Company: HDR
The doctor's offices are often drab, clinical places—but what if it was a place you actually wanted to hang out? Kaiser Permanente's new Health Hubs aim to feel like community centers in order to encourage people to follow up with their health.
Minding your health has never been easier, from a wearable that tracks sun exposure to waiting rooms that are fun to hang out in. The honorees for the health category of the 2016 Innovation by Design Awards vary dramatically from one another in form and function. Yet they all emphasize a key thing: the user, whether that's a young football star who needs protection against concussions or a genetic scientist who can now run DNA experiments from her desktop. These 25 designs put people first.