Hundreds of Designers and Manufactures Awarded Good Design

Hundreds of Designers and Manufactures Awarded Good Design
Thousands of industrial designers and business leaders in industry and manufacturing from around the world - from Istanbul to Singapore - vied in Chicago and New York for the world's oldest and most coveted prize for GOOD DESIGN, which is awarded annually by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design.

Founded in Chicago in 1950 by architects Eero Saarinen, Charles and Ray Eames, and Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., the GOOD DESIGN Awards bestow international recognition upon the world's most prominent designers and manufacturers for advancing new, visionary, and innovative product concepts, invention and originality, and for stretching the envelope beyond what is considered basic product and consumer design.

For 2006, the Museum received a record number of submissions from six continents for everything from a new Boeing 777 interior to a pencil sharpener by the foremost designers and manufacturers from a total of over 30 countries.

The jury selected over 250 products and graphic designs for 2006.