Open Call for Global Award to Design a Circular Society– the crQlr Awards 2023

Past winners of the crQlr Awards have provided comments regarding the impact the award had on their project and/or business.

Winning Project Name: GURUGURU Radish, “A home-delivery circular economy that transforms waste to resource.” (“Waste-Not Circular Design Prize”, crQlr Awards 2022)/Oisix Ra Daichi Inc.
Project URL: https://awrd.com/en/creatives/detail/13323309

Comment: “Since winning this award, we have been able to create new cross-industry collaborations, which have led to our customers and company fostering a deeper understanding and recognition of the circular economy. This contributed to the further growth of our brand. We have seen a notable positive impact over the past year since receiving the award, including the restructuring of overlooked services in our company and using new perspectives to accelerate product development. As these kinds of changes don’t happen overnight, we truly appreciate the value of this award, which creates connections among those who share similar values and spotlights innovative ideas.”

Winning Project Name: INOW（”Good Life Prize”, crQlr Awards 2021, an educational homestay program in Kamikatsu, Tokushima)
Project URL: https://awrd.com/en/creatives/detail/11793815 

Comment: “Winning this award gave us the opportunity to collaborate with many people who have a comprehensive understanding of circularity. Being a part of crQlr inspired us and has allowed us to reach people we couldn’t have reached before. As a result of winning the award, we were able to meet and have a discussion with David Benjamin, a professor at Columbia University, and his graduate students, who took part in INOW’s educational program. This interaction gave us a valuable opportunity to exchange ideas and receive feedback. By holding workshops and other activities, we were able to convey the purpose of INOW, and we are truly grateful for this experience.”

The crQlr Awards 2023 jury panel is composed of 10 expert judges from diverse fields, each with achievements in various fields such as innovation, design, architecture, community, sustainability, and technology. Guillaume Charny-Brunet, founder of Denmark’s innovation lab SPACE10, will also be serving as a judge for the second time. 

Awarding “New Relationship Design” 

The crQlr Awards 2023 special prize will highlight and recognize projects and ideas that put “New Relationship Design” into practice. We deeply value projects and ideas that go beyond traditional industrial structures and frameworks to build new relationships among stakeholders in order to achieve a circular society. We believe that by joining hands with various partners and collaborators, we will be able to discover a new future that surpasses what we can achieve on our own. 

• Comments and feedback from crQlr Awards judges
• Opportunity to exhibit and present at the crQlr Exhibition Tokyo, planned to be held in March 2024 at FabCafe Tokyo. Travel expenses, including round-trip airfare from within Japan or abroad, and three nights accommodation in Tokyo, will be subsidized for one winner

The 10 judges will each select five projects based on their respective unique viewpoints. Selected projects will receive a prize alongside the judge’s comments.

• Winners will receive individual prize names and comments from the crQlr judges. These prize names and comments will be posted on the Loftwork and FabCafe media channels. The comments will be considered as Creative Commons and winners are permitted to use them freely.
• Winners will receive the “crQlr Awards Winner” certification logo to promote their award-winning project by publicizing their efforts in contributing towards a circular economy.
• Media coverage on Loftwork and FabCafe websites and social media. Media coverage on outside media sponsor communication channels, such as IDEAS FOR GOOD and Circular Economy Hub.
• Select winners will be interviewed and have their projects promoted on IDEAS FOR GOOD and Circular Economy Hub.
• Select winners will have their projects exhibited at a FabCafe branch (either in FabCafe Tokyo or another branch) as part of the crQlr Exhibition scheduled for March 2024.  We will provide support for round-trip airfare from within Japan or overseas, as well as a 3-night stay in Tokyo (up to one person per winning project). 
• Select winners will be invited to the crQlr Summit Tokyo scheduled for March 2024 to present projects, take part in open discussion sessions, and receive live feedback from judges

Irrespective of genre or scale, this prize seeks projects and ideas that put circularity into practice by going beyond traditional industrial structures and systems, and instead, focus on fostering new relationships among stakeholders.

*All entries automatically qualify for the Special Prize.

See more information here: https://awrd.com/award/crqlr-2023/tab/special-prize

As part of the crQlr Awards Special Prize, we are pleased to offer the following:

• “crQlr Awards Winner” certification logo to use in promotional materials
• Comments and feedback from several judges
• Select winners will have the opportunity to exhibit and present at the crQlr Exhibition scheduled for March 2024 at FabCafe Tokyo. We will provide support for round-trip airfare from within Japan or overseas, as well as a 3-night stay in Tokyo.
• Participation in business, academia, and creator networks committed to promoting the circular economy.
• Media coverage on Loftwork and FabCafe websites and social media. Media coverage on outside media sponsor communication channels, such as IDEAS FOR GOOD and Circular Economy Hub.