2008 Outline

Overview Report of the Good Design Awards 2008

  • JDP announces "Good Design Award 2008" Results

  • -Seven Candidates for Good Design Grand Award Selected, Two New Awards also Added-

The Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP; Tadashi Okamura, Chairman), the organization involved in the comprehensive promotion of design, announced the results of the 2008 Good Design Awards on October 8. Applications for this year opened on May 8, and 3,023 entries were received. As a result of initial and second screenings, 1,067 items received Good Design Awards. These included the Good Design Award Best 15 and other special awards.

Seven recipients of the Good Design Award Best 15 were selected as candidates for the Good Design Grand Award. The one winner of this year's Good Design Grand Award will be selected from among those seven at the 2008 Good Design Award awarding ceremony and Grand Award Selection to be held on November 6.

Good Design Awards Selected from the Perspective of "The Consumer of the Near Future"

Screening of the 2008 Good Design Awards was carried out with an emphasis on the perspective of people who use the products and receive the services concerned. The winners, which are selected from a wide range of design fields, incorporate the viewpoint of "images of life in the near future and designs that lead the way to next generation lifestyles."

The Sustainable Design Award and Life-Scape Design Award Selected as New Special Award Categories

The special awards awarded include the Good Design Award Best 15, which include the candidates for the Good Design Grand Award, together with the Good Design Sustainable Design Award and Good Design Life-Scape Design Award, which were newly instituted this year.

The Long Life Design Award Selected with Input from Consumers

The Good Design Long Life Design Award recognizes designs that have received longstanding support and regular use by their consumers. The screening considered subject entries nominated by ordinary consumers.

Results of the Good Design Award 2008

 Domain Awards
 - Human body and life : 357 items
 - Industry and society : 273 items
 - Mobility and networks : 386 items
 - Innovation : 39 items
 - Based on collaboration with Design Excellence Award : 12 items
 Total 1,067 items
* Total screened items: 3,023 items
* This number excludes 19 items of Good Design Long Life Design Award
* Award cancellation arose by request from the award winner, Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation, effective December 3, 2008.

Good Design Awards 2008 BEST 15

The Good Design Award Best 15 refers to the Good Design Grand Award candidates and Good Design Gold Award winners. When the Good Design Grand Award recipient is decided on November 6, the remaining 14 nominees of the Best 15 will be designated Good Design Gold Award winners.