Discover the Winners of the METROPOLISLikes 2025 Awards
Among the products showcased in our Products Issue 2025 are the 33 winners of the METROPOLISLikes 2025 Awards—standout offerings from NeoCon and Design Days in Chicago. These winners combine responsible manufacturing, innovative materials, and beautiful aesthetics to make an impact in any interior.
HERE’S WHERE YOU CAN FIND THEM IN CHICAGO THIS JUNE:
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Arktura
Vapor Ceiling Panels
Location: 10-154
Inspired by topographical and weather patterns, Arktura’s Vapor Ceiling Panels (shown in Dappled) feature a perforated design that adds natural texture to walls and ceilings, while optional acoustic backers help control noise—making the system both striking and functional. Vibrant powder-coat finishes ensure these sculptural panels are not just seen but experienced. For architects and designers, they provide the flexibility to craft interior spaces that are both impactful and adaptable across a wide range of projects.
Armstrong Flooring
TimberTones
Location: 7-5068
Armstrong Flooring’s TimberTones Densified Hardwood begins with real hardwood that is treated with heat and pressure—without acrylic fillers or chemicals—to close its open cells and densify the veneer. The result is a floor that’s six times more dent-resistant and four times more scratch-resistant than traditional wood.
Carnegie/Kirei
XAF Cumulus 3D Cloud
Location: 1120
The latest addition to Carnegie’s XAF Clouds collection, the XAF Cumulus 3D Cloud has a sculptural silhouette, measuring 55 inches wide, 20 inches high, and 4.75 inches deep. The product is backed with Kirei’s recycled PET and finished in proprietary plant-based Xorel fabric.
CF Stinson
Haiku
Location: 10-150
Featuring eight patterns and 66 colorways, Haiku is a textile collection aimed at health-care designers. Intended to complement healing environments, the collection offers soft pastels to deeply saturated jewel tones. Three patterns are produced using a minimum of 50 percent resin derived from forest industry waste, while the Kigo pattern is produced using yarn containing marine plastics. All patterns have been constructed to meet rigorous health-care requirements.
Håg Capisco
Flokk
Location: 1085
Flokk, the parent company behind the renowned HÅG Capisco chair, has reimagined its design icon in a limited-edition collection made entirely from recycled materials. By keeping production close to key markets and prioritizing local suppliers, Flokk is also cutting transportation emissions while building resilience and transparency throughout its value chain. The result is a chair that’s as sustainable as it is iconic—and a business model that’s paving the way for a circular future.
Haworth
Fern Closed Loop Process
Location: 312
With the Fern chair as its first product to fully achieve closed-loop manufacturing, Haworth is proving that environmental responsibility and ergonomic excellence go hand in hand. The process reuses plastic generated during production stages and from end-of-life chairs to create new Fern models, optimizing existing resources and reducing waste to deliver brand-new products without sacrificing quality or increasing costs.
Heller
Worry Free Plastics Offering
Location: 1123A
Heller’s iconic molded furniture is now available in a compostable option made with Worry Free Plastics—an enzyme-enhanced material that breaks down in landfills within five years, leaving no microplastics or toxins behind. Same iconic design, smarter end of life.
Impact Acoustic
Pixels
Location: 1120
Designed by Rafa Ortega, Pixels is a retractable room divider system that offers a contemporary reinterpretation of the classic vertical blind. With adjustable, vertically suspended lamellas, it provides glare and privacy control while supporting spatial and acoustic zoning. Available in four designs and 36 colors, Pixels can be used along window walls or as freestanding dividers in open-plan environments.
Keilhauer
Unifi
Location: 373
Unifi features a midcentury-inspired design with a soft, upholstered seat and industrial metal frame. The armless chair rolls smoothly on casters, making it adaptable to a variety of workplace needs. It is available in all of Keilhauer’s powder-coat finishes—including a newly launched palette—and can be upholstered in a range of textiles, faux leathers, and leathers.
LightArt
Acoustic Dial
Location: 1120
A drum light fixture wrapped in vertical fins, Acoustic Dial delivers noise absorption while making a striking visual impact. Available in multiple sizes, styles, and colors, it’s an instant statement piece appropriate for workplaces, hospitality environments, and education settings. The shades feature nine-millimeter-thick Sola Felt, a PET material manufactured with 50 percent postconsumer recycled content.
Mayer Fabrics
Palermo II
Location: 1173
There are many ways to leave your mark—but not on this fabric. Featuring a distinctive pebble grain embossing, Palermo II is a premium polyurethane polycarbonate seating fabric that boasts a soil- and stain-resistant top coat with ink resistant technology. Available in 28 colors and 250,000 double rubs, the fabric is GREENGUARD Gold certified and bleach cleanable.
Momentum
Bio Silica Hybrid
Location: 323
Incorporating the best properties of silicone and biobased polyurethane, this textile collection is inherently antimicrobial and stain resistant, and sustainability is a top priority. It features 100 percent postconsumer recycled polyester backing sourced from recycled water bottles. Bio Silica Hybrid encompasses three distinctive patterns—Kepler Print, Farra, and Flitter Print—and each is PFAS free, flame retardant free, and GREENGUARD Gold certified.
Nassimi
Hyphyn
Location: 1120
Nassimi’s breakthrough biodegradable vinyl, Hyphyn, is the result of six years of R&D. Engineered to perform like traditional PVC—only better—it passes rigorous durability tests, upholsters beautifully thanks to a proprietary biodegradable backing, and breaks down 90 percent in two years in landfill conditions. It also incinerates cleaner, reducing toxic emissions.
Pallas
Prisme Collection
Location: 1181
Prisms provide an enchanting interplay between light, color, and geometry, and the Prisme collection from Pallas aims to capture this magic in textile form. Patterns include Array, a lofty bouclé; Chroma, a vegan leather; Facet, a bold blend of diagonal stripes and fragmented shapes; Glint, a coated textile reminiscent of tweed; Hue, a minimal-yet-vibrant weave; and Lumen, featuring concentric circles set against a serene backdrop.
Poltrona Frau
Downtown Lounge
Location: 312
Jean-Marie Massaud has reimagined the Downtown office chair as a versatile lounge armchair. It features an ergonomic headrest, customizable upholstery in Pelle Frau® leather or fabric, and a 360-degree swivel base with automatic return or a fixed wooden trestle base in solid ash. The seat, backrest, and armrest structure are made of molded polyurethane foam with metal inserts and padding of differentiated-density polyurethane foam with quilted wadding.
Shaw Contract
Grounded Spaces
Location: 1014
Designed to foster a sense of calm and connection to nature—and between the room’s occupants—this carpet tile collection suits high-traffic commercial areas such as workplaces, health-care facilities, and education environments. The collection features nine styles in ten colorways and is crafted with solution-dyed EcoSolutionQ100® fiber and EcoWorx® backing. Quick Ship options are available.
Turf
Pantheon
Location: 1048
Turf’s new ceiling product Pantheon is designed to sculpt the ceiling plane and can be supported using a standard tee grid. It features a coffered form that can be configured with open and closed tiles to create graphic patterns and is available in standard 24-by-24-inch tiles finished with nine-millimeter PET felt in a range of colors and textures.
Unika Vaev
Ecoustic Weave Hang Up
Location: 351, 10-115, 10-121
In collaboration with Instyle, Unika Vaev introduces the Ecoustic Weave Hang Up. Helping to define zones within open-plan spaces, the suspended acoustic screen is crafted from Cradle to Cradle Certified PET, available in 24 colorways, and achieves a noise reduction coefficient (NRC) of 0.95. The company also offers the Ecoustic Weave Ceiling Tile, which reimagines drop ceiling grids with an intricate interlaced design that creates a dynamic play of light and shadow.
Wolf-Gordon
Color Craft
Location: 3-100
Wolf-Gordon’s Color Craft (pictured) and Criss Cross by Dorothy Cosonas celebrate creativity with patterns inspired by color theory, art materials, and playful experimentation. Printed on durable woven upholstery, the designs blend precise line work with movement and structure—bringing warmth, sophistication, and a fresh yet nostalgic feel to learning spaces and beyond.
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Allseating
Attune Enhancements
Location: 325 N Wells St, Ste 210
The Attune task seating collection has been updated to be even more adaptable, lean, and lightweight. Designed in collaboration with Aaron Duke’s firm, Studio Black Box, Attune adapts to a range of sitters’ body types while remaining durable and resistant to impact and flex fatigue. A new fully upholstered version of the chair is now available, and the introduction of a height-adjustable task arm further elevates its versatility.
Interface
Dressed Lines
Location: 345 N Wells St, Fl 3
Drawing from the tailored, crisp lines of midcentury modern design, this collection of carpet planks and tiles offers contrasting and angular patterns that feel at home in modern commercial settings. The collection features six styles in a range of color combinations that span from warm neutrals to bolder options. The planks measure approximately 10 inches by three feet, while the tiles are approximately 20 inches square.
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Allsteel
Evo Enhancements
Location: 345 N Morgan St
Updates for flexibility and sustainability expand upon Allsteel’s Evo Chair, known for its minimalistic T pattern, which highlights its lumbar support mechanism. A new backing, Evo Technical Knit, was created in partnership with Camira and is constructed from recycled materials and SEAQUAL® upcycled marine plastic through a zero-waste manufacturing process.
Arper
Catifa (RE) 46
Location: 167 N Green St, Ste 200
Designed by Lievore Altherr Molina in 2004, Catifa 46 has recently received updates with contemporary materials, resulting in the Catifa (RE) 46, which features a distinctive shell m&ade from 100 percent recycled plastic. The shell is available in eight shades and pairs with three base options: four wooden legs, four steel legs, and a sled base. A new seat cushion, also available for outdoor use, is made from Breathair®, an elastomeric polyester. Optional armrests can be added to certain configurations, and Catifa (RE) 46 is also available as a stool in two different heights.
Brentano
Evy
Location: 1550 W Carroll Ave, Ste 205 C
Evy is derived from a Hebrew name meaning “life” or “to breathe”; thus the textile collection’s subtlety and refined elegance invites occupants to relax and recharge. The centerpiece is Catnap, a luxurious bouclé fabric offering 70,000 Wyzenbeek double rubs and bleach cleanability. Lenis is ideal for high-traffic areas, crafted from 50 percent PC FR recycled polyester and 50 percent FR polyester, offering a rich, velvety sheen with 100,000 double rubs.
Designtex
Recycled Wool
Location: 811 W Fulton Market, Fl 5
Designtex collaborates with textile mills in Prato, Italy, to create four weaves in myriad hues from 70 percent recycled wool fibers. Using a combination of inventor Benjamin Law’s “shoddy” technique and a cotton recycling method recalling papermaking, the process results in long, soft fibers.
FilzFelt
Nest Baffle
Location: 1100 W Fulton Market, Fl 3
Nest BaffleNest Baffle is a series of hanging acoustic panels made from 100 percent biodegradable and compostable wool felt. The contoured panels come in half-round, quarter-round, and linear formats, allowing for multiple configurations. Available in 95 colors, the collection offers an NRC of 0.70 and meets the criteria for the Living Building Challenge and California Prop 65 compliance.
Humanscale
Diffrient Lounge
Location: 345 N Morgan St, Ste 150
Designed by renowned industrial designer Niels Diffrient, Humanscale’s first lounge chair aims to balance work and leisure. It features a custom-engineered recline mechanism and a refined silhouette, with independently adjustable back and headrest for a personalized experience. Integrated details include USB charging, discreet adjustment buttons, and an optional swivel table.
Luum
Unified Field Collection
Location: 800 W Fulton St, Fl 7
Luum Textiles’ former creative director Suzanne Tick conceived Unified Field as a thoughtful collection of six textiles inspired by the concept of interconnection. Tick focused on reimagining classic patterns and materials such as argyle, stripes, and wool to capture Luum’s ethos of fiber-to-finish design. The offerings fuse multiple textures, colorways, and sustainable features that will stand up to a variety of commercial environments.
Maharam
Transistors
Location: 1100 W Fulton Market, Fl 5
Transistors is based on a 1957 marker drawing by legendary designer Alexander Girard in which he explores his fascination with intricate mechanisms. In it, an embroidered pattern features a circuit-like design, with short lines articulated by round dots spanning across a felted wool ground. Color palettes derive from Girard’s tritone silk-screen studies in combinations of cream, brick, and brown; ocher, silver, and stone; forest, ink and magenta; and cobalt, steel and cherry.
Milliken
Open Studio
Location: 838 W Kinzie St, East Entrance
The Open Studio carpet tile collection pays tribute to artistic experimentation and time-honored techniques, encouraging designers to reimagine open spaces as blank canvases. The design draws inspiration from multimedia methods such as plaster and printing and is available in four neutral patterns and one color-forward pattern. The tiles are fully recyclable and are made with ECONYL, a high-quality yarn produced from 100 percent recycled materials.
Mohawk Group
Pathmakers Textures
Location: 811 W Fulton Market
Inspired by the role bees play in sustaining ecosystems, this new collection of carpet planks from Mohawk Group features two textural styles, Gentle Ground and Buzzing Trails. The planks, which measure 12 by 36 inches, consist of solution-dyed Duracolor® Tricor Premium Nylon and feature a patterned multicolor loop. They are available in eight colorways.
Spinneybeck
Quartile Collection
Location: 1100 W Fulton Market, Fl 3
A collaboration with designer Lars Beller Fjetland, the Quartile Collection consists of 12-inch-square blocks of hardwood that come together to create striking decorative wall cladding reminiscent of midcentury breeze block facades. Available in two designs—Quartile 1 and Quartile 2—the collection comes in beech, Douglas fir, maple, sapele, walnut, and white oak.
Tarkett
Resonant Spaces
Location: 215 N Peoria St, Fl 10
This workplace carpet tile collection is designed to shape spaces that resonate with occupants, generating an invisible flow of energy, feeling, and rhythm. By combining texture, pattern, and color, Resonant Spaces helps to spark creativity and deepen focus. The line includes three patterns: Beneath, Intangible, and Subtle Forces. It is available on ethos® tile, which is made with up to 79 percent recycled content and comes with a backing that can be fully recycled into itself.
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