We're proud to announce the results of the 2026 Core77 Design Awards! The winning projects showcase an incredibly wide range of subjects, materials, technologies, processes and approaches. We truly appreciate all the time and effort that went into these projects, as well as the expertise and consideration of our jury teams in their evaluation of all the entries.
The winning Professional entry is Future Fizz. An AI-powered career development app that helps young people discover passions, build skills, and imagine future career paths through playful fiction. The winning Student entry is Arli. An offline-capable sensor and AI-driven dashboard platform that closes the communication gap between independent farmers, extension agents, and scientists to target crop resiliency.
The winning Professional entry is Cadence Brand Identity. A cohesive visual system supporting endurance athlete hydration brand Cadence's expansion from a single canned electrolyte drink into a full product line. The winning Student entry is ARCHIPELAGO. A brand and visual system using the metaphor "every man is an island" to explore how individuals form and embrace social roles under the gaze of others.
The winning Professional entry is Earth Court Case Study 001 (Sanctum). The first in a series of unique "earth court" basketball courts designed and built by Kindred Studio, set in a forest environment as a celebration of sport, art, and nature. The winning Student entry is Space for Grief. An immersive installation that fosters community connection through the embodied expression of grief and compassion, transforming individual loss into a shared, embodied language.
The winning Professional entry is Concerto Platform. An integrated, high-throughput biodetection system developed by Loft Design for Codetta Bio that consolidates detection from a single sample into one seamless system. The winning Student entry is MX Surgical. A mobile, scalable XR training system combining multimodal surgical tool replicas, modular pads, and mixed-reality overlays to enable realistic, repeatable surgical practice.
The winning Professional entry is KARRI Messenger. A child-friendly alternative to smartphones for kids aged 5–13, enabling voice messaging and GPS tracking with no browser, app store, camera, or social media exposure. The winning Student entry is MX Surgical. A mobile, scalable XR training system combining multimodal surgical tool replicas, modular pads, and mixed-reality overlays to enable realistic, repeatable surgical practice.
The winning Professional entry is Otter Newborn Warmer. A newborn conductive warmer designed by Design that Matters to prevent hypothermia in low-income countries, with an intuitive touchscreen and battery backup for uninterrupted warming during power failures. The winning Student entry is Holdr. An assistive grip system developed in collaboration with the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis that enables quadriplegic individuals to independently perform daily grooming routines.
The winning Professional entry is The Anemoia Device. A scent-memory machine that distills archival photographs into bespoke fragrances using generative AI, engaging the sense of smell to induce nostalgia for times one has never lived. TheStudent winner is GyFoam. A fabrication framework that integrates foam material with lattice structures to enable controlled, uniform expansion, allowing designers to 3D print customizable soft objects with tunable stiffness.
The winning Professional entry is Pantheon. A coffered ceiling scape from acoustic solutions manufacturer Turf featuring systematized open and closed tiles that accommodate mechanical elements and lighting without trimming. The winning Student entry is Sundae. A postmodern-inspired desk lamp that layers intentional color and form to bring joy to the workspace, with an ivory cone base revealing a bright coral interior when the blue arm is lifted.
The winning Professional entry is Tin Can. A modern take on the landline designed specifically for kids — a screen-free, ad-free phone on a fully private network where only approved callers can reach the device. The winning Student entry is Nibbl. A connected jam-making appliance that uses automation and simple digital support to make home preservation more manageable while preserving the social and cultural aspects of the practice.
The winning Professional entry is Netherlands Pavilion at World Expo 2025. A story-driven, immersive pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka where each visitor is guided by a personal interactive orb that powers and responds to installations, personalizing a narrative about the Netherlands' evolving relationship with water. The winning Student entry is nijimu / "to seep into". A speculative memory wellness tool designed for the quiet process of letting go, creating an interface for the dissolution of memories such as friendships that ended without a fight or versions of oneself left behind.
The winning Professional entry is The Essential Light by Full Lume. A portable personal lighting system designed by Vert Industrial Design House for Full Lume, delivering accurate, flattering illumination for makeup and skincare routines in a compact, hands-free form. The winning Student entry is TOMO. An insulin delivery system combining two insulin pens, a case that transforms into a clean injection surface, and a companion app into one cohesive on-the-go system.
The winning Professional entry is Medivis Surgical Navigation Platform. An augmented reality-driven surgical navigation system that overlays patient-specific 3D anatomy directly onto the operative field in real time, eliminating the need to look away to external monitors. The winning Student entry is LifeLine: The Future of Emergency Cardiac Care. The first unit to integrate Double Sequential External Defibrillation with automated CPR, designed to close the "fatal pause" in cardiac arrest response by enabling continuous blood flow during resuscitation.
The winning Professional entry is From Packaging to Sculpture: Luxury Reimagined. Secondary packaging for a premium gin transformed into a sculptural, multifunctional object crafted from a custom polymer composite that replicates the appearance of Brač island stone. The winning Student entry is Poln: The Pollinator-Friendly Plant Care Collection. A comprehensive identity and packaging design project that transforms everyday gardening into an act of environmental stewardship through beautiful, fully recyclable or compostable seed collections.
The winning Professional entry is Mare Regula. A speculative design project that materializes the invisible disciplinary systems sustaining Jeju's haenyeo (women divers) community, translating concealed power structures into a visual artifact. The winning Student entry is Welcome to Thistopia. A speculative department store set in 2077 that transforms an art gallery into a retail experience curating climate adaptation kits, making the urgency of climate change visceral through a familiar consumer lens.
The winning Professional entry is Solo Steelfire Griddle. A premium outdoor cooking system designed by Smart Design that redefines backyard cooking through a distinctive round form that makes the griddle a social centerpiece. The winning Student entry is Future Waves FW01. A modular electric propulsion system for small boats that pairs a permanently mounted motor with a removable battery to deliver superior ergonomics, safety, and balance for tenders and dinghies.
The winning Professional entry is Holy Carp. The world's first plastic-free, home compostable soy sauce dropper, made from molded plant fiber and designed to directly replace the ubiquitous plastic fish-shaped soy sauce packets used worldwide. The winning Student entry is Hikarigami. A luminaire that translates the logic of kirigami into sheet metal through laser-cutting and robotic forming, creating a breathing skin that admits light and sensation.
The winning Student entry is MX Surgical. A mobile, scalable XR training system combining multimodal surgical tool replicas, modular pads, and mixed-reality overlays to enable realistic, repeatable surgical practice for residents.
The winning Professional entry is Geni. An AI storytelling toy that lets children construct stories the same way they build with blocks, using a small audio device and physical blocks representing characters, objects, and actions. The winning Student entry is ODI — in silence a gesture becomes voice. An assistive device designed for children with multiple psycho-sensory disabilities in physical education programs, with an intuitive and welcoming form that stimulates curiosity and guides exploration.
The winning Professional entry is Transcendent Mobility Bike (TM-B). ALSO's debut e-bike, founded by Chris Yu in partnership with Rivian, balancing technological excellence with competitive pricing to make electric bikes accessible across a wide range of household mobility needs. The winning Student entry is solas. A design concept for a solar-powered airship connecting continents in a climate-friendly way, where spacious communal areas and panoramic views reframe the long-distance journey as part of the destination.
The winning Professional entry is The James. The full brand and experiential design for a premium mid-rise rental building in Toronto's Rosedale neighborhood, creating a cohesive identity befitting its prestigious location adjacent to a historic train station. The winning Student entry is Dialectics of Contradiction. A book that argues contradiction is not an obstacle to understanding but its origin, tracing the dialectical impulse from materialism and the Enlightenment through postmodern critique and artificial intelligence.
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