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:
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.”
