Nippon’s Michael Chung announces the start of 2nd Nippon Paint Young Designer Award at the Henry Hotel.
(CDN/GRACE II PECAOCO)
Competition open to architecture and interior design students
Nippon Paint Philippines launched its 2nd Nippon Paint Young Designer Award (NPYDA) 2015 last Tuesday at the Henry Hotel in Cebu City.
This is the second time for NPYDA in the Philippines, but first in Cebu.
The launching was attended by Interior Design and Architecture students from the Eastern Visayas State University, University of San Carlos (USC) and Cebu Institute of Technology-University.
The competition, which has two categories, namely, architecture and interior design, aims to inspire students to apply their creativity and innovation in design.
This year’s NPYDA theme is “Design with Heart: For a Sustainable Future: With People in Mind.”
The competition is open to both architecture and interior design students, who are at least in their third year and whose schools are affiliated with United Architects of the Philippines and Philippine Institute of Interior Designers respectively.
A project of Nippon Paint Malaysia Group, NPYDA was organized in Malaysia in 2008 in line with Nippon’s corporate social responsibility.
Michael Chung, business management general manager of Nippon Paint Philippines, said, “Instead of giving things to schools, the company thought of doing something for the future by coming up with the NPYDA, which started as a small project that eventually grew.”
All entries must be submitted on or before Sept. 30, 2015.
2015 Nippon Paint Young Designer Award’s theme “Design with HEART.”(CDN/GRACE II PECAOCO)
The winners will each receive NPYDA Gold, P50,000 cash prize, a 6-month internship at LorCalma & Partners (for Interior Design)and Casas Architects (for Architecture), and an all-expense- paid trip to Bangkok, Thailand for a learning program and a workshop.
The winners’ advisers will also get P10,000 cash, while the school will receive P10,000 cash and paint voucher worth P10,000. The silver awardees will pocket P30,000 cash prize and a plaque.
Interested participants may log on to www.youngdesigneraward.ph to know more about the program. /MULTI-MEDIA ASSISTANT Grace II P. Pecaoco