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Sponsored by Healthcare Design magazine in conjunction with The Center for Health Design and Healthcare Design Expo & Conference, the Nightingale Product Design Awards recognize the best new products exhibited at the annual Healthcare Design Expo & Conference.
Purpose: To recognize excellence and innovation in healthcare product design.
Who Can Enter: Product manufacturers exhibiting at the annual Healthcare Design Expo & Conference held each November.
Recognition: In addition to being recognized during an official awards ceremony at the Healthcare Design Expo & Conference, winners also receive coverage in Contract magazine and personalized glass awards.
Entry Criteria: Submitted products must be new healthcare and contract (non-residential) products introduced to the U.S. market since November 2018 and must not have been entered in previous Nightingale Awards competitions. This competition is open only to companies exhibiting during the Healthcare Design Conference 2021, October 23-26, 2021, Huntington Convention Center, Cleveland, OH. Prototypes are not eligible. Each manufacturer is limited to a total of four entries. A jury of design professional reviews entrants based on the following criteria:
- Contribution to the healing environment
- Functionality
- Quality and durability
- Aesthetics and style
- Pricing
- Innovation
Product Categories:
- Architectural Products: Clinical (i.e.: headwalls)
- Architectural Products: Non-Clinical (i.e.: drains; hardware)
- Art & Fine Art Solutions
- Carpet (a collection is a single entry)
- Fabrics & Textiles (a collection is a single entry)
- Flooring: Hard-Surface & Resilient
- Furniture Collections (Non-Seating)
- Lighting
- Seating: Conference
- Seating: Guest/Lounge
- Seating: Patient
- Signage & Wayfinding
- Surfacing Materials
- Technology Support
- Walls: Movable
- Window Shading & Treatments
Recognition: In addition to being recognized during an official awards ceremony at the Healthcare Design Expo & Conference, winners also receive coverage in Contract magazine and personalized glass awards.
Click here to view the 2018 winners
Click here to view the 2017 winners
Click here to view the 2016 winners
Click here to view the 2015 winners
If you have questions regarding this competition, please contact Eileen McMorrow at nightingaleawards@gmail.com or 973.509.7277.