2013 IxDA Interaction Award Winners

The IxDA just announced the winners of their 2013 Interaction Awards. However their awards page only links to the firms that did the work, not to the projects themselves. Because I wanted to find out more about each project, I did the clicking to get the details on the winning projects. It turns out it was was worth the effort because it’s a really interesting collection of projects. And shows the field of interaction design’s growing breadth and relevance.

But to save you some time here is an enhanced version of their winers list with my [ links ] to the project info pages, or project itself. (The images here are also my additions, they’re not part of IxDA’s post.)

 

2013 INTERACTION AWARDS WINNERS

Optimizing
Making daily activities more efficient.

• 10,000ft, Artefact    [ Project info ]
• FreshBooks for iPhone, FreshBooks
• MyFord Mobile for Ford Motor Company, IDEO   [ Project info ]
• Nike+ FuelBand, R/GA    [ Product info ]
• Practice Fusion iPad application, Cooper   [ Project info ]
• Rehearsal: an App for Practicing Musicians, Kirsten Southwell/North Carolina State University    [ Project info ]

Engaging
Capturing attention, creating delight and delivering meaning.

• 21 Balançoires, Daily tous les jours    [ Project info ]
• Chrome Web Lab, Google Creative Lab    [ Project info ]
• Fiiiit, Ke Zhao/Beijing Sport University    [ Project video ]
• Gundulas Stories – an interactive learning environment, Fabian Gampp/HTWG Konstanz   [ Project info ]

Empowering
Enabling people to go beyond their limits.

• 100 BPM, Maxime Dubreucq + Doris Feurstein + Shivanjali Tomar + Natalie Vanns / Umeå Institute of Design   [ Project info ]
• Nike SPARQ, R/GA   [ Product website ]
• Nike+ FuelBand, R/GA
• Sonivivi, Daim Yoon/Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design   [ Project info ]
• Teemo, Ammunition    [ Project info ]
• ZocDoc, ZocDoc

Expressing
Encouraging self expression and/or creativity.

• Iuvo, Matteo Loglio/SUPSI    [ Project info ]
• Lego Life Of George, Lego System    [ Product website ]
• Paper by FiftyThree, FiftyThree

Connecting
Facilitating communication between people and communities.

• Honolulu Answers, Code for America    [ Project info ]
• JK5, Ilari Laitinen + Enni Koistinen / Lahti Institute of Design    [ Project info ]
• Obama for America Mobile Campaign, thirteen23    [ Project info ]

 

Disrupting
Re-imagining completely an existing product or service by creating new behaviors, usages or markets.

• Hormone check, Apt    [ Project info   Product website ]
• Nike+ FuelBand, R/GA
• Nova, LUNAR    [ Project info ]