2011 Apple Design Award Winners Announced

MacRumors · Jun 8, 2011, 10:12 AM

Apple last night held its annual Apple Design Awards ceremony at WWDC, recognizing twelve applications for excellence in design and innovation across four categories: Student, iPhone, iPad, and Mac. All eligible applications were required to be available via either the iOS or Mac App Store.

This year's winners come from a range of genres, from games to news to books to music and beyond. In terms of price, the winners range from the free Pulse News Reader for iOS to the $49.99 Capo for OS X.

Student
- Grades 2
- Pennant
- Pulse News Reader

iPhone
- Cut the Rope
- Golfscape GPS Rangefinder
- Infinity Blade

iPad
- Osmos for iPad
- Our Choice
- djay

Mac
- Capo
- Pixelmator
- Anomaly Warzone Earth

As part of a focus on iOS at last year's conference, Apple did not include Mac applications in the Apple Design Awards competition. But with OS X Lion playing a prominent role in this year's event and the Mac App Store gaining momentum, Mac applications returned to the ballot this year.

Article Link: 2011 Apple Design Award Winners Announced

drewisanapple · Jun 8, 2011, 10:15 AM

Cut the rope ... Feel as given, seeing as it was the most dominate App in the keynote

macduke · Jun 8, 2011, 10:18 AM

Infinity Blade on iPad 2 is just insanely good looking and fun. This announcement will only boost the $10 million the devs have made so far.

I'm glad to see the Mac Apps are back. Probably because of the Mac App Store. Are all of these apps available on the store only?

kirky29 · Jun 8, 2011, 10:24 AM

Just bought the Anomaly Warzone Earth app, looks good!

Sky Blue · Jun 8, 2011, 10:27 AM

You couldn't link to the actual store? Thanks guys

mozmac · Jun 8, 2011, 10:29 AM

This might be a stupid question, but is the "Student" category for developers who are students? Or are they apps that focus on students?

Small White Car · Jun 8, 2011, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Sky Blue

You couldn't link to the actual store? Thanks guys

Yeah, I just learned that the 'appshopper' site is blocked by my firewall at work.

Maybe it's a promotional deal MR has with appshopper?

JeremyWesley · Jun 8, 2011, 10:41 AM

I agree that Osmos for iPad is a winner, its beautiful and addictive. Its not just some easy game to pass time, it a great buy. I've been playing it for a few weeks and have beat almost all of it, but very fun to play.
Highly recommend it.

Small White Car · Jun 8, 2011, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by mozmac

Probably helped that Al Gore is on the board of directors.

I heard about plenty of praise for it from the design community a few weeks back. This didn't come out of nowhere.

munkees · Jun 8, 2011, 11:02 AM

Hmm I see Al Gores position (had or have) has benefits. my hand it off to Al Gore, he surely knows how to milk this world in danger for $$$$.

Though the App does is very good, very interactive and some what intriguing.

h1r0ll3r · Jun 8, 2011, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Small White Car

Maybe it's a promotional deal MR has with appshopper?

I thought Arn owned MR and appshopper.com? I thought that's why the links went to appshopper.com instead of iTunes. Could be wrong.

superfula · Jun 8, 2011, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Small White Car

Yeah, I just learned that the 'appshopper' site is blocked by my firewall at work.

Maybe it's a promotional deal MR has with appshopper?

Interesting. Appshopper is fine at my place of work but the itunes store is blocked.

jared_kipe · Jun 8, 2011, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by mozmac

This might be a stupid question, but is the "Student" category for developers who are students? Or are they apps that focus on students?

Exactly what I was thinking. As a developer who makes applications almost explicitly for students/education, I'm kinda insulted that two of the three have no business being in the "Student" category.

If you're going by the numbers, I'd bet that the "Student" category should be all games.

Nuvi · Jun 8, 2011, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by munkees

Hmm I see Al Gores position (had or have) has benefits. my hand it off to Al Gore, he surely knows how to milk this world in danger for $$$$.

Though the App does is very good, very interactive and some what intriguing.

100% of Al Gore's earnings from "Our Choice" go to charity...

munkees · Jun 8, 2011, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Nuvi

100% of Al Gore's earnings from "Our Choice" go to charity...

That makes me fell better. I will say the App is awesome, very interactive, and well put together.

popnfresh · Jun 8, 2011, 11:44 AM

Pretty soon it will be impossible to load software onto your Mac that doesn't arrive via the App Store. Steve's dreams of making the Mac a closed ecosystem are almost complete. Nothing that isn't controlled by Apple will be allowed to exist on your Mac. In order to maintain control of your Mac you will need to jailbreak it, like an iPhone.

notjustjay · Jun 8, 2011, 11:45 AM

$20 for a spotting scope app seems excessive.

igazza · Jun 8, 2011, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by popnfresh

Pretty soon it will be impossible to load software onto your Mac that doesn't arrive via the App Store. Steve's dreams of making the Mac a closed ecosystem are almost complete. Nothing that isn't controlled by Apple will be allowed to exist on your Mac. In order to maintain control of your Mac you will need to jailbreak it, like an iPhone.

IMO, this is a good thing.

calb · Jun 8, 2011, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jared_kipe

Exactly what I was thinking. As a developer who makes applications almost explicitly for students/education, I'm kinda insulted that two of the three have no business being in the "Student" category.

If you're going by the numbers, I'd bet that the "Student" category should be all games.

I believe the category is for apps created by students.

rockinrocker · Jun 8, 2011, 12:56 PM

Capo looks pretty sweet!

akm3 · Jun 8, 2011, 12:58 PM

I'm going to make probably the most fanboy-ish comment I ever have.

My entire goal as a developer isn't money or fame or notoriety...it is to win one of these. That is the pinnacle of achievement for me personally, and what drives me to develop iOS and Mac applications.

Lame, I know.

popnfresh · Jun 8, 2011, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by igazza

IMO, this is a good thing.

Some people like mommy to chew their food for them too.

Ed91 · Jun 8, 2011, 01:07 PM

I just bought Anomaly Warzone Earth, but I wish I didn't. The gameplay is incredibly slow and tedious.

I wish I could afford to spend the money on Capo, though. That looks awesome.

ianpyst · Jun 8, 2011, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by popnfresh

Pretty soon it will be impossible to load software onto your Mac that doesn't arrive via the App Store. Steve's dreams of making the Mac a closed ecosystem are almost complete. Nothing that isn't controlled by Apple will be allowed to exist on your Mac. In order to maintain control of your Mac you will need to jailbreak it, like an iPhone.

You are very special.

notjustjay · Jun 8, 2011, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Ed91

I wish I could afford to spend the money on Capo, though. That looks awesome.

Is there a free trial or demo? This is the sort of app that looks like it could well be worth $50, but I wouldn't want to blow that kind of money until I knew for sure it was what I wanted.

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MacRumors macrumors bot Join Date: Apr 2001	2011 Apple Design Award Winners Announced Apple last night held its annual Apple Design Awards ceremony at WWDC, recognizing twelve applications for excellence in design and innovation across four categories: Student, iPhone, iPad, and Mac. All eligible applications were required to be available via either the iOS or Mac App Store. This year's winners come from a range of genres, from games to news to books to music and beyond. In terms of price, the winners range from the free Pulse News Reader for iOS to the $49.99 Capo for OS X. Student - Grades 2 - Pennant - Pulse News Reader iPhone - Cut the Rope - Golfscape GPS Rangefinder - Infinity Blade iPad - Osmos for iPad - Our Choice - djay Mac - Capo - Pixelmator - Anomaly Warzone Earth As part of a focus on iOS at last year's conference, Apple did not include Mac applications in the Apple Design Awards competition. But with OS X Lion playing a prominent role in this year's event and the Mac App Store gaining momentum, Mac applications returned to the ballot this year. Article Link: 2011 Apple Design Award Winners Announced
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mozmac macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Utah	This might be a stupid question, but is the "Student" category for developers who are students? Or are they apps that focus on students? __________________ I own lots of Apple stuff.
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drewisanapple macrumors regular Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Missouri	Cut the rope ... Feel as given, seeing as it was the most dominate App in the keynote
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Jun 8, 2011, 10:41 AM	#8
JeremyWesley macrumors newbie Join Date: Mar 2010	I agree that Osmos for iPad is a winner, its beautiful and addictive. Its not just some easy game to pass time, it a great buy. I've been playing it for a few weeks and have beat almost all of it, but very fun to play. Highly recommend it.
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munkees macrumors 65816 Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pacific Northwest	Hmm I see Al Gores position (had or have) has benefits. my hand it off to Al Gore, he surely knows how to milk this world in danger for $$$$. Though the App does is very good, very interactive and some what intriguing. __________________ iMacs, MBA and iPhone.
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popnfresh macrumors newbie Join Date: May 2004	The beginning of the end of OS X Pretty soon it will be impossible to load software onto your Mac that doesn't arrive via the App Store. Steve's dreams of making the Mac a closed ecosystem are almost complete. Nothing that isn't controlled by Apple will be allowed to exist on your Mac. In order to maintain control of your Mac you will need to jailbreak it, like an iPhone.
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notjustjay macrumors 603 Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Canada, eh?	$20 for a spotting scope app seems excessive. __________________ .
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akm3 macrumors 68000 Join Date: Nov 2007	I'm going to make probably the most fanboy-ish comment I ever have. My entire goal as a developer isn't money or fame or notoriety...it is to win one of these. That is the pinnacle of achievement for me personally, and what drives me to develop iOS and Mac applications. Lame, I know. __________________
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Ed91 macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2007	I just bought Anomaly Warzone Earth, but I wish I didn't. The gameplay is incredibly slow and tedious. I wish I could afford to spend the money on Capo, though. That looks awesome.
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