Participated in the "Sock Design Contest" sponsored by the Koryo Town Socks Association, which boasts the largest production of socks in Japan, in the "Project Seminar", a subject for 2nd and 3rd year students of the Department of Human Environmental Design at Kio University. A video of the sock design contest created by the students was released on the official YouTube channel of the university on November 2021, 11 (Thursday), "Sock Day".
The "Project Seminar" is a group of 2nd and 3rd year students who have passed the grades, and through fieldwork and mutual discussions between students, the achievement of the class is to acquire the ability to find out specific problems and think about solutions. I have a goal.This time, in addition to Professor Hiroko Murata's 2 second and third year seminar students, eight fourth year students also participated in the production, and the third graders collaborated to promote the activities.
This is the 7th sock design contest initiative this year, but in 2020, we couldn't do it because of the corona.Every year, the award-winning works from the sock design contest were shown at the fashion show inside the Kaguya Hime Matsuri by being planned, performed and operated by students, but this year the video will be distributed due to the cancellation of the Kaguya Hime Matsuri. I made it.
The students made efforts to appeal the contest video to many people.In terms of the content of the video, we aim to create a video that matches the concept of the award-winning work, such as a group that divides into four groups and shares ideas, and a group that thinks about a short story using socks and shoots, and a group that thinks about coordination of socks and clothes. Work proceeded.
In addition, volunteers who are active in "I want to liven up the local Koryo town!" Joined this initiative, and at an online meeting, they gave me advice on work progress, SNS and video material creation, and YouTube.Furthermore, in order to make the sock design contest known to many people, a countdown will be held through Instagram until the day of video distribution.The sock maker who knitted the award-winning works in the sock design contest, the chairman of the Koryo-cho Chamber of Commerce, the chairman of the Koryo-cho sock association, and the mayor of Koryo-cho appeared.
From the students, "I think that everyone's united desire to liven up the socks in Koryo-cho led to this activity. We will continue to be involved in the sock design contest and the sock industry in Koryo-cho. I would like to help you to develop. "
