We celebrate people using
design to change the world
Meet our Index Award 2021 winners
OUI
The next sexual revolution is hormone-free
Flash Forest
Saving our collective home, 100,000 trees at a time
Truepic
Restoring truth and trust online
Algorithmic Justice League
Shifting societies with an accountable AI
BIOHM
Growing the world of tomorrow with mycelium
LUNARK
Our first home on the moon?
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July 29, 2022
🖊 Guest blog: Making sustainability good business
The case of a company changing an industry
July 22, 2022
📣 Jobs: Be a Design Spotter for Index Award 2023!
Help discover the talents of tomorrow and life-improving change-makers
July 7, 2022
🖊 Blog: A tale of two sinks and one toilet
Why we sometimes need to accept designs we despise
We've gone beyond award giving to investing
Find out how we work as a connector between game-changing solutions and purposeful capital
Each award cycle we receive hundreds, sometimes thousands, of nominations, which are boiled down to just five winners. While we believe it's important to celebrate the best, we don't believe impact should stop there. Get to know how we invest in ground-breaking solutions from The Index Award pipeline.