09-30-20

The best experimental design projects of 2020

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

By Fast Company1 minute Read

Winner

[Photo: courtesy MIT]

Illusory Material: 3D Printed Optical Textiles
Jiani Zeng, Honghao Deng, and MIT
A method for designing and 3D printing objects with dynamic color, texture, and reflectivity

Finalists

[Photo: courtesy University of Chicago]

Bracelet of Silence
University of Chicago, Department of Computer Science

[Photo: Adidas]

Futurecraft.Loop Generation 2
Adidas

[Photo: courtesy Matternet]

Matternet Station
Matternet

[Photo: courtesy Institute for Computational Design and Construction]

Self-Shaping Wood—the Urbach Tower
Institute for Computational Design and Construction

[Photo: MIT Media Lab]

Silk II
The Mediated Matter Group, MIT Media Lab

[Photo: MIT Media Lab]

Totems
MIT Media Lab, Mediated Matter Group

[Photo: MIT Media Lab]

Venous Materials
MIT Media Lab, Tangible Media Group

Honorable Mentions

[Image: courtesy Manyone]

The Aeroslider
Manyone

[Photo: Philips]

AR UI for the Azurion Interventional Room
Philips Experience Design and Microsoft

[Photo: Brendan Austin/courtesy Space10]

Bee Home
Space10

[Photo: Mirrored Media]

BMW IconicSounds Electric
Mirrored Media

[Photo: Special Projects]

Envelope
Special Projects

[Photo: University of Auckland]

Lemo
Shi Yilei, Haimo Zhang, Suranga Nanayakkara, Augmented Human Lab, University of Auckland

[Photo: Marimekko]

Marimekko and Spinnova printed-clothing collaboration
Marimekko and Spinnova

[Image: HDR]

Regenerative Design Framework
HDR

[Photo: courtesy SOM]

Stereoform Slab
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

[Photo: Carnegie Mellon University]

SurfaceSight
Future Interfaces Group, Carnegie Mellon University

[Photo: Zoan]

Virtual Concert
Zoan

[Photo: Carnegie Mellon University]

WorldGaze
Future Interfaces Group, Carnegie Mellon University

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