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Best of Year Awards, 2007

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Best of Year 2008

EXCEPTIONAL PROJECTS.
EXTRAORDINARY PRODUCTS.

DEFINING THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WORK OF 2007.

Interior Design proudly presents the 2nd annual Best of Year Awards, the preeminent design competition recognizing superior interior design projects and products in more than 50 categories. Best of Year: Project Design winners were chosen by editor in chief Cindy Allen and a jury of design leaders. Best of Year: Designers' Choice winners were selected by architects and designers via an online vote October 15–26, 2007.

Winners were announced live November 29, 2007, during a magnificent celebration at TheTimesCenter in New York City.

View a list of the 2007 Winners and Finalists, or choose a slideshow:


Interior Design Honors the Best of 2007

The second annual Best of Year Awards drew more than 700 to the new TimesCenter in New York.

by Mark McMenamin — Interior Design, 11/30/2007

It had been two months since the New York Times Company officially swung open the doors of the TimesCenter, an event space ensconced within the lower level of the newspaper's new 52-story headquarters on West 41st Street. But it wasn't until the evening of November 29, when more than 700 members of the design community gathered there for Interior Design's second annual Best of Year Awards, that Renzo Piano's glittering glass and steel tower received a proper christening.

Just 24 hours earlier, many of these same attendees were part of the 1,500-plus crowd that packed the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria for Interior Design's annual Hall of Fame gala, always a highlight of the fall event season. Inducted this year were Todd De Garmo of Studios Architecture, Carl D'Aquino and Francine Monaco of D'Aquino Monaco, Ingo Maurer of Ingo Maurer LLC, and Murray Moss of Moss.

As the standing-room-only crowd quickly filled the auditorium's 378 fire-engine-red seats, inimitable editor in chief Cindy Allen assumed her usual hosting duties on the dais, joined by publisher and vice president Mark Strauss. Sponsored by Edelman Leather, the program consisted of 19 project categories ranging from beauty and spa to education, and 37 product categories from both the contract and residential sectors. The 59 winners were selected from 930 entries, which were pared down to 224 finalists. Product winners were ultimately judged by more than 22,000 Internet votes, while Cindy Allen and a panel of judges chose project winners.

In the project category, Gensler and Elliott + Associates Architects each carried home two BoY Awards, a custom cast polyester-resin lightbulbs by Harry Allen. David Edward and Donghia were double winners in the product division.

Downstairs in the TimesCenter Hall, nominees fretted before the ceremony at a pre-awards cocktail reception, while winners celebrated at the after party.


Best of Year: Designers' Choice

Accessories
Aviva Stanoff Design Inc: Decorative Velvet Pillow
Delta Design: The Bach
Herman Miller, Inc.: C2 (Climate Control)
Sutherland: Stone Hare Stool

Architectural & Building Products
Crossville, Inc.: Glass Blox
Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.: Vierti
Nathan Allan Glass Studios Inc.: Convex Glass
Spark Modern Fires: Fire Ribbon Direct Vent

Bath: Accessories & Hardware
Decolav: Cityview
Dyson: Airblade
Excel Dryer, Inc: XLERATOR hand dryer, Stainless Steel
Rapsel S.p.a: Melting Shelf

Bath: Plumbing Fixtures
Dornbracht: IAM single-lever lav mixer
Duravit: Blue Moon
Kohler Co.: DTV II with WaterTile Ambient Rain + SoundTile Speakers
Stone Forest: Moso Bamboo Vessel

Eco Products
Armstrong Ceiling & Wall Systems: Woodworks Ekos Wall System
ducduc: Cabana Armoire
East Teak Fine Hardwoods, Inc: Recycled Teak
Kohler Co.: Steward S Waterless Urinal

Floor Covering: Hard
Artistic Tile: Horta Mosaic
Chilewich: WoodGrain
Crossville, Inc.: Color Blox Too
Parterre Flooring Systems: Zebrawood
Urban Archaeology: Illusion Tile Petite

Floor Covering: Soft/Broadloom
Bentley Prince Street: Hemp Collection
Karastan Contract: Undertones
Neofloor by Lees Carpets: Sottsass
Shaw Contract Group: Dressed to Kill Broadloom Collection

Floor Covering: Soft/Modular
InterfaceFlor: Handloom Collection
Lees Carpets: Spirit of the Place
Milliken Contract: Intervals Collection
Shaw Contract Group: Dressed To Kill Tile Collection

Floor Covering: Soft/Rugs
Emma Gardner Design, LLC: Jewels In Sand
Indib: Branches O.
Kyle Bunting: Mr. Crowley
Top Floor: Esquire

Furniture: Contract/Casegoods
Bernhardt Design: Outline
Davis Furniture Industries, Inc.: TIX Office
Novikoff: Twenty-One
Tuohy: Uffizi

Furniture: Contract/Conference Tables
Davis Furniture Industries, Inc.: TIX Conference
Geiger International, Inc.: Caucus
Gunlocke: Converge
Studio Lawrence: Last Supper Table

Furniture: Contract/Systems
Knoll: Dividends Horizon
Teknion: District
Turnstone: Tour

Furniture: Residential/Occasional
David Edward: Gotham Table
Hellman Chang: Tao Cocktail Table
Jane Hamley Wells: Twist Table
William Switzer & Associates: WS1493M-Palazzo Capponi Console

Furniture: Residential/Storage
Altura Furniture: Stratus Low Console
Case Furniture Ltd: Casefile Storage System
Scott Arthur Yerkey Furniture, Inc.: Nottingham Media Center
Wendell Castle Collection: Palette

Hardware
DuVerre: Clodagh Hardware Collection-Kuba
Innovative Office Products, Inc.: EVO Laptop
Spectradecor: Fusion2 Hardware
Valli & Valli: Valli & Valli Door Hardware

Health Care: Furniture/Seating
KI: LaResta Day Bed
Krug: Jordan
Nemschoff: Brava
Peter Pepper Products: Guest Center

Health Care: Soft Goods
Knoll Textiles: Avenue
Pallas Textiles: Common Ground Collection

Innovation
Brian Cullen Furniture: Interlocking Sliding Doors
Designtex: Sonic Fabric
DIRTT Environmental Solutions: 3-Way Glass Intersection
Spatial Element: Sculpted Fabric

Kitchen: Appliances/Cabinets
Bulthaup: New Cooktop by Foster for Bulthaup
Bulthaup: b3 Monoblock
Miele: Super Large Capacity Honeycomb Care Laundry
TurboChef Technologies, Inc: TurboChef 30" Double Wall Speed Cook Oven

Kitchen: Plumbing Fixtures
Dornbracht: Lot two-hole mixer w/ hand spray
Elkay Manufacturing: Antique Copper Hammered Mystic River
Kallista: One Pot Filler
Kohler Co.: Evoke Pullout Kitchen Faucet

Lighting: Architectural
A-Light: Accolade Series
Leucos USA, Inc.: Ombre
Leucos USA, Inc.: Stacking
Prototype Design Lab / Caprice: Cloud

Lighting: Decorative
Artemide, Inc: Cadmo floor
Boyd Lighting: Catacaos Ceiling
Holly Hunt: Disc Pendant
Jonathan Browning Inc: Valois Sconce

Outdoor: Furniture/Seating
Barlow Tyrie: Dune
JANUS et Cie: Yin Yang
Laurie Beckerman/ Evans & Paul: Tete-a-Tete Rocker
Sutherland: Jade Lounge Chair

Outdoor: Lighting
B.Lux: Kanzapar
Boyd Lighting: Circolo Sconce
Jonathan Browning Inc: Loire Outdoor Sconce

Outdoor: Textiles
Architex: angela adams Sunbrella
JANUS et Cie: JANUS Textiles
Perennials Outdoor Fabrics: Gailbraith & Paul Collection

Seating: Contract/Conference & Task
Allermuir: Soul
Davis Furniture Industries, Inc.: Body Chair Series
Donghia, Inc.: Anziano chair
Nienkamper: Forum

Seating: Contract/Guest
Bernhardt Design: Art Center College of Design Stacking Chairs
Dune: Rover Sofa
Haworth: Candor Classic & Candor Modern
JANUS et Cie: Window Side Chair

Seating: Contract/Lounge
Brayton International: Pool
David Edward: Berlin Lounge
Keilhauer: Evesham
Nienkamper: Six Collection

Seating: Residential/Dining
Crassevig Spa: Ole
Holly Hunt: Siren Dining Side Chair
Scott Arthur Yerkey Furniture, Inc.: Perry Side Chair
Thos. Moser: Vita Dining Chair

Seating: Residential/Occasional
Gary Hutton Design: Thomas Chair
Holly Hunt: Linden Lounge Chair
Jane Hamley Wells: Splinter Chair
Vioski: Traci Chair

Seating: Residential/Upholstered
Berman Rosetti: Hourglass Lounge Chair
David Edward: Aspen Lounge
Sutherland: Hugo Sofa
Vioski: Mitosi

Textiles: Contract
Designtex: Material Matters Collection
Luna Textiles: LUX [E] Collection
Pollack: Rave
Sina Pearson Textiles: Pasta Upholstery Fabric

Textiles: Hospitality
Carnegie Anthology: Tree Lore
Edelman Leather: City Lights
Luna Textiles: Suite 280 Collection
Moore and Giles, Inc.: Full Grain Embossed Leather

Textiles: Residential
Donghia, Inc.: A Stitch in Time
Pollack: Fantasy
Stark Fabric: Fonthill: Gondola
Valtekz Fabric: Moray Granite

Wallcoverings: Contract
Carolyn Ray Inc.: Mermaid Suite - Petite Marine
Luxe Surfaces: Spoon Damask Wallcovering
Maya Romanoff: Stitched
Weitzner Limited: Oracle
Wolf-Gordon: Boxed In

Wallcoverings: Residential
Carolyn Ray Inc.: Mahandi - Pagoda
Porter Teleo: En Plein Air
Valtekz Fabric: Moray Putty
Walker Zanger: Studio Moderne Collection

Window Treatments
Conrad: Tahoe Collection Roman Fold Shades
Knoll Textiles: Mira Sheer
Rodolph: Risque

Best of Year: Project Design

Beauty & Spa
Division1 Architects: A Place to Cleanse, Washington, DC
DMR Architects: The Gym, Armonk, NY
Graft Beijing: Eric's Paris Salon-Beijing Kerry Center, Beijing, China
Richard Hywel Evans Architecture + Design: Underwater Spa, Maldives
more >>

Eco: Office
Envision Design: Recording Industry Association of America, Washington, DC
Gensler (New York): Gensler Rockefeller Center Office, New York, NY
Gensler (San Francisco) + OPN Architects: HNI Corporation, Muscatine, IA
Perkins+Will (New York): Perkins+Will New York Office, New York, NY
more >>

Eco: Other
Elkus Manfredi Architects: American Brewery Lofts, Boston, MA
Gensler (Chicago): The Center on Halsted, Chicago, IL
Randy Brown Architects: The Randy Brown Residence, Omaha, NE
S. Russell Groves: The Lucida Sales & Design Center, New York, NY
more >>

Education
Anshen & Allen: Sir Henry Wellcome Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocenter,: Manchester, England, UK
Architecture Research Office: Susan P. & Richard A. Friedman Study Center, Providence, RI
Elliott + Associates Architects: Oklahoma Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK
Shashi Caan Collective: Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
more >>

Installation
Ball-Nogues Studio: Rip Curl Canyon, Rice University Art Gallery, Houston, TX
CL3 Architects: Ladder, Venice Biennale's: International Architectural Exhibition: 2006, Italy
Office dA: Voromuro, ICA, Boston, MA
Shimoda Design Group: Peep Show, Bert Green Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
more >>

Healthcare
Anshen & Allen: Jon & Karen Huntsman Cancer Center, Murray, UT
Ballinger: Weill Greenburg Center, New York, NY
Gensler (New York): The American Red Cross Headquarters of Greater New York, New: York, NY
Hackensack University Medical Center: Hackensack University Pediatric Operating Room Suite,: Hackensack, NJ
more >>

Hotel
HBA/Hirsch Bedner Associates: Ritz-Carlton Beijing, Beijing, China
Parallel Design: The Omnia, Zermatt, Switzerland
Tony Chi & Associates: Park Hyatt, Washington, DC
more >>

Restaurant
CL3 Architects: Nishimura Restaurant, Beijing, China
Elliott + Associates Architects: FUEL Café at Chesapeake, Oklahoma City, OK
VOA Associates Incorporated (Chicago): bluprint Restaurant, Chicago, IL
Zeff Design: Borough Food + Drink, New York, NY
more >>

Institutional
Elliott + Associates Architects: The Blue Room Theater at Chesapeake, Oklahoma City, OK
Gensler (Los Angeles): Joni & Friends International Disability Center, Agoura Hills, CA
Gluckman Mayner Architects: Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA
Pascal Arquitectos: Meditation House, Mexico City
more >>

Kitchen & Bath
Desai Chia Architecture: Madison Square, New York, NY
Johnson Chou: Residence at 10 Bellair, Toronto, ON
Lettuce Office: View House, Hollywood Hills, CA
Ronnette Riley Architect: Davis + Warshow Showroom, New York, NY
more >>

Budget Office
A+I Design: Cline Davis & Mann, New York, NY
Gensler (New York): Bertelsmann Direct North America, New York, NY
Gensler (New York): Virgin Mobile USA Branded Workplace, New York, NY & Warren, NJ
Studios Architecture: Edmunds.com, Santa Monica, CA
more >>

Large Office
Clive Wilkinson Architects: Disney Store Headquarters, Pasadena, CA
Gensler (Los Angeles): Creative Artists Agency, Century City, CA
Rogers Marvel Architects & Zeff Design: Theory Headquarters & Flagship, New York, NY
Swanke Hayden Connell Architects: EC Harris Headquarters, London, England, UK
more >>

Small Office
Clive Wilkinson Architects: Maguire Properties, Los Angeles, CA
Gensler (New York): Bartle Bogle & Hegarty, New York, NY
H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture: New York Academy of Sciences, New York, NY
Slade Architecture: Lever House Office, New York, NY
more >>

Public Spaces
Carrier Johnson: DiamondView Tower, San Diego, CA
Elliott + Associates Architects: Underground, Oklahoma City, OK
Jeffrey Beers International: Lobby, The Cove Atlantis Resort, Paradise Island, Bahamas
Perkins+Will (Boston): One Adams Place, Boston, MA
more >>

City Residence
Ghislaine Viñas Interior Design: Tribeca Loft, New York, NY
Rogers Marvel Architects: 29 th Street Penthouse, New York, NY
Steven Harris Architects: 92 Jane Street, New York, NY
Victoria Blau Architect: Greenwich Loft, New York, NY
more >>

Freestanding Residence
Betty Wasserman Art & Interiors & Highland Associates: Aptman Residence, Hamptons, NY
Lynne Scalo Design: Mission Home, Westport, CT
Shelton, Mindel & Associates: North Sea Residence, Southampton, NY
Tsao & McKown Architects: Piedmont Residence, Piedmont, CA
more >>

Fashion Retail
Burdifilek: DAVIDS Flagship, Toronto, ON
Giorgio Borruso Design: Fornarina, London, England, UK
Janson Goldstein: Holt Renfrew, Vancouver, BC
Studio Sofield: Tom Ford Flagship store, New York, NY
more >>

Luxury Retail
dialogue 38: EKO, Toronto, ON
EOA/Elmslie Osler Architect: Amaridian, New York, NY
Patrick Jouin: Van Cleef & Arpels, Paris, France
Yabu Pushelberg: David Yurman Flagship, Beverly Hills, CA
more >>

Showroom
dba: CaesarStone USA, San Leandro, CA
Fernlund + Logan Architects: Maharam Showroom, Atlanta, GA
Gensler (Chicago): Wilson Sporting Goods, Chicago, IL
Giorgio Borruso Design: Snaidero USA, Coral Gables, FL
more >>
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