THE SUMMER MARKET: AUG 4 – 7, 2024, JAVITS CENTER


NEW YORK, NY. — August 13, 2019 — NY NOW recognizes all the winners of the “Best New Product” Awards at Summer Market during their first Awards Night. Celebrating exceptional brands, designers and visionaries who move us forward.

NY NOW’s “Best New Product” Awards recognize and celebrate the extraordinary product offerings from exhibitors across the market. Hundreds of exhibitors entered the awards and one winner was chosen from each of the eleven sections within the HOME, LIFESTYLE and HANDMADE Collections currently on display in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.

“It’s gratifying to see the level of excitement and enthusiasm amongst exhibitors, celebrating each other’s successes and to see those innovative products being recognized by the industry as stand outs in their categories,” said Kevin O’Keefe, EVP, Emerald Expositions.

Winners of the summer 2019 “Best New Product” Awards are below:

CATEGORY: BEST IN MARKET AWARD

WINNER: Djalin, booth 1462

CATEGORY: BEST EXCLUSIVE LAUNCH 

WINNER: MATR BOOMIE, booth 1641

CATEGORY: Personal Accessories 

WINNER: Idol Light, booth: 8565

Special Mention: Fortune & Frame, booth: 8151

Special Mention: Isabelle Gougenheim Designs, booth: 8254

CATEGORY: GIFT 

WINNER: Paddywax Candles, booth 7726

Special Mention: Studio Roof, booth: 7573

Special Mention: Edwin Jagger, booth: 7768

CATEGORY: Tabletop + Gourmet Housewares 

WINNER: Bugatti Italy, booth: 3311

Special Mention: Whole Harmony, booth: 3448

Special Mention: Tin Parade Party, booth: 3429

CATEGORY: Artisan Resource  

WINNER: Djalin, 1462

WINNER: Koluntu, booth 1263

Special Mention: Mo’s Crib, booth: 1485

Special Mention: Organic Savanna, booth: 1581

CATEGORY: HANDMADE GLOBAL DESIGN  

WINNER: Flags for New World, booth: 1780

Special Mention: All Across Africa, booth: 3735

Special Mention: Socco, booth: 1768

CATEGORY: ACCENT ON DESIGN  

WINNER: Xoopar – INE, booth: 4146

Special Mention: Lund of London, booth: 4120

Special Mention: Ginkgo, booth: 3935

CATEGORY: HOME FURNISHINGS + TEXTILES 

WINNER: PRETTY RUGGED, booth: 2862

Special Mention: Evangeline, booth: 3108

Special Mention: LinenMe, booth: 3132

CATEGORY: PERSONAL CARE + WELLNESS

WINNER: GRYPH & IVY ROSE, booth: 8020

Special Mention: Simply Smita, booth: 7948

Special Mention: BioMilk Serum from BioMilk Distributed by Scents o Europe, booth: 7974

CATEGORY: Baby + Child

WINNER: Open The Joy, booth: 7069

Special Mention: Jack Rabbit Creations, booth: 7019

Special Mention: Chewbeads, booth: 7015

CATEGORY: Handmade Designer Maker

WINNER: Rustico, booth: 1507

Special Mention: Indian + Purry, booth: 1229

CATEGORY: Distinctive Living

WINNER: Tightrope, booth: 2558

CATEGORY: BEST EXCLUSIVE LAUNCH

WINNER: MATR BOOMIE, booth: 1641

Winners of the Accent on Design® Awards are below:

Best Booth Design: Fresh Taiwan, Booth 3712

Best Product Design Innovation: Blomus, ANI LAMP 3IN1 RECHARGEABLE LED, Booth 3726

Best Overall Collection: HMM, Booth 3853

Accent on Design® 35th ANNIVERSARY AWARDS: 

Best Legacy Award: Gallery 91, booth: 4115

Best New Company: Lara Knutson, booth: 3826

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About NY NOW

The summer 2019 edition of NY NOW®, the Market for Home, Lifestyle, Handmade + Gift, will take place August 10-14, 2019 at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. NY NOW features three comprehensive collections — HOME, LIFESTYLE and HANDMADE — that encompass tens of thousands of products in hundreds of product categories. Building on the success of the Winter Market, the National Stationery Show® will take place during the same time in the River Pavilion and for the first time, will welcome a new co-location, JA New York, on level one in hals D and E at the Javits Center. Attendees from all 50 states and nearly 70 countries worldwide are expected.

NY NOW is owned by Emerald Expositions, a leading operator of business-to-business trade shows in the United States. The company currently operates more than 55 trade shows, as well as numerous other face-to-face events. In 2017, Emerald’s events connected over 500,000 global attendees and exhibitors and occupied more than 6.9 million NSF of exhibition space.

Notes To Editors:

The official name of the market is “NY NOW.” Please do not use “NY Now,” “NYNow,” “New York Now,” “the NY Gift Show” or the “NY Gift Fair” to refer to the market.

The NY NOW summer 2019 market will take place August 10-14 with staggered opening and closing dates: HANDMADE Collection: Saturday, August 10 through Tuesday, August 13, 2019; LIFESTYLE and HANDMADE Collections open Sunday, August 11 through Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City.

The National Stationery Show® will be co-located with the NY NOW summer market and will be located on the Level 4 River Pavilion in the Javits Center Saturday August 10, through Tuesday, August 13, 2019.

JA New York will be co-located with the NY NOW summer market and will be located on on level 1 in halls 1D and 1E in the Javits Center Saturday August 11, through Tuesday, August 14, 2019.

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