June 14, 2002—More than 200 manufacturers entered their newest products in The Best of NeoCon 2002. The competition held, at The Merchandise Mart, Chicago, during its annual June exposition drew about 55,000 facilities executives, designers, and architects. Facilities Design & Management, Contract, IIDA, and The Merchandise Mart sponsored the major industry event.
Best of Competition and Gold Award was given to Nucraft Furniture Co. in Furniture Systems category, for Origin, an executive workstation that combines working and meeting environment with technical integration.
Other Gold Award winners in their respective categories are:
Software Technologies: 20-20 Technologies with Kimball Office & National Office Furniture, for 20-20 Office Design & E-magine.
Surfacing Materials & Laminates: Facements, for Facements.
Workplace Technologies: Wiremold Co., for Vista Architectural Column.
Carpet Broadloom: Lees Carpets, for Metafloor II.
Desks: Riviera, for Mesa.
Furniture Systems, New Enhancements: Riviera, for Rivierawall.
Healthcare Fabrics: Designtex, The Logos Collection.
Seating: Side Chairs: Davis Furniture, for Lipse Chair Series.
Seating: Sofas and Lounge Chairs: HBF, for Barbara Barry Seating Collection.
Computer Support Furniture: Watson Furniture Group, for Solo Cart.
Files & Storage: Spacesaver, for Designer Series.
Flooring: Wilsonart Flooring, for Trac-Loc.
Office Accessories: Active Input Solutions, for Easy Motion CPM Comfort Select.
Alternative Office: dna (A Teknion company) for dna Furniture System.
Carpet: Modular: Shaw Tile, for Dressed 2 Kill, Emotion.
Seating: Executive Desk Chairs: Sitag, Inc., for Emotion.
Tables: Conference & Training: Tuohy Furniture, for Salone Conference.
Tables: Electrified: Tuohy Furniture, for Salone Conference.
Architectural Products & Finishes: KI, for Genius Full Height Movable Wall System
Educational Solutions: Virco, for IQ Education Furniture.
Fabrics, Leathers & Vinyls: Maharam, for Repeat.
Healthcare Furniture: Brayton International, for Sieste.
Seating: Desk Workstation Task Chairs: Knoll, for Life.
Tables: Conference & Training: izzydesign, for Jack.
Wall Treatments: JM Lynne, for Zooni.
Among Silver Award winners in The Best of NeoCon:
Software Technologies: Projectmatrix, for ProjectPanel for Herman Miller EthoSpace.
Lighting: Humanscale, for Diffrient Light.
Ceilings: Armstrong, for Woodworks Vector.
Desks: Kimball Office Furniture, for Evoke.
Files & Storage: Spacesaver, for Rotary TouchPad Release.
Seating: Executive Desk Chairs: Harter, for Lassiter.
Workplace Technologies: KI, for Wharton Lectern.
—As announced at NeoCon 2002. See also “NeoCon 2002: The latest furniture and furnishing trends.”
