Best of Competition: Tuohy Furniture Corporation's WorkStyles
Best of Competition: Tuohy Furniture Corporation’s WorkStyles
Eighty-eight awards were distributed in the Best of NeoCon® 2015 competition of contract furnishing products during NeoCon® at The Merchandise Mart in Chicago. Eight Innovation Awards, four Editors’ Choice Awards, and a Best of Competition Award were included among the honors.
A total of 380 products were entered in 41 product and furnishing categories in the competition, sponsored by Contract magazine, Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc., International Interior Design Association (IIDA), International Facility Management Association (IFMA), and McMorrow Reports for Facilities Management.
The Furniture Systems category took the top prize as the Best of Competition with WorkStyles, manufactured by Tuohy Furniture Corporation.
The Best of NeoCon® jury is comprised of 41 contract interior designers and architects, and corporate, healthcare, and institutional facilities management executives who are responsible for selecting and buying furniture and furnishings for their specific organizations or clients. The eight jury teams visited The Merchandise Mart showrooms and market suites to judge each product. Manufacturers or product designers had the opportunity to explain and discuss details of the product and answer jurors’ questions.
Both Best of NeoCon® Competition entrants and winners are featured on contract-network.com, and the winners will be featured on contractdesign.com, and mcmorrowreports.com.
Click for a slideshow of all the winners at Contract magazine.
Innovation Awards were bestowed to:
CF Stinson, Project ACS for Healthcare Fabrics & Textiles.
idesk, Muse for Seating: Guest.
Keilhauer, CHEMISTRY for Seating: Benches.
KI, Sway, took an innovation award.
KI, Sway for Lounge Furniture Collections and Seating:Sofas & Lounge.
Patcraft, Deconstructed Metal for Carpet: Modular.
Sandler Seating, Nomado for Case Goods.
SIXINCH, NA, Solar Powered Lilly Shade.
Tuohy Furniture Corporation, WorkStyles for Tables: Occasional.
Editors’ Choice Awards were bestowed to:
Designtex, Play Date for Wall Treatments.
Knoll, Prism for Lounge Furniture Collections.
Mohawk Group, Moving Floors for Carpet: Modular.
West Elm Workspace with Inscape for Furniture Benching and Case Goods.
Winners by Category
ARCHITECTURAL & DECORATIVE GLASS
Gold: Skyline Design: Patricia Urquiola Collection
Silver: CARVART: C1 Collection
Carvart’s C1 collection took Silver in Architectural Glass.
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
Steelcase’s Brody won Gold for Education Solutions.
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.É. 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: Soltíce Metal
KI took Silver for Soltice for Healthcare Guest/Lounge seating.
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
Silver: HBF Textiles: Cork Cloth
Editors’ Choice: Designtex: Play Date
WINDOW TREATMENTS
Gold: Carnegie: Alchemy
WORKPLACE TECHNOLOGIES
Gold: Group Dekko: Ashley Trio+ Bezel
Silver: SpaceCo Business Solutions, Inc.: Power, Data & Communications Module (PDCM)