“Focused Issues,” the small steps leading to design’s future, is now on display until May 6!

“Focused Issues,” the small steps leading to design’s future, is now on display until May 6!

A “wave” of design became visible through the screening for the 2024 GOOD DESIGN AWARDS. And now, the exhibition “A Small Step, Design Leaps – GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2024 Focused Issues,” packed with many hints to connect this “wave” to the future, is being held at the Tokyo Midtown Design Hub! We also introduce the event held in collaboration between the Screening Perspectives Seminar and Focused Issues on Wednesday, April 9.

2025.04.25

The potential of designers as “modern-day activists”: reflections on the GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2024 by Naoki Ota, Yutaka Nakamura, and Aki Hayashi

The potential of designers as “modern-day activists”: reflections on the GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2024 by Naoki Ota, Yutaka Nakamura, and Aki Hayashi

GOOD DESIGN AWARD Focused Issues will capture the design “wave” behind the award-winning works and set a theme every year, with the vision of being a “think tank for design.” In the 2024 fiscal year, the report “Focused Issues 2024: A Small Step, Design Leaps” was published as a proposal after a process of several screenings. Three Focused Issues researchers who followed the screening process and developed this proposal from an external standpoint of “not being” judges for the award summarized the Focused Issues for FY2024 and looked ahead to the future.

2025.5.30