Apple announces 2012 Design Award winners
What were the prettiest, or otherwise design-centric apps made on Apple's platforms this year?The results are in.Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference continues through the rest of this week, though the annual Apple Design Awards show is in the can. This is the event where the company recognizes the achievements of developers who created particularly well-designed software, be it in looks or overall functionality.Among some of the winners are popular games like Halfbrick's Jetpack Joyride and Playdead's Limbo, alongside creation apps like Bohemian Coding's Sketch for the Mac, and Paper for the iPad by FiftyThree. Apple began its annual design awards program in 1997 under the moniker the "Human Interface Design Excellence," changing to its current name just a year later. Those who win get promotion on Apple's developer site, as well as a cube-shaped award that glows when picked up. The design for that cube, which has been made by Palo Alto, Calif.-based Sparkfactor Design since 2003, was once put through a CT scanner by an award winner to see how it worked.A full list of winners from this year's show is below. All links lead to those apps in their respective App Stores.iPhone WinnersApp: Disney's Where's My Water. Company: DisneyApp: Jetpack JoyrideCompany: Halfbrick StudiosApp: National Parks by National GeographicCompany: National Geographic Society / Rally InteractiveiPad winnersApp: Paper Company: FiftyThree IncApp: Bobo Explores Light Company: GameCollageApp: DM1 - The Drum MachineCompany: Fingerlab Student winnersApp: DaWindci (iPad)Company: Reality Twist GmbH, Mimimi Productions, Mediadesign Highschool of Applied Sciences App: Little Star (iPad)Company: BiBoBox Studio, Dalian Nationalities University Mac winnersApp: Deus Ex: Human Revolution Ultimate EditionCompany: Feral Interactive LtdApp: LimboCompany: Playdead ApSApp: SketchCompany: Bohemian Coding
