GOOD DESIGN YEARBOOK 2009-2010 Edited and Selected by Christian K. Narkiewicz-Laine

Now in its 60th Year, GOOD DESIGN continues as the world’s oldest and most prestigious awards program for the best new international product and graphic design produced globally.

Founded in Chicago in 1950 by Eero Saarinen, Charles and Ray Eames, and Edgar Kaufmann, Jr. is a hallmark of the world’s most innovative design from a NASA Mars Landing Rover to the most basic personal items used everyday.

In 2009, over 500 cutting-edge products and graphic designs by the world’s most prominent design firms from over 35 nations. were selected and awarded.

Their clients represent some of the world’s most visionary FORTUNE 500 companies: 3M Company, Alessi SpA., Apple Computer, Inc., Assa Abloy AB., Armstrong World Companies, Inc., AT&T., B/E Aerospace, Bang & Olufsen, BMW, AG., Bodum AG., BSH Home Appliance Corporation, The Bosch Group, Canal+, Continental Airlines, Daimler AG., Bombardier Transportation, Dassault Aviation, Decathlon S.A., Dell Inc., Deutsche Post, Electrolux Major Appliances, Dyson Ltd., Festo AG., Fiat Automobiles, SpA., Fisher + Paykel, Fratelli Guzzini SpA., Grundig, Kardon Group, Herman Miller, Inc., Hewlett Packard Company, Hitachi, Indesit Company SpA., Infocus Corp., Intel Corp., Japan Airlines International Co., JCDecaux, Kone Corp., Knoll, Inc., Logitech, Mannington Commercial, Medion AG., Medronic Inc., Melitta, Mercedes-Benz, Microsoft Corporation, Miele & Cie, KG., Moen Incorporated, Motorola Inc., NASA., Nestlè, New Holland Agriculture NA., Olympus Winter + Ibe GmbH., Qantas Airways, Porsche, Rado Watch Co., Ltd., Robert Bosch Tool Corp., Roche Diagnostics, Rockwell Collins, Royal Philips Electronics, Rosenthal AG., Samsung C&T., Samsung Electronics, Sanofi Aventis, SieMatic, Siemens AG., Siemens Gigaset Communications GmbH., Siemens Transportation Systems, GmbH., Steelcase, Sub-Zero, Inc., Corporation, Terraillon France, TNT Holdings B.V., Vestel Electronics Co., Viking Range, Vodafone, Volkswagen AG., Wall AG., Whirlpool Corporation, and hundreds other leading design companies synonymous with GOOD DESIGN.

ISBN: 0-935119-26-4   €50.00 EURO

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GOOD DESIGN YEARBOOK 2008-2009 Edited and Selected by Christian K. Narkiewicz-Laine

Founded in 1950 by Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, GOOD DESIGN™ is the world’s oldest and most prestigious awards program that bestows international recognition upon the world’s most prominent designers and manufacturers for advancing new, visionary, and innovative product and graphic concepts, invention, and originality and for stretching the envelope beyond what is considered basic product and consumer design.

The best and most bold experiments in design today defined by leading-edge design offices in 34 nations are showcased in this catalogue for The Chicago Athenaeum’s program for 2008.  The world’s most prominent FORTUNE 500 Companies worldwide are featured.

Awarded categories include the latest design innovation in electronics, robotics, medical equipment, transportation, furniture public environments, energy systems, textiles, industrial machinery, hardware, tools, accessories, kitchen/appliances, floor covering, bathrooms, tabletop, household products, personal, office products, sports and recreation, children’s products, lighting, branding, packaging, and graphics—anything and everything from the “spoon to the city.”

Featured products and graphics emphasize design innovation, sustainability, creativity, branding, ecologically responsible design, human factors, green design, materials, technology and universal design.

GOOD DESIGN Is the singular international design awards program the entire design and corporate world waits for each year.  GOOD DESIGN says it all today—no more, no less—just as it had in 1950 and continues now for nearly 60 years.  GOOD DESIGN has immediate public recognition for the best new design produced worldwide.

Published in conjunction with The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.