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Commendation Ceremony for Presenting Special Awards Held under the Good Design Award 2023 Program
December 8, 2023
On December 7, 2023, a commendation ceremony for presenting special awards was held under the Good Design Award 2023, a program supported by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). Mr. Yoshida Nobuhiro, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, attended the ceremony, delivered a celebratory speech to congratulate the winners, and presented the winners of the Grand Award (Prime Minister's Award) and Gold Award (METI Minister’s Award) with certificates of commendation.
1. Overview
The Good Design Award is the only program in Japan for the comprehensive evaluation and advancement of design. It is organized by the Japan Institute of Design Promotion.
Since its inauguration in 1957, the Good Design Award program and its symbol, the G Mark, have become widely popular.
The program aims to evaluate and honor quality designs, considering a design to be anything built by people to fulfill a certain ideal or purpose, such as products, architecture, software, systems, and services.
2. Winners of the Good Design Award 2023
The Good Design Award 2023 received 5,447 entries from Japan and abroad, and 1,548 of these were selected as winners. From among these, one winner was selected for the Grand Award (Prime Minister's Award) and 19 winners were selected for the Gold Award (METI Minister’s Award).
Grand Award (Prime Minister’s Award: 1 winner)
- ALL FOR ONE Co.,Ltd. / YAMAZAKI KENTARO DESIGN WORKSHOP Co.,Ltd.
- Long house with an engawa
Gold Award (METI Minister’s Awards: 19 winners)
- Panasonic Corporation
- Panasonic Lamdash PALM IN ES-PV6A
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
- PRIUS
- NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
- NHK Citizen Lab
- KAMIYAMA educational institute / Kamiyama-cho
- Kamiyama Marugoto College of Design, Engineering and Entrepreneurship
- KOKUYO Co.,Ltd.
- Smart Double Clip
- JVCKENWOOD Corporation / JVCKENWOOD Design Corporation / Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. / 4R Energy Corporation
- Portable Power Supply with built-in reusable battery IPB01N/IPB01G
- Sony Corporation / Sony Group Corporation
- HT-AX7
- Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
- Access controller
- Aillis, Inc.
- nodoca
- KMEW Co., Ltd.
- KMEW fireproof sheet
- Tokushima Prefecture / uchino architects / Shimazu Architects / kawaguchi tei architects
- awa holzbau project
- t e c o / AIKAWA-SHUNJUKAI / ONO JAPAN / ZO consulting engineers / Eiko Construction Co., Ltd.
- KASUGADAI CENTER CENTER
- Okazaki City / QURUWA 7 town & wide-area union
- QURUWA strategy
- Endo / suginoshita
- Endo’s Gesoten
- KURADASHI.Co.,Ltd.
- Social Good Market 「Kuradashi」
- AISIN CORPORATION
- YYSystem
- kodomo-senkyo action committee
- kodomo-senkyo
- Cultural Affairs Bureau, Tainan City
- Art Commons Tainan
- ART HAPPENING / Wata / Kelio Arts
- One Thousand Names of Zeng-wen River, 2022 Mattauw Earth Triennial
- The Oneness Foundation
- The Oneness Foundation
Details of the winners’ achievements (other winners’ achievements are also described)
3. Commendation ceremony for presenting special awards
On December 7, 2023, a commendation ceremony for presenting the special awards under the program was held at the International House of Japan. Parliamentary Vice-Minister Yoshida attended the ceremony, delivered a celebratory speech to congratulate the winners, and expressed his hopes for the further development of the Good Design Award program. He also presented the Prime Minister's and METI Minister's Awards to the winners.
4. Contact office
Division in Charge
Design Policy Office, Commerce and Service Industry Policy Group