We are thrilled to announce the winners of the first Indigo Design Award. This year individual designers, companies and design agencies from all over the world have submitted their designs, making Indigo a truly global competition.
The quality and the number of entries made it difficult for members of the jury to evaluate submitted designs. In a judging process lasting several weeks, jury members deliberated who would receive the Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Honorable mention.
31 design professionals have joined Indigo’s jury board to evaluate submitted entries based on their functionality, creativity, and design quality. The members of the jury had to consider both design and country-specific characteristics of the entries, which made an international panel of professionals vital for the evaluation process. Design luminaries like Nina Geometrieva, product designer at Google, Pip Jamieson, founder of the Dots, Christopher Bettig, creative director at YouTube, Jeremy Vickery, senior lighting artist at Sony Bend Studio have enriched the jury board with their expert knowledge.
With entrants from over 40 countries, this year’s inaugural Indigo Design Award reflects the best and brightest in global creative talent. All of the winners have one thing in common: they reflect the current status of digital design and provide some key insights into the future of design trends. The award-winning products feature a combination of forward-thinking design with practical solutions for the target audience.
Main category winners were announced during the Indigo Award ceremony in Tokyo on May 24, 2018. Excitement level was high for the Indigo Shortlisted Winners as they only found out who has been awarded the title Design of the Year in each category on the evening of the reception.