PRESS RELEASE 	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	 April 2, 2015

Japan Institute of Design Promotion

Good Design Award 2015 calls for entries until June 3
Japan Institute of Design Promotion calls for entries to its sponsor event Good DesignAward 2015 and recommendations for Good Design Long Life Design Award from
April 2 to June 3 through Good Design Award website.
Features 2015
Welcoming Kazufumi Nagai as its chairman and Fumie Shibata as vice chairman of
the new judging committee, JDP newly introduced “topical issues” to identify the roles
and possibilities of design in increasingly complex society. The “topical issues” are 12
themes that Japanese society needs to face before the rest of the world and concernsthat are likely to grow and change future society. The jury will screen the entries
based on the “topical issues,” focusing on the roles and possibilities of design, and thevalue of the awarded design will be informed to the public throughout the society.
Topical Issues: http://www.g-mark.org/guide/2015/guide1.html?locale=en - guide2
Also, “Good Design Best 100” will be selected for their superiority among all genres
and then among the 100, special awards such as “Good Design Grand Award” and“Good Design Gold Award.”
All the awarded designs will be displayed at Good Design Exhibition 2015 （GExhibition） from Oct. 30 in Tokyo Midtown and other venues and introduced in theyearbook “GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2015” to be released in spring next year. The
works will also be presented at exhibitions, expos and promotional events in andoutside Japan.
How to apply for Good Design Award
Entry Criteria ： Tangible and intangible items such as products, architecture,applications, software, projects, services and systems that can be displayed on Sept.
29, 2015 and become available for purchase or usage by users by March 31, 2016
Applicant Eligibility ： Principal implementing business of the entry, design
entrepreneurs of the entry
How to Apply： Register through Good Design Award website
Recommendation for Good Design Long Life Design Award
Entry Criteria： Products that have been manufactured and sold until now and thosefulfilling either one of the following criteria
・Products that have been provided continually for more than 10 years and widely
supported by the society
・Products which won Good Design Award more than 10 years ago
Recommenders： Users, designers, manufacturers, etc. of the products

How to Recommend： Register through the recommendation form on Good DesignAward website
Good Design Award Website: www.g-mark.org
Key dates
Application Period (including recommendation) ： April 2 - June 3
Announcement of award recipients： Sept. 29
Good Design Exhibition 2015 （G Exhibition）： Oct. 30 - Nov. 4
Award Ceremony： Nov. 4
Release of Yearbook “GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2015”： March 31, 2016
Organizers and Supporters
Organizer： Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP)
Supporters：	  Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry / The Small and Medium
Enterprise Agency / Tokyo Metropolitan Government / Japan External Trade
Organization (JETRO) / ASEAN-Japan Centre / NHK (Japan BroadcastingCorporation) / Nikkei Inc. / Yomiuri Shimbun （tentative）
Introducing new Chairman and Vice Chairman
Kazufumi Nagai(Chairman)
Art director / Creative director
President of HAKUHODO DESIGN Inc.,	  Professor of Department of Integrated
Design, Tama Art University
After graduating in Graphic Design from Tama Art University in 1985, joined
Hakuhodo Inc. Established a branding company HAKUHODO DESIGN in 2003. In
2007, started the “+design” project with the aim of using designs to tackle socialproblems. Has been a distinguished winner of numerous awards including Mainichi
Design Award, Creator of the Year and Tokyo ADC Grand Prix. Creative director of“Tokyo Brand” project by Tokyo Metropolitan Government from April, 2015.
Fumie Shibata(Vice Chairman)
Product designer
President of Design Studio S,	  Professor of Department of Science of Design,Musashino Art University.
After graduating from Musashino Art University’s Department of Industrial, Interior andCraft Design, joined Toshiba Corporation and later established her own design studio,
Design Studio S. With a strong focus on industrial design, active in a wide range ofareas from electronics and healthcare product design to acting as the creative director
for a hotel. Has received various awards including Mainichi Design Award and Good
Design Gold Award.
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Good Design Award website: http://www.g-mark.org
Press contact f-press@g-mark.org (Japan Institute of Design Promotion)