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2022 Interaction Awards
Connecting
Facilitating communication between people and communities
Introduction
Finalists
Boby – enable bonding between premature infants and their parents
Kunstuniversitat Linz
Open Door Museum
Carnegie Mellon University
Shortlist Entries
Open Door Museum, Carnegie Mellon University, Student, United States of America
Project Lima: Inclusive Design in Southeast Asia, Sixty Two, Indie/Non-Profit, Indonesia
Disrupting
Re-imagining completely an existing product or service by creating new behaviors, usages or markets
Introduction
Finalists
MusicTongue: Tongue-Training Game + Arcade
National Taipei University of Technology + Taipei Medical University
Philips Pediatric Coaching
Philips Experience Design
Trax: better engagement with taxes through increased agency and transparency
Umeå Institute of Design
Shortlist Entries
AnthropoScene, Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design, Student, India
Zoob: A slice of animal life in the human wild, University College London, Student, Great Britain
Squeez, National University of Singapore, Student, Singapore
Gyaanshaala – One Stop Solution To Learn, National Institute of Design, Student, India
Empowering
Helping people to do things they otherwise couldn't do
Introduction
Finalists
Nebula – A haptic wayfinding for the visually impaired
Eindhoven University of Technology
UMA: Every Pregnant Woman’s Friend
IBM India Private Limited
Shortlist Entries
UMA: Every Pregnant Woman’s Friend, IBM India Private Limited, Professional, India
Ask For It – Conversations around consent, confusion and blurred lines, , Indie/Non-Profit, India
Kinara, National Institute of Design, Bangalore, Student, India
Interface, Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design, Student, Costa Rica
Engaging
Capturing attention, creating delight and delivering meaning
Introduction
Finalists
Codeinskij
Umeå Institute of Design
Earth Bits – Sensing the Planetary
Dotdotdot srl
SHIFT – An alternate future for experiencing reality in digital imagery
Umeå Institute of Design
Shortlist Entries
Hibi : The Friendly Shopping Inhibitor, National University of Singapore, Student, Singapore
AI Connections Table, Bluecadet, Professional, United States of America
Hex Game, Mountain Lakes High School, Student, United States of America
Take Me to the Forest: An Interactive Projection Wall, Myth Interactives, Professional, India
Jewels of the Sea, Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Würzburg-Schweinfurt, Student, Germany
Feeling Climate Crisis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Student, United States of America
Codeinskij, Umeå Institute of Design, Student, Norway
Earth Bits – Sensing the Planetary, Dotdotdot srl, Professional, Italy
Expressing
Enabling self expression and/or creativity
Introduction
Finalists
Color Tone – a colorfully tactile way to experience sound
Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design
Hearing kids’ voice – Story Tree
Art Center College of Design
Shortlist Entries
UFO – Unidentified Fun Objects, Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design, Student, Costa Rica
Mushroom Color Atlas, , Indie/Non-Profit, United States of America
Hearing kids’ voice – Story Tree, Art Center College of Design, Student, United States of America
ThanAverage – A Website About Comparing Yourself to Others, , Indie/Non-Profit, Germany
Optimizing
Making daily activities more efficient
Introduction
Finalists
Digital Surgery – A Research Probe
National College of Art and Design
Grin, remote orthodontist platform
NewDealDesign LLC
Shortlist Entries
MARS: Help designers achieve “Design to Manufacture”, kujiale, Professional, China
Corona Warn App, SAP, Professional, Germany
The Booby Trap, National College of Art and Design, Student, Ireland
Vaccine Administration Management Solution (VAM), ServiceNow, Professional, United States of America
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