Good Design Award (Chicago)

The Good Design Awards is the world's oldest and most important industrial design program organized annually by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, in cooperation with the European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies. Entries for design and innovation, sustainability, creativity, branding, ecologically responsible design, human factors, materials, technology, graphic arts, packaging, and universal design are submitted annually by various industrial design and graphic design firms working for the Fortune 500 companies. All products and graphics must be designed, in production or manufactured for at least 2 years before the contest title year. One of the main factors for the awards selection is based on whether or not a product can enrich society and people's lives through its design. For example, over 700 of these awards have been given in 2012 by a New York jury of design experts, representing the work of thousands of designers and industries that create design and manufacturing in 48 countries.

Approximately 40,000 Good Design Awards have been given since the inception of the award in 1950.

History

These U.S. federally trademarked awards were founded in Chicago in 1950 by four architects: Eero Saarinen, Charles and Ray Eames and Edgar Kaufmann, Jr.. The black dot-shaped logo was designed the same year by the late Chicago graphic designer, Mort Goldsholl. The Good Design Awards aim to give international recognition for some designers and manufacturers when they devise innovative products, through invention and originality, beyond what is considered ordinary product and consumer design. These awards are not to be confused with the "g-mark" operated by the Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization. With the Red dot design award and the IF product design award, it is perhaps one of the most important international product design awards. This ensures winners good press coverage in the industry.[note 1][note 2][note 3][note 4]

The annual Good Design Awards are organized by the Finnish architect and architecture critic and journalist Christian Narkiewicz-Laine, Museum President and CEO of The Chicago Athenaeum. "Good Design is the singular, international design awards program the entire design and corporate world waits for each year" states Mr. Narkiewicz-Laine. "Hundreds of leading winning manufacturers and Fortune 500 companies print the Good Design logo for awarded their products on their packaging, marketing information, advertising, websites, corporate information, posters, billboards, and branding."[1]

Some observers have criticized this kind of design award for being only aimed at boosting manufacturers' marketing. For example, Barbara Usherwood writes: "the design of the physical form is only one element within this environment, the parts of which must all work effectively to achieve the value of good or bad product design. Selected aspects of the product's environment should not merit good design awards if the environment as a whole is deficient in specific aspects."[2]

In 2009, the Green Good Design Awards began providing for a more environment-oriented type of selection of products, organizations and people. For instance, the Kingdom of Sweden and the Architect Stefan Behnisch were awarded.[3] This new award system will follow onto 2010 and beyond. [note 5]

Some categories of entries

Some Good Design Awards past recipients

3M Company, 3st kommunikation GmbH, Airbnb, Inc., Almadesign, Alessi SpA, Alcatel One Touch, Alessandro Mendini, AM.PM Europe GmbH, American Standard, Apple Computer, Inc., Alcatel-Lucent S.A., Allianz Global Investors Europe GmbH, Allianz Global, Allsteel, American Airlines, Arik Levy Studio, ASSA ABLOY Group, Barski Design GmbH, BlackBerry, Athos Corporation, Boeing Company, Braun GmbH, BSH Home Appliances, B/E Aerospace, Inc., Tata Motors - for Tata Nano, Aston Martin, Arcelik A.S., Armstrong World Industries, AT&T, Audi AG, Bang & Olufsen, Bertazzoni SpA, Blanco GmbH + Co KG, Blueair AB, BMW AG., BMW Designworks USA, Bodum AG, Bonaldo SpA, Botta-Design, Bosch Sicherheitssysteme GmbH, BOWA-electronic GmbH & Co. KG, Branch, Braunwagner GmbH, Briggs & Stratton Corporation, Busch-Jaeger Elektro GmbH, busk+hertzog, C+P Moebelsysteme GmbH & Co. KG, Carl Gustav Magnusson, Cesaroni Design, Christophe Pillet Agency, Chivas Brothers, Coca-Cola Company, Canal+, CLAAS KGaA mbH, Continental Airlines, Comelit Group SpA, Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, Cuisinart, Bombardier Recreational Products Inc., Bombardier Transportation, Brown Jordan, brühl & sippold GmbH, Burger King Worldwide Inc., Daimler AG, Dassault Aviation, Dark at Night NV, Dell Inc., DCA Design International, Delta Faucet Company, Delugan Meissl Industrial Design, Design Partners, Deutsche Telekom AG, Dürr Dental AG, Design Tech, Diageo plc., Dongdao Design Co.,Ltd., Driusso Associati Architects, Dyson, Electrolux, Elica SpA, Ettore Sottsass, Fiat, Fisher & Paykel, Gaber srl., Franz Kaldewei GmbH & Co.KG, General Electric Company, Daimler Trucks North America, Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Eczacibasi Building Products VitrA, EOOS, Evoko Unlimited AB, Fagor America, Frank Gehry, First Alert, Frog Design, Inc., GfG Gesellschaft für Gerätebau mbH, Google, Inc., Grundig, Gruppo Campari, emerystudio, Ethicon, Etón Corporation, ERCO GmbH, Fantoni SpA, Favaretto&Partners, Fiskars, Fellowes, Inc., Festo AG, FigForty, Fiskars Americas, Fitbit, Inc., Flos SpA, FontanaArte SpA, Ford Motor Company, Frank Etc. AB, Ganymed GmbH, Gigaset AG, Giugiaro Design SpA, GlaxoSmithKline plc., Grohe AG, Haier Group, Harman International, Heine Optotechnik GmbH, Held+Team, Helly Hansen AS, Handpresso, Heine Warnecke Design GmbH, HELLA KGaA Hueck & Co., Herman Miller, Hewlett Packard Company, hawo GmbH, Hitachi, Honeywell, HTC Corporation, Hubb Filters, Inc., Hunter Douglas, Hyster Company, Hyundai Motor Corporation, idesk, iLuv Creative Technology, Infiniti, Intel Corp., Japan Airlines, JCDecaux, JDA Software Group, Inc., JURA Elektroapparate AG, Karim Rashid, Kartell SpA, Karten Design, KaVo Dental GmbH, KEK Associates, Inc., Kia Motors Corporation, KitchenAid, Knoll Inc., Kochan & Partner, Kohler Co., Koop Industrial Design, Kumho Tire, KUKA AG, Kwikset Corporation, Lattke und Lattke GmbH, LDA LLC., LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc., Lenartstudios, Lenovo Group Ltd., Liebherr Group, LifeSmart, Inc., Lippincott, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Logitech, Ludovica+Roberto Palomba, MAN Truck and Bus AG, Maquet GmbH Co.KG, Marc Krusin, Marc Newson Ltd., Markus Bischof produktdesign, Medion AG, Melitta, Merck S.A., Mercedes-Benz, Mercury Marine, Merrychef Limited, Metaphase Design Group, Methven Limited, Mettler Toledo AG, Microsoft Corporation, MillerCoors, Miele, Moen, Mondaine, MorphoSys AG, Motorola Inc., muehlhausmoers corporate communications, NASA, National Grid, Nienkämper, Nestlé, Nespresso, NETGEAR, NewDealDesign LLC., New Holland Ag, Nexen Tire, Nissan Motor Co., NOA Design, Nokia, NONBJECT, Nurus, Ólafur Elíasson, Olympus, Olympus Surgical Technologies, OMP Group, Otto Bock HealthCare Deutschland GmbH, Orlandini Design, Qantas Airways, Panasonic, PaperDNA AG, PepsiCo, Inc., Pegatron Corporation, PearsonLloyd Design Ltd., Phiaton, Philippe Starck, Phoenix Design, Porsche, Pininfarina, Procter & Gamble Service GmbH, Product Development Technologies, Rado Watch Co. Ltd., Ralph Appelbaum Associates, Reckitt Benckiser Group plc., RKS Design, Robert Bosch GmbH, Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Welch Designs, Rockwell Collins, Inc., ROBRADY design, Royal Philips Electronics N.V., ruwido austria GmbH, smart Daimler AG, Samsung Electronics, Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, seca GmbH & Co. KG, Selic Industriedesign, Sepab Fordonsprodukter AB, Siemens, simplehuman, Smeg SpA, Snaidero USA, Southwest Airlines, Stefano Sandonà Design, Steelcase, Inc., Stefan Lengyel, Studio William Welch Ltd., Sub-Zero Refrigerator, Suzanne Tick, Swatch, Swiss Air, Symrise AG, T-fal, Tapio Anttila Design Ltd., TEAMS DESIGN, Technogym SpA, Teknion, Tennant Industrial Design, Tesla Motors, Inc., The Cookware Company USA LLC., The House of Metaxa, The Procter & Gamble Corporation, Tonon & C. SpA, Trumpf Medizinsysteme GmbH, TP-LINK Technologies Co, Ltd., Thos. Moser,, Tupperware Brands Corporation, Turner Duckworth, United Airlines, United Technologies, UNStudio, Vestel Electronics Co., Viking GmbH, Villeroy & Boch AG, visuphil® design studio, VitrA, Vodafone, Vogue Italy, VOLA A/S, Volkswagen AG, Volvo Busse Deutschland GmbH, Walter Knoll AG & Co. KG, Waring, Whirlpool Corporation, Whipsaw, Inc., Whirlpool (China) Co., Ltd., Wolfgang Proksch, World Kitchen, LLC., XAL GmbH, Yale Materials Handling Corporation

References

  1. ↑ Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, Jan. 1, 2010
  2. ↑ The idea of design, MIT Press, 1995
  3. ↑ European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies, June 1, 2009

Notes

  1. ↑ Miele Recognized with 2008 Good Design Awards, Appliance Magazine, Jan. 12, 2009
  2. ↑ RKS Wins 8 Good Design Awards, Dexigner Design Portal, Jan. 16, 2010
  3. ↑ International Council of Societies of Industrial Design
  4. ↑ Phil Pauley wins 2014 Green Good Design Award
  5. ↑ 2010 Green Good Design Awards Call for Entries, Interior Design, Oct. 14, 2009
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