2026 Winners
Introducing all Winners of the Seoul Design Award 2026
Best of Best
Learn MoreKampung Mrican Phase 1 A community-co-developed redevelopment project along a riverfront via urban acupuncture in a dense urban village
SHAU (Indonesia)
Learn MoreLAKAT SUSTAINABLE SNEAKERS A circular sneaker project using pineapple byproducts and natural rubber to reduce manufacturing waste
Creative Definitions (Philippines)
Learn MoreNa-Eh Karen Cultural Market A forest food court and community center project serving the Karen Indigenous Community
Chatpong Chuenrudeemol (Thailand)
Learn MoreOtter Newborn Warmer A portable conductive warmer project preventing newborn hypothermia in resource-limited settings
Design that Matters (Zambia)
Learn MoreProcess-Controlled Waste Sorting Rear Module | ET35 A modular rear body system project improving recycling workflows from public drop-off to frontline operations
Inmotion Design Co., Ltd. × China Motor Corporation(CMC) (Taiwan)
Learn MoreReef Tiles by ReefCircular A custom artificial reef project that restores marine ecosystems using region-specific computational design and eco-friendly materials for easy diver installation.
ReefCircular Aps (Denmark)
- designboom Special Prize
Learn MoreSMALLrevolution A design-led closed-loop system project transforming plastic waste into documented and traceable resources and materials
SMALLrevolution (Denmark)
Learn MoreSuber Design An ethical circular economy project transforming recycled cork into sustainable furniture while supporting vulnerable social groups
Jari Franceschetto (Italy)
- designboom Special Prize
Learn MoreTablì A breakthrough single-serve coffee system built entirely around a tab of 100% pure coffee.
Lavazza Group (Italy)
Learn MoreWheeLog! A participatory accessibility mapping platform project reducing mobility barriers by crowdsourcing wheelchair users' lived experiences
WheeLog (Japan)
Finalist
Learn MoreA Community Hydroponic System for Food Security in a Communitys Kitchens A hydroponic innovation project to improve nutrition and food resilience in community kitchens through Nutrient Film Technique technology
Universidad Autónoma del Perú (University Autonomous of Peru) (Peru)
Learn MoreA sustainable design project turning endangered species stories and recycled materials into functional daily tools for circular living. A sustainable design project turning endangered species stories and recycled materials into functional daily tools for circular living
PIGLAB (Korea, Republic of)
Learn MoreBankee Program A financial-literacy and integrity-education platform project giving children experiences with earning, saving, and spending within a safe classroom economy
Creative Confidence (Kuwait)
Learn MoreBendera Pusaka Park A Bendera Pusaka Park project restoring ecological functions and uniting degraded parks into a climate-resilient area solving flooding issues
SIURA Studio (Indonesia)
Learn MoreCosmobotanical Mirror A living landscape project transforming arid urban spaces into a biodiversity and environmental learning environment
Common Land Studio and GUN Architects (Chile)
- designboom Special Prize
Learn MoreDatecrete Datecrete transforms discarded date pits into a cement-free, petrochemical-free architectural material rooted in regional industry, science and building heritage
Datecrete Studio & Lab FZC (United Arab Emirates)
Learn MoreDisaster Prevention Integrated Pictogram An integrated disaster-prevention pictogram project combining local elevation data, projected flood levels, and a QR code for hazard maps
Noriaki Mori (Japan)
Learn MoreESG AIR BOOTH An eco-friendly modular honeycomb board booth system that eliminates short-term exhibition waste and achieves complete resource circularity using FSC-certified materials
UBG (Japan)
Learn MoreFor a Safer Quảng TrịA digital platform project navigating unexploded ordnance education challenges to protect community safety and livelihoods in Quảng Trị, Vietnam
Behalf (Viet Nam)
Learn MoreGreen Light Tea Garden Organic Tea Upcycling tea waste into sustainable packaging to protect Feitsui Reservoir and support clean water for 6 million people
Ren-Huang Fang (Taiwan)
Learn MoreHappy Table — Dementia Prevention through Digital Play A multiplayer smart table project turning dementia prevention into play where seniors train cognition together through joyful, touch-based games
SPRINGSOFT Co., Ltd. (Korea, Republic of)
Learn MoreHarvesting Climate Action A civic participatory and experiential project embedding climate science into daily life through food culture, data objects, and collective deliberation
Ling Tan (United Kingdom)
Learn MoreLaos-Korea Living Heritage Hub A World Heritage post-restoration project transforming temporary support facilities into permanent community assets for local self-reliance
Jeeun Lee (Lao People's Democratic Republic)
Learn MoreMachi no Zukoushitsu: Town-wide Living Museum A community design project turning a vacant shop into a town-wide living museum to address loneliness and social isolation
Rui Fukumoto (Japan)
Learn MoreMälutalo-an A project revitalizing an abandoned forest by integrating collective forestry with architectural practice, where architecture regenerates the forest
Rokkan Builders (Japan)
Learn MoreOrgano Antharam 'The Rurban Community' An architectural catalyst project engaging the social realm and aligning with the community's collective spirit beyond the physical boundary
FHD INDIA (India)
Learn MoreQuantum Hydroinformatics A Smart City NRW platform project for Uttarakhand using non-invasive rapid leak detection technology for efficient water loss reduction
Aumsat Technologies LLP (India)
Learn MoreRéNo by UPGREEN Vietnam A circular design project addressing plastic waste and endangered craft simultaneously by fusing recycled plastic substrates with traditional Vietnamese lacquer
UPGREEN Vietnam (Viet Nam)
Learn MoreRE:Play Green Hero A public space transformation project turning urban areas into play-based learning environments for circular economy and social sustainability
Kyung Hee University, Dept. of Industrial Design (Korea, Republic of)
Learn MoreseeAsaw A seeAsaw project turning ocean-plastic ghost nets into a collaborative seesaw structure that raises climate awareness through shared play and making
Andre Kong (United States of America)
Learn MoreSekar Djagad Joglo: Circular Cultural Infrastructure for Living Heritage A participatory adaptive reuse project transforming a threatened Javanese Joglo into living cultural infrastructure through circular construction and local collaboration
AD REM Collective (Indonesia)
Learn MoreSesar Lembang Kalcer Sesar Lembang Kalcer redefines disaster mitigation by transforming the fear of disaster through cultural resilience design and ecological immersive storytelling
Sesar Lembang Kalcer (Indonesia)
Learn MoreShophouse2Go! A palette-based shophouse renovation design system project reviving Bangkok's aging urban housing through modular, data-driven, and sustainable strategies
DRFJ (Design & Research by Fusinpaiboon & Jang) (Thailand)
Learn MoreTHE COLLECTOR A sustainable system project generating energy and potable water to reduce costs and pollution while improving community quality of life
Jose Gomez (Ecuador)
Learn MoreThe Community Protective Model: An Intercultural Community Service Design for Children's Mental Health in Vulnerable Communities of Peru Designing an intercultural community service model that protects vulnerable children by strengthening families, education, mental health, and community resilience
Leonel Roger Revilla Cruz (Peru)
Learn MoreThe Magical Stars “WEAVING THE FUTURE, EMBRACING THE ORIGIN” A heritage-driven circular design solution reviving vanishing Lanna bamboo craftsmanship through parametric design and reusable modular construction
BAMFEST, Faculty of Architecture, Chiang Mai University in collaboration with Central Chiang Mai Airport (Thailand)
Learn MoreThe Museums, Citizen's Well-(Li)ving Room A project implementing a Museum Social Prescribing system to transform museums into preventive health infrastructures addressing social isolation
Hana Joo (Korea, Republic of)
Learn MoreThe Rolling Pavilion A project making bamboo a trusted material through digital fabrication and precise curves
Serendipity Studio (Taiwan)
Learn MoreUmbral Bajo El Batro Memory Infrastructure: Regenerating a neglected social housing square in Romeral through participatory design and the endangered local craft of Batro weaving
José Muñoz (Chile)
Learn MoreVORTEX A recycled-plastic wind turbine project providing resilient clean energy for coastal and disaster-prone communities
Klimatech PH (Philippines)
Young Designer Best of the Best
Learn MoreAdaptive Brush Set for People with Cerebral Palsy A modular brush set project enhancing the painting experience for individuals with cerebral palsy through user-centred design
Luz Moya Ibáñez (Spain)
Learn MoreSweet Cheeks Nappies A SAP-free, plant-based diaper insert project turning into nutrient-rich fertilizer to eliminate 500-year plastic waste
Arabella Calla (United Kingdom)
Young Designer Finalist
Learn MoreDhaara Dhaara addresses arsenic contamination in coastal Bangladesh through a frugal, gravity-fed terracotta filter rooted in biomimicry and cultural familiarity
Besign-Team Dhaara (Bangladesh)
Learn MoreEco&Eco A localized, off-grid infrastructure network synchronizing renewable energy with communal cold storage to break generational rural poverty cycles
Rey Francis Pacres (Philippines)
Learn MoreEdge : Energy in Life, Result in Sight Mobile Solar Power Generation Robots for Citizen-Centric Urban Energy Infrastructure
Korea University, School of Art & Design (Korea, Republic of)
Learn MoreEVAPOT An eco-friendly, low-power medical storage system using traditional evaporative cooling and hydrogels for infrastructure-vulnerable regions
YONG WON KIM (Korea, Republic of)
Learn Morefixwing FixWing simplifies chaotic IV insertion for paramedics and patients through an integrated, one-step needle and tape fixation design
FIND (Korea, Republic of)
Learn MoreFLIP - Convertible Helmet-Stool for Earthquake Protection A convertible helmet-stool earthquake protection design integrating life-saving head protection seamlessly into everyday minimalist furniture for immediate disaster response
77 SYNCHRONY (Taiwan)
Learn MoreFLOW – Early detection of oil pollution in surface waters An autonomous water monitoring network enabling continuous early detection of oil pollution through real-time field screening and accessible environmental data
Oliwia Śnieg (Poland)
Learn MoreHydropulse Technology Hydro Pulse promotes water conservation through tactile feedback that makes resource consumption immediately perceptible and behavioral change tangible
Daniel Ciochina (United States of America)
Learn MoreMAOR MAOR is a novel oyster farming framework designed with a hollow structure utilized for storing oyster shell powder
Guo Yi-Rou / Yeh Lo-Ying / Advised by Prof. Kai-Chu Li (Taiwan)
Learn MoreOMEX A modular autonomous vehicle system that swaps day-time passenger transport for night-time freight transport, maximizing resource use without idle time
Vincent Ackermann (Germany)
Learn MoreReadot A device that translates printed books into Braille in real time for visually impaired readers
BPMK (Korea, Republic of)
Learn MoreSATA (landslide warning device) This field warning-rescue device utilizes smoke's wide visibility to protect lives from climate landslides, forest disasters, and information blind spots
SATA (Korea, Republic of)
Learn MoreSvaika Svaika converts music into touch-based feedback to make it perceptible for Deaf users
Azra Firmansyah (Indonesia)
Learn MoreTorpedo Light A resilient, water-activated Magnesium-Air emergency lamp providing reliable, sustainable illumination during climate disasters and grid failures
Justin Bressac (France)
Learn MoreViewpoint Freedom: 3DGS-Based Virtual Exhibition UX for Equitable Museum Access A 3DGS free-view exhibition UX restoring viewpoint autonomy for wheelchair users through navigable spatial reconstruction
Juhee Yeon, Eugene Ko (Hongik University) (Korea, Republic of)
Learn MoreWindGuard – Roads as Renewable Power Plants WindGuard transforms roadside anti-glare posts into renewable energy nodes using traffic and natural wind for sustainable smart mobility
PEI-SHAN LI (Taiwan)
Learn MoreXREEF A modular artificial coral reef project for the restoration of degraded coral reef ecosystems
Politecnico di Milano, Xi'an Jiaotong University and Guangxi University (China)
Learn MoreZEEV: A V2X Service for Converting EV Surplus Energy into Tradable Assets ZEEV transforms EVs into ESS by connecting surplus power and insufficient charging infrastructure through autonomous robots and a V2X platform
ZEEV (Korea, Republic of)
ESG Design Impact
Learn MoreCircularBlue™ Ocean Initiative CircularBlue™ Ocean Initiative: An experimental system by RHINOSHIELD integrating solar power, AI drones, and automated retrieval to tackle ocean waste and advance material circularity
RHINOSHIELD (Taiwan)
Learn MoreForests without names Giving unnamed sea forests an identity and spotlighting their ecological value to drive engagement in marine conservation and biodiversity, Hyundai Motor’s restoration project
Hyundai Motor Company (Korea, Republic of)
Learn MoreMINIX The Flender MAX Food Waste Processor MINIX The Flender MAX redefines food waste processors with a sleek, minimalist design and smart auto-mode that seamlessly blend into living spaces while lowering behavioral barriers. By making waste reduction effortless, it drives everyday sustainable habits and expands market impact.
ATHOME (Korea, Republic of)
Learn MorePatagonia Repair & Worn Wear Initiative: Building a Culture of Keeping Clothes in Use Redefining repair as environmental action: Patagonia Korea's circularity and community-driven initiatives to keep clothing in use longer and shift consumption culture
Patagonia Korea (Korea, Republic of)
Learn MoreSamsonite Lotte Main L-project Samsonite’s ESG retail space project integrating Korean traditional culture with circular design and upcycling to expand product value into space and experiences
SAMSONITE (Korea, Republic of)
Learn MoreSchool of Sustainable Culinar Arts & Diet 'Tasty Pulmuone' Pulmuone’s nonprofit education program promoting sustainable eating and everyday adoption of healthy, eco-friendly food culture through hands-on learning and practice
Pulmuone Foods Co., Ltd. (Korea, Republic of)
Learn MoreAI Benefits for Everyone This initiative delivers accessible, needs-based AI education designed for diverse groups facing digital barriers. By empowering participants to build practical solutions, it bridges technology gaps and fosters inclusive social value aligned with ESG.
OpenAI Korea (Korea, Republic of)