The Japan Institute of Design Promotion (chair: Motomi Kawakami), the organizer of the GOOD DESIGN AWARD, announced the Award recipients for 2021 on October 20. The organization started accepting entries for the GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2021 on April 1, and following the screening of 5,835 entries, a total of 1,608 award-winning works have been determined.

And, we have also announced 22 recipients of the GOOD DESIGN LONG LIFE DESIGN AWARD, which is given to products and projects that have been supported by the people over a long time.

GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2021 results
(year-on-year basis)
Awarded entries: 1,608 (+213 entries)
Awarded companies: 1,101 (+127 companies)
Total entries: 5,835 (+1,066 entries)

→ GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2021 results

The above numbers include 367 award-winning works from outside Japan (36 works in cooperation with foreign design awards)

GOOD DESIGN GRAND AWARD to be announced on November 2

The recipient of the GOOD DESIGN GRAND AWARD will be determined through voting on November 2 by the judges in the committee, this year’s GOOD DESIGN AWARD winners and the visitors of GOOD DESIGN EXHIBITION 2021.

Award-winning Works Promotion

• ONLINE EVENT [GOOD DESIGN SHOW 2021]
  Online event, GOOD DESIGN SHOW 2021 will be held in order to share the new discoveries made in the screening process with a wide audience. There will be a variety of contents such as GOOD DESIGN EXHIBITION 2021, Grand Award Election, and various talk sessions with the judges and the winners.
  Schedule : October 20 - November 21
  Venue : GOOD DESIGN SHOW 2021
  Free admission
• My Favorite Design 2021
  Favorite award-winning works chosen by 88 judges of this year's GOOD DESIGN AWARD will be exhibited.
  Schedule : October 20 - November 24
  Venue : GOOD DESIGN MARUNOUCHI

Following Schedule from Award Announcement