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Indonesian Trade Ministry holds Good Design Indonesia-GDI for the 2nd time. This event is an award of the best product designedin Indonesia. The event is aimed to introduce domestic products that have added value through the development of design, as to encouraging the performance of Indonesia's non-oil exports to the world market. Director General of National Export Development Arlinda explained, in the GDI this year, the Trade Ministry is in cooperation with Japan Institute of Design Promotion as the organizer of a G-Mark design competition in Japan that has been running since 1957. Through thecooperation, the GDI winners have opportunity to go straightly in the G-Mark competition Phase II. The Good Design Indonesia 2018 is supported by Japan External Trade Organization. At the launch of Good Design Indonesia 2018 at the Ministry of Trade in Jakarta on Monday(23/4), Arlinda said that this activity is expected to motivate and encourage business actors to develop design-based products, so that Indonesian products can be export-oriented especially to Japan.

“Our target for Good Design is actually clear. We want to participate in G-Mark. G-Mark is a design event where almost all the world's designs are competed in it. If we are allow to get into the G-Mark market, or the Japanese market, this is a very good thing for us,” Arlinda said.

Arlinda further explained that the Good Design Indonesia 2018 event is open to all business actors and designers, who produce their designed-products in Indonesia, and marketed in Indonesia. GDI 2018 is opened since April 17, 2018 to May 15, 2018. There are six categories of products, namely furniture and home decoration, home appliances, lifestyle and accessories, packaging and graphic design, as well as transportation and electronics. The winners of GDI Award will be givenopportunity for product promotion by the Ministry of Commerce. In addition, the winners have the opportunity to perform in exhibitions of national and international products and gain recognition by using the GDI logo. The GDI event was firstly held in 2017. The GDI activities adapted the concept of Good Design Award in Japan. (VOI/Sekar/Edt.N)