Good Design Award (Japan)

The Good Design Award (グッドデザイン賞, Guddo-dezain-shō) is Japanese comprehensive design evaluation and commendation system, operated by the Japan Institute of Design Promotion (formerly known as the Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization). The system has its origins in the “Good Design Selection System” (known as the “G-Mark System”) instituted by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry of Japan in 1957.

The award system was established based on the belief that good design is essential and indispensable to everyday life of people after the Pacific war, and that the good design shall give people prosperous lives through the eminent power of good designs. More than 1,000 companies and designers submit entries for consideration for the Good Design Awards each year. These entries are screened by distinguished design experts who are selected by JIDPO from various industries for assessing the worthy of the Good Design Awards. The main deciding factor for the Award selection is always based on whether or not product can bless and enrich society and people's lives through its design.

Approximately 35,000 Good Design Awards have been given since the inception of the Award.

References

Good Design Award (Award General Information )
Japan Institute of Design Promotion Outline of JDP

External links

METI website (English)
Japan Institute of Design Promotion (in English/in Japanese)

Design

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Disciplines

Communication design	Advertising Book design Corporate design Environmental graphic design Exhibit design Graphic design Illustration Information design Instructional design News design Photography Retail design Signage / Traffic sign design Sustainable graphic design Typography Video design Visual merchandising

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Industrial design	Automotive design Furniture design Packaging and labeling Product design Production design Sensory design Service design

Interaction design	Experience design Icon design Immersive design Information design Level design Motion graphic design Sonic interaction design User experience design User interface design Video game design Web design

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Organizations	AIGA Chartered Society of Designers Design and Industries Association Design Council International Forum Design The Design Society Design Research Society

Awards	European Design Award German Design Award Good Design Awards (Chicago) Good Design Awards (Japan) Graphex IF product design award James Dyson Award Prince Philip Designers Prize