These are the 397 most inspiring, innovative designs of 2018 | Fast Company

Honorable Mention:Retail Environments

Live Hall Vieuno

MOMENT

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Designer : Hisaaki Hirawata, Tomohiro Watabe

Honorable Mention:Students

Loree

MOMENT

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Thomas Carroll — Intern at Moment, Student at VCU Brandcenter ‘18 Blue Cuevas — Intern at Moment, Student at IIT ‘18 Chantal Jahchan — Intern at Moment, Student at Washington University in St. Louis ‘18 Jason Kim — Intern at Moment, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ‘17 Rodrigo Miguel — Senior Designer at Moment Jacob Pastrovich — Director of Marketing at Moment John Devanney — Managing Director at Moment

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