For its 2022 competitive year, the NY Product Design Awards took in over 800 entries from 24 countries. Individuals and companies put their design prowess on full display as they sought to snag a victory in the competition, which in recent years had taken a name for itself as one of the leading design awards internationally.

Why we love word – and you should too.

In the face of fierce competition, COMMOD swayed the hearts of the jury with their submission and walked away with the NY Product Design award in Silver in the category “office furniture / room dividers”. The winning work was created by the COMMOD team for the Fifteenseconds Festival in Graz and tells the story of “why we love wood – and you should too”.

“We are delighted to see that our love for the material wood has spread its wings and flew as far as New York city. Winning the NY Product Design Award is a great honor for us and a beautiful sign that sustainable and innovative architecture is on the rise all over the world.”, Michaela Maresch and Gerald Brencic, founder and CEOs of COMMOD-Haus GmbH consent.

The New York Product Design Awards.

From its inception, the NY Product Design Awards has been geared towards honoring and promoting product designers whose works bring about positivity in the world. The competition does not differentiate between professionals and enthusiasts, as its focus is solely on product design.

Thomas Brandt, spokesperson of the International Awards Associate (IAA), remarked. “As these entrants have proved their mettle in an industry that is ever-evolving, they truly represent the very best their field has to offer.”

About COMMOD HolzHerz.

The COMMOD timber pavilion “HolzHerz” is an abstracted 3D heart that gives wood the stage it earns. The inside builds a pulsating room, enlighted with green colour of nature which leads our guests as a room divider into our office. Canopy of wooden flowers hovering above the heads of its visitors, giving them the feeling of standing outside in the woods. The fresh smell of the wooden construction is accompanied by a twitter of birds as soon as someone approaches the interior. Feeling the soft touch of wooden pellets beyond their feet all guests are floating through a wave of timber-heaven. By showing different types of wood – natural, coated, oiled etc. one gets to know the variety of woods and their areas of application. The pavilion is made of regional construction spruce and shows a different face from every step of the 360-degree accessibility and can be build up by 3 persons and easily transported.

Our intention behind this installation was to let visitors experience our love for wood and let them touch, feel, breath and smell besides seeing the ecological materials.

Check out the official COMMOD HolzHerz page among the other NY Product Design Award winners.