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Good Product Design is a title given to entries participating in the A' Design Award & Competition that comply with the "Good Product Design" criteria of A' Design Award & Competition, there is not a single category called "Good Product Design Award" however entries from several design award categories as listed in this page could be eligible for the title.

Good Product Design
Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) are products that are sold quickly and at relatively low cost due to their nature as being non-durable, fast-consumable mass market retail products which are generally replaced or fully used up over a short period of days, weeks, or months, and within one year. This contrasts with durable goods or major appliances which are generally replaced over a period of several years.

Due to high consumer demand, short shelf life and because these products deteriorate rapidly, these retail products have high turnover rates which make their product life-cycle and especially economic and social impacts more relevant and important to society than other durable industrial products. In addition, since some of these products are directly consumed by people, health and other issues become of more relevance.

A good product design must therefore be socially responsive; a socially responsible good product results in the least amount of negative impact to society, “before, after and during use”. Good product design is possible by designing the products in a way that they do not have post-usage impacts i.e. they must be re-fillable (re-use of package, decrease of waste), easily disposable (bio-degradable, non-toxic waste), recyclable (re-use of materials) when possible.

Good products, in addition to minimizing social impact after their consumption, must minimize social impact during their production and before their consumption; this is possible through improving the economic efficiency of manufacturing process through design engineering; i.e. by designing the products in a way to use less materials and be more natural resource friendly (reduce). Furthermore, products must save space and be easy and safe to transport, thus the design of packaging and prepackaging becomes equally important.

Good Product Design Award
The “Good Product Design Award” winner title is granted to A’ Design Award winning Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) that make use of the reduce, reuse and recycle principles to a higher extend. For products to be eligible for the “Good Design Product” award consideration, they must include a detailed presentation about the reuse, reduce and recycle aspects. Blue and Green Good Design Marks for Social Responsibility and Sustainability can be used by the “Good Product Design Award” winners.

Product Design Award Categories:

18.	FOOD, BEVERAGE AND CULINARY ARTS DESIGN Design for Food, Design with Food, Food Servings and Design of Culinary Objects and More.		47.	PET SUPPLIES AND PRODUCTS FOR ANIMALS DESIGN Pet Accessories, Grooming Supplies, Cages, Aquarium Supplies and More.
44.	BEAUTY, PERSONAL CARE AND COSMETIC PRODUCTS DESIGN Make-up Cosmetics, Skin Care Products, Beauty Products, Masks, Creams and More.		98.	DISPOSABLE AND SINGLE USE PRODUCTS Single-use Objects, Disposable Products, One-Time Use Tools and Devices and More.
45.	CHEMICAL PRODUCTS AND CONSUMABLES DESIGN Detergents, Soaps, Fuel Additives, Dishwashing Liquids and More.

Click on a category name above to discover more details and see previous Product Design Award laureates, or view top and recent Product Design Award Winners (all categories).

Also See
• Good Industrial Design Award
• Good Architecture Design Award
• Good Product Design Award
• Good Communication Design Award
• Good Service Design Award
• Good Fashion Design Award