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2017 Interaction Awards
Connecting
Facilitating communication between people and communities
Introduction
Finalists
Microsoft Inclusive Toolkit
Microsoft
IOM – Reimaging Medication Labelling
Frontend.com
Heart Partner
Novartis and FCB Health
Shortlist Entries
Play Design Hotel – A Hub for Indigenous Design Experience, Play Design Hotel, Professional, Taiwan
Do-da-Deed, National Institute of Design, Student, India
Impossible People, Pivotal Labs, Professional, United Kingdom
project MURA, Royal College of Art/ Imperial College London, Student, United Kingdom
IOM – Reimaging Medication Labelling, Frontend.com, Professional, Ireland
Re:Collection Platform Strategy and Design, Usability Matters, Professional, Canada
Doliio, Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design, Student, Denmark
LinkedIn Flagship App, LinkedIn, Professional, United States
Microsoft Inclusive Toolkit, Microsoft, Professional, United States
Disrupting
Re-imagining completely an existing product or service by creating new behaviors, usages or markets
Introduction
Finalists
SAVE THE FOOD
SapientNitro
Kinetic
R/GA + One Million Metrics Corp
Re-imagining Atomic Force Microscopy
Infragistics
LinkNYC
Intersection
Shortlist Entries
Re-imagining Atomic Force Microscopy, Infragistics, Professional, United States
Speedport NEO, Deutsche Telekom AG, Professional, Germany
Play Design Hotel – A Hub for Indigenous Design Experience, Play Design Hotel, Professional, Taiwan
Do-da-Deed, National Institute of Design, Student, India
COBALT: Fighting Crime with Design, Mark43, Professional, United States
Musiclock, Taiste, Professional, Finland
Target Open House, Local Projects, Professional, United States
Kinetic, R/GA + One Million Metrics Corp, Professional, United States
OneRx Medication Savings App, Truveris, Professional, United States
Collective Health Member Experience, Collective Health, Professional, United States
ISA10 – Epinephrine auto-injector, Umeå Institute of Design, Student, Sweden
CloudGenix: Software-Defined Networking, DesignMap, Professional, United States
LinkNYC, Intersection, Professional, United States
Here to There, Second City, part of SapientNitro, Professional, United States
Empowering
Helping people to do things they otherwise couldn't do
Introduction
Finalists
Microsoft Inclusive Toolkit
Microsoft
Nume – Personalised Nutrition
Umeå Institute of Design
Eye Conductor
Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design
Shortlist Entries
COBALT: Fighting Crime with Design, Mark43, Professional, United States
Eye Conductor, Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design, Student, Denmark
Microsoft HoloLens, Microsoft, Professional, United States
ISA10 – Epinephrine auto-injector, Umeå Institute of Design, Student, Sweden
Post/Biotics, Royal College of Art, Student, United Kingdom
Distance Education App for Sikkim Manipal University, Moonraft Innovation Labs, Professional, India
Engaging
Capturing attention, creating delight and delivering meaning
Introduction
Finalists
Shortlist Entries
Mia Journeys App, SapientNitro, Professional, United States
Mímir’s Well – Dive Deep into Memory, SapientNitro, Professional, United States
Play Design Hotel – A Hub for Indigenous Design Experience, Play Design Hotel, Professional, Taiwan
Do-da-Deed, National Institute of Design, Student, India
Finnair Mobile Application, Reaktor, Professional, Finland
BioDesign, Local Projects, Professional, United States
The Lost Palace, Chomko & Rosier for Historic Royal Palaces, Professional, United Kingdom
Ploppi’s Bakery, Umeå Institute of Design, Umeå University, Student, Sweden
Bots – Collaborative AI for the Smart Home, Umeå Institute of Design, Student, Switzerland
Immigration New Zealand Visa Gateway, DNA Designed Communications Ltd, Professional, New Zealand
Peer, Moment – Mixed Reality STEAM Education, Student, United States
Microsoft Inclusive Toolkit, Microsoft, Professional, United States
Re:Collection Platform Strategy and Design, Usability Matters, Professional, Canada
Expressing
Enabling self expression and/or creativity
Introduction
Finalists
Eye Conductor
Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design
Together Radio–An Anonymous Support Group Network
Umeå Institute of Design, Umeå University / National Institute of Design, India
Musiclock
Taiste
Vochlea: Prototyping Music
Royal College of Art
Shortlist Entries
Musiclock, Taiste, Professional, Finland
Works of Wine, SapientNitro, Professional, United States
XBOX DESIGN LAB, Microsoft, Professional, United States
Face Maker for Android Wear, ustwo, Professional, United States
Vochlea: Prototyping Music, Royal College of Art, Student, United Kingdom
Optimizing
Making daily activities more efficient
Introduction
Finalists
Immigration New Zealand Visa Gateway
DNA Designed Communications Ltd
Collective Health Member Experience
Collective Health
IOM – Reimaging Medication Labelling
Frontend.com
Kinetic
R/GA + One Million Metrics Corp
Shortlist Entries
COBALT: Fighting Crime with Design, Mark43, Professional, United States
Heart Partner, Novartis and FCB Health, Professional, United States
Philips Avent uGrow, Philips Design, Professional, Netherlands
The Smart Steering Wheel Cover, Delft University of Technology / MOBGEN, Student, Netherlands
Finnair Mobile Application, Reaktor, Professional, Finland
Kinetic, R/GA + One Million Metrics Corp, Professional, United States
OneRx Medication Savings App, Truveris, Professional, United States
Collective Health Member Experience, Collective Health, Professional, United States
Smileys for the Norwegian Food Safety Authority, Computas AS, Professional, Norway
Pop Home Switch, Logitech, Professional, United States
Subspotting, OFFC, Professional, United States
Immigration New Zealand Visa Gateway, DNA Designed Communications Ltd, Professional, New Zealand
Stevanato Group – N.A.M. VR Experience, R/GA London, Professional, United States
IOM – Reimaging Medication Labelling, Frontend.com, Professional, Ireland
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