NeoCon is pleased to reveal the winners of the 2022 edition of the prestigious Best of NeoCon Awards. Now in its 32nd year, the program annually attracts scores of groundbreaking product submissions from leading manufacturers in the commercial design industry.

After an intensive in-person evaluation by an esteemed jury of influential architects, designers, specifiers, enterprise clients, and facility managers, HALCON’s HELM table won the ultimate honor of Best of Competition. A total of 99 awards in 52 categories were announced during a lively breakfast celebration this morning, Monday, June 13, at theMART. Industry dynamo and officeinsight Publisher/Editor-in-Chief Bob Beck once again took the helm as the official master of ceremonies.

“Best of NeoCon has been an invaluable component of the NeoCon experience since 1990,” remarks Best of NeoCon Awards Competition Director Eileen McMorrow of The McMorrow Reports. “The caliber of our jury is unparalleled—recognition by this group of highly active industry decision makers is incredibly powerful and a great achievement. Congratulations to all the winners!”

The Best of Competition 2022 winner, HALCON’s HELM table, was also awarded Gold in both the Tables: Height Adjustable and Tables: Conference categories. Designed by Jehs + Laub, HELM is a modern table solution for the 21st century. Perfectly proportioned and appointed with luxurious materials, it is sleekly integrated with technology and unexpectedly equipped with an adjustable-height surface. The jury noted, “This groundbreaking table has a professional and high-end feel, while also meeting current user demands and expectations for wellness. It is seamless and well-executed in all ways.”

Gold Award

• Silentlab – Microoffice Realm
• Artome – Artome M10
• Reseat – Reseat ID-Enterprise Tool
• LINAK U.S. Inc. – Desk2Device USB Charger
• Mannington Commercial – Open Range (Mannington Commercial)
• Func – Cooee Mobile Walls
• Pavilion Furniture – Palmera Collection
• KONCEPT INC. – Focaccia Desk Lamp
• Cooper Lighting Solutions – Shaper PrentaLux Pendant Collection
• Momentum Textiles & Wallcovering – Handcrafted Collection
• Skyline Design – Film Studio
• Mohawk Group – Pattern of Time, Social Canvas, Painted Perspectives
• OFS – Kaleid
• Davis Furniture – Helio
• HALCON – HELM
• HBF|HBF Textiles – In Your Skin
• Andreu World – ORU TABLE, ORU CHAIR, RAGLAN HOME, IN OUT OFFICE & SOLO CHAIR
• FROVI – BAMBOO Modular Systems
• OM Seating – Plot Twist
• HON – Cofi Seating
• Boss Design – Amelia Lounge Collection
• Steelcase Learning – Tenor
• Keilhauer – Forsi
• Nienkamper – Vox LCS Workstation
• Senator – Adapt Wall
• Shaw Contract – West Elm + Shaw Contract

Silver Award

• Hushoffice LLC – HushHybrid office pod
• Arc-Com – Glyph Collection
• Küberit USA – Küberit Expansion Profiles – Crumpled Paper
• Carnegie – Biobased Xorel Outdoor
• Tuuci – Tuuci Ocean Master MEGA MAX
• Dauphin HumanDesign Group – Cempa Alfresco
• KONCEPT INC. – Combi pendant light
• Phillip Jeffries – Adorn
• CARVART – CARVART Couture Collection I
• Metwall – Metwall Architectural walls
• Bobrick Washroom Equipment Inc – Touchless Toilet Cubicle
• Carolina, an OFS company – Sorta, Ansel,
• Shaw Contract – Innate
• SitOnIt Seating – Reya
• HBF|HBF Textiles – Crumpled Paper collection
• AIS – PET Wire Managers and Enclosures
• Nienkamper – MagPower Tables with Battery-Operated Charging, Rowan Conference table
• Stylex – Umo
• Riza – Davis Furniture
• SAFCO Contract Furniture – SAFCO Boundaries Collection
• Martin Brattrud – Heceta
• KI – LimeLite Seating
• Hightower – Gimbal Jr. Lounge
• Haworth, Inc. – Zody II and Zody LX
• Davis Furniture – Sola
• Bernhardt Design – Ravel, Alloro
• DYD Furniture, Inc. – Futo
• Enwork – Ligouri Collection
• OFS – Fleet
• Turf Design – Turf Hues
• Allsteel – Mural

Innovation Award

• Silen OÜ – Silen Space Hybrid
• Reseat – Reseat ID- Enterprise Tool
• Cooper Lighting Solutions – Shaper PrentaLux Pendant Collection
• Momentum Textiles & Wallcovering
• AIS – PET Wire Managers and Enclosures
• Enwork – Enwork’s Big Tables Platform
• Mizetto – Understand
• OM Seating – Plot Twist
• Through Scandinavian Spaces by Materia – Yarn
• Andreu World – MARIYA COLLECTION
• Calligarisgroup, contract – Reef by Connubia
• Haworth, Inc. – Studio Urquiola for Haworth Knit Lounge
• OM Seating – Plot Twist
• AMQ – Amobi

Sustainability Award

• Muraflex – ZITTO
• Haworth, Inc. – Scapes, Novelty, and Hobson
• Reseat – Reseat ID- Enterpirse Tool
• Carnegie – Biobased Xorel Outdoor
• Momentum Textiles & Wallcovering
• Skyline Design – Film Studio
• Shaw Contract – Innate
• OFS – Zero
• Keilhauer – Melete
• Allsteel – O6 Task Chair
• Via Seating – Jeté
• Nienkamper – Rowan Lounge Collection
• Calligarisgroup, contract – Reef by Connubia
• Mohawk Group – Social Canvas, Painted Perspectives

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