Chicago– NeoCon 2019, held here June 10-12, saw flooring manufacturers take home top honors in the Best Of awards.
Below, see who won in the Broadloom Carpet; Modular Carpet; Contract Area Rugs; Hard Surface LVT & Plank; and Healthcare Flooring categories.
Broadloom Carpet
Award: Gold
Winner: Tarkett
Collection: Tatami System: “Broadloom Re-Defined,”
featuring A-Line
Description: Tatami System is a new flooring that supports the constantly fluid spaces of the modern workplace. Supporting various needs of open, collaborative spaces, Tatami System allows end users to reconfigure their spaces to support independent or collaborative work, while softening acoustics and providing comfort underfoot. While commercial spaces continue to adopt resilient floorcoverings to meet their needs, Tatami System offers the perfect balance, bringing soft surface in to improve overall comfort and create an atmosphere with the coziness of home.
Award: Silver
Winner: Mohawk Group
Collection: Textural Effects
Description: Textural Effects merges the tactile qualities of natural designs created with and without the intervention of humankind to reconnect us with our humanity. The multi-category contract carpet collection aims to activate the senses and brings a sense of tactility to our world. Textural Effects employs heavily textured and bulky heathered yarns to compose free-form, ground cover visuals in addition to those with a more precise, measured linen appearance.
Modular Carpet
Award: Gold
Winner: Patcraft
Collection: Deconstructed Felt
Description: Deconstructed Felt is the third collection within Patcraft’s Deconstructed platform, inspired by a study of transparency that pushes the boundaries of traditional flooring design. By exploring the inner-workings of the product construction, the Deconstructed collections have evolved with Deconstructed Felt to include texture and tactility, creating opportunity for authenticity in design. Available in 12″ x 48″ carpet tiles, purposeful creation of texture is central to the design of Deconstructed Felt. To further expand upon the collection’s multifaceted use, Deconstructed Felt offers a couture style for more exclusive, specialty accents within design.
Award: Silver
Winner: Shaw Contract
Collection: Suited
Description: Workplace design is no longer one-size-fits all — now, the contemporary workplace is inviting, creative and agile. Suited is a response to this changing modern work experience — a shift toward warm, welcoming spaces that foster a sense of place. The collection evokes a sense of comfort and belonging in the office. Taking its cues from timeless fabrics, this lushly tactile collection reinterprets them to create an evolving story of pattern and texture. This is not simple nostalgia, but instead a multi-layered experience where the familiar and the new forge a bond between person and place.
Contract Area Rug
Award: Innovation Award
Winner: Mohawk Group
Collection: Connecting Neurons Definity
Description: Connecting Neurons Definity was designed by 13&9 in collaboration with Fractals Research and Mohawk Group, and is based on fractal patterns, which scientific research shows have stress-reductive qualities. The line is included within Mohawk Group’s Expanding Influence collection, which gives architects and designers access to a selection of stylish, running line Definity area rugs curated specifically for workplace interiors. Definity precision-sculpted technology creates stunning carpets and rugs for commercial interiors with multilevel textures, enhanced definition, superior performance and unmatched sustainability.
Hard Surface LVT & Planks
Award: Gold
Winner: Patcraft
Collection: Handloom
Description: Handloom is a textural resilient tile collection featuring two coordinating styles, Painted Weft and Wooden Warp. With colorful accents and neutral colors inspired by textile arts and natural materials, Handloom supports the creation of organic visuals and spaces that nurture balance. The distinct styles offer assorted design options with a range of colors that have been integrated in a contemporary way. Handloom’s woven visual serves as the foundation for creative and thoughtful design.
Award: Silver
Winner: Milliken
Collection: Change Agent LVT
Description: Change Agent is influenced by the transcendent act of bringing forth new purpose from natural materials. With three ranging styles capturing the essence of aged stone to both charred and natural wood, explore fresh perspectives offered in an assortment of reimagined neutrals. The LVT options are designed to seamlessly connect to its soft surface counterparts through both color and tile size. The collection is FloorScore certified for indoor air quality and 100% free of phthalate. In addition, it carries an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD).
Award: Innovation Award
Winner: Metroflor Corporation
Collection: Metroforms with Attraxion Magnetic Attachment Technology
Description: Licensed from Magnetic Building Solutions (MBS), the new Attraxion-branded LVT enables the rapid installation of flooring by creating a magnetic attachment utilizing MBS MagneBuild magnetic underlayment and eliminating the need for locking systems or adhesives. Metroforms couples the benefits of Metroflor LVT and the Attraxion system with the ability to add a wide range of pre-cut shapes to achieve custom looks.
Healthcare Flooring
Award: Gold
Winner: Teknoflor
Collection: Teknoflor Coordination Collection
Description: The Teknoflor Coordination Collection was designed to enhance the organization of different elements of a project to enable them to work together more effectively. The collection includes seven products with unique yet collaborative visuals in compositions that make their integration efficient and beautiful. Forestscapes HPD resilient sheet and Forest Plank luxury vinyl plank; CS sheet and tile; and Naturescapes HPD resilient sheet and Nature tile.
Award: Silver
Winner: Mohawk Group
Collection: True Hues
Description: Inspired by terrazzo surfaces, Mohawk Group created True Hues as a new visual for the rubber flooring category. It is designed to create safe, patient-centric healthcare environments by combining high design and a matte finish with a range of colorways. The rubber sheet collection includes tone-on-tone, cool and warm neutrals and vibrant shades across 20 colorways to create stunning hard flooring systems. This rubber flooring system incorporates a revolutionary new technology that saves time and money when it comes to installation and maintenance.
