Change in Volume

The Good Design Selection System (G-Mark system), the antecedent to the Good Design Award, was established in 1957 by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry and had selected more than 32,000 products to bear the G-Mark 50 years. This structure was reborn in 1998, its 42nd year, as the Good Design Award sponsored by the Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization.
 

Foundation

"To Prevent Copying of Foreign Design"

1957
G-mark Selection System Founded

1963
Application Guide Completed

1964
G-mark Selection Brochure

1969
JIDPO was founded

 

Development

"Industry promotion"

1974
MITI consigned G-mark business to JIDPO

1980
G-mark started to be managed in the name of Minister of MITI.

 

Expansion

"Internationalization, and Variation of Everyday Lives"

1984
Started application from overseas

1992
Private View system started

1994
Facility Category founded

 

Time to Change

"Good Design is Good Business"

1998
G-mark business becomes public business.
Changed to "Good Design Award".

Year Awards Companies
1957 47 21
1958 7 6
1959 12 3
1960 9 6
1961 60 19
1962 33 15
1963 117 46
1964 152 49
1965 175 59
1966 376 107
1967 374 109
1968 377 119
1969 373 109
1970 326 99
1971 474 102
1972 422 107
1973 329 97
1974 307 89
1975 233 78
1976 360 101
1977 332 111
1978 396 88
1979 390 103
1980 536 111
1981 650 119
1982 877 126
1983 854 139
1984 1341 250
1985 1390 284
1986 1063 282
1987 1025 326
1988 1006 324
1989 1146 360
1990 1215 391
1991 1219 363
1992 982 367
1993 900 334
1994 906 389
1995 880 409
1996 772 385
1997 842 412
1998 717 373
1999 949 558
2000 895 459
2001 1290 670
2002 990 463
2003 1097 569
2004 1263 603
2005 1158 598
2006 1034 574
2007 1043 594