Winners Apple Design Awards 2021
It's one of the traditions of WWDC: the Apple Design Awards. While only six apps received the award last year, this year Apple selected a whopping 12 winners in six different categories. The apps are not only judged on their looks, but also on their positive impact on the environment or people with disabilities. Whether the developer takes advantage of the technological capabilities of Apple devices also plays a role in the assessment. The nice thing is that both small and large developers can get this award. This year's winners include Carrot Weather, Pok Pok Playroom and Be My Eyes.
The Apple Design Awards are designed to celebrate developers with creative and positive ideas. Apple has presented the award for more than two decades and has identified more than 250 winners to date. The award encourages developers to come up with better apps and for the makers of the app it gives a nice boost in brand awareness. Last year's Apple Design Awards 2020 won, among others, the photo app Darkroom and the game Sky: Children of the Light.
These are the 2021 winners by category:
- Accessibility: HoloVista and Voice Dream Reader
- Delight and Fun: Little Orpheus and Pok Pok Playroom
- Interaction: Bird Alone and Carrot Weather
- Social Impact: Alba: A Wildlife Adventure and Be My Eyes
- Visuals and Graphics: Genshin Impact and Loóna
We will highlight some of them and discuss them in more detail.
Pok Pok Playroom
< p>Pok Pok Playroom is a digital playroom where a child can roam around to discover new things. The app is a world where special figures can be built, a child can make music or make their own drawings. The developers bring the virtual world to life through fun sound effects and haptic interaction. The app is available for iPhone and iPad.
Carrot Weather
An original alternative to the default Weather app on your iPhone is Carrot Weather. Where weather forecasts usually tell you what to expect in a very factual way, Carrot Weather wraps this in a funny message. In addition, the app looks very slick on your iPhone, as well as on your iPad or Apple Watch. You can use AR, personalize the app and do all kinds of challenges with the app. In short, Carrot Weather makes the weather interesting again.
Be My Eyes
An app that has received an Apple Design Award in the Social Impact category is Be My Eyes. This special app connects visually impaired people to volunteers worldwide so that they can help visually impaired or blind people identify objects.
There are about 4.5 million volunteers serving 300,000 blind and visually impaired people. currently help through the app. When help is needed, one of the helpers can be contacted via the app, so that visually impaired people can carry out their daily activities more easily.