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My Favorite Design 2024
Good Designs Selected by Researchers
2025.03.07
My Favorite Design is an established GOOD DESIGN AWARD’s regular project. Each judge steps outside their field of expertise and selects an award-winning design which is their personal favorite or caught their eye. In this article, we introduce the designs selected by four of the judges for the 2024 awards, active in research fields such as design, informatics, and preventive medicine, together with their comments.
Kulthida Teachavorasinskun’s Favorite Design
Clothes hanger “cardboard hanger” daikoku corrugated cardboard industrial Co.,Ltd./URSA CO.,LTD.
https://www.g-mark.org/en/gallery/winners/21109Kulthida Teachavorasinskun comments: This item is impressive due to its clever and sustainable design, which uses a mono-material approach that is environmentally friendly and practical. It is highly adaptable thanks to its shape and components which are compatible with various kinds of clothes, reducing the need for multiple hangers. It is fully recyclable, zero-waste guaranteed, and in line with life cycle assessment principles, minimizing environmental impact from production to disposal. It demonstrates a commitment to sustainability while maintaining practicality, and serves as a model of thoughtful design for those in the everyday products and services industry.
Tamotsu Murakami’s Favorite Design
Waste sorting specialized AI “Raptor VISION” PFU Limited
https://www.g-mark.org/en/gallery/winners/26828Tamotsu Murakami comments: In my university lectures, I teach the gradual separation of mixed beverage containers: first, iron is separated out using magnets, then aluminum is separated out from glass and PET plastic using eddy currents, and finally, glass and PET are separated using wind power. As the technology behind this product evolves, it will probably become easier to separate a wider variety of waste into even narrower categories. My lectures teaching this will surely be more interesting.
Dominique Chen’s Favorite Design
Smartphone app “mimimi” The Chugoku Shimbun Co., Ltd./Fenrir Inc.
https://www.g-mark.org/en/gallery/winners/26906Dominique Chen comments: I believe that the value of professional journalism is increasing once again as all kinds of rumors and fake news proliferate on various social media. I feel that “mimimi” has succeeded in realizing a design that effectively appeals to modern people, who have become accustomed to the instantaneous time performance feel of social media, through its excellent visuals and summary flow design.
Yoshiki Ishikawa’s Favorite Design
Clamp-on ultrasonic flowmeters “UC-1” TOKYO KEIKI INC./OVAL Corporation/CMF Design Lab co.,Ltd
https://www.g-mark.org/en/gallery/winners/22292Yoshiki Ishikawa comments: Flow measurement is essential for sustainable infrastructure development. This product is highly commended for its thorough attention to customer feedback and its careful design which seeks to overcome a variety of on-site issues at once, based on a collaboration that transcends company boundaries. I hope that many people will pay attention not only to this product but also to its design process.
About My Favorite Design
In this article, we introduced everything from everyday objects to industrial and public equipment designs from the unique perspectives of researchers. We hope that this has given you a greater sense of the sustainability and innovative nature of these designs, as well as their impact on the society of the future.
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