North American global design fair ICFF has announced the winners of its prestigious Editors’ Awards, recognizing the best and most innovative designs at the event. Over 800 booths were considered for awards in 12 product categories: Accessories, Carpet/Flooring, Furniture (collection), Galleries/Artists, Kitchen and Bath, Lighting, Outdoor Furniture, School Design, Seating, and Wallcoverings. In addition, the judges selected winners for the Emerging Designer and Best Booth categories.
“The Editors’ Awards recognize a very high level of design excellence and creativity, which is why we always ask some of the industry’s most influential media and editorial professionals to serve as judges. Their measured and thoughtful consideration ensures we are truly recognizing the ‘best of the best’ in luxury design,” said Kevin O’Keefe, ICFF group show director and senior vice president, Emerald Expositions.
The 2018 Editors’ Awards winners are:
ACCESSORIES
Louise Gray
BEST BOOTH
Concrete Collaborative
CARPET/FLOORING
Ghislaine Viñas x Empire Collection
EMERGING DESIGNER
Eny Lee Parker
FURNITURE (Collection)
FOGIA
KITCHEN & BATH
Inciso Collection for Gessi
GALLERIES/ARTISTS
Collective Design
OUTDOOR FURNITURE
Sergio J. Matos
SCHOOL DESIGN
ECMH+UDB (El Salvador)
SEATING
Ton
WALL COVERINGS
Newton Paisley
LIGHTING
PELLE
The esteemed media professionals serving as this year’s judges were:
- Annie Block, deputy editor, Interior Design
- Emma Harris, assistant editor, darc magazine
- Pei-Ru Keh, New York editor, Wallpaper*
- Paul Makovsky, editor in chief, Contract magazine
- Madeline O’Malley, associate market editor, Architectural Digest
- Peter Sobchak, editor, Canadian Interiors
ICFF took place at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center May 20th through May 23rd, 2018. For more information, visit www.icff.com.
About ICFF®
ICFF® is the global design platform for North America presenting what’s best and what’s next in furniture, seating, carpet and flooring, lighting, outdoor furniture, materials, wall coverings, accessories, textiles, kitchen and bath and fabricators, attracting nearly 900 exhibitors and 36,000 attendees from around the world.
The 30th annual ICFF® took place in New York May 20-23, 2018 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. The third edition of ICFF® South Florida is scheduled for December 4-6, 2018. Visit www.icff.com for more information on NYC and www.icff.com/florida for details on South Florida.
ICFF® is owned by Emerald Expositions, a leading operator of business-to-business trade shows in the United States. The company currently operates more than 55 trade shows, as well as numerous other face-to-face events. In 2017, Emerald’s events connected over 500,000 global attendees and exhibitors and occupied more than 6.9 million NSF of exhibition space.