GOOD DESIGN
GOOD DESIGN ™ is the world’s most prestigious, recognized, and oldest Design Awards 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.
GOOD DESIGN covers new consumer products designed and manufactured in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North and South America.
The trademarked awards were created in Chicago in 1950 by three architects: Eero Saarinen, Charles and Ray Eames and Edgar Kaufmann, Jr..
The distinctive black dot-shaped logo was designed the same year by the late Chicago graphic designer, Mort Goldsholl.
Hundreds of leading winning manufacturers and Fortune 500 companies print the Good Design logo for awarded products on their packaging, marketing information, advertising, websites, corporate information, posters, billboards, and branding to the widest international consumer audience.
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.
Over 700 new products and graphic designs wee selected from over 38 countries for new electronics, transportation, medical equipment, protective equipment, energy systems, robotics and bionics, building products/materials, furniture, textiles, industrial, environments, hardware, bath and accessories, kitchen/appliances, floor and wallcovering, tabletop, household products, personal, office products, transportation, children’s products, sports and recreation, lighting, tools, and graphics, branding, and packaging from Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
Awarded corporations represent some of the world’s most visionary FORTUNE 500 companies: 3M Company, Apple, Inc., Alessi SpA., Allianz Deutschland AG., Allsteel, Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., ASSA ABLOY AB., Armstrong World Industries, Audi AG., BMW AG., BODUM AG., Bombardier Transportation, Bose Corp., BSH Home Appliances Corporation, Chevron Corporation, City of New York, Commerzbank AG., Crown Equipment Corp., Daimler AG., Deutsche Bank AG., Deutsche Bahn AG., Deutsche Telekom AG., Etón Corporation, Electrolux Major Appliances, Festo AG + Co. KG., Gigaset AG., Haworth, Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., HTC Corporation, Hyundai Motor Corporation, Interface, Inc., Kia Motors Corporation, Knoll Inc., KONE Corporation, KPMG AG., Krueger International, Inc., LG Electronics, Lenovo Group Ltd., Logitech International S.A., Lufthansa, Medion, Mercedes-Benz, Merck KGaA., Milliken & Company, Inc., Motorola Solutions, Inc., OSRAM GmbH., Rado Watch, Robert Bosch GmbH., Porsche AG., Royal Philips Electronics N.V., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH., Seagate Technology Plc., Smeg SpA., Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., Steelcase, Inc., Tandus Flooring, Inc., Tupperware Brands Corporation, Vestel Electronics Co., VitrA, Vodafone D2 GmbH., Volkswagen AG., World Kitchen, LLC., and hundreds other leading companies synonymous with GOOD DESIGN.