Mainichi Design Prize

{{Short description|Japanese award for outstanding design}}

The {{nihongo|Mainichi Design Prize|毎日デザイン賞|Mainichi Dezain Shō}}, originally the New Japan Design Competition, is an annual award given to outstanding Japanese designers. The award, founded in 1952, is sponsored by Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shimbun.{{cite web |last= |first= |author= |author-link= |editor= |title=Mainichi Design Prize |url=http://www.answers.com/topic/mainichi-design-prize |access-date=2007-12-19 |edition= |date= |year=|publisher=Oxford University Press|website=Answers.com |volume= |location= |id= |doi= |pages= |quote= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140806230722/http://www.answers.com/topic/mainichi-design-prize|archive-date=6 August 2014}} It is considered Japan's most prestigious award for design.