The screening policy of the Good Design Awards is briefly expressed in five important words summarizing the basic concept behind the screening process.
Chairman
Naoto Fukasawa- Product Designer
Vice Chairman
Taku Satoh- Graphic Designer
Members
Eiji Hato- Transportation Engineering
Akiyo Kobayashi- Design Theory
Katsuhiko Kushi- Product Designer
Tatsuya Matsui- Robot Designer
Kazufumi Nagai- Art Director
Jun Rekimoto- Human-Computer Interaction Researcher
Kinya Tagawa- Design Engineer
Masaki Yokokawa- Creative Director
Unit 01: Personal accesssories for daily life, sporting goods
A1-1. Personal accesssories for daily life, sporting goods
Naoko Hirota Unit Chief- Product Designer
- Akiyo Kobayashi
- Design Theory
Sousuke Nakabo- Product Designer
Yu Yamada- Buyer / Creative Director
Unit 02: Personal belongings, Lifestyle goods
A1-2. Personal belongings, Lifestyle goods
Hiroaki Watanabe Unit Chief- Industrial Designer
Yoko Kawashima- Marketing Manager
Aoshi Kudo- Designer / Creative director
Naoki Terada- Architect / Product Designer
Unit 03: Household goods, kitchen utensils
A1-3. Household goods, kitchen utensils
Hideo Yamamoto Unit Chief- Product Designer
Minako Ikeda- Editor
Hiroki Sato- Industrial Designer
Reiko Sudo- Textile Designer
Unit 04: Electrical appliances for daily life, sound equipment, lighting appliances
A1-4. Electrical appliances for daily life, sound equipment, lighting appliances
Fumie Shibata Unit Chief- Designer
Tomoharu Matsuda- Planner
Shiho Nagamachi- Lighting Designer
Shinichi Sumikawa- Product Designer
Unit 05: Communication devices/equipment for individuals or home
A1-5. Communication devices/equipment for individuals or home
- Katsuhiko Kushi Unit Chief
- Product Designer
Yoshiaki Irobe- Graphic Designer / Art Director
- Tatsuya Matsui
- Robot Designer
Gen Suzuki- Product Designer
Unit 06: Furniture, interior goods and house fixtures
A1-6. Furniture, interior goods and house fixtures
Noriko Hashida Unit Chief- Product Designer
Shigeki Hattori- Designer/ Creative Director
Hisae Igarashi- Interior Designer
Ryutaro Yoshida- Furniture Producer
Unit 07: Materials and parts, Equipment and facilities for manufacture, development or production, Technology or method for production,Equipment for research, education or medical
B1-1. Materials and parts | B1-2. Equipment and facilities for manufacture, development or production | B1-3. Technology or method for production
C1-1. Equipment for research, education or medical
Takashi Ashitomi Unit Chief- Product Designer
Takashi Shigeno- Product Designer
Kinya Tagawa- Design Engineer
Mahoro Uchida- Curator
Unit 08: Office supplies and equipment, Equipment and facilities for distribution or sales, Facilities and equipment for public
B1-4. Office supplies and equipment | B1-5. Equipment and facilities for distribution or sales
C1-2. Facilities and equipment for public
Shigenori Asakura Unit Chief- Industrial Designer
Takayuki Higuchi- Designer
Akio Ikemura- Design Planner
- Manabu Tago
- Art Director / Designer
Unit 09: Transportation equipment and facilities
A1-7. Personal transportation equipment and facilities
B1-6. Transportaiton equipment and facilities for industry
C1-3. Transportation equipment and facilities for public
Kozo Yamada Unit Chief- Design Director
Kenya Hara- Designer
- Eiji Hato
- Transportation Engineering
Masayuki Moriguchi- Mobility Journalist
Kota Nezu- Designer / Creative Communicator
Unit 10: Housing, living space, Construction method for housing an living space
A2-1. Housing, living space | A2-2. Construction method for housing an living space
Nobuaki Furuya Unit Chief- Architect
Masashi Hino- Architect
Shuichi Matsumura- Architect
Kazuhiko Namba- Architect
Satoko Shinohara- Architect
Unit 11: Space, architecture, facility for industry, Construction method for the space for industry
B2-1. Space, architecture, facility for industry | B2-2. Construction method for the space for industry
C2-1. Space, architecture, facility for public | C2-2. Construction method for public space
Koichi Yasuda Unit Chief- Architect
Masaaki Hiromura- Art Director
Akiko Takahashi- Architect
Tomohiko Yamanashi- Architect
Unit 12: Media, application or digital contents, Packaging, Advertisement
A3-1. Media, application or digital contents for individuals / home | A3-2. Packaging for individuals / home | A3-3. Advertisement for individuals / home
B3-1. Media, application or digital contents for industry | B3-2. Packaging for industry | B3-3. Advertisement for industry
C3-1. Media, application or digital contents for public | C3-2. Packaging for public | C3-3. Advertisement for public
- Kazufumi Nagai Unit Chief
- Art Director
Mamoru Kano- Art Director
Akihiro Kubota- Designer / Artist
Hide Nakaya- Art Director
Masamichi Toyama- Industrialist / Creative Director
Unit 13: Service, System, Business model, Business method, Social infrastructure/platform, Interface and interaction design
A4-1. Service or system for individuals / home | A4-2. Service or system for house | A4-3. Interface and interaction design for personal / home equipment and device
B4-1. Service or system for indiustry | B4-2. Business model, business method | B4-3. Interface and interaction design for industrial equipment and device
C4-1. Service or system for public | C4-2. Interface and interaction design for industrial equipment and device | C4-3. Social infrastructure/platform
- Jun Rekimoto Unit Chief
- Human-Computer Interaction
Researcher 
Koichiro Eto- Media Artist / Researcher
Kazuki Hidaka- Strategy consultant for design
and intellectual property rights 
Kei Matsushita- Art Director
Jun Nakagawa- Industrialist / Business Consultant / Creative Director
Unit 14: Activities/solutiosn for individuals, home, inhabitants, industry and public, Social contribution activities, Research or research method, Creation of town, local area or community
A5-1. Activities / solutions for inidividuals, home or inhabitants
B5-1. Activities / solutions for industry
C5-1. Activities / solutions for public, social contribution activities | C5-2. Research or research method | C5-3. Creation of town, local area or community
Katsushi Nagumo Unit Chief- Designer
Chiaki Hayashi- Project Manager
Hajime Ishikawa- Landscape Designer
- Masaki Yokokawa
- Creative Director
2nd Screening Unit
- Hiroaki Watanabe Unit Chief
- Industrial Designer
- Katsuhiko Kushi
- Product Designer
- Do-sung Chung
- Industrial Designer
- Jung sik Yun
- Product Designer
- Manabu Tago Unit Chief
- Art Director/Designer
- Gen Suzuki
- Product Designer
- Manfred Wang
- Product Designer
- Ming-Lung Yu
- Graphic Designer
- Tony K. M. Chang
- Interior Designer
- Sousuke Nakabo Unit Chief
- Product Designer
- Masaaki Hiromura
- Art Director
- Chi-Wing Lee
- Product Designer
- Renke He
- Design Director
- Rocco YIM
- Architect
- Xiangyang Xin
- UX Designer
- Shinichi Sumikawa Unit Chief
- Product Designer
- Noriko Hashida
- Product Designer
- Hisae Igarashi Unit Chief
- Interior Designer
- Shigeki Hattori
- Designer/ Creative Director
- Naoko Hirota
- Product Designer
- Reiko Sudo
- Textile Designer
- Hideo Yamamoto Unit Chief
- Product Designer
- Noriko Hashida
- Product Designer
Guest jury
- Mr. Chokeanand Bussracumpakorn
- President, Industrial Designers Society of Thailand
- Ms. M.L.Pawinee Santisiri
- President, Design and Objcets Association, Thailand
- Mr. Hrridaysh Deshpande
- Director, DYP-DC, India
- Mr. Pradyumna Vyas
- Director, National Institute of Design, India
- Mr. Song Kee Hong
- Executive Committee Member, Design Business Chamber Singapore
- Mr. Ulrich Schraudolph
- Executive Committee Member, Design Business Chamber Singapore
- Naoyuki Ishitsuka
- Google Inc.
- Koichi Harada
- R&DMAK CO.,LTD.
- Seitaro Yamazaki
- seitaro design, inc.
- Manabu Kawada
- Yamaha Corporation
- Taihei Noda
- P.G.C.D.Japan INC.
- Kawamura Kenichi
- MARUNI WOOD INDUSTRY INC.
- Takuya Niitsu
- Sony Corporation
- Michio Yoshida
- Samsung electronics japan
- Kozato Kato
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
- Yousuke Sakaguchi
- DAIHATSU MOTOR CO.,LTD.
- Yusuke Amatatsu
- K-TEC Corporation
- Hiroto Habu
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Satoru Iguchi
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, National Institutes of Natural Sciences
- Yui Tezuka
- TEZUKA ARCHITECTS
- Kazuyoshi Kamekawa
- crossEffect
- Misa Fukui
- YAMAHA MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Masazumi Fukuda
- Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd.