Back in November I’ve met with the other incredible jurors of the 2016 IxDA’s Interaction Awards to select the finalists. It was great to see diversity of the shortlisted entries, which tackled everything from daily inconveniences to major life challenges. I had the pleasure of working with Amber Case in selecting the Connecting finalists, and I was honored to help Brenda Laurel in selecting the Expressing finalists.
Congratulations to the finalists, all of whom will be celebrated in March during Interaction16 in Helsinki, Finland. And thank you Kim Goodwin, MJ Broadbent, Thomas Kueber, Brenda Sanderson and everyone else at IxDA for organizing a competition that I believe showcases a very representative sample of the best in class of the Interaction Design industry.
Connecting
Facilitating communication between people and communities
Trafficbridge
Cooper, Professional, United States
SAP Tennis Analytics for Coaches
SAP, Professional, United States
Edward M. Kennedy Institute
Control Group, Professional, United States
Who, Like Me, is Threatened?
Second Story, part of SapientNitro, Professional, United States
Disrupting
Re-imagining completely an existing product or service by creating new behaviors, usages or markets
reForm
MIT Media Lab / Tangible Media Group, Student, United States
The New Eurosport Player: Putting the live sports viewing experience first
Work & Co, Professional, United States
Wayfindr – Independent travel for blind people
ustwo, Professional, United Kingdom
Sensel Morph
frog, Professional, United States
Empowering
Enabling people to go beyond their limits
Kurbo
Cooper, Professional, United States
Owlet
R/GA + Owlet Baby Care, Professional, United States
SAM by SAM Labs
SAM Labs, Professional, United Kingdom
Wayfindr – Independent travel for blind people
ustwo, Professional, United Kingdom
Engaging
Capturing attention, creating delight and delivering meaning
SMART
Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design, Student, Denmark
The Color Visualizer
Tellart, Professional, United States
The Pursuit by Equinox
R/GA, Professional, United States
ANNA – breathing assistant
Umeå Institute of Design, Student, Sweden
The Imagination Machine
Tellart, Professional, Netherlands
Expressing
Encouraging self expression and/or creativity
Sound Blocks
Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design, Student, Denmark
Trashtag
Second Story (part of SapientNitro), Professional, United States
NailSnaps – Turn your photos into custom nail art
NailSnaps, Professional, United States
SquareTalk
Queensland University of Technology, Student, Australia
Step
SUPSI, Student, Switzerland
Optimizing
Making daily activities more efficient
Arlanda Departure Sequencing Tool
Veryday, Professional, Sweden
Basen
Itera Norge AS, Professional, Norway
Adobe Fill & Sign
Adobe, Professional, United States
Kurbo
Cooper, Professional, United States
Source: Announcing the 2016 Interaction Awards Finalists/ IxD Awards
