Every Good Design Grand Award winner in Japan (2000–2025)
The top 3 according to 34 votes from people: Sendai Mediatheque (2001) · A-POC (clothing made from a single piece of cloth) (2000) · Moerenuma Park (2002). (Updated Feb 23, 2026.)
From Issey Miyake's A-POC, the Prius and Dyson's bladeless fan to a temple charity, a café staffed by avatar robots and Shigeru Ban's timber temporary housing: the winners of the Good Design Grand Award, the top prize of Japan's Good Design Award (a Prime Minister's award since 2007), since 2000. There was no winner in 2013.
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Top 26
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Sendai Mediatheque (2001)
Good Design Grand Award 2001. Winner: Toyo Ito & Associates and Sendai City.
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A-POC (clothing made from a single piece of cloth) (2000)
Good Design Grand Award 2000. Winner: Miyake Design Studio.
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Moerenuma Park (2002)
Good Design Grand Award 2002. Winner: Sapporo City.
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Toyota Prius (2003)
Good Design Grand Award 2003. Winner: Toyota.
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5
TV programme "Doremino Terebi" (2004)
Good Design Grand Award 2004. Winner: NHK.
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6
eneloop universe products rechargeable batteries (2007)
Good Design Grand Award 2007. Winner: Sanyo Electric.
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Air Multiplier (bladeless fan) (2010)
Good Design Grand Award 2010. Winner: Dyson.
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8
Internavi "passable roads map" after the 2011 earthquake (2011)
Good Design Grand Award 2011. Winner: Honda.
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9
TV programme "Nihongo de Asobo" (2004)
Good Design Grand Award 2004. Winner: NHK.
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Toyota iQ (2008)
Good Design Grand Award 2008. Winner: Toyota.
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11
TV programme "Design Ah!" (2012)
Good Design Grand Award 2012. Winner: NHK.
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12
VS050 SII robot for medical and pharmaceutical use (2014)
Good Design Grand Award 2014. Winner: Denso and Denso Wave.
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13
Venova casual wind instrument (2017)
Good Design Grand Award 2017. Winner: Yamaha.
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14
WOTA BOX water recycling system (2020)
Good Design Grand Award 2020. Winner: WOTA.
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15
"52-ken no Engawa" day-care centre for the elderly (2023)
Good Design Grand Award 2023. Winner: All for One and Kentaro Yamazaki Design Workshop.
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16
Nanopass 33 insulin needle (2005)
Good Design Grand Award 2005. Winner: Terumo.
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17
Mitsubishi i kei car (2006)
Good Design Grand Award 2006. Winner: Mitsubishi Motors.
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18
Iwamizawa Station building (2009)
Good Design Grand Award 2009. Winner: JR Hokkaido and others.
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19
AuthaGraph world map (2016)
Good Design Grand Award 2016. Winner: Narukawa Lab (Keio University) and AuthaGraph.
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Otera Oyatsu Club (temples sharing offerings with poor families) (2018)
Good Design Grand Award 2018. Winner: Otera Oyatsu Club.
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21
Mahō no Dagashiya Chiroru-dō (sweet shop supporting local children) (2022)
Good Design Grand Award 2022. Winner: Atelier e.f.t. and others.
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DLT timber temporary housing (2025)
Good Design Grand Award 2025. Winner: Shigeru Ban Architects and others.
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WHILL Model A personal mobility device (2015)
Good Design Grand Award 2015. Winner: WHILL.
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24
Rapid tuberculosis test kit (2019)
Good Design Grand Award 2019. Winner: Fujifilm.
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Avatar Robot Café DAWN ver.β and OriHime (2021)
Good Design Grand Award 2021. Winner: Ory Laboratory.
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RESILIENCE PLAYGROUND playground research project (2024)
Good Design Grand Award 2024. Winner: Jakuets.
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Comments (1)
「デザインあ」が大賞なの今見ても納得。子どもと一緒に毎朝見てた。WOTA BOXは能登の時に避難所で見かけて、こういうのこそデザインだなと思った。