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.      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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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)