Japan Institute of Design Promotion is proud to announce the result of the Good Design Grand Award, Gold Award, and Special Award for the year 2019. 

The GOOD DESIGN GRAND AWARD, deemed the design of the year 2019, was chosen from 5 candidates selected as finalists. Through the finalist presentation and voting by the Judges, winners, and visitors for Good Design Exhibition ad Tokyo Midtown, Diagnostic Kit [Rapid Diagnostic Kit for Tuberculosis] won the Good Design Grand Award.

Diagnostic Kit [Rapid Diagnostic Kit for Tuberculosis]

OUTLINE:

As many as 1.6 million people die of tuberculosis each year globally, and it is the number one cause of death for HIV positive patients. This product is a tuberculosis diagnosis kit that makes possible diagnosing people, such as HIV positive patients, who have a high possibility of tuberculosis infection. By applying silver amplification techniques used for developing photographs, the existence of tuberculosis bacteria within sparse components in urine is determined, which leads to making early treatment possible. A simple and accurate examination that does not employ a power source or apparatus was realized.

For more detail, please visit the Good Design Award website.