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]

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