These are the 397 most inspiring, innovative designs of 2018

Honorable Mention:Apps and Games

The Darwin Challenge

Universal Favourite

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Design and UI: Universal Favourite App engineers: Work in Progress Branding agency: Principals Behavioural economics: The Behavioural Architects Illustrator: Janine Rewell Copywriting: John Kerswell (White Label Words)

Honorable Mention:Products

Complements modular chocolates

Universal Favourite

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Product, design & art direction: Universal Favourite. Chocolate Production: Bakedown Cakery. Photography: Christopher Morris. Styling: Jessica Johnson

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All Stories In Innovation By Design

Co.Design

Design will kill marketing, says Ikea’s former design chief

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

Co.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.

Innovation By Design

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.

Innovation By Design

There’s even a Warby Parker of towels now

Weezie wants to shake up a mundane industry with design.

Innovation By Design

What the healthcare industry could learn from Lyft and Airbnb

The sharing economy is built upon service and interaction designs that engender interpersonal trust. Healthcare organizations could learn from it.

Innovation By Design

The future of web design is less, not more

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

Innovation By Design

This building’s giant sundial shows how much energy it’s making

It’s one of the most efficient buildings in the country–but its most unique design feature might be the 40-foot-tall installation in the atrium.

Innovation By Design

Dieter Rams wants Silicon Valley to stop

In Gary Hustwit’s highly anticipated new documentary “Rams,” the legendary industrial designer indicts the world he helped create.

Innovation By Design

This long-lost Eames design is being produced for the first time

In the 1940s, radio companies rejected the Eameses’ designs as being “too modern.” Not anymore.

Innovation By Design

Sick of midcentury modern? Here’s where to buy today’s best design

Skip the spindly leg sofas and knockoff Eames chairs, and try these shopping destinations instead.

Impact

Turns out, people really miss e-bikes when they’re taken away

Impact

Tech brings out the worst in us. What if it was designed to bring out the best?

Impact

Feeling steamed? You’re not alone: Americans hit record levels of stress, worry, and anger

Creativity

Patagonia’s fight to save the planet continues with new film on wild fish, launching at Tribeca

Creativity

Honorable Mention:Apps and Games

Universal Favourite

Honorable Mention:Products

Universal Favourite

All Stories In Innovation By Design

Design will kill marketing, says Ikea’s former design chief

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.

What the healthcare industry could learn from Lyft and Airbnb

The sharing economy is built upon service and interaction designs that engender interpersonal trust. Healthcare organizations could learn from it.

The future of web design is less, not more

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

This building’s giant sundial shows how much energy it’s making

It’s one of the most efficient buildings in the country–but its most unique design feature might be the 40-foot-tall installation in the atrium.

Dieter Rams wants Silicon Valley to stop

In Gary Hustwit’s highly anticipated new documentary “Rams,” the legendary industrial designer indicts the world he helped create.

This long-lost Eames design is being produced for the first time

In the 1940s, radio companies rejected the Eameses’ designs as being “too modern.” Not anymore.

Sick of midcentury modern? Here’s where to buy today’s best design

Skip the spindly leg sofas and knockoff Eames chairs, and try these shopping destinations instead.

Impact

Turns out, people really miss e-bikes when they’re taken away

Tech brings out the worst in us. What if it was designed to bring out the best?

Feeling steamed? You’re not alone: Americans hit record levels of stress, worry, and anger

Creativity

Patagonia’s fight to save the planet continues with new film on wild fish, launching at Tribeca

With Avengers: Endgame, can we now declare game over for tedious post-credits scenes?

Amy Schumer (sort of) embraces clean living in new Beautycounter ad

Co.Design

Joe Biden’s logo has a problem I can’t unsee

T-shirt recycling is here, and it could transform fashion

This reinvented screwdriver is the tool to end all tools

Work Life

Feel like your life is a hamster wheel? Here’s how to get off it

This is how to stay fulfilled at your job, even as the years go by

The male leaders committed to sponsoring women