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10-30-2018INNOVATION BY DESIGN

In photos: Celebrating the 2018 Innovation by Design honorees

Industry leaders gathered in New York last week to celebrate the year’s best, boldest design.

[Photo: Daisy Korpics for Fast Company]

BY Co.Design1 minute read

Left to right: Michael Wang, winner of the 2018 Linda Tischler Innovation by Design Award; Hank Tischler, Linda’s husband; Melissa Tischler, Linda’s daughter; and Suzanne LaBarre, Co.Design editor. [Photo: Daisy Korpics for Fast Company]

Left to right: Co.Design editor Suzanne LaBarre and Innovation by Design award winner John Buckley. [Photo: Daisy Korpics for Fast Company]

[Photo: Daisy Korpics for Fast Company]

IBD honoree Rick Peterson of Oz Architecture. [Photo: Daisy Korpics for Fast Company]

IBD winner Chris Arakelian of Wolff Olins. [Photo: Daisy Korpics for Fast Company]

Left to right: Actress Nikki Reed and Fast Company editor in chief Stephanie Mehta. [Photo: Daisy Korpics for Fast Company]

Panelist and IBD juror Jason Chua. Chua also won an IBD award in 2017. [Photo: Daisy Korpics for Fast Company]

Left to right: Panelists Edel Rodriguez and Marcelo Eduardo. [Photo: Daisy Korpics for Fast Company]

[Photo: Daisy Korpics for Fast Company]

[Photo: Daisy Korpics for Fast Company]

[Photo: Daisy Korpics for Fast Company]

[Photo: Daisy Korpics for Fast Company]

[Photo: Daisy Korpics for Fast Company]

One of the honored designs, the Norton Core router by Herbst Produkt. [Photo: Daisy Korpics for Fast Company]

[Photo: Daisy Korpics for Fast Company]

[Photo: Daisy Korpics for Fast Company]

[Photo: Daisy Korpics for Fast Company]

Fast Company celebrated the honorees of the 2018 Innovation by Design Awards at a packed party in New York’s Grand Central Station last week. The evening kicked off with a panel discussion on the future of design and ended with a toast to the competition’s nearly 400 winners, finalists, and honorable mentions.

Left to right: Panelists Jason Chua, Edel Rodriguez, and Marcelo Eduardo. [Photo: Daisy Korpics for Fast Company]

Michael Wang, of the AI healthcare startup Inspiren, received the third annual Linda Tischler Innovation by Design Award, honoring a bold, up-and-coming designer, and partygoers perused a display of some of the year’s top product designs, from a sculptural router to an emoting robot. It was an inspiring look at the state of design today–and where it’s headed next. Click through our slideshow above for more.

[Photo: Daisy Korpics for Fast Company]

Recognize your brand’s excellence by applying to this year’s Brands That Matter Awards before the early-rate deadline, May 3.

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