7.24.08 | Chicago, IL | HOK Chicago designers and architects were recognized with two Best of NeoCon awards for their design of a carpet collection for Lees Carpets and for a flooring collection for Mannington Commercial. For Lees Carpets, designers from HOK's Interiors Practice created the new "Places and Spaces" collection, capturing the essence of four cities across America, Washington, DC, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Chicago. The second project, which received a Silver Award in the "Flooring: Resilient" category, was for Mannington Commercial's "Create Collection, which employed a broad palette of saturated colors, neutrals, geometric/circular shapes for a fun and imaginative collection. Sustainability was a factor in both collections.

7.24.08 | Phoenix, AZ | –OmniMount, a manufacturer of consumer and commercial mounting solutions, announced that the Prism 50 was named the recipient of the Electronic House Product of the Year Award for 2008. The Prism 50 was recognized for its technological innovation, value, and variety of features.  OmniMount will be honored at an awards ceremony held at this year’s Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association Show (CEDIA EXPO) in September, in Denver, Colorado. 

7.24.08 | Dublin, Ireland | The European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design, and Urban Studies announced that the 2009 submissions deadline for the "Europe 40 under 40" program is Sept. 1. The program is open to all young architects, landscape architects, interior architects, and urban planners who are under the age of 40 as of Dec. 31, 2008, working independently, or in a firm or on a specific project where they are the lead designer.  Application forms are available at www.europeanarch.eu

7.23.08 | Cypress, CA |— SitOnIt Seating was presented with the OFDA Dealers Choice Manufacturer of the Year Silver Award. This is the second time that SitOnIt Seating has been recognized by this organization, bringing home the bronze title in 2003. The winning manufacturers were determined by the results of the Association's sixth annual OFDA Dealer Manufacturer Satisfaction Index Survey which asks dealers to evaluate manufacturing business partners in training, product lines, service and support, sales and marketing, management, and technology. 

7.21.08 | Dulles, VA | Bluelounge, a Pasadena-based multidisciplinary design studio known for such solutions as The SpaceStation, Cool Feet and the CableBox, received a Bronze International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) from the IDSA and Businessweek, for The Sanctuary. The IDEA competition recognizes the most innovative product and product concept designs of the year. The Sanctuary lets users charge their cell phone, iPod®, PDA and headset simultaneously in one compact location. It contains a universal cell-phone charger compatible with over 1500 electronic devices from over 35 brands