Healthcare Design’s annual Nightingale Awards program saw a banner year in 2023 with a record number 55 products entered. The annual competition recognizes contributions to the healthcare built environment through product design and innovation that promote healing and productivity.

Among those products rising to the top in the 2023 competition were offerings designed to address the specific needs of behavioral health patients as well as new features that deliver on sustainability, safety, and staff efficiency goals.

Celebrating product design for healthcare

The annual awards are presented by Healthcare Design magazine in partnership with The Center for Health Design and the Healthcare Design Conference + Expo.

During the November conference in New Orleans, 14 jurors, including healthcare architects, interior designers, and facility executives, evaluated this year’s entries. Products are required to be exhibited at the show and are assessed by jurors prior to the exhibit hall opening to attendees.

Submissions are judged for their contribution to or solution for clinical or operational outcomes; aesthetics and innovation; built environment solution, durability, functionality, and quality; industry certification and standards; environmental sustainability; and list price.

2023 Nightingale Awards winners

For the 2023 awards program, 23 products received awards in 10 categories, with Brewer Company’s Versa Exam Table named as the Best of Competition. (For a Q+A with designers of the winner project, read here.)

Check out the 2023 Nightingale Awards Gold, Silver, Innovation, and Sustainability winners:

Gold and Silver Awards

Fabrics and Textiles Category: Gold

C.F. Stinson, Natural Attraction

Designed by Lori Roop, C.F. Stinson, LLC; Stinson Studio
Photo: Courtesy C.F. Stinson

Fabrics and Textiles Category: Silver

Mayer Fabrics, Seaqual Initiative Privacy Curtains: Serene & Tranquility

Designed by Mayer Fabrics
Photo: Mayer Fabrics

Architectural Products Category: Clinical: Gold

Accurate Lock and Hardware, Secure Cabinet Ligature Resistant Sliding Door System for Medical Gases

Designed by Fran Colligan, Accurate Lock and Hardware
Photo: Accurate Lock and Hardware

Architectural Products Category: Non-Clinical: Gold

Sky Factory Inc., OpenView Luminous Virtual Windows

Designed by Skye Witherspoon and Bill Witherspoon, Sky Factory Inc.
Photo: Sky Factory & Chad Baumer

Flooring Category: Resilient: Gold

Mannington Commercial, Attune

Designed by Roby Isaac, Mannington Commercial Design Team
Photo: Courtesy of Mannington Commercial, Images from The Right Exposure

Flooring Category: Resilient: Silver

HMTX Commercial/Teknoflor, Symphony Collection HPD by Teknoflor

Designed by HMTX Industries Design Team, HMTX Industries
Photo: HMTX Industries

Furniture Collections Category: Gold

Stance Healthcare, Lotus

Designed by Cesar Fernandes, Stance Healthcare
Photo: Design Solutions

Furniture Collections Category: Silver

Kimball International, Kolo Pod

Designed by National
Photo: Kimball International

Furniture Category: Clinician Support: Gold

Brewer Company, Versa Exam Table

Designed by Alex Carayannopoulos, Brewer Company
Photo: Brewer Company

Furniture Category: Clinician Support: Silver

Carolina, an OFS company, Stray Caregiver Support Station

Designed by Juhee Park, OFS
Photo: Carolina, an OFS company

Seating Category: Patient: Gold

Pineapple, Boden Donut Rocker

Designed by Sophie Concadoro, Pineapple Furniture
Photo: Paul Dixon

Seating Category: Patient: Silver

Spec Furniture, Apricus

Designed by Mike Shields, Studio 3
Photo: Spec Furniture

Seating Category: Guest/Lounge: Gold

Global Furniture Group, Willow

Designed by Mara, Messenger
Photo: Global Design Center

Seating Category: Guest/Lounge: Silver

Stance Healthcare, Podium

Designed by Cesar Fernandes, Stance Healthcare
Photo: Dart Frog Creative

Surfacing Materials and Finishes Category: Gold

Sabic Functional Forms, Lexan Cliniwall Sheet

Designed by Peter van den Bleek, Sabic Functional Forms
Photo: Sabic

Technology Integrated Solutions Category: Gold

Safehinge Primera, Full-Door Ligature Alarm

Designed by Gus Thomas
Photo: Safehinge Primera

Technology Integrated Solutions Category: Silver

Fellowes, Fellowes Array

Designed by Taiwon Choi, Dominick Padovano, and Brittany Keane-Murphy, Fellowes Product Development
Photo: Fellowes

 

Innovation Awards

Innovation Awards, Flooring Category: Resilient

Mannington Commercial, Attune

Designed by Roby Isaac, Mannington Commercial Design Team
Photo: Courtesy of Mannington Commercial, Images from The Right Exposure

Innovation Awards, Seating Category: Patient

Carolina, an OFS company, Chrys Guest + Dining

Designed by Thijs Smeets, Thijs Smeets Designs
Photo: Carolina, an OFS company

Innovation Awards, Architectural Products Category: Clinical

Accurate Lock and Hardware, Secure Cabinet Ligature Resistant Sliding Door System for Medical Gases

Designed by Fran Colligan, Accurate Lock and Hardware
Photo: Accurate Lock and Hardware

Innovation Awards, Furniture Collections Category

Stance Healthcare, Lotus

Designed by Cesar Fernandes, Stance Healthcare
Photo: Design Solutions

Innovation Awards, Furniture Collections Category

Kimball International, Kolo Pod

Designed by National
Photo: Kimball International

Innovation Awards, Furniture Category: Clinician Support

Skyline Design, Mossa Mobile 3-Wheel

Designed by Skyline Design
Photo: Skyline Design

Innovation Awards, Seating Category: Patient

Pineapple, Boden Donut Rocker

Designed by Sophie Concadoro, Pineapple Furniture
Photo: Paul Dixon

Innovation Awards, Seating Category: Guest/Lounge

Carolina, an OFS company, Chrys Lounge

Designed by Mehmet Bereket, Mehmet Bereket, Bereket Designs
Photo: Carolina, an OFS company

 

Sustainability Awards

Sustainability Awards, Carpet Category

Interface, Lost Palms Carpet Tile Collection

Designed by David Oakey, David Oakey Designs
Photo: Courtesy of Interface Inc.®

Sustainability Awards, Fabrics and Textiles Category

Mayer Fabrics, Seaqual Initiative Privacy Curtains: Serene & Tranquility

Designed by Mayer Fabrics
Photo: Mayer Fabrics

Sustainability Awards, Surfacing Materials and Finishes Category

Sabic Functional Forms, Lexan Cliniwall Sheet

Designed by Peter van den Bleek, Sabic Functional Forms
Photo: Sabic

Sustainability Awards,  Flooring Category: Resilient

ECOsurfaces, Nada Rx

Designed by Bo Barber, Ecore International
Photo: ECOsurfaces’ Nada Rx

Sustainability Awards, Furniture Collections Category

Plural Studios, Ventura

Designed by Dave Simon and Gary Cruce, Memo Furniture
Photo: Courtesy of Plural Studios

Sustainability Awards, Seating Category: Guest/Lounge

Plural Studios, Rochester

Designed by Brian Graham, Graham Design
Photo: Courtesy of Plural Studios

For more on the 2023 Nightingale Awards, check our Healthcare Design’s January/February issue.

For more on the Best of Competition winner, read “Nightingale Awards Winners Talk Furniture Design In Healthcare.”

To find out what the Nightingale judges are saying about product trends, read  “What Product Trends Are Top Of Mind In Healthcare.”