In the eyes of our esteemed judges, these projects represent the year’s best design.
After hundreds of hours mulling over the best design work in the world, Fast Company is proud to announce the winners of this year’s Innovation by Design Awards. This year’s entries were as strong as we’ve ever seen, with over 1,500 projects from across the globe. In the eyes of our esteemed judges, the projects you’ll find below were the best of the best. There were only 13 winners anointed in the entire competition. Each of them represent what’s best about design today: Big ideas, meticulously thought out details, and a clear viewpoint about how we live now—and how it could be better.