09-30-20

The best product design of 2020

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

By Fast Company1 minute Read

Winner

[Photo: Logitech]

Logitech G Adaptive Gaming Kit
Logitech
A $100 kit, featuring an array of buttons and triggers, to enable more than 46 million people with disabilities to play video games

Finalists

[Photo: Form Us With Love]

Forgo
Form Us With Love

[Photo: Google]

Google Nest Mini
Google

[Photo: Embodied]

Moxie
Embodied

[Photo: Nike]

Nike Air Zoom Alphafly Next%
Nike

[Photo: Sarcos Robotics]

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

[Photo: Cybex]

Sirona S
Cybex

[Photo: VanMoof]

VanMoof S3 & X3
VanMoof

[Photo: Minimal]

Winston Privacy
Minimal

[Photo: Pentagram]

Yoto Player
Pentagram

Honorable Mentions

[Photo: Analogue]

Analogue Pocket
Analogue

[Photo: Branch Creative]

Athena Club
Branch Creative

[Photo: August Home]

August Wi-Fi Smart Lock
August Home

[Photo: Clip]

Clip
Clip

[Photo: Converse]

Converse Renew
Converse

[Photo: Designtex]

Designtex Celliant upholstery
Designtex

[Photo: Doro]

Doro Eliza
McKinsey Design and Doro

[Photo: Samsung]

Galaxy Z Flip
Samsung Electronics America

[Photo: Google]

Google Pixelbook Go
Google

[Photo: Leica]

Leica M10-P “Ghost Edition” for Hodinkee
Hodinkee

[Photo: Lenovo]

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold
Lenovo

[Photo: Belkin]

Linksys Wellness Pods
Belkin International

[Photo: Magic Leap]

Magic Leap 1
Magic Leap

[Photo: Hem]

Max Table by Max Lamb for Hem
Hem Design Studio

[Photo: Oxo]

Oxo Brew Compact Cold Brew Coffee Maker
Oxo

[Photo: Philips]

Philips Hue Smart Button
Signify

[Photo: Roland]

Roland GPX-F1 Facet Grand Piano
Roland Corporation

[Photo: 3M]

Scotch Flex & Seal Shipping Roll
3M

[Photo: HTC]

Vive Cosmos Series
HTC Corporation

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