Good Design Awards Overview Report
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Good Design Awards 2010 Results: 1,110 Awardees in Total
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--15 candidates for the Good Design Grand Award--
Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP; Tadashi Okamura, Chairman), the organization involved in the comprehensive promotion of design, announced the results of the 2010 Good Design Awards on September 29. Entries for this year opened on April 28 and received 3,136 applications from all over the world. As a result of first and second screening, 1,110 items received Good Design Awards. These include the Good Design Award Best 15 and other special awards.
Recipients of the Good Design Award Best 15 are selected as candidates for the Good Design Grand Award. A winner of this year's Good Design Grand Award will be selected from among those 15, at the Awards Ceremony to be held on November 11.
Results of the Good Design Awards 2010
Total number of awardees: 1,110 (number of enterprises: 640)
Total number of applications : 3,136
Numbers of each domain
| A. Human body | 107 |
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| B. Living | 375 |
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| C. Work | 127 |
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| D. Society | 100 |
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| E. Network | 289 |
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| GDA based on collaboration with Design Excellence Award of Thailand | 64 |
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Results of Good Design Long Life Design Award 2010
| Good Design the Long Life Design Award | 40 |
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Results of the Good Design Frontier Design Award 2010
| Good Design Frontier Design Award | 8 |
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Results of the Good Design Award Special Awards 2010
| Good Design Award Best 15* | 15 |
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| Good Design Sustainable Design Award | 3 |
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| Good Design Life Scape Design Award | 3 |
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| Good Design Award of Small and Medium Enterprises | 14 |
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| Good Design Award of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry | 1 |
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| Good Design Special Award of Judging Committee Chairman | 1 |
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* "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 determines on November 11, the remaining 14 nominees of the Best 15 will be designated as Good Design Gold Award winners.
About the Good Design Awards
Founded in 1957, the Good Design Awards (generally known as the "G Mark system" ) is Japan's only
comprehensive design evaluation and commendation system. Having built a foundation to nurture Japan' s
industry and design, the Good Design Awards now accepts submissions from around the world and has earned a
reputation for being a prestigious trademark for outstanding design and quality. Good Design Awards have been presented to 35,000 products to date.
