09-30-20

The best design companies of 2020

See all the honorees of Fast Company’s 2020 Innovation by Design Awards in the Design Company of the Year category.

By Fast Company1 minute Read

WINNER

[Photo: Newlab]

A Brooklyn tech hub that has enabled entrepreneurs to develop solutions to urgent public-health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic

FINALISTS

[Image: Adobe]

[Photo: Form Us With Love]

Form Us With Love

[Photo: Logitech]

[Photo: Nike]

[Photo: Sabai]

[Image: Ustwo]

[Image: Walmart]

[Image: Work & Co]

HONORABLE MENTIONS

[Photo: Adidas]

[Photo: Rasmus Hjortshoj]

Bjarke Ingels Group

[Photo: Bould]

[Image: Branch Creative]

Branch Creative

[Image: Code and Theory]

Code and Theory

[Photo: Dyson]

[Image: Figma]

[Photo: Ginkgo Bioworks]

Ginkgo Bioworks

[Photo: Google]

[Photo: JGMA]

JGMA

[Image: Layer]

[Photo: Levi’s]

[Photos: NADAAA]

[Photo: Procter & Gamble]

Procter & Gamble

[Images: Square Inc.]

[Photo: Sweetgreen]

Video

Impact

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News

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Co.Design

U.S. election maps are wildly misleading, so this designer fixed them

Routers are black boxes in every way. This redesign makes them a sculptural centerpiece

The Gap’s hopelessly naive hoodie GIF is the Kendall Jenner Pepsi moment of the 2020 election

Work Life

I work in the speaking industry. Here’s why a refreshing viewpoint is everything

How to carve out ‘me time’ when work never seems to end

Why serendipitous interactions in the office made us feel productive