The "International KOGEI Award in TOYAMA 2020" presents the latest trends in industrial arts around the world, and aims to show a vision for the future of crafts. The open-call international exhibition seeks works from young artist, craftsmen, and designers fifty and under who are currently active in their field.

Here, visitors can see wonderfully expressive pieces employing a wide range of techniques and materials that have been cultivated by the industrial art world both in Japan and around the globe. A total of 709 candidate works from 62 countries and regions were submitted for screening for this exhibition. In addition to accepted and award-winning works, we will also display special invitational works by the judges, for an exhibition consisting of about 120 pieces in all. We will bring you industrial arts from Toyama, Japan, and the world, all from right here in Toyama.