Introducing "GOOD DESIGN BEST100" Notable Designs

Announcement of GOOD DESIGN AWARD Winners, Special Award Winners

This year's Good Design Award winners are announced as well as Good Design Gold Award and Good Focus Award, which are special awards given to designs particularly excellent. The finalists for Good Design Grand Award will be announced among Good Design Gold Award winners.

Takashi Ashitomi Chair of GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2020, Product Designer, President, SAAT DESIGN Inc., Professor at Tama Art University

Seiichi Saito Vice Chair of GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2020, Creative Director, Representative at Rhizomatiks Architecture

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GOOD DESIGN GRAND AWARD Selection Panel

Live stream of the selection process for the highest award, GOOD DESIGN GRAND AWARD 2020. After the final presentations by the finalists, the jury and winners will vote on the grand award. See how this year's Good Design Grand Award winners is to be selected.

Takashi Ashitomi Chair of GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2020, Product Designer, President, SAAT DESIGN Inc., Professor at Tama Art University

Seiichi Saito Vice Chair of GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2020, Creative Director, Representative at Rhizomatiks Architecture

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GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2020 Highlight

This year's Good Design Award are reviewed in a documentary film and GOOD DESIGN BEST100 winners are introduced.

GOOD DESIGN SHOW 2020 J-WAVE SPECIAL TALK

What kind of thinking and thoughts are put into the designs that won the Good Design Award? Chris Tomoko, a J-wave Navigator will welcome the freshly determined Grand Award winner, and the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Judging Committee.

Takashi Ashitomi Chair of GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2020, Product Designer, President, SAAT DESIGN Inc., Professor at Tama Art University

Seiichi Saito Vice Chair of GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2020, Creative Director, Representative at Rhizomatiks Architecture

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KEYNOTE DISCUSSION "Connect"

What can design do in today's world, which is accelerating new connections that combine the real and online? Designers, creators, and journalists who served as judges look back on this year's Good Design Awards and look ahead to the trends in design.

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Takashi Ashitomi Chair of GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2020, Product Designer, President, SAAT DESIGN Inc., Professor at Tama Art University

Seiichi Saito Vice Chair of GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2020, Creative Director, Representative at Rhizomatiks Architecture

Noriko Kawakami Judge of GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2020, Journalist, Associate Director at 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT

Yasuharu Sasaki Judge of GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2020, Creative Director, Managing Director / Executive Creative Director at Dentsu Inc.

Satoshi Yoshiizumi Judge of GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2020, Designer / Creative Director, Representative at TAKT PROJECT Inc.

with/after, Architecture and Cities in the Corona Era

Various restrictions are transforming the landscape of the public spaces, and we have an opportunity to rethink the way we view cities and architecture. In these times when it is difficult to predict the future, the judges in charge of public architecture and urban design look back on where cities and architecture, which have organically connected people.

Taro Igarashi Judge of GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2020, Architectural Critic, Professor at Tohoku University

Kaori Ito Judge of GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2020, Researcher in Urbanism, Professor at Tokyo University of Science

Ryo Yamazaki Judge of GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2020, Community Designer, CEO at studio-L, Inc.

Tomohiko Yamanashi Judge of GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2020, Architect, Chief Design Officer/Senior Executive Officer at NIKKEN SEKKEI LTD

Behind the scenes of Special Award Screening Panel

This is the first time to be revealed the judging process for the Good Design Special Award. Please watch the behind-the-scenes of the judging process, where about 30 judges argue and debate passionately, with the supplementary audio commentary.

Seiichi Saito Vice Chair of GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2020, Creative Director, Representative at Rhizomatiks Architecture

Jin Kuramoto Judge of GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2020, Product Designer, Representative Director at JIN KURAMOTO STUDIO Inc.

Masahiro Harada Judge of GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2020, Architect, Founder/Architect at MOUNT FUJI ARCHITECTS STUDIO, Professor at Shibaura Institute of Technology

Chinese Design 2020

China was one of the first countries to recover from the spread of the novelcorona-virus epidemic. The Good Design Award judges, based in Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou, will explain the situation surrounding after-corona design, focusing on their respective areas of expertise and background.

Carl Liu Judge of GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2020, Design Director, Design VP at Niu Technologies Inc.

Jian Liu Judge of GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2020, Urban Planner & Designer, Associate Professor / Vice Dean, School of Architecture at Tsinghua University

Xiaoxi Shi Judge of GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2020, Industrial Designer, 2-LA LLC

Huiming Tong Judge of GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2020, Industrial Designer, Professor at Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (China)

The Possibility of Design for Manufacturing SMEs

It is said that about 90% of the companies in Japan are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The latest Good Design Award is also awarded to many SMEs. In this session, we will talk about the design by SMEs, welcoming the award winners and examples of how they have effectively used design to leverage their strengths.

Gen Suzuki Judge of GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2020, Industrial Designer, Gen Suzuki Studio

Takeda Bleaching Factory lnc.
Cloth [sasasa wazarashi roll] - GOOD DESIGN BEST100

Axe Yamazaki Co.,Ltd.
GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2020 winners
Sewing machine [Sewing machine just right for moms and dads raising children] - GOOD DESIGN BEST100

Fhuji Seisakusho Co.,Ltd.
Wheel [FUJI NINJA WHEEL] - GOOD DESIGN BEST100 Winner

Focused Issue Session - What design can do for social issues, as read in the five themes -

What is the power of design in solving the various issues facing society? The director of Focused Issues, who overlooks the relationship between these social issues and design, has been invited to discuss the possibilities of design.

Yuki Uchida Judge of GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2020, Urban Designer, Re:public Inc.

Yasuyuki Kawanishi Judge of GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2020, Architect, Designer, Facilitator, President at ICHIBANSEN Co.,Ltd.

Yuma Harada Judge of GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2020, Art Director / Designer, Representative at UMA /design farm

Kaie Murakami Judge of GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2020, Designer / Creative Director, Founder / CEO at SIMONE Inc.

Yoshihiko Yamasaka Judge of GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2020, Creative Director, Executive Vice President at Tokyo Office, MAQ inc.

Latest Design Trends in Asia - Thailand, Singapore, Turkey and Indonesia -

Good Design Award has been collaborating with Thailand, India, Singapore, Turkey and Indonesia for the purpose of promoting design in Asian countries. Here is a report on the latest designs from Thailand, Singapore, Turkey and Indonesia.

Design Excellence Award DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE PROMOTION, MINISTRY OF COMMERCE, ROYAL THAI GOVERNMENT

Good Design Indonesia Department of Trade, Indonesia Government

SG Mark Singapore Design Council, Design Business Chamber Singapore

Design Turkey Industrial Designer's Association of Turkey, Ministry of Economi of Turkey Government, TIM

Highlights of the Long Life Design Awawrd exhibition

The Long-Life Design Award honors products, architecture, content, and services that have remained a standard throughout the ages. Here are the highlights of the exhibition that opened at 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT Gallery 3 on October 30.

San-Sui-Go Channel GOOD DESIGN SHOW 2020 Ver.

After COVID-19 pandemic, the risks of living in cities are being reaffirmed, while the value of places that are rich in nature and cleaner air is being reassessed. Even within the Japanese archipelago, "Sansui-go (forest, water and small town)" is particularly rich in natural resources, and it can be said that no matter what happens to the country or the economy, there is a sense of security and nostalgia that allows people to survive.

In order to shed light on the potential of Sansuigo, GOOD DESIGN Marunouchi has launched the Sansuigo Channel, an online program hosted by Takekazu Inoue and Keiichiro Fujisaki that introduces the stories of the designers and creators who live and work in Sansuigo. (Link to Archive).

In the "GOOD DESIGN SHOW 2020", we will feature the "Shansuigo Channel Special Edition" and will invite the Good Design Award 2020 winners as guests to consider the state of society and the role of design from the perspective of Shansuigo.

The Award winning items from Blue Farm Inc.
Sake bottle [OGATSU GLASS] (GOOD DESIGN BEST100)
Processed meat products [Jambon Maison]

To register to watch "GOOD DESIGN Marunouchi" Sansuigo Channel: click here

Masatoshi Hayasaka Producer / CEO, Blue Farm Inc.

Takekazu Inoue Senior Specialist, Emergence Strategy Center , The Japan Research Institute

Keiichiro Fujisaki Design Critique / Editor, Professor at Tokyo University of the Arts

LOCAL! Japan's Regional Design Perspective

Welcoming the Good Design Award winners from various regions of Japan, talk about the designs and initiatives to revitalize regions, from Tokyo's concentration to regional decentralization.

Jun'ya Yamaide Judge of GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2020, Artist, Executive Director at NPO BEPPU PROJECT

SUCCEED Inc.
M&A platform [TSU-GU-NA-RA] - GOOD DESIGN BEST100

Studio On Site
KOKEIYOSUI SQUARE - GOOD DESIGN BEST100

Setouchi Shimatabi Corporation
High-speed vessel [SEA SPICA] - GOOD DESIGN BEST100

Miyazaki City
The best dried radish and radish roof in Japan - GOOD DESIGN BEST100

ALTS Design Office
mi-chan's Sweets workshop - GOOD DESIGN BEST100