These are the 397 most inspiring, innovative designs of 2018

Finalist:Experimental

Luna Display

Astro HQ

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Matt Ronge, Cofounder & CEO; Giovanni Donelli, Cofounder & Head of Product; Savannah Reising, Marketing Manager; Malyse McKinnon, Head of Artist Relations; Habib Moukalled, Senior Software Engineer; Adam Mika, Senior Software Engineer; Jake Swensen, Firmware Engineer

Honorable Mention:User Experience

Luna Display

Astro HQ

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Finalist:Experimental

Astro HQ

Honorable Mention:User Experience

Astro HQ

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Marcus Engman is leaving Ikea to run a consultancy that convinces companies to spend their marketing budget on what matters: design.

Dyson’s latest product is a $550 hair curler

After six years and $31 million in development, Dyson is launching the Airwrap, a device that creates ringlets using a bit of aerospace-inspired physics.

Meet Krewe, the eyewear brand that New Orleans (and Beyoncé) built

The five-year-old brand’s founder is focused on giving back to his native New Orleans and putting it on the map of fashion-forward cities.

There’s even a Warby Parker of towels now

Weezie wants to shake up a mundane industry with design.

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Low-Tech Magazine’s new website is solar-powered, which means it goes offline in cloudy weather.

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