One of the annually presented GOOD DESIGN Awards for 2010 has gone to the MINI Countryman. The award has been around since 1950 and is presented by the Chicago Athenaeum and the European Centre for Architecture, Art Design and Urban Studies. According to
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The selection of award winners is based on the criteria of function and aesthetic as originally laid down by architects Saarinen and Eames, and is complemented by an environmental stipulation for sustainable design, in keeping with the times. In 2010, an independent jury of design experts and architects made their selection from a record number of submissions from 37 different nations, and picked out more than 500 product and graphic designs to receive the GOOD DESIGN Award.
