09-30-20

The most innovative designs of 2020

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

By Fast Company1 minute Read

Winner

[Image: The New York Times]

New York Times COVID-19 front pages
The New York Times

A nontraditional front-page layout using graphics to spotlight the unprecedented scale and horror of the COVID-19 pandemic

Finalists

[Image: Ammunition]

Ammunition x Gantri
Ammunition

[Photo: Clove]

Clove
Clove

[Photo: Google]

Google Maps Live View
Google

[Photo: Google]

Google Nest Mini
Google

[Photo: Guide Beauty]

Guide Beauty
Guide Beauty

[Image: Work & Co]

Ikea digital tools
Work & Co

[Image: Emojination]

Interracial Couple Emoji
Emojination

[Image: Logitech]

Logitech G Adaptive Gaming Kit
Logitech

[Photo: Nike]

Nike Air Zoom Alphafly Next%
Nike

[Photo: 3M]

Scotch Flex & Seal Shipping Roll
3M

[Photo: courtesy Newlab]

Spiro Wave
Spiro Devices

[Photo: MIT Media Lab]

Totems
MIT Media Lab, Mediated Matter Group

Honorable Mentions

[Image: Swing Left]

Blueprint
Swing Left

[Photo: HKS]

COVID-19 Conversions
HKS

[Photo: Chris Cooper]

The David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Perkins Eastman Architects, Ennead Architects, Icrave

[Photo: Vollebak/Sun Lee]

Deep Sleep Cocoon
Vollebak

[Image: Disney]

Disney+
The Walt Disney Company

[Image: Salesforce]

Einstein Designer—Powered by Deep Learning UX
Salesforce

[Photos: Samsung]

Galaxy Z Flip
Samsung Electronics America

[Photo: Pentagram/& Other Stories]

Giorgia Lupi & Other Stories
Pentagram

[Image: Collective Health]

Guide, a new product in My Collective app
Collective Health

[Image: Work & Co]

Help Supply
Work & Co

[Image: Municipality of Anchorage i-team]

LaAnchoria 3D Printed N95 Alternative Mask
Municipality of Anchorage i-team

[Image: Light]

Light Phone II
Light

[Photo: Magic Leap]

Magic Leap 1
Magic Leap

[Image: Microsoft]

Minecraft Earth
Microsoft, Mojang Studios

[Image: Pentagram]

ReInc
Pentagram

[Image: Sarcos Robotics]

Sarcos Guardian XO Full-Body, Powered Industrial Exoskeleton
Sarcos Robotics

[Image: Institute for Computational Design and Construction]

Self-Shaping Wood—the Urbach Tower
University of Stuttgart, Empa, ETH Zurich, and Blumer-Lehmann AG

[Image: Scanwell Health]

Smartphone-enabled, at-home test for COVID-19 antibodies
Scanwell Health

[Image: Tempo]

Tempo Studio
Tempo

[Image: MIT Media Lab]

Venous Materials
MIT Media Lab, Tangible Media Group

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