"Nearly 2,000 applications were submitted to the 2025 Innovation by Design Awards. A team of staff editors and writers, alongside trusted freelancers and external expert judges, assessed each application based on our criteria, which include: Functional: What problem does the design solve? Logical: Does the design make sense? Does it work? Impactful: Does a design make a difference in its users' lives? Beauty: Is it thoughtfully designed?"
""In a world of countless new products and services-where it takes little more than an AI prompt to create something new-we believe there is only more value to the practice of design and applying a critical lens to this work," says Mark Wilson, Fast Company 's global design editor. "Our team of journalists judge each project on both its own merits and its greater cultural context. Through this process, we aim to surface the most relevant projects-those that matter the most today and into the future.""
"Each winner is chosen after multiple rounds of judging and conversations about a design's role in the current cultural moment. This months-long process ensures that every project chosen to receive an Innovation by Design honor is representative of the best work in its field."
Fast Company's Innovation by Design Awards honor the people and companies behind leading design work. This year nearly 300 projects are recognized for shaping the world for the better. Staff editors, writers, freelancers, and external expert judges evaluated almost 2,000 applications. Each submission was assessed on functional, logical, impactful, and beauty criteria. Multiple rounds of judging and conversations determine winners, considering each design's cultural context and practical merits. The months-long vetting process aims to surface projects that matter today and into the future. The Most Innovative Companies Awards application deadline is Friday, October 3, at 11:59 p.m. PT.
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