Apple Announces Apple Design Awards Finalists Ahead of WWDC 2022
Ahead of the 2022 Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple has shared details on the Apple Design Awards finalists. The Apple Design Awards highlight apps with outstanding design, innovation, ingenuity, and technical achievement.
Nominees have been announced in selected categories that include Inclusivity, Delight and Fun, Interaction, Social Impact, Visuals and Graphics, and Innovation, with a full list of nominated apps available below.
Inclusivity
- Letter Rooms
- Navi
- Noted.
- Procreate
- tint.
- Wylde Flowers
Delight and Fun
- Chineasy
- Moncage
- (Not Boring) Habits
- Overboard!
- Please, Touch the Artwork
- Water Llama
Interaction
- A Musical Story
- Gibbon: Beyond the Trees
- Slopes
- Transit
- Vectornator: Vector Design
- What Remains of Edith Finch
Social Impact
- Active Arcade
- Empathy
- Gibbon: Beyond the Trees
- Headspace
- Rebel Girls
- Wylde Flowers
Visuals and Graphics
- Alien: Isolation
- Behind the Frame
- Halide Mark II
- LEGO Star Wars: Castaways
- MD Clock
- (Not Boring) Habits
Innovation
- Active Arcade
- Focus Noodles
- Marvel Future Revolution
- Odio
- Procreate
- Townscaper
Apple plans to announce the 2022 Apple Design Awards at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time on Monday, June 6, just hours after the keynote event. The awards show will be streamed in the Apple Developer app and on the Apple Developer website. Winners will receive a physical award and hardware to help them continue to create apps and games.
Links to all of the apps that are nominated can be found on Apple's website.
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