09-30-20

The most innovative wellness projects of 2020

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

By Fast Company1 minute Read

Winner

[Photo: Overland Partners]

ChildSafe Harvey E. Najim Children and Family Center
Overland Partners
A trauma care center for abused children in San Antonio that highlights the restorative power of nature, with ample views of the outdoors, natural materials, and a healing garden

Finalists

[Photo: Designtex]

Celliant upholstery
Designtex

[Image: Stanford]

Compassionate search: Bringing mental health treatments to Pinterest
Pinterest and experts from Brainstorm: The Stanford Lab for Mental Health Innovation

[Image: Work & Co]

Daily Harvest app
Work & Co

[Photo: Fuseproject]

ElliQ
Fuseproject, Intuition Robotics

[Photo: Open Source Respirator]

Model M1
Open Source Respirator

[Photo: Tempo]

Tempo Studio
Tempo

[Photo: Crave]

Vesper Touch & Tease
Crave

Honorable Mentions

[Photo: Bearaby]

Bearaby Tree Napper
Bearaby

[Photo: Beautycounter]

The Clean Deo
Beautycounter

[Photo: Astro Studios]

Colgate Plaqless Pro Toothbrush
Astro Studios

[Photo: Fuseproject]

Dreem
Fuseproject

[Image: Hims & Hers]

Mental Health for All online support groups
Hims & Hers

[Photo: EPFL+ECAL Lab]

Ming Shan Digital Experience
EPFL+ECAL Lab

[Photo: Lola]

Redesigned Pads
Lola

[Photo: Chowbotics]

Sally the Robot 2.0
Chowbotics

[Image: Seed]

@SeedUniversity
Seed

[Photo: Reaktor]

Suunto 7 smartwatch design language
Reaktor

[Image: Josephmark]

Wheel of Foreplay
Josephmark

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