Outline of GOOD DESIGN AWARD winners

2018 | Types of Awards

Types of Awards

Good Design Award consists of Good Design Award together with Good Design Grand Award, Good Design Gold Award, and Good Focus Awards selected from all award winners.
Good Design Award is presented to entries recognized as excellent designs from among all screened items, and then 100 winners with superior designs are chosen as Good Design Best100.
Next, the Judging Committee chooses winners of Good Design Gold Award and Good Focus Awards as well as candidates for Good Design Grand Award (aka Finalist) from the Good Design Best100.
The winner of Good Design Grand Award is chosen from the finalists for that award voting by the judges, Good Design award winners, and others.

Good Design Award

This award commends designs recognized as excellent designs that improve the quality of life, industry, and society among all screened items.

Special Award

This award commends designs recognized as designs that further develop life, industry, and society as well as inspire the future among all award winning objects.

(Chosen by judges, Good Design award winners, and others)

  • Good Design Grand Award
    This award is presented to the most outstanding design chosen from among all award winning objects of the 2018 Good Design Awards.

(Chosen by the Judging Committee)

  • Good Design Gold Award
    This award is presented to particularly outstanding designs chosen from among all award winning objects of the 2018 Good Design Awards.
  • Good Focus Award [New Business Design]
    This award is presented to particularly advanced designs expected to contribute to the creation of new business models or industries and the promotion of the innovation, chosen from among all award winning objects of the 2018 Good Design Awards.
  • Good Focus Award [Design of Technique & Tradition]
    This award is presented to particularly outstanding designs which are realized by advanced technique and skills, chosen from among all small and medium-sized enterprises' award winning objects of the 2018 Good Design Awards.
  • Good Focus Award [Design of Community Development]
    This award is presented to designs expected to make particular contributions to the sustainable development of the community and revitalization of the economy, chosen from among all award winning objects of the 2018 Good Design Awards.
  • Good Focus Award [Disaster Recovery Design]
    This award is presented to outstanding designs expected to contribute to recovery from natural disasters, chosen from among all award winning objects of the 2018 Good Design Awards.