schools entering students’ work en masse should use the entry form for schools. The representative should fill out the form and e-mail or mail it.

• Applicants should send their works to the address below after filling out and placing their seal on an application form and attaching it to the presentation board.
  Work will be accepted between April 1 (Wed.) and June 30 (Tue.), 2009.
• Please attach the application form to each work.

Nitori Co., Ltd. Product Design Room
6-20, Kamiya 3-chome, Kita-ku, Tokyo, 115-0043
Persons in charge: Wada, Hayasaka
E-mail：design_shohin@nitori.jp
TEL：+81-3-6741-1219

*For more information, please contact us by e-mail.

1. Please note that entered works will not be returned.
2. The intellectual property rights of the prizewinners will be transferred to Nitori, and the cost of the transfer of rights shall be covered by the prize money.
3. Entries must be the applicants’ original designs that have not been made public, either within or outside of their country.
4. Entries should not be entered into any other competition, and should not be made public elsewhere without Nitori’s permission.
5. Please note that if an entry is the same as or similar to that of a Nitori product developed recently or in the past, the work will not be accepted.
6. Nitori reserves the right to declare “no appropriate entries.”
7. During judging, applicants may be asked about rights regarding the commercialization of their work.
8. Applicants may be asked for permission to revise patterns and/or colors when the prizewinners’ work is manufactured.
9. Prizewinners are required to submit data on a CD.
10. Although due attention will be paid during the handling and transporting of entries after receiving them, Nitori assumes no responsibility whatsoever for any damage or losses occurring as a result of natural disasters or accidents.
11. Prizes may not be awarded to prizewinners whose contact information is unknown due to a change of address, etc.
12. In the case of a prizewinner being a minor, parental consent is required.
13. The personal information of applicants shall be managed based on Nitori’s policy on the protection of private information, and shall be used only for notifying applicants of administrative information, sending them materials, etc., informing them of related programs or conducting statistical processing.