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Okamura Corporation’s Sphere and Lives Post + Beam Receive Best of NeoCon 2023 Awards

June 16, 2023

Best of NeoCon Lives Post and Beam showcasing Modern collaborative office
Best of NeoCon Sphere Award-winning ergonomic office chair in soft green

Okamura Corporation’s Task Chair Sphere and  light-scale architectural frame and panel system Lives Post + Beam were awarded the internationally prestigious Best of NeoCon 2023 award in Chicago.

Sphere received the Silver award in the Seating: Ergonomic Desk/Task category, and Lives Post + Beam received both the Innovation and Business Impact Awards in the Interior Products & Solution category.

About the Best of NeoCon Awards

Held annually since 1990, Best of NeoCon is the official awards program for NeoCon, honoring outstanding new products from NeoCon exhibiting companies.
Best of NeoCon 2023 will feature entries in 56 product categories evaluated by a diverse jury of leading architects, designers, specifiers and facility managers with expertise spanning commercial, healthcare, institutional and hospitality sectors.

https://neocon.com/features/awards

□Best of NeoCon 2023 award-winning product page “Lives Post Beam”
https://bestofneocon.secure-platform.com/a/gallery/rounds/13/details/3605

□Best of NeoCon 2023 award-winning product page “Sphere”
https://bestofneocon.secure-platform.com/a/gallery/rounds/13/details/3657

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