There are 164 designs in the People's Design Awards. You can vote for which one wins.
Those in NYC can also celebrate throughout National Design Week October 19–25 with free admission to the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum.
I like the
Bamboo basket solar cooker
Intelligent Mobility Wheelchair and
Project H Design's rolling water storage
The entries range from concepts likeReplate, placing unwanted leftovers, typically in a doggie bag, on top of the nearest trash can so that they don't go to waste,
to furniture
Corner Tree
Tetra Shelving
and toys
Kid-O Blocks
Gallop - scanimation flip book
There are another 159 entries in the first Buckminster Fuller Challenge award, won by John Todd's ecological remediation of the Appalachian coal lands. I should be looking through them soon.