kyo (Japan) - The Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization (JIDPO),
known globally as the organiser of the Good Design Award has restructured as a
public interest incorporated foundation and rebranded as the Japan Institute of
Design Promotion (JDP). The shift in strategic focus was approved by the Prime
Minister and became effective 1 June 2011, marking JDP's fresh start as the sole
comprehensive design promotion center in Japan.
Mr. Kazumasa Nagai, one of the most influential designers in Japan, has been
inaugurated as JDP's first chairman.
JDP will execute global design promotion through projects such as the Good
Design Award. It will launch new activities to create new designs from public
service point of view. Furthermore, recognising that supporting revival from the
unprecedented disaster is the main role, JDP has established the "Reconstruction
Support Design Center," to wrestle with this difficult problem in alliance with
the ministry, other design organisations and companies.
New Denomination: Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP)
Previous Denomination: Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization
(JIDPO)
Address: 5th Floor, Midtown Tower, 9-7-1 Akasaka, Minato-ku Tokyo,
107-6205
Chairman : Kazumasa Nagai
Objective: Contribution to the further promotion of industrial activities,
cultural improvement of the daily life and wholesome development of society
through the encouragement of the design.
Councillors and Directors
Councillors
Shintaro Ishijima - President, Advanced Institute of Industrial
Technology
Tsugio Ide - Professor, Nihon University Graduate School of Business
Yoshie Inaba - Dress Designer
Hiroshi Naito - President, Naito Architect & Associates
Shuji Miyazaki - Executive (taking charge of management research), TOHO
GAS Ltd.
Keiichi Matsuo - President, Hakusan Porcelain Co., Ltd
Executive Directors
Toyoyuki Uematsu - Professor, Tohoku University of Art and Design
Leimei Julia Chiu - Professor, Musashino Art University
Maki Kunohe - Executive Director, Aomori Prefectural Tourism Federation
Kazuo Tanaka - President, GK Design Group
Fumikazu Masuda - Professor, Tokyo Zokei University
Shuichi Misono - President, Tecno Art Research Co., Ltd.
Akiko Moriyama - Professor, Musashino Art University
Yukimitsu Watabe - President, Watabe Accountant Office
Hiromichi Hirano - President, Hiromichi Hirano Tax Accountant Office
Kazunori Iizuka - Japan Institute of Design Promotion
Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer
Shiro Aoki - Japan Institute of Design Promotion
Masayoshi Abe - Japan Institute of Design Promotion
New visual identity
Logo designed by: Masaaki Hiromura
Original mark designed by: Yusaku Kamekura
The original mark was designed based on the poster created by Yusaku Kamekura
in commemoration of the World Industrial Design Conference held in Kyoto in
1973. The logo symbolises the pattern of waves and it is inherited from its
predecessor, JIDPO.
Profile of Mr. Kazumasa Nagai, Chairman
Born in 1929 in Osaka. Left Tokyo University of the Arts, department of
sculpture. Joined to establish Japan Design Center in 1960 and is currently
supreme counsel. Symbol of Winter Olympic game held in Sapporo in 1972 and
International Ocean Exposition held in Okinawa in 1975 is masterpiece.
Good Design Award
Good Design Award is a comprehensive program for the evaluation and
encouragement of design. This award system was originally established in 1957
and, since 1998, has been executed by Japan Industrial Design Promotion
Organization (JIDPO) as organizer and given to approximately 37 000
outstanding designs all over the world.
Launched on 1 June 2011, "Design News" is a new media to promote information
regarding design from inside and outside Japan and to play a role as the archive
of Japanese design.
Tokyo Midtown Design Hub
The design networking stronghold to connect people, business, knowledge, etc.
thorough design. It was established in April 2007 and functions as a space for
exhibition, seminars and workshop.
Reconstruction Support Design Center
As of 1 June 1 2011, the Center will focus on projects supporting the
reconstruction of the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake disaster area that:
known globally as the organiser of the Good Design Award has restructured as a
public interest incorporated foundation and rebranded as the Japan Institute of
Design Promotion (JDP). The shift in strategic focus was approved by the Prime
Minister and became effective 1 June 2011, marking JDP's fresh start as the sole
comprehensive design promotion center in Japan.
Mr. Kazumasa Nagai, one of the most influential designers in Japan, has been
inaugurated as JDP's first chairman.
JDP will execute global design promotion through projects such as the Good
Design Award. It will launch new activities to create new designs from public
service point of view. Furthermore, recognising that supporting revival from the
unprecedented disaster is the main role, JDP has established the "Reconstruction
Support Design Center," to wrestle with this difficult problem in alliance with
the ministry, other design organisations and companies.
New Denomination: Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP)
Previous Denomination: Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization
(JIDPO)
Address: 5th Floor, Midtown Tower, 9-7-1 Akasaka, Minato-ku Tokyo,
107-6205
Chairman : Kazumasa Nagai
Objective: Contribution to the further promotion of industrial activities,
cultural improvement of the daily life and wholesome development of society
through the encouragement of the design.
Councillors and Directors
Councillors
Shintaro Ishijima - President, Advanced Institute of Industrial
Technology
Tsugio Ide - Professor, Nihon University Graduate School of Business
Yoshie Inaba - Dress Designer
Hiroshi Naito - President, Naito Architect & Associates
Shuji Miyazaki - Executive (taking charge of management research), TOHO
GAS Ltd.
Keiichi Matsuo - President, Hakusan Porcelain Co., Ltd
Executive Directors
Toyoyuki Uematsu - Professor, Tohoku University of Art and Design
Leimei Julia Chiu - Professor, Musashino Art University
Maki Kunohe - Executive Director, Aomori Prefectural Tourism Federation
Kazuo Tanaka - President, GK Design Group
Fumikazu Masuda - Professor, Tokyo Zokei University
Shuichi Misono - President, Tecno Art Research Co., Ltd.
Akiko Moriyama - Professor, Musashino Art University
Yukimitsu Watabe - President, Watabe Accountant Office
Hiromichi Hirano - President, Hiromichi Hirano Tax Accountant Office
Kazunori Iizuka - Japan Institute of Design Promotion
Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer
Shiro Aoki - Japan Institute of Design Promotion
Masayoshi Abe - Japan Institute of Design Promotion
New visual identity
Logo designed by: Masaaki Hiromura
Original mark designed by: Yusaku Kamekura
The original mark was designed based on the poster created by Yusaku Kamekura
in commemoration of the World Industrial Design Conference held in Kyoto in
1973. The logo symbolises the pattern of waves and it is inherited from its
predecessor, JIDPO.
Profile of Mr. Kazumasa Nagai, Chairman
Born in 1929 in Osaka. Left Tokyo University of the Arts, department of
sculpture. Joined to establish Japan Design Center in 1960 and is currently
supreme counsel. Symbol of Winter Olympic game held in Sapporo in 1972 and
International Ocean Exposition held in Okinawa in 1975 is masterpiece.
Good Design Award
Good Design Award is a comprehensive program for the evaluation and
encouragement of design. This award system was originally established in 1957
and, since 1998, has been executed by Japan Industrial Design Promotion
Organization (JIDPO) as organizer and given to approximately 37 000
outstanding designs all over the world.
Launched on 1 June 2011, "Design News" is a new media to promote information
regarding design from inside and outside Japan and to play a role as the archive
of Japanese design.
Tokyo Midtown Design Hub
The design networking stronghold to connect people, business, knowledge, etc.
thorough design. It was established in April 2007 and functions as a space for
exhibition, seminars and workshop.
Reconstruction Support Design Center
As of 1 June 1 2011, the Center will focus on projects supporting the
reconstruction of the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake disaster area that:
