Brown Jordan, the world’s leading manufacturer of outdoor furniture, in collaboration with internationally-acclaimed designer Richard Frinier announced today that their Connexion collection has been honored with a GOOD DESIGN award from the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design in conjunction with The European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies. This achievement marks the second time Brown Jordan and Richard Frinier have garnered a GOOD DESIGN award for their distinctive and innovative designs together.

“We are very proud to receive this distinguished award of design excellence for Connexion,” says Stephen F. Elton, SVP Sales & Branding. “The collection has been well received in the marketplace since it was launched, because of its versatility and ability to be customized. It is an honor to have the design acknowledged by one of the oldest and most prestigious architecture and design award programs in the industry.”

Connexion is designed for comfort and versatility in arrangement allowing for the effortless composition of compelling and functional indoor/outdoor gathering areas for residential, contract and hospitality settings. The collection’s sectional, individual modular units, club chair and tables may be used in endless configurations to become the go-to place for extended hours of entertaining or for quiet enjoyment and relaxation.

Designer Richard Frinier adds, “Connexion seems to have arrived at the right time, when conversation areas for indoor/outdoor living are becoming the destination. The unique and infinite ways in which this collection may be stylized for spaces is limitless. You can build modest to impressive seating areas by simply connecting or disconnecting the individual modular pieces, which may be easily moved around and about to accommodate changing needs from day to day.”

Connexion’s luxurious experience is found in its transformative upholstery options. The framework is tautly upholstered using any of Brown Jordan’s 25 stylish and durable Versatex Mesh fabrics, while cushions and toss pillows are colorfully personalized from a broad array of over 130 classic to contemporary jacquards, stripes and solid Suncloth textiles all exclusively from Sunbrella. 

A smart variety of modular furniture pieces in the collection combined with a choice of Brown Jordan’s 27 powder-coated aluminum frame finishes and its myriad of fashionable fabrics all come together to create inspired and highly customized seating designs. For added visual interest and depth in textures, the upholstered frames may use different fabrics on the outside surfaces from the inside surfaces by selecting either low or high contrasting Versatex, and then decorative Suncloth may be layered for all seat cushions and toss pillows to further personalize for a truly bold or more subtle design statement as desired.

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