by Brianna Crandall — June 13, 2018 — The winners of the 2018 Best of NeoCon Competition were announced on June 11, during an awards breakfast hosted by Contract magazine on the first day of the NeoCon contract furnishings show, held this week at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago. A total of 81 awards in 39 categories were distributed in this year’s competition.
Best of Competition
Untucked by Keilhauer won Best of Competition, along with a Gold award in the Lounge Furniture Collections category and a Silver in the Furniture Collections for Collaboration category. Look for more details about Untucked in a future FMLink article, as well as articles showcasing other products exhibited during NeoCon 2018 that may be of interest to facilities managers.
Untucked by Keilhauer won Best of Competition, along with a Gold award in the Lounge Furniture Collections category and a Silver in the Furniture Collections for Collaboration category. Image courtesy Keilhauer.
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NeoCon
Celebrating its 50th year, NeoCon is a premier exposition and conference for commercial interiors, and is annually attended by over 50,000 architecture, design and facilities management (FM) professionals and specifiers from around the world.
With nearly 1 million square feet of exhibition space showcasing 500 leading companies, the show launches thousands of new products and covers a spectrum of vertical markets including workplace, healthcare, hospitality, retail, education, public spaces and government.
Best of NeoCon
Celebrating its 29th year, the prestigious Best of NeoCon Competition honors new commercial interiors products that are introduced to the market during that year’s NeoCon (introduced to the market since the previous edition of NeoCon) in 41 categories ranging from Acoustic Panels & Solutions to Workplace Technologies.
Best of NeoCon jurors — architects, interior designers and FM executives responsible for selecting and buying furniture and furnishings for their organizations or clients — reviewed 375 entries in 41 product categories digitally and in person immediately prior to the opening of the show.
The Best of NeoCon Competition is sponsored by Contract magazine and co-sponsored by NeoCon, the International Interior Design Association (IIDA), the International Facility Management Association (IFMA), and The McMorrow Reports for Facilities Design & Management.
The jurors selected Gold and Silver winners in each category, as well as Innovation Awards and a Best of Competition winner. Contract editors also selected winners for the Editors’ Choice awards.
The 2018 winners, listed alphabetically by categories, are:
BEST OF COMPETITION
ACOUSTIC PANELS & SOLUTIONS
Gold: Unika Vaev: ecoustic Sculpt Ceiling Tiles
Silver: ROOM: ROOM One
Innovation: Scandinavian Spaces: Pixel
ARCHITECTURAL & DECORATIVE GLASS
Editors’ Choice: Skyline Design: Linework Glass Collection
ARCHITECTURAL PRODUCTS
Gold: Clarus Glassboards: Glide
Silver: Carvart: glassENCLOSE
CARPET: BROADLOOM
Gold: Tarkett/Tandus Centiva: Velvet Fringe Series
Silver: Bentley Mills: The Drawing Room Collection
CARPET: FIBER
Gold: Mohawk Group: Heathered Hues
CARPET: MODULAR
Gold: Shaw Contract: Haven
Silver: Patcraft: Dichroic
Editors’ Choice: Milliken: Textured Sky
CASE GOODS
Gold: Three H: Woodstock
Silver: Gunlocke: Silea EH
CONFERENCE ROOM FURNITURE
Gold: Okamura: Traverse Satellite
Silver: Tuohy Furniture Corporation: Duende Tables
EDUCATION SOLUTIONS
Gold: Allsteel: Rock Chair
Silver: SitOnIt Seating: Movi
FLOORING: HARD-SURFACE
Gold: Tarkett/Johnsonite: Pentagonals
Silver: Shaw Contract: Natural Choreography
FURNITURE: BENCHING
Gold: Knoll Inc: Rockwell Unscripted Sawhorse WorkBench
Silver: Knoll Inc: k. bench
FURNITURE COLLECTIONS FOR COLLABORATION
Gold: Boss Design: ATOM
Silver: Keilhauer: Untucked
Innovation: Steelcase: Mackinac
FURNITURE SYSTEMS & ENHANCEMENTS:
Gold: KI Furniture: Tattoo
Silver: Humanscale: Humanscale Monitor Arms
HEALTHCARE FABRICS & TEXTILES
Gold: Designtex: Surroundings
Silver: KnollTextiles: Between the Lines Collection
HEALTHCARE FLOORING
Gold: Tarkett/Tandus Centiva: Garden Walk
Innovation: Mohawk Group: Healthy Environments
HEALTHCARE GUEST & LOUNGE SEATING
Gold: Steelcase: Embold Collection
Silver: Herman Miller: Palisade Collection
HEALTHCARE PATIENT SEATING
Gold: Spec Furniture: Hardi Rocker
LIGHTING: DECORATIVE
Gold: Barbican: WEV Collection
Silver: BuzziSpace: BuzziHat
LIGHTING: DESKTOP/TASK, FURNITURE-INTEGRATED
Gold: Fräsch: Lysa
Silver: Humanscale: Nova
LOUNGE FURNITURE COLLECTIONS
Gold: Keilhauer: Untucked
Silver: Studio TK: Borough
Editors’ Choice: Geiger International: Reframe Lounge Furniture
OFFICE ACCESSORIES
Gold: Bretford Manufacturing: Juice Mobile Power
Silver: Teknion: tn Desktop Accessories & Personal Storage Collection
SEATING: BAR STOOLS
Gold: Andreu World: Duos Barstool
Silver: Allermuir: Axyl Stool
SEATING: BENCHES
Gold: Keilhauer: 141
Silver: Leland: Back Bench
SEATING: CONFERENCE
Gold: Keilhauer: Orign
Silver: Andreu World: Flex Armchair
SEATING: ERGONOMIC DESK/TASK
Gold: Herman Miller: Cosm
Silver: Nienkämper: Trench
Innovation: Steelcase: SILQ
SEATING: GUEST
Gold: Sandler Seating: Flat
Silver: JANUS et Cie: Nodi Armchair
Innovation: Allermuir: Axyl Chair
Editors’ Choice: Davis Furniture Industries: Tango
SEATING: SOFAS & LOUNGE
Gold: Davis Furniture Industries: Ginkgo Ply Lounge
Silver: Andreu World: Dado
Innovation: ICF: Land Lounge Chair
SEATING: STACKING
Gold: SitOnIt Seating: Movi
Silver: Groupe Lacasse: IO by United Chair
SPACE DIVIDERS/PARTITIONS/SCREENS
Gold: Carnegie: Xorel Vue
Silver: Spacesaver Corporation: Day-Use Lockers
SURFACING MATERIALS & FINISHES
Gold: Formica Group North America: Formica Infiniti ColorCore2
Silver: Crossville, Inc: Convergence
TABLES: COMMUNAL & TASK
Gold: Nienkämper: Vox Solid Wood Table
Silver: Nucraft Furniture: Preston
TABLES: HEIGHT-ADJUSTABLE
Gold: Watson Furniture Group: Tia Collection
Silver: Nienkämper Gateway Movable Workstations
TABLES: OCCASIONAL
Gold: Andreu World: Reverse Stone
Silver: OFS Brands Inc: Roo
TABLES: TRAINING & WORK
Gold: Nucraft Furniture: Myne
Silver: HALCON: SkillSet
TECHNOLOGY-INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS
Silver: Naava: Naava Active Green Wall
Innovation: Teknion: Cerebro
TEXTILES: UPHOLSTERY
Gold: Designtex: Celliant
Silver: Luum Textiles: Tactility
Innovation: Luna Textiles: Endless
Editors’ Choice: Designtex: Designtex + Coalesse Collection
WALLS: MOVABLE
Gold: ALUR: ALUR Duo
Silver: Maars Living Walls: AXES
WALL TREATMENTS
Gold: KnollTextiles: Atmosphere Collection
Silver: NappaTile: Elodie Blanchard Collection
WORKPLACE TECHNOLOGIES
Gold: Jabbrrbox: JabbrrX
Silver: Smartblock Oy: Smartblock FD
Product descriptions and photos of the Best of NeoCon entries in all 41 categories are viewable on the Contract Network site. Winners will be showcased in the July/August issue of Contract.
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