The 2025 Professional winner in the Speculative category is Plant Futures created by Annelie Berner in collaboration with Monika Seyfried and Variable Studio. This project imagines how the Circaea Alpina flower would response to climate change between 2023 through 2100. By rooting these changes in a familiar flower viewers can contemplate the broader implications of climate change.

The Student Speculative winner is Standard Singlish by Cun Jia Tan from National University of Singapore. This project challenges viewers to reconsider the status of Singlish, the common language that unites the diverse groups of people within Singapore, by introducing a new Singlish typographical system together with a set of educational materials that reimagine a future where Singlish is formalized.

The jury team for Speculative category was led by Jury Captain Tiange Wang a Software Design Lead at IDEO. Wang curated a jury team which included Jaka Neon the Director of Design at Bird Buddy, I-Yang Huang the Co-founder of VLab, Crystal Jow the Co-founder of SIXA and Pedro Cruz an Associate Professor at Northeastern University.

The 2025 Speculative category recognizes future-oriented projects, whether physically or digitally produced, designed for the purpose of cultural commentary, intervention, or exploration, or created as speculative design for a client or educational institution. Projects include alternative structures, device protoypes for social needs, and hypothetical wearable implants.

Speculative Design Award Honorees

See All The Honorees of the 2025 Core77 Design Awards Here:

Apps & Platforms | Built Environment | Branding | Commercial & Industrial Equipment | Consumer Technology | Design for Social Impact | Emerging Technologies | Furniture & Lighting | Home & Living | Interaction | Lifestyle Accessories | Medical & Healthcare | Packaging | Speculative Design | Sports & Outdoor | Sustainability | Tools | Toys & Play | Transportation | Visual Communication