Apple announces 2012 design award winners

At WWDC 2012, Apple held an event where they announced the winners of the Apple Design Awards. Each winner won a special ADA winner lanyard, a MacBook Air, a new iPad, an iPod touch, and an ADA trophy. Developers were were awarded from the following categories: Student, Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Winners were chosen based off the following criteria:

• Well-Designed - Apps that are inviting, engaging, easy to use, intuitive, and compelling.
• State of the Art - Apps that take advantage of the latest hardware, OS releases, and technologies to offer rich functionality, high performance, and extensive system integration.
• Innovative - Apps that are revolutionary, inspiring, and do things in new and creative ways.

So without further adieu, here are the winners!

Student Category

Little Star by BiBoBox

• $2.99 - Download Now

daWindci by Reality Twist GmbH

• $3.99 - Download Now

Mac Category

Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Ultimate Edition by Feral Interactive

• $49.99 - Download Now

Sketch by Bohemian Coding

• $39.99 - Download Now

LIMBO by Playdead

• $9.99 - Download Now

iPhone Category

Jetpack Joyride by Halfbrick Studios

• Free - Download Now

National Parks by National Geographic

• Free - Download Now

Where's My Water by Disney

• $0.99 - Download Now

iPad Category

Paper by 53

• Free - Download Now

Bobo Explores Light by Game Collage

• $4.99 - Download Now

DM1 - The Drum Machine by Fingerlab

• $4.99 - Download Now

Huge congratulations to all the winners! Well deserved.