2023 Interaction Awards

Discover our shortlist!

After an intense sprint by our Community Peer Review Panel, we’re proud to share the 2023 Interaction Awards shortlist!

Everyone who submitted projects contributed to this diverse body of work. With submissions from more than 20 countries, this year’s shortlist of 68 projects includes first-time appearances from student teams all the way through to enterprise-level projects with global adoption. Introduced in 2021, the indie/non-profit category represented almost 10% of the 2023 submissions.

The domains covered by this year’s list hint at areas of focus from the last two years — empowering users to manage data, make sustainable decisions, increase accessibility, and the role that AI may play across several sectors. The audiences these projects aim to help and empower range from the young to old, from the social to the introverted, and from the comfortable to those who need comfort.

CONNECTING:

Facilitating communication between people and communities

Beppi, National College of Art and Design, Ireland, Student, Concept
DOLL-SITTER, Hunan University, China, Student, Concept
Talktrack: Interactive recordings in Miro, Miro, Germany, In-house/Agency, Production
Orlando International Airport: Terminal C, Gentilhomme, Canada, In-house/Agency, Production
Halo — The Power to See Sound, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States, Student, Concept
Oasis, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, Student, Concept
Everwhite, Hongik University, Korea, Student, Concept
The Colour of Resilience, Made by Many, United Kingdom, In-house/Agency, Production
Campfire — Let’s build remote stories together, School of Visual Arts, United States, Student, Concept
Ai.Sell, School of Visual Arts, United States, Student, Concept
PlantC App, Yanming Chen, United States, In-house/Agency, Concept

DISRUPTING:

Capturing attention, creating delight, and delivering meaning

CBDCs for SDGs, The Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Norway, Student, Concept
Connected AEDs and the future of Emergency Response, NewDealDesign, United States, In-house/Agency, Production
HP Flow 2.0, HP Inc., United States, Enterprise, Production
IBM Watson Orchestrate, IBM, United States, Enterprise, Production
Carbon Insights: Empowering consumers to make more sustainable decisions, Rabobank, Netherlands, Enterprise, Production
The digital as technique, Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Norway, Student, Concept
FiDO / enhancing trust between driver and AI system in semi-autonomous vehicles, Umeå Institute of Design, Sweden, Student, Concept
Orbit — An Easier, Cheaper, & Greener Way of Parenting, Carnegie Mellon University, United States, Student, Concept
Cisco Meraki and DesignMap Envision the Future of Network Management, Cisco Meraki & DesignMap, United States, In-house/Agency, Production
Farewell Smartphone — Extend the service life of smartphones, HSLU Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland, Student, Concept
How does the Roomba really feel about dog shit?!, Chris Butler, United States, Indie/Nonprofit, Concept
The Me In Me, New York University, United States, Student, Concept

EMPOWERING:

Enabling people to go beyond their limits

Equimetrics V-PRO — Smarter Equine Monitoring, Frontend.com, Ireland, In-house/Agency, Production
GoHome, The One Academy Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Student, Concept
Engaging men for better family health outcomes, Dalberg, India, In-house/Agency, Production
SlowMo — a digitally supported therapy service for people with distressing psychosis, Special Projects, United Kingdom, In-house/Agency, Concept
Jammies: Musical Instruments designed for People Living With Dementia, Imperial College London, United Kingdom, Student, Concept
KARE MCM, Inition Inc., Korea, In-house/Agency, Production
Kheti — Full Stack Credit Solution for Small Farmers, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India, Student, Concept
TactorBots: A Haptic Design Toolkit for Exploration of Emotional Robotic Touch, THING Lab, ATLAS Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, United States, Student, Concept
PrivateHood — Protecting Users’ Online Privacy on Social Media, School of Visual Arts, United States, Student, Concept
Koi- empowering kids with diabetes, Umeå University, Sweden, Student, Concept
Starbucks Pro Design System, Tactile, United States, In-house/Agency, Production
Teng Hok Gong AR, The One Academy, Malaysia, Student, Concept

ENGAGING:

Encouraging self-expression and/or creativity

Smart Baseball Stadium UX/UI, INITION Inc., Korea, In-house/Agency, Production
Artium — Immersive, Extended Reality in Art Museums, Carnegie Mellon University, United States, Student, Concept
Heal Tutu — A family interactive product that educates about emergency prevention, Hunan University, China, Student, Concept
Little Signals, Google LLC, United States, Enterprise, Concept
Sculpture of the Other Side, George Brown College, Canada, Student, Concept
Alta Quanto: Design for disaster preparedness, Imperial College London, United Kingdom, Student, Concept
Decreasing data demand — materialising online behavior for a sustainable digital future, Technical University of Delft, Netherlands, Student, Concept
Giving a Voice to Puppeted Walk-Around Characters, Beaudry Interactive, LLC, United States, In-house/Agency, Production
HSBC Accessibility Hub, HSBC, United Kingdom, Enterprise, Production
NVISION: A Carnegie Museum of Natural History Experience, Carnegie Mellon University, United States, Student, Concept
XUESHI, Hunan University, China, Student, Concept
Halo — The Power to See Sound, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States, Student, Concept

EXPRESSING:

Re-imagining completely an existing product or service by creating new behaviors, usages, or markets

Mood Board Search — Enabling AI-powered Creative Expression, Nord Projects, United Kingdom, In-house/Agency, Production
PIIQ, Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design, India, Student, Concept
Ling: Providing equity learning sources and emotional support for Chinese international students, United States, Indie / Nonprofit, Concept
Future Supa: Interactive Speculative Design, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, Student, Production
Data Epics Studio Tilt, Design Research Studio at University of Washington, United States, Indie / Nonprofit, Concept
Braided Lamp, Parsons School of Design, United States, Student, Concept
Card79 / Kintsugi Upgrades, Card79, United States, In-house/Agency, Concept
Making Material You, Google, United States, Enterprise, Production
Speculation about future of the healthcare for parenthood, Halmstad University, Sweden, Student, Concept

OPTIMIZING:

Making daily activities more efficient

Ollie | Smart Voice Assistant for Pittsburgh Regional Transit, Carnegie Mellon University, United States Student, Concept
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps, IBM, United States, Enterprise, Production
Augment AI Assistant, Augment AI Corp., United States, Enterprise Production
GardenSpace with Eden, University of Cincinnati, United States, Student, Concept
Google Assistant on the Pixel Watch, Google, United States, Enterprise, Production
Kitchen Display System (KDS), Compass Digital, Canada, In-house/Agency Production
Annalise Enterprise, Annalise-AI Pty Ltd, Australia, In-house/Agency Production
The Sound of Safety — Philips 2021 alarm sounds, Philips, Netherlands, In-house/Agency Production
Farewell Smartphone — Extend the service life of smartphones, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland, Student, Concept
ADT +, ADT, United States, Enterprise, Production
Whome: Finding new homes for pre-loved items, Indiana University Bloomington, United States, Student, Concept
FiDO / enhancing trust between driver and AI system in semi-autonomous vehicles, Umeå Institute of Design, Sweden, Student, Concept

The 2023 finalists will be announced at Interaction 23 in Zürich, Switzerland. Winners will be celebrated in New York on 6 May. People’s Choice voting opens on Monday, 13 February.

Originally published at https://awards.ixda.org on February 10, 2023.