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11 Award Winning Products that Captivate

Award-winning designs from IIDA competitions, from armchairs to wall sconces to washroom accessories

This article originally appeared in the December issue of interiors + sources magazine

Design is a language of touch, light, color, motion, and emotion — and these products speak it fluently. These IIDA competition -winning products celebrate the craftsmanship, material intelligence, and visual storytelling shaping interiors today. From featherweight metals to hand-tufted blossoms to ombré canopies, they remind us that design is not only about what we use, but how we experience beauty, function, and creativity in everyday life.

Pulse Armchairs

By Mercoeur Édition

Inspired by the rhythm of a heartbeat, Pulse translates movement into comfort with its softly undulating backrest. Meticulous pleating and rich velvet upholstery make this chair as inviting as it is sculptural. Crafted with a European sensibility — read: Paris — it elevates any lounge or lobby through its quiet choreography of form and texture.

Pulse Armchairs by Mercoeur Édition

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Omero

By Thomas Cooper Studio

Metal and light meet in Omero, a lighting series defined by cinematic contrasts. Brass, glass, and shadow interact to create an atmospheric glow that feels both industrial and intimate. Ideal for restaurants, bars, or boutique hotels, it turns illumination into mood — a study in restraint and refinement.

Omero By Thomas Cooper Studio

Image courtesy of Thomas Cooper Studio

Ocean Master MAX Bolero: Ombré Blossom

By Tuuci

The 2025 IIDA/HD Expo Product Design Awards Best of Competition Winner, Tuuci’s Ombré Blossom turns shade into sculpture, blending craftsmanship and engineering for a dramatic outdoor statement. With 336 hand-tufted blossoms cascading along the canopy in coral-to-ivory ombré, this 12-foot parasol transforms sunlight into design. Equally functional and ornamental, it embodies the intersection of precision, customization, and poetic form.

Two large beach umbrellas provide shade over stylish lounge chairs on a terrace, with mountains and floral greenery in the background.
2025 IIDA/HD Expo Product Design Awards Best of Competition Winner, Tuuci’s Ombré Blossom

Image courtesy of Tuuci

Kinetic

By Astek

Astek’s Kinetic introduces movement to wall design through video-based pattern generation and bespoke printing. Each composition is derived from hundreds of digital frames, frozen at a designer’s chosen moment, creating one-of-a-kind murals. The result is a visual dialogue between technology and texture — walls that seem to breathe and shift with time.

Stylish living room featuring a curved blush sofa, marble coffee tables, and textured beige walls with abstract shapes. Soft lighting adds warmth.
Aztek Kinetic

Image courtesy of Astek

Cape Wall Sconce

By Kalco Lighting

Wrapped in hand-stitched leather and brushed brass, Cape brings a warm, tactile contrast to modern interiors. Concealed LEDs cast light upward and downward, softly grazing the wall while highlighting the fixture’s craftsmanship. It’s refined simplicity at its best — technology hidden behind thoughtful materiality.

Cape Wall Sconce By Kalco Lighting

Image courtesy of Kalco Lighting

Ultraleggera

By Zieta Prozessdesign

Weighing just 3.65 pounds, Ultraleggera redefines material efficiency through FiDU air-formed aluminum. Its mirror-polished frame reflects its environment, dissolving the line between object and space. Fully recyclable and award-winning, it’s not only the world’s lightest metal chair — it’s a manifesto for the future of sustainable design.

Black chairs are suspended in mid-air above a group of black stools on a dark floor, showcasing a modern and minimalist design.
Ultraleggera by Zieta Prozessdesign

Image courtesy of Zieta Prozessdesign

Elvari Washroom Accessories Collection

By Bradley

Elvari brings unity and elegance to the most functional spaces. With pill-shaped curves, seamless joints, and smart refill indicators, this stainless-steel collection balances aesthetics with efficiency. Available in a palette of modern finishes, it gives designers creative freedom to make hospitality restrooms as refined as the rest of the interior.

Elvari Washroom Accessories Collection by Bradley

Image courtesy of Bradley

Avalon Lounge Chair

By KFI Studios

Sculpted yet sustainable, Avalon balances its soft split-form seat on a minimal steel frame. Its 3D-knit upholstery — woven from recycled plastic bottles — offers both comfort and conscience. Optional swivel tables, privacy screens, and power integration make it adaptable to today’s hybrid spaces, proving design can be agile, beautiful, and responsible.

A modern seating area features three stylish chairs with leather accents, a small table, and soft lighting against green walls.
Avalon Lounge Chair by KFI Studios

Image courtesy of KFI Studios

Tufted Manchaha

By Jaipur Living

The Tufted Manchaha collection turns leftover yarn into one-of-a-kind rugs that tell human stories. Each design originates from a rural Indian artisan’s imagination — motifs drawn from daily life, music, or nature — woven into vibrant compositions. It’s sustainability through storytelling, where waste becomes beauty and craft becomes livelihood.

Abstract composition featuring various geometric patterns and shades of green and blue, creating a textured, layered landscape effect.
Tufted Manchaha by Jaipur Living

Image courtesy of Jaipur Living

Carrello

By Vertical Ledge

The Carrello is a modular beverage cart that brings hospitality to life through mobility and design. Crafted from FSC-certified birch with tambour panels and concealed wiring, it blends function and elegance. Perfect for coffee service or champagne hour, it rolls effortlessly from event to experience — proof that small-scale design can leave a big impression.

Carrello modular beverage cart by Vertical Ledge

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Fluida

By Arizona Tile

Fluida captures the slow artistry of natural stone through digital craftsmanship. Its Italian-made porcelain layers veining and minerals with painterly precision, offering a soft, harmonious surface in both matte and anti-slip finishes. Sleek yet organic, it bridges the worlds of technology and geology in spaces that balance warmth and sophistication.

A modern interior scene featuring two cozy, rounded white chairs beside a circular wooden coffee table, with natural light filtering in.
Fluida by Arizona Tile

Image courtesy of Arizona Tile

These featured products were recognized in IIDA’s 2024 WestEdge Design Fair Product Awards and the 2025 IIDA/HD Expo Product Design Awards — competitions that celebrate innovation, aesthetics, and purpose in design. Think your work belongs on this list? Explore IIDA competitions and submission details at iida.org/submissions.