The modular Better Shelter is made from recyclable plastic, comprises only 68 components, and can be assembled in as few as four hours.<br /><br />Each structure is large enough to house a family of five, and includes a solar panel to power lights and charge devices. Since production started in 2015, 16,000 units have been delivered to countries around the world.
Design of the Year: Better Shelter by the Ikea Foundation and the UN Refugee Agency —
The modular Better Shelter is made from recyclable plastic, comprises only 68 components, and can be assembled in as few as four hours.

Each structure is large enough to house a family of five, and includes a solar panel to power lights and charge devices. Since production started in 2015, 16,000 units have been delivered to countries around the world.
Erik Hagman/Photographer Erik Hagman/?2015 Erik Hagman: www.erikhagm
A team at the NASA Johnson Space Center and the IRPI LLC devised the Space Cup, which utilizes capillary forces and surface tension to replicate an earthly drinking experience aboard the International Space Station.
Category Winner, Product: Space Cup —
A team at the NASA Johnson Space Center and the IRPI LLC devised the Space Cup, which utilizes capillary forces and surface tension to replicate an earthly drinking experience aboard the International Space Station.
Samantha Cristoforetti/ESA/NASA
David Bowie's parting gift for his adoring fans was not only beautiful to listen to, but also beautiful to look at. Barnbrook's Unicode Blackstar symbol adorned the album cover and marketing material.
Category Winner, Graphics: "Blackstar" album cover by Jonathan Barnbrook —
David Bowie's parting gift for his adoring fans was not only beautiful to listen to, but also beautiful to look at. Barnbrook's Unicode Blackstar symbol adorned the album cover and marketing material.
Barnbrook
Lumos, which its creators claim is the world's first smart bicycle helmet, flashes brake lights and turn signals when the wearer slows down.
Category Winner, Transport: Lumos by Eu-wen Ding and Jeff Haoran Chen —
Lumos, which its creators claim is the world's first smart bicycle helmet, flashes brake lights and turn signals when the wearer slows down.
Courtesy Max Wagenblass
The OpenSurgery robotic surgeon concept combines 3D printing, laser-cutting technology and surgical equipment to provide a cheaper alternative to human surgical care.
Category Winner, Digital: OpenSurgery by Royal Collefe of Art (London) and the Kyoto Institute of Technology —
The OpenSurgery robotic surgeon concept combines 3D printing, laser-cutting technology and surgical equipment to provide a cheaper alternative to human surgical care.
Courtesy Juuke Schoorl
In a video, artist Yolanda Dominguez <a target="_blank" target="_blank">interviewed a group of eight-year-olds</a> at a school in Madrid to get their thoughts on ad campaigns from the world's most famous fashion houses. Their answers, while often humorous, highlighted the disparity between how men and women are represented in fashion images.
Category Winner, Fashion: Kids vs. Fashion —
In a video, artist Yolanda Dominguez interviewed a group of eight-year-olds at a school in Madrid to get their thoughts on ad campaigns from the world's most famous fashion houses. Their answers, while often humorous, highlighted the disparity between how men and women are represented in fashion images.
Courtesy Design Museum
This shoe from Adidas and Parley is the first running shoe to use illegal deep-sea gillnets and recycled ocean plastic. Only 100 pairs were made.
Nominated: Adidas x Parley running shoe —
This shoe from Adidas and Parley is the first running shoe to use illegal deep-sea gillnets and recycled ocean plastic. Only 100 pairs were made.
Adidas
Bjarke Ingels' firm steered clear of Manhattan's traditional silhouettes, occupying a spot on the island's periphery with a sharp, scooped out structure.
Nominated: VIA 57 West by BIG —
Bjarke Ingels' firm steered clear of Manhattan's traditional silhouettes, occupying a spot on the island's periphery with a sharp, scooped out structure.
Nic Lehoux
Apple's advertising campaign, celebrating the quality of the iPhone camera, helped shift millions of handsets.
Nominated: Apple and TBWA/Media Arts Lab, Shot on iPhone: World Gallery —
Apple's advertising campaign, celebrating the quality of the iPhone camera, helped shift millions of handsets.
TBWAMedia Arts Lab/Apple
The curvilinear Harbin Opera House was designed as an architectural extension of the Songhua River in Heilongjiang, China.
Nominated: Harbin Opera House by MAD Architects —
The curvilinear Harbin Opera House was designed as an architectural extension of the Songhua River in Heilongjiang, China.
Hufton + Crow
The text within the Drinkable Book provides lifesaving information about water issues, while its pages are made of germ-killing silver filter paper. One filter can purify 100 liters of water.
Nominated: Drinkable Book by Brian Gartside, Aaron Stephenson and Theresa Dankovic —
The text within the Drinkable Book provides lifesaving information about water issues, while its pages are made of germ-killing silver filter paper. One filter can purify 100 liters of water.
Brian Gartside
A university campus is meant to look like an artificial cliff face, and contains terraces reminiscent of Machu Picchu.
Nominated: Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología building in Lima, Peru by Grafton Architects —
A university campus is meant to look like an artificial cliff face, and contains terraces reminiscent of Machu Picchu.
Iwan Baan
One of the lightest bikes in the world, the carbon-fiber OKO is a departure from the normal back-heavy electronic two-wheelers.
Nominated: OKO e-bike by Lars Larsen, Bjarke Ingels and Jens Martin Skibsted —
One of the lightest bikes in the world, the carbon-fiber OKO is a departure from the normal back-heavy electronic two-wheelers.
Biomega OKO
The augmented reality conjured up by Marshmallow Laser Feast allows you to see through the eyes of forest animals and experience nature from a new perspective.
Nominated: In the Eyes of the Animal by Marshmallow Laser Feast —
The augmented reality conjured up by Marshmallow Laser Feast allows you to see through the eyes of forest animals and experience nature from a new perspective.
Barney Steel
<a target="_blank" target="_blank">OMA</a> transformed an early 20th-century distillery in Milan into a unusual complex featuring an exhibition pavilion, tower and cinema.
Nominated: Fondazione Prada by OMA —
OMA transformed an early 20th-century distillery in Milan into a unusual complex featuring an exhibition pavilion, tower and cinema.
courtesy Fondazione Prada/Bas Princen
Keeping close to the style of the original power station's brickwork, architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron's extruded addition to the Tate Modern provides a multitude of open, well-lit spaces.
Nominated: Tate Modern Switch House by Herzog & de Meuron —
Keeping close to the style of the original power station's brickwork, architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron's extruded addition to the Tate Modern provides a multitude of open, well-lit spaces.
Iwan Baan
Yves Behar, Illgu Cha, Sarah Neurnberger, Steven Overman and Danielle Atkins are all nominated for their new take on a retro classic that includes dual analog and digital capabilities.
Nominated: Kodak Super 8 camera —
Yves Behar, Illgu Cha, Sarah Neurnberger, Steven Overman and Danielle Atkins are all nominated for their new take on a retro classic that includes dual analog and digital capabilities.
fuseproject
The Design Museum Dharavi is a traveling exhibition space. Organizers move it around the city to promote design as a tool for social change and innovation.
Nominated: Design Museum Dharavi by Amanda Pinatih and Jorge Ma?es Rubio —
The Design Museum Dharavi is a traveling exhibition space. Organizers move it around the city to promote design as a tool for social change and innovation.
Design Museum Dharavi
Unmade is a London-based fashion start up creating bespoke knitwear you can edit online before purchasing.
Nominated: Unmade by Ben Alun-Jones, Hal Watts and Kirsty Emery —
Unmade is a London-based fashion start up creating bespoke knitwear you can edit online before purchasing.
Luke Bennett
Post/Biotics allows the public to test natural substances in the search for new antibiotics -- vital research for scientists confronted by increasingly resistant strains.
Nominated: Post/Biotics by Vidhi Mehta —
Post/Biotics allows the public to test natural substances in the search for new antibiotics -- vital research for scientists confronted by increasingly resistant strains.
Vidhi Mehta
Luke's electric two-wheel scooter runs on swappable modular batteries, accessed via battery vending machines and charging points.
Nominated: Gogoro Smartscooter and GoStation by Horace Luke —
Luke's electric two-wheel scooter runs on swappable modular batteries, accessed via battery vending machines and charging points.
Gogoro
Magallanes found inspiration in Almadía's archives when drawing up his distinct covers, toying with the absurd but keeping it light with his use of bold primary colors.
Nominated: Almadía book covers by Alejandro Magallanes —
Magallanes found inspiration in Almadía's archives when drawing up his distinct covers, toying with the absurd but keeping it light with his use of bold primary colors.
Fame Pictures
Beazley Designs of the Year 2016
CNN  — 

A flat-pack refugee shelter developed by Ikea and the United Nations has been named the best design of 2016.

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Awarded the Beazley Design of the Year award, presented by the Design Museum in London, the modular Better Shelter is made from recyclable plastic, comprises only 68 components, and can be assembled in as few as four hours.

Each structure is large enough to house a family of five, and includes a solar panel to power lights and charge devices. Since production started in 2015, 16,000 units have been delivered to countries around the world including Iraq, Djibouti, Greece and Niger, to be used as homes, temporary clinics and offices.

“Better Shelter tackles one of the defining issues of the moment: providing shelter in an exceptional situation whether caused by violence or disaster,” said juror Jana Scholze, an associate professor of curating contemporary design at Kingston University, in a statement.

Better Shelter units in Kara Tepe transit site in Lesbos, Greece in March 2016
Better Shelter units in Kara Tepe transit site in Lesbos, Greece in March 2016
Courtesy M?rta Terne

“Providing not only a design, but secure manufacture as well as distribution makes this project relevant and even optimistic. It shows the power of design to respond to the conditions we are in and transform them.”

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The shelter triumphed over more eye-catching nominees, including an Adidas running shoe made of recycled plastic retrieved from the ocean; Grafton Architects’ Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología building in Lima, Peru, which won the 2016 RIBA International Prize; and Herzog & de Meuron’s new addition to London’s Tate Modern.

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This isn’t the first time that social impact has won out over glamour for the top prize.

Last year, a microchip-like device that can mimic the functions of human organs beat out Google’s self-driving car, Fondation Louis Vuitton’s Frank Gehry-designed museum, and a Star Wars-inspired runway collection by Rodarte, among other entries.

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A coffee cup designed for use aboard spacecrafts, David Bowie’s “Blackstar” cover, and a smart bicycle helmet were among the other designs honored this year, winning their individual categories.

All nominated projects are on display at the Design Museum until February 19, 2017.