This is the first international design event to take place in St. Etienne, France. The event will bring together over 500 works from 35 countries. To promote Japanese design at this global event, we will present 88 leading Japanese designs (including the G Mark award winners) from 25 companies, including major household appliance corporations like Sony, Minolta, Fujitsu, Sharp, Seiko-Epson, Nikon, Matsushita, Brother and Canon.