Neocon workplace design show announces this year’s award winning products

Today is the final day of the vast Neocon workplace design
convention in Chicago. It is one of the world’s last remaining bastions of the supposedly dying art of the exhibition, in which tens of thousands of like-minded people from around the world descend on a city to live on alcohol, nibbles and hot fluorescent light in between discussing the products and ideas that hold their careers together. From the outside of any sector, this all looks like a collective madness, but from the inside things look very different. For some reason, the first day is the day on which those products which are judged to be Neocon’s best are presented their accolades. So even before our review of the show (coming soon), here are its award winning products including gongs for familiar names such as Boss, Humanscale, BuzziSpace, KI and Steelcase.     

KI Sway

ARCHITECTURAL & DECORATIVE GLASS
Gold: Skyline Design: Patricia Urquiola Collection
Silver: CARVART: C1 Collection

ARCHITECTURAL PRODUCTS
Gold: KI: Evoke Silver: Navy Island, Inc.: SoundPly Formation Acoustic Panels

CARPET: BROADLOOM
Gold: Tandus Centiva: Indent
Silver: Mohawk Group: Lakir Collection by Durkan

CARPET: MODULAR
Gold: Mohawk Group: Moving Floors
Silver: Tandus Centiva: Avant
Innovation: Patcraft: Deconstructed Metal
Editors’ Choice: Mohawk Group: Moving Floors

Okamura Traverse

CASE GOODS
Gold: Tuohy Furniture Corporation: WorkStyles
Silver: Bernhardt Design: Compositions
Innovation: Sandler Seating: Nomado
Editors’ Choice: West Elm Workspace with Inscape: West Elm Workspace Bench Collection

CONFERENCE ROOM FURNITURE
Gold: Okamura: Traverse
Silver: HALCON: SKILL

EDUCATION SOLUTIONS
Gold: Steelcase: Brody WorkLounge
Silver: HOWE: SixE Learn

FILES & MOBILE STORAGE SYSTEMS?
Silver: fluidconcepts: Bob-The Mobile Office

FIXTURES
Gold: Lovair: Ribbon Collection

Tuohy Workstyles

FLOORING: HARD SURFACE, TILE & STONE
Gold: Tandus Centiva: Asymmetric
Silver: J+J Flooring Group: Umbra/Umbra Stripe

FURNITURE SYSTEMS
Best of Competition: Tuohy Furniture Corporation: WorkStyles
Gold: Tuohy Furniture Corporation: WorkStyles
Silver: Scale 1:1: G-Series Double/Single Workstation

FURNITURE SYSTEMS: ENHANCEMENTS
Gold: Groupe Lacasse: C.I.T.E?. Office Furniture System by Lacasse
Silver: JRB Studio: Animate+SC

Steelcase Brody Worklounge

FURNITURE: BENCHING
Gold: West Elm Workspace with Inscape: West Elm Workspace Bench Collection
Silver: AIS: Oxygen Sit/Stand
Editors’ Choice: West Elm Workspace with Inscape: West Elm Workspace Bench Collection

FURNITURE COLLECTIONS FOR COLLABORATION
Gold: SIXINCH North America: Grove by SIXINCH – Slide
Silver: Tuohy Furniture Corporation: WorkStyles
Innovation: SIXINCH North America: Grove by SIXINCH – Slide

HEALTHCARE FABRICS & TEXTILES
Gold: Designtex: Check Up Collection
Silver: Momentum Group: Snapshot Collection
Innovation: CF Stinson: Project ACS

Mohawk Moving Floors

HEALTHCARE FLOORING
Gold: Patcraft: Life & Style
Silver: Tarkett: Johnsonite Acczent Flourish

HEALTHCARE: GUEST/LOUNGE SEATING
Gold: Carolina, an OFS Brands Company: Canopy
Silver: KI: Solti?ce Metal

HEALTHCARE: PATIENT SEATING?
Gold: Wieland: The Accord Recliner

LIGHTING: DECORATIVE?
Silver: Sensitile Systems: FIN

LIGHTING: TASK/DESKTOP, FURNITURE-INTEGRATED
Gold: Koncept: UCX Pro?Silver: Humanscale: Infini

LOUNGE FURNITURE COLLECTIONS
Gold: izzy+: Sylvi
Silver: Source International: CrissCross Lounge
Innovation: KI: Sway
Editors’ Choice: Knoll: Prism

OFFICE ACCESSORIES?
Silver: Ghent, a GMi Company: LINK Hex

SEATING: BARSTOOLS
Gold: Andreu World: Lineal Barstool
Silver: Davis Furniture: Join Barstool

SEATING: BENCHES
Gold: HBF: Cheval Collection
Silver: Green Furniture Concept: Nova C Bench Series
Innovation: Keilhauer: CHEMISTRY

Boss Coza

SEATING: CONFERENCE
Gold: Andreu World: Flex Executive
Silver: Gunlocke: Avoca Swivel Seating

SEATING: ERGONOMIC DESK/TASK
Gold: Wilkhahn: IN
Silver: Boss Design: Coza

SEATING: GUEST
Gold: HBF: Carlyle Collection
Silver: Humanscale: Occasional Chair
Innovation: idesk: Muse

SEATING: SOFAS & LOUNGE
Gold: Andreu World: Couve
Silver: Gunlocke: Urbana Lounge
Innovation: KI: Sway

SEATING: STACKING
Gold: Davis Furniture: A-Chair
Silver: HBF: Andaz Collection

SIGNAGE & WAYFINDING?
Gold: APCO Graphics, Inc.: Elevate

SOFTWARE FOR SPECIFICATIONS

Gold: Spec Simple: Virtual Library
Silver: MAI: MAI Completely Furnished Office Budget Tool

SPACE DIVIDERS/PARTITIONS/SCREENS
Gold: BuzziSpace: BuzziFalls
Silver: Snowsound USA: Snowsound Space

SURFACING MATERIALS/FINISHES
Gold: Mosaico Digitale: Mosaico Digitale
Silver: 3form: Full Circle Metallics

Wilkhahn IN

TABLES: OCCASIONAL
Gold: HBF: Cheval Collection
Silver: Andreu World: Reverse Occasional
Innovation: Tuohy Furniture Corporation: WorkStyles

TABLES: TRAINING & WORK
Gold: Knoll: Pixel
Silver: HALCON: SKILL

TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT
Gold: Framery: Framery O
Silver: SIXINCH North America: Solar Powered Lilly Shade

TECHNOLOGY-INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS
Gold: Arthur Holm: Dynamic3Talk
Silver: Steelcase: Thread

Steelcase Thread

TEXTILES: UPHOLSTERY
Gold: KnollTextiles: The Adjaye Collection by David Adjaye for KnollTextiles
Silver: Camira Fabrics: Natural Blends

WALL TREATMENTS
Gold: TerraMai: Lost Coast Redwood Paneling

WINDOW TREATMENTS
Gold: Carnegie: Alchemy
Silver: HBF Textiles: Cork Cloth
Editors’ Choice: Designtex: Play Date

WORKPLACE TECHNOLOGIES
Gold: Group Dekko: Ashley Trio+ Bezel
Silver: SpaceCo Business Solutions, Inc.: Power, Data & Communications Module (PDCM)