Good Design Award (Chicago Athenaeum)

The Good Design Awards for industrial design are awarded annually in various categories by the non-profit organization Chicago Athenaeum since 1996. All products and graphics submitted must be designed, in production or manufactured for at least two years before the contest title year. In 2012, more than 700 of these awards were awarded.

History

The annual Good Design Awards are organized by Christian Narkiewicz-Laine, Museum President and CEO of The Chicago Athenaeum. Since 1992, the Chicago Athenaeum has filed a number of trademarks for the typed phrase ″Good Design″ and for the same phrase in a white circle superimposed on a black square. Most of the trademarks have expired.[1] One trademark is still registered to the Chicago Athenaeum in Galena, IL.[2]

In 2009, the Green Good Design Awards began providing for a more environment-oriented type of selection of products, organizations and people. For instance, the Kingdom of Sweden and the Architect Stefan Behnisch were awarded.[3] This new award system will follow onto 2010 and beyond. [note 1]

Some categories of entries

References
  1. Unites States Patent and Trademark Office, TM Search:
    • Word Mark GOOD DESIGN, claiming first commercial use in 1991, Serial Number 78630769, Filing Date May 16, 2005. (Abandoned)
    • Word Mark GOOD DESIGN, claiming first commercial use in 1991, Serial Number 74343585, Filing Date December 28, 1992. (Cancelled)
    • Word Mark GOOD DESIGN, claiming first commercial use in 1995, Serial Number 76150321, Filing Date October 20, 2000. (Cancelled)
  2. Unites States Patent and Trademark Office, TM Search:
    • Word Mark GOOD DESIGN, claiming first commercial use in 1995, Serial Number 85043009, Filing Date May 19, 2010.
  3. European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies, June 1, 2009

Notes
  1. 2010 Green Good Design Awards Call for Entries, Interior Design, Oct. 14, 2009
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