And the 2012 Apple Design Award Winners Are …

It’s that time of year again: Apple has released the names of the 2012 Apple Design Award winners. This year’s winners include a few surprises and a couple captain obvious selections, but all in all it’s hard to argue with the selections Apple made.

The awards go back to 1997 when Apple first announced its Human Interface Design Excellence awards, but was immediately renamed the following year. Anywho, here’s the list of all the 2012 Apple Design Award Winners.

Student Developer Showcase

Little Star by BiBoBox

daWindci by Reality Twist GmbH

Mac Developer Showcase

Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Ultimate Edition by Feral Interactive

Sketch by Bohemian Coding

LIMBO by Playdead

iPhone Developer Showcase

Jetpack Joyride by Halfbrick Studios

National Parks by National Geographic

Where’s My Water by Disney

iPad Developer Showcase

Paper by 53

Paper by FiftyThree from FiftyThree on Vimeo.

Bobo Explores Light by Game Collage

DM1 – The Drum Machine by Fingerlab

Joshua is the Content Marketing Manager at BuySellAds. He’s also the founder of Macgasm.net. And since all that doesn’t quite give him enough content to wrangle, he’s also a technology journalist in his spare time, with bylines at PCWorld, Macworld… Full Bio