Innovation by Design Awards 2016

Winner

IKO Creative Prosthetic System

CIREC - Rehabilitation Center, Escuela Colombiana de Ingenieria, Publicis Colombia

Finalist

BioDesign Studio

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Creators: Local Projects Jake Barton - Principal and Founder; Keeli Shaw - Project Director; Oriol Ferrer Mesià - Lead Creative Technologist; Gal Sasson - Creative Technologist; Eric Mika - Creative Director; CJ DiMaggio - Creative Technologist; Rona Binay - Lead Graphic Designer; The Tech Museum Romie Littrell, Curator / Project Director - Health and Biotech; Anja Scholze, Biotech Experience Designer; Maryanne Mwangi, Project Manager; Dan Streelman, Interactive Exhibit Developer; Chris Wang, Senior Exhibit Designer; Don Pohlman, Vice President of Exhibits at The Tech Museum of Innovation; Jorge Sua, Senior Engineering Manager; Mike Drennan, Software Engineer; Ping Tang, Software Engineer; Emil So, Senior Engineer
Agency: Local Projects

Button

DOJO

Edyn Garden Sensor + Water Valve

Edyn

Lancôme Le Teint Particulier

Technology Will Save Us digital making guide

My UV Patch by La Roche-Posay

La Roche-Posay

Numbers

Oculus Rift

Starry Station

Target Open House

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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

The Oak Mirror

Volvo Concept 26

Gatorade Gx Platform

SAM Labs

AirCom Pacific in-flight experience

Adobe Creative Cloud 2015

Honorable Mention

COBI

Earnest

Frank + Oak

One Medical Mobile App

Play Design Hotel

Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days

Google Ventures

Harken Health

SAP Tennis Analytics for Coaches

The New Stand

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