June 13, 2007—Seventy-three awards were distributed in The Best of NeoCon 2007 competition of contract furnishings. The competition is a major product highlight during the NeoCon World’s Trade Fair at The Merchandise Mart, Chicago. The Best of NeoCon competition, celebrating its 18th year, also awarded six Innovation Awards and four Editors’ Choice Awards.
The Best of NeoCon launches products that are new to the market. This year, there were 420 entries in 40 categories. The 53 judges included corporate, government and institutional facilities management executives, as well as business facilities interior designers. Their results were announced at a breakfast the first day of NeoCon, giving all attendees three days in which to see the winning products in their respective Merchandise Mart showrooms and exhibit suites.
The Best of NeoCon’07 is sponsored by Contract Magazine, Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc., The International Interior Design Association (IIDA), The International Facility Management Association (IFMA), and McMorrowReport.com. All entries must be new to the marketplace. Categories in the competition range from furniture to fabrics, architectural products to software, lighting to flooring, wallcoverings to carpet.
The NeoCon World’s Trade Fair is held annually in June at Chicago’s Merchandise Mart, providing three days of educational programs, speakers and products, displayed in 1,200 showrooms and exhibit suites throughout the Mart’s 1.2 million square feet of space.
The following are Best of Competition, Gold and Silver award winners in their respective categories:
The Best of Competition & Gold Winner in Lighting
Haworth, for Brazo
Gold Award Winners
Architectural Products
3Form, for Color
Carpet: Broadloom
Monterey Tandus, for Bas Relief Grid & Rib Series
Carpet: Modular
Shaw Contract Group, for Dressed2Kill
Carpet Fiber
Antron Carpet Fiber, for Antron Lumineria
Casegoods/Desks/Credenzas
Tuohy Furniture Corp., for Uffizi Collection
Conference Room Furniture
Haworth, for Planes
Design Tools
Tandus, for Inunison Virtual Sample Folders
Education Solutions
StellerPartners, for Vanerum Collection
Flooring Resilient
Tarkett Commercial, for Karim Kolors
Furniture Systems
Teknion, for Marketplace
Furniture Systems: Enhancements
Industrias Riviera, for Axis
Healthcare: Fabrics
cf stinson, Inc., for AgION Upholstery
Healthcare Furniture
Nurture by Steelcase, for Opus Overbed Table
Healthcare: Seating
Brandrud, for Pause
Healthcare: Textiles
Momentum Textiles, for When I Grow Up
Office Accessories
Humanscale, for Switch Mouse
Seating: Benches
Decca Contract, for Rottet by Decca Bench
Seating: Conference
Interstuhl Bueromoebel, for Axos
Seating: Guest
Bernhardt Design, for Global Edition
Seating: Ergonomic/Desk/Task
Steelcase, for Arria
Seating: Sofas & Lounge
Leland International, for Valeri Collection
Seating: Stacking
Barcelona Seating Collection, for Elena
Software Technologies
20-20 Technologies, for 20-20 Office Sales 2008
Tables: Conference
Gunlocke, for Converge
Tables: Occasional
HBF, The Blas Series
Tables: Training
Vecta, forAkira
Technology Support
Eubiq Pte. Ltd., for Eubiq Power Outlet
Textiles: Drapery
Architex, for Biedermeier Collection
Textiles: Upholstery
Luna Textiles, for LUX[e]
Wall Treatments
Knoll, for Lusterware
Worksurfaces: Height-Adjustable
Baker Manufacturing, for NEXT
Among Silver Award winners
Carpet: Modular
Bentley Prince Street, for Saturnia Collection
Casegoods: Conference Room
Gunlocke, for Converge
Casegoods: Desks & Credenzas
Davis Furniture Industries, for TX Office
Education Solutions
Vecta, for Akira Classroom Tables
Flooring: Resilient
Forbo Flooring Systems, for Marmoleum Mineral & Dutch Design
Seating: Ergonomic/Desk/Task
Davis Furniture Industries, for TX Office
Office Accessories
Eagan Visual, for Egan Versa Jot
Software Technologies
K.R.Moeller Associates, LogiSon Acoustics for Network Manager
Workplace Technologies
Herman Miller, for C2
The Best of NeoCon’07 issued the following Innovation Awards:
Lees, for Accelerated Design, Design Tools
Innovations, for Odaka for Innovations Upholstery
Joel Berman, for Glass Studios Architectural Products
Constantine Commercial, for First String Resilient Flooring
IoA Healthcare Furniture, Oncology Care Chair, Healthcare Furniture
Bernhardt Design, for Global Edition Sofas & Lounge Seating
Editors’ Choice Awards were presented to:
InterFLOR, for Handloom Modular Carpet
Momentum Textiles, for L.A. on a Tank of Gas Upholstery Textile
Carnegie, for Surface IQ, Wall Treatments
izzydesign, for Hannah Task, Ergonomic Desk/Task Seating
