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best of NeoCoN® 2013 NeoCon 2013 ® New Products honored in the Best of NeoCon® 2013 competition eighty-seven awards were given in the best of NeoCon® 2013 competition of contract furnishing products during the annual trade show at the Merchandise Mart in June. the best of Competition honor went to bluescape by Haworth and obscura Digital (see page 47) in the Workplace technologies category. In addition to Gold and silver awards, eight Innovation Awards (page 64) and four editors’ Choice awards (page 63) were presented by John Czarnecki, Assoc. AIA, Hon. IIDA, editor in chief of Contract magazine, at the annual best of NeoCon® breakfast in Chicago on June 10. A total of 360 products were entered in 39 product and furnishing categories, including flooring, fabrics, and lighting. the jury was composed of 48 corporate, government, and institutional facilities management executives, and interior designers and architects who are responsible for selecting and buying furnishing products for their organizations or clients. Divided into eight teams, jury members visited Merchandise Mart showrooms and temporary market suites to judge each product in person. Manufacturers or product designers had the opportunity to explain and discuss details of the entered products and answer jurors’ questions. the best of NeoCon® Competition is sponsored by Contract magazine, along with Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc., the International Interior Design Association (IIDA), the International facility Management Association (IfMA), and McMorrowReport.com. Competition winners are featured on contractdesign.com, contract-network.com (which includes all best of NeoCon® entrants), merchandisemart.com, and mcmorrowreport.com. Thanks to all of our Best of NeoCon® 2013 jurors interior designers Debra Barresse, IIDA Interior Project Manager, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey Christina Birkentall, IIDA Owner, Studio 626, Honeoye Falls, New York Linda Porter Bishop, IIDA, ASID Principal & Founder, Restorative Environments, Shanghai, China Jean Buckley, IIDA President, Interior Design, Buckley & Associates Architects, Winchester, Massachusetts Donald Cremers, Affilliate IIDA Senior Associate, HOK, San Francisco Gayle DeBruyn, IIDA Owner, Lake Affect Design Studio, Grand Rapids, Michigan Valerie Gow Partner, Gow Hastings Architects, Toronto, Canada Lori Kolthoff Creative Managing Director, FRCH Design Worldwide, Cincinnati Louis Schump Design Principal, Rapt Studio, San Francisco Jodie Leppa Senior Director, NELSON, Minneapolis Michael Sinkew Associate, Design Manager, Ted Moudis Associates, New York Lori McGilberry Interior Designer, Associate, Corgan Associates, Inc., Dallas Richard Tepp Senior Project Manager, NELSON, Chicago Jennifer McGregor, IIDA Consultant, Legat Architects, Chicago Theresa Williams Principal, Design Director, NELSON, Chicago Karen Muraoka, IIDA, ASID Principal, Karen Muraoka Interior Design LLC, Honolulu Reagan Wise, IIDA Senior Interior Designer, Associate, RATIO, Raleigh, North Carolina Karen Niemi Principal, MulvannyG2 Architecture, Bellevue, Washington George Norek Architect, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois Corinne Keddie KAI keddie architecture inc., Calgary, Canada Elizabeth Peterson Senior Vice President, VOA Associates Inc., Washington, D.C. Janet Kobylka, IIDA Transition Planner, Balfour Resource Group, Dallas Ron Reed, FAIA Principal, Westlake Reed Leskosky, Cleveland 46 Marlyn Zucosky Director of Interior Design, JZA+D, Princeton, New Jersey facility managers Cynthia Alexander Facilities Manager, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Carol Bailis Design Manager, Wells Fargo, Philadelphia Brian Bennett President, The Facility Group, Tulsa, Oklahoma Karen Cobb, IIDA Project Manager / Global Facility Management Americas, SAP America, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania Anne Driskell, IIDA Facilities Management, Administrative Services, State Farm, Bloomington, Illinois Amy Hoffer, IIDA Sr. Facilities Planner, CSG International, Omaha, Nebraska BJ Thomas Administrative Services Manager, Gateway Health, Pittsburgh Alice Hogueisson Global Environmental Manager, U.S. Director of Facilities, Edelman, Chicago Evan Thompson Facilities Planning and Design, Physicians Mutual, Omaha, Nebraska Gena English Sr. Program Manager, Parkland Hospital, Dallas Rémi Loyer CAFM Applications Specialist—Americas, Shell Canada, Calgary, Canada Phyllis Ewers Furniture Program Manager, CB Richard Ellis Group at Cisco, San Jose, California Randy Olsen Manager, Facilities Operations, Pepsico, Chicago Randy Groff Director of Facilities and Energy, Four Seasons Produce, Ephrata, Pennsylvania Lisa Reiher Facilities Manager, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Alexander Goldstein Space Management Specialist, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, New York Katie Titi, IIDA, ASID MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, Massachusetts Dominic Ruggerio President, Ruggerio & Associates, Inc., Oakbrook, Illinois Kristi Hartwell Industrial Engineer, John Crane, Inc., Morton Grove, Illinois Liz Vonesh Facilities & Office Services, Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society, Chicago Sue Schmidt Senior Principal, Well-Being Design, Healthways, Franklin, Tennessee Ann Hayes, ASID Facilities Planning & Management, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin Lisa Todd Associate Director of Facilities & Events, Valparaiso University Law School, Valparaiso, Indiana Darlene Shannon, IIDA CRE & FM Project Manager, Farmer’s Insurance, Los Angeles contractdesign.com july | august 2013 http://www.McMorrowReport.com http://www.contractdesign.com http://www.contract-network.com http://www.merchandisemart.com http://www.mcmorrowreport.com http://www.contractdesign.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Contract - July/August 2013

Contract - July/August 2013
Contents
Editorial
Industry News
Columnist: Tips on Developing Winning Proposals
Product Focus: Geometry Rules
Product Focus: From Brazil to London
Product Focus: Drawn from the Sea
best of NeoCon®
Google Dublin
Autodesk Milan
Dental Clinic
Botín Foundation
Penhaligon’s
Competition: Inspirations Awards
Designers Select: Surfacing
Sources
Ad Index
Exhibition: MoMA Explores the Design Mind of Le Corbusier

Contract - July/August 2013