Healthcare Design’s annual Nightingale Awards program had an exceptional year in 2023 with a record number of 55 products entered. The annual competition recognizes contributions to the healthcare built environment through product design and innovation that promote healing and productivity.
Among the products that rose 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 meet sustainability, safety and staff efficiency goals.
Celebrating healthcare product design
The annual awards are presented by Sanitary design magazine in association with the Health Design Center and the Health Design Conference + Exhibition.
During the November conference in New Orleans, 14 jurors, including healthcare architects, interior designers and facilities executives, evaluated this year’s entries. Products must be displayed at the show and evaluated by juries before the showroom opens to attendees.
Submissions are judged on their contribution or solution to clinical or operational outcomes; aesthetics and innovation; built environmental solution, durability, functionality and quality; certification and industry standards; environmental sustainability; and list price.
Nightingale Awards 2023 Winners
For the 2023 awards program, 23 products received awards in 10 categories, with brewing company‘s Versa exam table named best in the competition. (For a Q&A with the designers of the winning project, read here.)
See the Gold, Silver, Innovation and Sustainability winners of the 2023 Nightingale Awards:
Gold and silver awards
Fabrics and Textiles Category: Gold
CF Stinson, Natural Attraction
Designed by Lori Roop, CF Stinson, LLC; Stinson Studio
Photo: Courtesy of CF Stinson
Fabrics and Textiles Category: Silver
Mayer Fabrics, Seaqual Initiative Privacy Curtains: Serenity and Tranquility
Designed by Mayer fabrics.
Photo: Mayer Fabrics
Architectural Product Category: Clinical: Gold
Precise Lock and Hardware, Medical Gas Safe Cabinet Ligature Resistant Sliding Door System
Designed by Fran Colligan, Accurate Lock and Hardware
Photo: Accurate Lock and Hardware
Architectural Product 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
Floor Category: Resilient: Gold
Commercial Mannington, Attune
Designed by Roby Isaac, Mannington Commercial Design Team
Photo: Courtesy of Mannington Commercial, images from The Right Exposure
Floor Category: Resilient: Silver
HMTX Commercial/Teknoflor, Teknoflor Symphony HPD Collection
Designed by the HMTX Industries design team, HMTX Industries
Photo: HMTX Industries
Furniture Collections Category: Gold
Health posture, Lotus
Designed by César Fernandes, Stance Healthcare
Photo: Design solutions
Furniture Collections Category: Silver
Kimball International, Kolo Pod
Designed by National
Photo: Kimball International
Furniture category: Medical support: Gold
Brewer Company, Versa Exam Table
Designed by Alex Carayannopoulos, Brewing Company
Photo: Brewer Company
Furniture category: Medical support: Silver
Carolina, an OFS company, Street Caregiver Support Station
Designed by Juhee Park, OFS
Photo: Carolina, an OFS company
Seat category: Patient: Gold
Pineapple, Boden Donut Rocker
Designed by Sophie Concadoro, pineapple furniture
Photo: Paul Dixon
Seat category: Patient: Silver
Furniture Specifications, Apricus
Designed by Mike Shields, Studio 3
Photo: Furniture
Seating category: Guests/Lounge: Gold
Global Furniture Group, Willow
Designed by Mara, Messenger
Photo: Global Design Center
Seating category: Guests/Lounge: Silver
Health posture, podium
Designed by César Fernandes, Stance Healthcare
Photo: Dart Frog Creative
Surface materials and finishyes Category: Gold
Sabic Functional Forms, Lexan Cliniwall plate
Designed by Peter van den Bleek, Sabic Functional Forms
Photo: Sabic
Integrated technology Solution Category: Gold
Safehinge Primera, full door ligation alarm
Designed by Gus Thomas
Photo: Safehinge Primera
Integrated technology Solutions Category: Silver
Fellowes, Fellowes matrix
Designed by Taiwon Choi, Dominick Padovano and Brittany Keane-Murphy, Fellowes Product Development
Photo: Fellowes
Innovation Awards
innovation awards, Floor category: resistant
Commercial Mannington, Attune
Designed by Roby Isaac, Mannington Commercial Design Team
Photo: Courtesy of Mannington Commercial, images from The Right Exposure
Innovation Awards, Seat category: Patient
Carolina, an OFS company, Chrys Guest + Dining
Designed by Thijs Smeets, designs by Thijs Smeets
Photo: Carolina, an OFS company
innovation awards, Architectural Product Category: Clinical
Precise Lock and Hardware, Medical Gas Safe Cabinet Ligature Resistant Sliding Door System
Designed by Fran Colligan, Accurate Lock and Hardware
Photo: Accurate Lock and Hardware
innovation awards, Furniture Collections Category
Health posture, Lotus
Designed by César 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: Medical support
Skyline Design, Mossa Mobile 3 Wheels
Designed by Conor MacDonald, Skyline Design
Photo: Skyline Design
innovation awards, Seat category: Patient
Pineapple, Boden Donut Rocker
Designed by Sophie Concadoro, pineapple furniture
Photo: Paul Dixon
innovation awards, Seat 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, Carpets Category
Interface, Lost Palms Carpet Tile Collection
Designed by David Oakey, David Oakey designs
Photo: Courtesy of Interface Inc.®
Sustainability Awards, Category Fabrics and Textiles
Mayer Fabrics, Seaqual Initiative Privacy Curtains: Serenity and Tranquility
Designed by Mayer fabrics.
Photo: Mayer Fabrics
Sustainability Awards, Surface materials and Finish Category
Sabic Functional Forms, Lexan Cliniwall plate
Designed by Peter van den Bleek, Sabic Functional Forms
Photo: Sabic
Sustainability Awards, Floor category: resistant
ECOsurfaces, Nada Rx
Designed by Bo Barber, Ecore International
Photo: Nada Rx by ECOsurfaces
Sustainability Awards, Furniture Collections Category
Plural Studies, Ventura
Designed by Dave Simon and Gary Cruce, Memo Furniture
Photo: Courtesy of Plural Studios
Sustainability Awards, Seat category: Guest/Lounge
Plural Studies, Rochester
Designed by Brian Graham, Graham Design
Photo: Courtesy of Plural Studios
For more information on the 2023 Nightingale Awards, see our January/February issue of Healthcare Design.
For more information on the Best of Competition winner, read “Nightingale Awards Winners Talk Furniture Design in Healthcare.”
