More often than not, Exhibit Design Awards jurors create an echo chamber where words such as "clean" and "simple" become a predictable refrain. This year was different. Whether due to a spike of post-pandemic boldness or designers and clients simply growing bored with executing the expected, the adjectives repeatedly coming from the lips of our 2022 judging panel were "sophisticated," "conceptual," and "astonishing." Intrigued? The following pages highlight the 10 winners and eight honorable mentions that pushed the creative envelope and demonstrated that "clean" and "simple" are not necessarily synonymous with "award worthy."

EDGE AWARD Clothes Minded Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. GOLD AWARD Forward Motion Kia America Inc. Planet Hopping Häfele SE & Co. KG Shure Thing Shure Europe GmbH SILVER AWARD Material World Material Handling Systems Inc. The Giving Tree Daiya Foods Inc. Heads and Tales Longeviti Neuro Solutions LLC BRONZE AWARD Cardio Concept Arterys Inc. Open House Snowflake Inc. Suite Dreams Sleep Number Corp. JUDGING PANEL Ed Bennett founder and executive vice president, 10 Thousand Design, Minneapolis Trevor Bullen dean, school of design, Dunwoody College of Technology, Minneapolis Kayla Fay art director and designer, Latitude, Minneapolis Jackie Millea founding partner and president, Shelter Architecture, Minneapolis Todd Paulson partner and chief creative officer, Knock Inc., Minneapolis Samantha Turnock Mendiola senior design architect, HGA, Minneapolis Betsy Vohs CEO and partner, Studio BV, Minneapolis