Innovation by Design Awards 2016 | Fast Company

Winner

littleBits Pop-up Shop

Daily Tous Les Jours, Studio Pilote, SSSVLL

Finalist

Bloomberg Tech Hub San Francisco

Obscura Digital, Charles M. Salter Associates, Novo Construction, Plant Architectural Woodwork, Amit Wadwha & Associates, MG West, Volume, Holmes Culley

Creation Lab

Pantera & Co.

Harry's Newsstand at Grand Central

Moxy Hotels Brand

Pavilion EH&I

Emilio Expo

Revolution Precrafted

SelgasCano, J. MAYER H., Gluckman Tang Architects, Campana Brothers, Marmol Radziner

The Everlane Showroom

Everlane

The New Stand

Tru by Hilton

WANT Les Essentiels West 4th

Warby Parker Annex

The Lawrence Group

WorkLife Room

Target Open House

See Credits

Creators: Target Team: Casey Carl, Chief Innovation Officer; Todd Waterbury, Chief Creative Officer; Greg Nations Senior Group Manager, Target Creative - Digital + Interactive; Molly Dorgan, Senior Design Lead, Store Planning; Patricia Adler, Experience Design Manager; Adam Laskowitz, Senior User Experience Architect; Local Projects Team: Jake Barton, Principal; Marijana Wotton, Project Manager; Nathan Adkisson, Director of Strategy; Paul Hoppe, Senior Art Director; John Ryan, Interaction Designer; Nico Guillin, Architect; Nima Vakili, Physical Designer; Matt Felsen, Creative Technologist; Sundar Raman, Director of Creative Technology; Charles DiMaggio, Creative Technologist; Alex Marse, Creative Technologist

Honorable Mention

Air Max Day Installation

Bulgari, London

McDonald Architects, Metis Lighting, Adrian Cox Associates, Qubiloto, Damiani Marmi

Capital One Pavilion

Gilbane Building Company, Archidata Acoustical, Cerami & Associates Inc., Jacobs Doland Beer, Lighting Workshop, Milrose Consultants, Inc., Space Matrix Design Consultants Ltd., Syska Hennessy Group, Turner Construction Company, Amuneal Manufacturing Corp., SBLD Studio, Thornton Tomasetti

Machinic Life: Museum of the Future at the World Government Summit

Running Man

Yes, Commissioner?

Samsung 837

WeWork Galactic HQ

Kimball Showroom

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