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09-09-19
innovation by design

The most innovative workplace design of 2019

See all the honorees of the 2019 Innovation by Design Awards in the Workplace category.

By Suzanne LaBarre1 minute Read

Check out all of our 2019 Innovation by Design winners and honorees here, and read more coverage of the winning designs here.

Winner

[Photo: courtesy Gensler]

Shaw Create Centre
Gensler

Finalists

[Photo: courtesy Haworth]

Digital knits
Haworth

[Photo: courtesy ZFG Architects]

Google Spruce Goose
ZGF Architects

[Photo: courtesy Bohlin Cywinski Jackson]

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

[Photo: courtesy Nendo]

Kojimachi Terrace
Nendo

[Image: courtesy SkB Architects]

Microsoft’s Design Language for Place
SkB Architects, Microsoft

[Photo: courtesy Studio O+A]

Slack headquarters
Studio O+A

[Photo: courtesy Barber Osgerby]

Soft Work
Barber & Osgerby

[Photo: courtesy WeWork]

WeWork Galaxy
Bengaluru WeWork

Honorable Mentions

[Photo: courtesy ZGF Architects]

Expensify Portland office
ZGF Architects

[Photo: courtesy Scout Lab]

Happy Tools
Automattic, Scout Lab

[Photo: courtesy Ms]

Hojo Sanci
Schemata Architects

[Photo: courtesy Diligent Robotics]

Moxi
Diligent Robotics

[Photo: Bruce Damonte/courtesy IwamotoScott Architecture/Brereton Architects]

Pinterest HQ2
IwamotoScott Architecture, Brereton Architects, UrbanWorks

[Photo: courtesy Room]

Room Phone Booth
Room

[Photo: courtesy Mark Cavagnero Associates]

SFO Consolidated Administration Campus
Mark Cavagnero Associates and Perkins + Will

[Photo: courtesy Steelcase]

Silq
Steelcase

[Photo: courtesy Space10]

Space10 redesign
Space10, Spacon & X

[Photo: courtesy Scott Hargis]

Swing
Pair

[Photo: courtesy Tilit NYC]

Utility Jumpsuit
Tilit NYC

[Photo: courtesy The Wing]

The Wing
The Wing

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