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ICFF Announces 2016 Editors’ Awards Winners

Furniture World News Desk on 5/18/2016


The ICFF Editors’ Awards, recognizing the best and most innovative designs at ICFF 2015, were announced recently.

For 28 years, ICFF has convened the industry’s top editors and invites them to scout the show. They choose the best of the best of the year’s design crop. This year, five editors canvased two floors of the Javits Center on Saturday, May 14th during the first day of ICFF 2016, to determine which products and exhibitors were worthy to be chosen for this coveted award.

The 2016 ICFF Editors’ Award winners were announced and presented by the Editor Judging Committee:

  • John Czarnecki, Editor-in-Chief, Contract

  • Wendy Goodman, Design Editor, New York Magazine and Design Hunting, contributing editor at DEPARTURES magazine

  • Paul Makovsky, Editorial and Brand Director, Metropolis

  • Catherine Osborne, Editor-in-Chief, Azure

  • Dan Rubinstein, Home + Design Editor, DEPARTURES

The esteemed jury recognized 11 designers and product designs, as well as awarding one of the 14 institutions participating in the annual ICFF Schools exhibitions with the Best of School Exhibition.

“This select group of designs and designers represent the best of what’s new and what’s next in design around the world,” said Kevin O’Keefe, ICFF Event Director. “We thank the esteemed group of editors who canvased more than 710 booths at the show to determine this year’s winners.”

And the award winners are…

  • Best Seating: Mellow by Océane Delain for Bernhardt Design

  • Best Portable Design: Champ by Visibility for Matter Made

  • Best Design for Social Good: Tala

  • Best Lighting: Concentric by Rob Zinn for Marset

  • Best Floor Covering: Mid Century Modern Collection by Nasiri

  • Best Body of Work: The Grain Family, The Church Family and The Ada Family by Brendan Ravenhill Studio

  • Best First Time Exhibitor: Coil + Drift

  • Best Storage: Crain Cabinet by Egg Collective

  • Best Wallcovering: Waynetopia by Wayne White for Flavor Paper

  • Best Furniture System: RUN by Sam Hecht and Kim Colin for Emeco

  • Best Kitchen and Bath: Mid by Giovanna Talocci for Effegibi

  • Best School: Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) for Metaproject 06


More about ICFF: ICFF is the premier North American global Design showcase for interior furniture, seating, carpet and flooring, lighting, outdoor furniture, materials, wall coverings, accessories, textiles, kitchen and bath and fabricators, attracting more than 700 exhibitors and 33,000 attendees from around the world. The 28th annual ICFF is scheduled for May 14-17, 2016, at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Visit www.icff.com for more information.

The first annual ICFF Miami will debut on October 5 & 6, 2016, at the Miami Beach Convention Center, presenting hundreds of leading brands and addressing every facet of better interiors for residential, hospitality, commercial and high end retail. For more information, visit www.icff.com.

More about The Design Group: The Design Group™, part of Emerald Expositions, is the media and event nexus for North America’s design industry. The Design Group comprises ICFF, the Hospitality Design Expo, GlobalShop® and the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS), as well as major media platforms that include Hospitality Design, Contract, design:retail and K+BB.