Best of NeoCon Awards Now Accepting Submissions for 2025 Event

Chicago, IL, March 3, 2025-The Best of NeoCon competition––an awards program recognizing innovation in commercial design across 40-plus categories––officially opened for submissions on March 1. 

A hallmark of NeoCon since 1990, the juried awards program recognizes outstanding new products across key sectors such as workplace, healthcare, hospitality, and education. Each year, hundreds of entries compete for top honors, including Gold, Silver, and Best of Competition, alongside special accolades for Innovation, Sustainability, and Business Impact. New for 2025, NeoCon attendees will have the opportunity to make their voices heard through the inaugural People’s Choice Awards, allowing them to vote on-site for their favorite Best of NeoCon-winning products.

The Best of NeoCon Awards Ceremony will take place on the morning of June 9, at The Mart in Chicago, kicking off the 56th edition of NeoCon. 

A panel of approximately 50 leading architects, designers, facility managers, and industry decision-makers will evaluate all entries in person in the days leading up to NeoCon, which runs June 9 to 11 at The Mart in Chicago. 

The Business Impact Awards, first introduced in 2022, will return to recognize products with the greatest potential to impact business effectiveness and success. Entrants may opt into an initial review by facility managers, end-users, real estate planners, and specifiers. Finalists will undergo a second round of evaluation by a panel of top-tier business journalists on-site.

For the first time, attendees will have a chance to participate in the People’s Choice Awards, voting for their favorite Best of NeoCon-winning products. Following the June 9 awards ceremony, winning products will receive a QR code for public voting. Attendees can visit the winning booths and showrooms and cast their votes online via the Best of NeoCon Winners Gallery. Five winners will be announced across social media platforms on June 11.

NeoCon exhibitors are encouraged to submit entries through the Best of NeoCon online portal. Eligible products must have entered the U.S. market since June 2024 and be on display at NeoCon 2025. Products previously entered in Best of NeoCon 2024 are ineligible. Entrants must be NeoCon 2025 exhibitors.