Apple reveals 36 finalists for 2021 Apple Design Awards

Apple has revealed the finalists for its 2021 Apple Design Awards, which will crown six winners for producing innovative apps for iOS and iPadOS.

Revealed on Tuesday, Apple has chosen six finalists across six categories, with the award honoring "excellence in innovation, ingenuity, and technical achievement in app and game design."

The categories for 2021 are Inclusivity, Delight and Fun, Interaction, Social Impact, Visuals and Graphics, and Innovation.

Apple will be announcing the winners on June 10, toward the end of WWDC 2021. Winners will receive the iconic Apple Design Award, a physical metal cube bearing the app's name and category, as well as the Apple logo.

Apple crowned eight winners in 2020, including photography app Darkroom, animation and musical tool Looom, and the Apple Arcade game Sayonara Wild Hearts.

The list of finalist apps follows:

Inclusivity

• 1Password (AgileBits Inc.)
• A Monster's Expedition (Draknek Limited)
• Alba (ustwo games)
• HoloVista (Aconite)
• Me: A Kid's Diary by TinyBop (Tinybop Inc.)
• Voice Dream Reader (Voice Dream LLC)

Delight and Fun

• Little Orpheus (The Chinese Room)
• Pok Pok Playroom (Pok Pok)
• Poolside FM (Poolsuite)
• RagugakiAR (Whatever Inc.)
• South of the Circle (State of Play Games)
• Wonderbox (Aquiris Game Studio LLC)

Interaction

• Bird Alone (George Batchelor)
• Carrot Weather (Brian Mueller,Grailr LLC)
• Craft (Luki Labs Limited)
• Nova (Panic)
• Sp!ng (SMG Studio)
• Wonderbox (Aquiris Game Studio LLC)

Social Impact

• Alba (ustwo games)
• Attentat 1942 (Charles Games s.r.o)
• Be My Eyes (S/I Be My Eyes)
• Brief (Broadsheet)
• If Found... (Annapurna Interactive)
• Kilma (Climate Labs GmbH)

Visual and Graphics

• Beyond a Steel Sky (Revolution)
• Genshin Impact (miHoYo Limited)
• Little Orpheus (The Chinese Room)
• Loona (Loona Inc)
• Mission to Mars AR (SN Digital LLC)
• (Not Boring) Weather (Andy Works LLC)

Innovation

• Bird Alone (George Batchelor)
• Blind Drive (Lo-Fi People)
• LoL: Wild Rift (Riot Games)
• Museum Alive (Alchemy Immersive Ltd)
• NaadSadhana (Sandeep Randale)
• Universe (Universe Exploration Company)

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