Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, (respectively, born October 29, 1956, Mito, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan; born February 7, 1966, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan), Japanese architects who, as founding partners of the firm SANAA (Sejima and Nishizawa and Associates), designed structures that were admired for their refined simplicity, spatial fluidity, and thoughtful integration into their surroundings. In 2010 they were awarded the Pritzker Prize, becoming only the second partnership to be so honoured. (The first was Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron in 2001.) Sejima earned a master’s degree in architecture in 1981 from Japan Women’s University. After apprenticing with architect Toyo Ito,
Sponsored by the Japanese Institute of Design Promotion, the annual Good Design Award highlights products and facilities that feature excellent design, with each award determined by a comprehensive evaluation. As one judge noted, the AccurioLabel 400 ‘is a wonderful product with excellent accessibility that does not require specialized skills by automating operations.