The “Comprehensive Design Evaluation System” sponsored by the Japan Design Promotion Association, a public interest foundation, aims to select and commend “good designs” displayed in various forms, and guide our lives, industries, and society as a whole to a more prosperous direction development of.
The origin of the award is the “Good Design Selection System” (commonly known as “G-Mark System”) established by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now known as the “Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry”) in 1957. This system has been implemented continuously for nearly 60 years. The selection objects cover all fields of design, and the number of awards is about 1,200 each year. The total number of awards in 59 years has reached more than 43,000. Only designs that have won the Good Design Award are allowed to use “G-Mark”. The creation of the “G-Mark” with a history of more than half a century has always been an indicator of “good design”, and its influence lasts for a long time.
Participants for the Good Design Award are of all kinds, regardless of tangible or intangible design. In the review process, not only focus on “design” as a noun, but also consider the design process, ideas, and meaning behind it, and make comprehensive judgments. At present, the entries for the Good Design Award are all-encompassing, ranging from home appliances, automobiles and other industrial products to housing, buildings, and even various types of service design, application software, public relations and regional construction, and communication design, to business models, research and development, etc. , Can be described as all-encompassing. When considering “design” as a verb, the Good Design Award itself is also a kind of design. It needs to face society frequently, construct a better system, and make it increasingly perfect. What is a “good design” also requires constant thinking in the face of society.