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Best of the Year
Best Apps & Widgets of 2017
The apps and widgets that won a GDUSA award in 2017, each with the firm and the designers credited.
5 award-winning projects
An app is used daily by the customer who chose it, so its design is the product. The designer learns what the user does most and builds the navigation around it, then draws every state a screen passes through, because the user notices the one that was skipped. The apps that win do one job without a manual and look clean at thumb distance. Dell's Alienware Command Center put performance tuning and lighting control in one hub a gamer can read, and Irene Kadir's Savey turned near-expiry groceries into a shopping list anyone could follow. The best app designers in the awards are on this page. Open any project to see the screens and learn what makes them work.
Standouts of 2017
- Duck, Dog, and Bear Go To Africa Appby Hausman Design for Two Bees Books · 2017
- Jammcard Appby L+R for Jammcard · 2017
- Noughts+Crosses Appby The Modern College of Design · 2017
- Ad Council Advocate Appby L+R for Ad Council · 2017
- Maestro Appby Shillington School of Graphic Design · 2017
2017
Duck, Dog, and Bear Go To Africa App
Apps & Widgets
Firm
Hausman Design
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2017
Jammcard App
Apps & Widgets
Firm
L+R
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2017
Noughts+Crosses App
Apps & Widgets
School
The Modern College of Design
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2017
Ad Council Advocate App
Apps & Widgets
Firm
L+R
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2017
Maestro App
Apps & Widgets
School
Shillington School of Graphic Design
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All Apps & Widgets
Common questions
- How many apps and widgets won GDUSA awards in 2017?
- The gallery lists 5 winners from 2017 in this category, out of 29 across all years. Each one appears here with its firm and designer credits.
- Which firms won the most GDUSA awards for apps and widgets in 2017?
- L+R is the only firm with more than one winner, at 2. The ranking for the year lists every firm with its winning work. Best Apps & Widgets firms of 2017, by award wins.
- Who are the clients on the 2017 apps and widgets?
- Clients named on this work include Ad Council, Jammcard, Two Bees Books. The credit comes from the firm that entered the work.
- How do I enter next year's awards?
- Entries go through the GDUSA entry platform. A single entry costs $120 as of October 2026, and packages bring the price per piece down to $400 for ten to twenty entries. Winners who publish get a project page here with full credits, and publication is the paid step. How the awards work.