09-30-20

The best data design of 2020

See all the honorees of the 2020 Innovation by Design Awards in the Data Design category.

By Fast Company1 minute Read

Winner

[Image: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates]

Scout
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
A web platform that visualizes thousands of architectural design options, empowering clients and community members to co-create buildings and neighborhoods

Finalists

[Image: Nature]

150 years of Nature
MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, Nature, Northeastern University

[Image: Salesforce]

Einstein Designer—Powered by Deep Learning UX
Salesforce

[Image: Café.art.br]

EVA—Evidence on Violence and Alternatives for Women and Girls
Café.art.br

[Photo: Pentagram/& Other Stories]

Giorgia Lupi & Other Stories
Pentagram

[Image: Work & Co]

Ikea digital tools
Work & Co

[Image: The New York Times]

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

[Image: Café.art.br]

Organized Crime Index—Africa
Café.art.br

[Image: Tableau Software]

Tableau COVID-19 Data Hub
Tableau Software

Honorable Mentions

[Image: Blackline Safety]

Blackline Industrial Contact Tracing System
Blackline Safety

[Photo: William Jess Laird]

Bode Vault
Microsoft

[Image: Civis Analytics]

Census Intelligence Center
Civis Analytics

[Image: Illumitex]

FarmVision AI
Illumitex

[Image: Café.art.br/Odd.Studio]

IMAPI
Café.art.br and Odd.Studio

[Image: Identv]

The Long Shot (Alcatraz)
Identv

[Image: Stitch Fix]

Shop
Stitch Fix

[Image: MIT]

Singapore Calling
MIT Senseable City Lab

[Image: Walmart]

Smart Substitutions
Walmart

[Image: South China Morning Post]

“Why your smartphone is causing you ‘text neck’ syndrome”
South China Morning Post

[Image: courtesy Conservation International]

Wildlife Insights
Conservation International and Google

Video

Impact

Ben & Jerry’s is cutting the carbon footprint of your ice cream

Premature births have tripled in Ukraine. This nonprofit is donating portable incubators

Thousands of fossil fuel projects are protected by treaties. Canceling them could cost countries billions

News

Why you need to take right-wing comedy seriously

Grindr goes public: What to know about the gay, bi, trans, and queer dating app’s planned SPAC

As crypto crashes, Terra USD wobbles, shaking the foundations of algorithmic stablecoins

Co.Design

I haven’t bought a single piece of furniture this year. Here’s how

A designer and a NASA scientist team up to fight a $244 billion problem that’s hiding in plain sight

How airport security tech could help uncover ancient cave art

Work Life

How Better.com and its CEO left laid-off workers out to dry

We need to stop managing and start leading. Here are 4 ways to be a leader

How to make a great first impression when you onboard for that new job