Contract Magazine - May 2017 - S3

PHOTOGRAPHY: MACKENZIE STROH

Anticipating NeoCon and the
28th Annual Best of NeoCon Awards

2017 Best Of NeoCon Awards Breakfast
Date Monday, June 12
Time 7:30 a.m.
Location The Renaissance Hotel Ballroom,
One West Wacker Drive
Tickets Go to contractdesign.com/bestofneocontickets
until one week before the event

The Best of NeoCon 2017 winners
will be announced among industry peers
on the opening morning of NeoCon
at Contract magazine's annual Best of NeoCon
Breakfast. The competition honors the best
new commercial interiors products in the
industry that are exhibited in theMART
during NeoCon. Honors include Gold and
Silver Awards, as well as Innovation Awards,
Editors' Choice Awards, and one Best
of Competition Award.

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Welcome to the 2017 Official NeoCon Product Preview, presented by Contract!
Here, we showcase a selection of the products to debut in theMART in Chicago
during NeoCon.
Contract looks forward to producing and presenting the Best of NeoCon
competition, which we co-sponsor with theMART, McMorrowReports.com,
IIDA, and IFMA. This year, Best of NeoCon features 47 product categories,
ranging from architectural products to fabrics and floorcoverings to furnishings
and workplace technologies. As of the first week of May, we have more
than 390 products entered in the 2017 Best of NeoCon contest.
The Best of NeoCon jurors-a cross section of our readers nationwide-
are a mix of interior designers, architects, and facilities managers. Approximately
50 jurors review the products over 22 hours in the three days before NeoCon
begins. Readers should know that the product that wins Best of Competition
will have been examined, considered, and put to a vote by all of the jurors.
Besides product offerings, we are looking forward to several events
and sights during this exciting week. The NeoCon opening keynote speaker,
Arianna Huffington (interview, page 6)-who founded Thrive Global after years
of overseeing the Huffington Post-will inspire the audience with a message
of wellness for every aspect of life. To enhance well-being, the recently completed
Chicago Riverwalk (page 34) is the perfect place to stroll right outside theMART,
and you can see architect Carol Ross Barney, FAIA, who designed the Riverwalk,
speak at NeoCon on Tuesday, June 13. Take the Riverwalk to 111 East Wacker
Drive, where IIDA is showing off its new office, designed by 2016 Contract Designer
of the Year Todd Heiser of Gensler. To RSVP to attend a reception in the new IIDA
workspace on June 12, 3-6 p.m., email Abby Smith at asmith@iida.org.
I hope you will find this special preview section to be useful as you plan your
NeoCon schedule, and look for additional products in our forthcoming June issue
as well. All of the Best of NeoCon winners will be featured in the July/August
issue of Contract. Enjoy NeoCon, and we will see you in Chicago!
Sincerely,
John Czarnecki, Assoc. AIA, Hon IIDA
Editor in Chief

Gunlocke: Calm Lounge
Bentley: Outskirts
Luum Textiles: Focus In
MU Form: V
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