Contract Magazine - May 2018 - S3

Preparing for NeoCon and the
29th Annual Best of NeoCon Awards
®

The Best of Neocon 2018 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 at theMART during
NeoCon. Honors include Gold and Silver Awards,
as well as Innovation Awards, Editors' Choice
Awards, and one Best of Competition Award.

Welcome to the 2018 Official NeoCon Product Preview, presented by Contract,
showcasing a selection of products to debut at theMART in Chicago during NeoCon.
In addition to new product introductions, we are looking forward to several
events and sights during this exciting week. The marquee presentation lineup will
include an opening keynote conversation between Art Gensler, founder of Gensler,
and Cheryl Durst, IIDA executive vice president and CEO, on making the most of
career opportunities, as well as many other thought-provoking talks throughout the
week (page 6). And as you explore the city in your down time, check out the local
spots recommended by the Chicago design community (page 26).
Contract looks forward to producing and presenting the Best of NeoCon
competition, co-sponsored by theMart and The McMorrow Reports. This year, Best of
NeoCon features 42 product categories, ranging from architectural products to
fabrics, floorcoverings, furnishings, and workplace technologies. As of the first week of
May, nearly 400 products have been entered in the 2018 Best of NeoCon competition.
The Best of NeoCon jurors-a cross section of our readers nationwide-are a
mix of interior designers, architects, and facilities managers. Selected by Eileen
McMorrow, the Best of NeoCon competition director for the past 29 years, the
approximately 50 jurors review the products across 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.
Of course the Best of NeoCon is only part of the excitement as we celebrate its
home with the 50th anniversary of NeoCon-a show that has stood the test of time as
a mainstay for the contract market. For five decades NeoCon has provided the
impetus for new relationships, rich programming, and ever-looming product release
dates-including those of this magazine and all its related support of the show.
Contract takes great pride in celebrating this momentous occasion with our partners
at theMart who are also the "Best of NeoCon."
I hope you will find this special preview section to be useful and informative 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!
Best,
Karen Donaghy
Publisher

contract

2018 Best of Neocon
Awards Breakfast
DATE
Monday, June 11
TIME
7:30 a.m.
LOCATION
The Renaissance Hotel Ballroom
TICKETS
Go to contractdesign.com/
bestofneocon until
one week before the event

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