The data design category of Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards honors projects that harness the power of data to create better experiences for users, whether it’s an algorithm, a visualization, or an interface. This year’s winner,  A Data Love Letter to the Subway by Pentagram, is a two-minute animation that turns New York subway data into a lyrical, hand-drawn visual story of the life of all the lines using the 52 screens at Fulton Transit Center. See all of the honorees below. {"blockType":"mv-promo-block","data":{"imageDesktopUrl":"https:\/\/images.fastcompany.com\/image\/upload\/f_webp,q_auto,c_fit\/wp-cms-2\/2026\/09\/2026-IBD_social-share-2-16x9-1.jpg","imageMobileUrl":"https:\/\/images.fastcompany.com\/image\/upload\/f_webp,q_auto,c_fit\/wp-cms-2\/2026\/09\/2026-IBD_social-share-1-1-1x1-1.jpg","eyebrow":"","headline":"Meet the world\u0027s most innovative design companies","dek":"","subhed":"","description":"","ctaText":"See the List","ctaUrl":"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/innovation-by-design\/list?utm_source=fcwebsite\u0026utm_medium=promo_block\u0026utm_campaign=IBD26","theme":{"bg":"#f4f4f4","text":"#2b2d30","eyebrow":"#9aa2aa","subhed":"#ffffff","buttonBg":"#444444","buttonHoverBg":"#ef5b24","buttonText":"#ffffff"},"imageDesktopId":91604521,"imageMobileId":91604520,"shareable":false,"slug":"","wpCssClasses":""}} [Photo: Samuel Morgan] Finalists Breastmilk Money Serviceplan Germany Emotions in Motion Human Dot Plus Windspell Zui Chen Honorable Mentions FestTech Festival performance AkademiaDev Futuro Exterminado Café.art.br Geography of Prosperity Motivf and Human Change Language Explorer Hook Panorama 2.AI Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and Accenture Song

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