The Long Life Design Award has been developed for many years through dialogue with manufacturers and users, and society, and is an award for honoring designs that will become the cornerstone of living and society and that are desired to continue to play the role in the future and designs with the power to continue to be a standard beyond value that changes with the times.
The eligible designs for the award are products or services widely endorsed by users and consumers and are assumed to have been continuously provided for more than 10 years at the time of the review and continue to be provided in the future.
Long Life Design Award judging committee members select and judge designs recommended by a wide range of general users through the website and decide the recipients of the award.
The 2019 Good Design/Long Life Design Award started reception of recommendations and application on April 3.
After first screening and second screening based on actual product by the judging committee, as a result, 15 were awarded the 2019 Long Life Design Award.
Long Life Design Award 2019 results / (year-on-year rise)
Number of entries : 123(+87)
Awarded entries : 15(-4)
List of Awards
Newborn underwear
Familiar, Ltd.
PreviewThermal base-wear
UNIQLO CO., LTD.
PreviewJeans
LEVI STRAUSS JAPAN K.K.
Previewwriting instrument
DKSH Japan K.K.
PreviewKeyboard
PFU Limited
PreviewMegaphone
TOA Corporation
PreviewVase
Fiskars Japan Co., Ltd
PreviewChair
Friz Hansen
Previewstool
Vitra co.,ltd
PreviewChair
TENDO CO.,LTD.
Previewstepladders
HASEGAWA KOGYO CO.,LTD.
PreviewFont
Monotype Imaging Inc.
Previewwrapping paper
Isetan Mtsukoshi LTD.
PreviewRadio Exercises
Japan Post Insurance Co...
PreviewTV Program
Kewpie Corporation
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Long Life Design Award Screening Comments
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Jury member of Long Life Design Award 2019
Chair of Good Design Award 2019
Product Designer
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Jury member of Long Life Design Award 2019
Vice Chair of Good Design Award 2019
Creative/Technical Director
Masatoshi Tamura
Jury member of Long Life Design Award 2019
SEMPRE DESIGN CO,.LTD CEO
Brand Director
Kouzo Fujimoto
Jury member of Long Life Design Award 2019
JINS Inc. Adviser
Artistic Director
2019 Long Life Design Award Schedule
Period of recommended from users (April 3 - May 23)
Organizer received the recommended from the users via the entry site and invited business owner and company to apply.
Period of entry for company (April 4 - May 23)
Company submitted the entry information via the entry site.
1st Screening (May 24 - June 17)
Judged based on the information that applicant filled in the entry site.
2nd Screening (July 31 at Makuhari Messe, Chiba)
The applicants who passed 1st screening submitted the actual items and panel to participate in 2nd screening.
Long Life Design Award winner announcement (October 2)
2019 Long Life Design Award to be announced
Long Life Design Award Exhibition "LONG LIFE DESIGN EXHIBITION 2019" (Octorber 31 - November 4 at 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT gallery3)