| 1946 |
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo (Sony) established. |
| 1951 |
Design consultants brought in. |
| 1954 |
Employment of designers began. |
| 1958 |
Good Design Award given for the first time to Sony for its TR-610 radio. |
| 1961 |
Design Group established.
Received the Mainichi Sangyo Design Award. |
| 1968 |
First design center in the United States established in New York. |
| 1977 |
Sony's ICF-7500 radio received the Good Design Award, 20th Anniversary Prize of Minister of Ministry of International Trade and Industry. |
| 1980 |
First design center in Europe established in Stuttgart. |
| 1981 |
Sony International Logotype Contest held. |
| 1982 |
Sony Design Exhibition held at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. |
| 1989 |
Sony's video camera CCD-TR55 Handycam received the Good Design Award, Grand Prize.
Sony International Student Design Competition held. |
| 1990 |
TDN (Tokyo Design Network) inaugurated with Sony becoming a member. |
| 1991 |
Design Center established in London. |
| 1993 |
Design Center established in Singapore.
"Sony Design" (Asahi Sonorama Ltd.) published. |
| 1997 |
Design Room reorganized and changed to Creative Center. |
| 1998 |
Sony Digital Design Corporation established. |
| 1999 |
Sony's AIBO ERS-111 entertainment robot received the Good Design Award, Grand Prize.
"Digital Dream" (AXIS) published. |
| 2000 |
Received the red dot Design Team of the Year Award.
AXIS Sony Design Prototype Exhibition held. |
| 2001 |
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Creative Design Center established.
Participated in the Internet Fair 2001 Japan. |
| 2002 |
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Corporate Design Center established. |
| 2005 |
Design Center established in Los Angeles.
Shanghai Creative Center established. |
