The best design of 2021 from companies with established excellence

Winner

Grow
Studio Roosegaarde
A lighting display that encourages innovation in agriculture by showing how light design can help plants grow

Finalists

Hospital at Home
Huma

Honorable Mentions

InVision Enterprise
InVision

The Osage Nation—Membership Services Portal and Design System
Theorem

The Atlanta Opera Digital Engagement
Change Logic

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