Apple announced its 2012 Apple Design Award winners this afternoon at Moscone West after the opening keynote. Apple opened this year’s award nominations in late April, but today we get a look at who won. The winners received a hefty load of prizes, including: a special lanyard to commemorate the event, a new MacBook Air, a new third-generation iPad, an iPod touch, and the good-looking ADA trophy seen in the image above. You can check out the list of apps compiled by MacStories below.

iPhone winners

  • Where’s my Water?
  • Jetpack Joyride
  • National Parks by National Geographic

iPad winners

  • Paper
  • Bobo Explores Light
  • DM1 – The Drum Machine

Mac winners

  • Deus Ex: Human Revolution Ultimate Edition
  • Limbo
  • Sketch

Student winners

  • DaWindci (iPad)
  • Little Star (iPad)

Last year’s winners included: iPhone apps Infinity Blade, Cut the Rope, and Golfscape GPS Rangefinder; and, iPad apps djay for iPad, Osmos, and Our Choice. For Mac developers, Capo, Pixelmator, and Anomaly Warzone Earth took home last year’s awards.

via CNET