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

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News

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Co.Design

This Oreo ad is a hopelessly baby-brained salute to civility before a contentious election

The fascinating history of luxury design, from hedgehog vases to Chanel bags

What will it take for Americans to ditch their obsession with single-family homes?

Work Life

How Trump’s executive order threatens anti-racist workplace trainings

Election Day needs to be a federal holiday because it’s good for business

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