Design is everywhere, and it has a ubiquitous presence in our lives. From the cars we drive to the clothes we wear, everything we interact with has been designed in some way or another.

Good Design Is Not About Functionality or Beauty. It’s Both and More. Don’t let design take a backseat–it’s the one thing that can steer your business to new heights.

Good design chases more than clicks. It’s mindful of potential impact –whether economic, social, cultural, or environmental–and it’s mindful of that impact over time.

Good designs seldom stay good for very long if they must navigate a gauntlet of corporate approval. That’s because the design process is as much reductive as anything else–figuring what can be ...

Investing in design makes a fundamental difference in the performance of a company, a new study by consulting firm McKinsey has found. The study looked at the design capabilities of 300 publicly ...

In 1958, the American radical sociologist C. Wright Mills was invited to address the International Design Conference, in Aspen. The lecture he gave, “Man in the Middle: The Designer ...

When RECORD first launched the Good Design is Good Business Awards in 1997, attitudes toward the impact of design on profit were changing. According to the editors at the time, corporations and ...

Good Design Award winners' comments. In an age when efficiency and convenience are demanded in various aspects, we created this facility because we believe that the elderly need a place where they ...