Apple Announces Apple Design Awards Finalists Ahead of WWDC 2022

[MacRumors]

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.

Article Link: Apple Announces Apple Design Awards Finalists Ahead of WWDC 2022

 

[Archmage]

It would be a nice if there were links to the apps instead of clicking through to Apple. Also, descriptions because app names are pretty vague.

 

[GrumpyCoder]

Visuals and Graphics

• Alien: Isolation
• Behind the Frame
• Halide Mark II
• LEGO Star Wars: Castaways
• MD Clock
• (Not Boring) Habits

"Apple is going to save AAA gaming!" and "M1 are perfect gaming machines!!!11" posts incoming in 3... 2... 1...

 

[CordovaLark]

"Behold... the cube!"

 

[A_Hunger_Artist]

Cool to see Townscaper on here. Far and away my favorite thing to do during an hour long Zoom meeting that could have been an email

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

So happy to see Noted App made the list. Best note taking app ever.

How come I don't see any social media apps? Tik-Tok?

 

[Mr. Dee]

I think the most memorable design awards was Delicious Library winning in 2007. I can’t recall any before or after that.

 

[T'hain Esh Kelch]

How can an 8 year old game be a finalist? Just because it was released on iOS last year? It says quite a bit about the sorry state of gaming on the Mac and iPad..

 

[HorstBockman]

Nothing solidly in the productivity space.

 

[4jasontv]

So happy to see Notes App made the list. Best note taking app ever.

You like the Notes app? Noted.

 

[4jasontv]

How can an 8 year old game be a finalist? Just because it was released on iOS last year? It says quite a bit about the sorry state of gaming on the Mac and iPad..

I am also confused by these nominations. For others, Alien: Isolation is the 8-year-old game, and it's up for best graphics. What Remains of Edith Finch, which is a 5-year-old game, is nominated for interaction. They are both walking simulators, and they are both decent games for their time. Personally, I think Edith Finch has a better story and superior graphics. The links are gameplay footage, so you can decide for yourself.

But at this point, neither should be eligible for awards.

 

[jonnyb098]

So happy to see Notes App made the list. Best note taking app ever.

How come I don't see any social media apps? Tik-Tok?

TikTok is definitely the biggest app for social change…..except that’s not something to be proud of since it’s not for the betterment of people.

 

[CarAnalogy]

This becomes more of a joke every year.

Ignoring the categories… it’s still just the usual suspects.

I mean what is even the selection criteria. Everything about this seems like just the usual App Store marketing.

 

[citysnaps]

You like the Notes app? Noted.

It's a terrific app. I love the simplicity and zero hassle automatic syncing between all of my devices. My life is pretty much run out of Notes.

I stopped using Evernote a couple of months after Notes came out.

 

[4jasontv]

It's a terrific app. I love the simplicity and zero hassle automatic syncing between all of my devices. My life is pretty much run out of Notes.

I stopped using Evernote a couple of months after Notes came out.

Sure... but the Notes app wasn't nominated.

 

[planteater]

I have none of the listed apps, but no surprise there. Lol.

And I’ll take Bear over Noted all day long! But good to see so many great choices.

 

[jmonster]

I just went through emotional roller coaster thinking this was the new Mac Pro^3. Oh well.

 

[CarlJ]

I just went through emotional roller coaster thinking this was the new Mac Pro^3. Oh well.

Oh, it's also that. Just wait until next Monday.

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

You like the Notes app? Noted.

Hahahah! Good catch. Thanks for the correction

 

[AxiomaticRubric]

Nothing solidly in the productivity space.

Indeed. This is the most appalling list of Apple Design Award winners I have ever seen. Are developers losing interest in creating apps for Apple's platforms?

 

[JEY]

A category called "Audio" would make me happy. Or, errr, "Sonic Expression", or whatever.

 

[DocMultimedia]

I have none of the listed apps, but no surprise there. Lol.

And I’ll take Bear over Noted all day long! But good to see so many great choices.

I just take a beer.

 

[citysnaps]

Sure... but the Notes app wasn't nominated.

I never claimed it was. I was responding with respect to the outstanding value Notes provides.

 

[planteater]

I just take a beer.

Why stop there? I take ‘em until they stop flow’in.

 

[yellow8]

?, no QuickScan