David Benjamin
Founding Principal of The Living and Associate Professor at Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
The future is circular, just like our awards.
ENTRY
How can we transform our current economic system into a circular one?
We are gathering projects and ideas to design a new future.
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Most design awards are linear. Entries are solicited and evaluated, winners are decided, and prizes are awarded at a final gathering. The crQlr Awards are different. More than a simple awards ceremony, they include networking events open to all entrants, where ideas are developed and catalyzed through exchange.
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The crQlr Awards exist to put ideas into action. From large-scale projects to ideas in the planning stages. From ideas that have lost traction to ideas still being nurtured in secret. The point is not to reward achievement, but to support the realization of ideas through feedback, mentoring and public support from our international panel of judges.
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The crQlr Exhibition will be held at three FabCafe branches (at FabCafe Tokyo, FabCafe Barcelona, and FabCafe Bangkok) in March, 2024. The crQlr Summit Tokyo will be held at FabCafe Tokyo offline and/or online in the same month. The aim of the crQlr Summit is to provide a forum and place of learning including open feedback, questions, and discussion.
Founding Principal of The Living and Associate Professor at Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Co-founder and CEO at Futurity Systems
Co-founder and CEO of Air Company
Programme Director of Luovi Productions, Helsinki Design Week
Architect, former Principal at Rotor and Co-founder of Rotor Deconstruction
Osaka Namari-Suzu Seirensho Co., Ltd. President and CEO
Course Leader at MA Material Futures, Central Saint Martins London
Co-founder FabCafe Bangkok
Co-founder of FabCafe Kuala Lumpur
Marketing Leader at FabCafe Kyoto, SPCS Community Manager