Japan Institute of Design Promotion

The Japan Institute of Design Promotion (Japanese: 公益財団法人日本デザイン振興会) is a Japanese design institution. Originally called the Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization, it was founded in 1969^[1] with the goal of promoting industrial design. It issues annual Good Design Awards.^[2]

Business overview

• Projects related to applications, evaluation, announcement of winners, and awards for the Good Design Award^[3].
• Projects related to the development of human resources in design^[3].
• Projects that enrich and enhance the lives of people by exhibiting and proposing excellent designs^[3].

History

• 1969 – Established as the "Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization" (財団法人日本産業デザイン振興会)^{[4][note 1]}.
• 1971 – Joined the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID)^[6].
• 1974 – Commissioned by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry to operate the "Good Design Product Selection System"^[6].
• 1998 – The "Good Design Product Selection System" was privatized and continued as the "Good Design Award"^[6].
• 2011 (June 1) – Transitioned to the "Public Interest Incorporated Foundation Japan Design Promotion Organization" in accordance with the Public Interest Corporation System Reform^[3]. Kazumasa Nagai became chairman.
• 2013 (April 1) – Motomi Kawakami became chairman.

See also

• Japan portal

• Japan Design Foundation
• Good Design Award (Japan)

Notes

1. The founding general meeting was held on April 14, 1969; on May 1 of the same year, permission to establish the foundation was granted by the Minister of International Trade and Industry, and registration was completed on May 13^[5]