Congratulations to all of the honorees in Fast Company's 2021 Innovation by Design Awards, including the Media Lab community members and projects listed below.
A special panel and celebration at the virtual Fast Company Innovation Festival will recognize all of the 2021 Innovation by Design honorees on September 28, starting at 2pm and 4pm ET.
- The Guardians (Craig Ferguson, Sara Taylor, Robert Lewis, Fengjiao Peng, Rosalind Picard, Affective Computing)
Winner: Wellness
Finalist: Apps and Games
Read the full write-up - HERMITS (Ken Nakagaki, Joanne Leong, Joao Henrique Wilbert, Hiroshi Ishii, Tangible Media)
Winner: Student
Finalist: Experimental
Read the full write-up - DefeXtiles (Jack Forman, Hiroshi Ishii, Tangible Media)
Honorable Mention: Materials
Honorable Mention: Student - Tune Field (Guadalupe Babio Fernandez, City Science)
Honorable Mention: Student - InstaSwab (Jifei Ou, OPT Industries, Tangible Media alum)
Honorable Mention: Healthcare
The 10th anniversary of the awards, which can be found in the October 2021 issue of Fast Company, recognize people, teams, and companies that transform businesses, organizations, and society through design.