09.09.19
innovation by design

2019’s most innovative designs in the Asia-Pacific region

See all the honorees of the 2019 Innovation by Design Awards in the Best Design Asia-Pacific 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: Takumi Ota/courtesy Nendo]

Kojimachi terrace
Nendo

Finalists

[Photo: courtesy ThoughtFull]

Airbow Framer
ThoughtFull, Global Force IP Limited

[Photo: ChewIt]

ChewIt
Pablo Gallego, Denys Matthies, Suranga Nanayakkara, University of Auckland

[Photo: Akihiro Yoshida/Nendo]

Denqul
Nendo, Sugita Ace

[Image: courtesy Spark]

Kupu
Spark, Te Aka Māori Dictionary, Google

Honorable Mentions

[Photo: Akihiro Yoshida/Nendo]

Air Lids
Nendo, Daikin

[Photo: Iwan Baan/courtesy Mecanoo]

National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts
Mecanoo

[Photo: Takumi Ota/courtesy Nendo]

Prime News for Fuji Television
Nendo

[Photo: Wu Qingshan/courtesy OPEN Architecture]

Tank Shanghai
Open Architecture

[Photo: Up]

Up digital bank
Up

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