--- title: Polartec Announces 2017 Apex Design Award Winners date: 2017-11-14T00:00:00-08:00 author: Admin Istrator canonical_url: "https://www.polartec.com/news/polartec-announces-2017-apex-design-award-winners" section: News Entries --- [Skip to Main Content](#main-content-wrapper) Accessibility Feedback ![Foreground Image](https://polartec-polartec.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/img/bg-imgs/hero-news_181205_143424.jpg?w=1900&h=880&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1706545872&s=b84d80c1b712e430f185c192613fe32d) [ News Hub. ](https://www.polartec.com/news) ##### 2017 # Apex Award Winners Announcing the 2017 Polartec Apex Award Winners Main Story. 11. 14. # Polartec Announces 2017 Apex Design Award Winners (Andover, Mass.) - November 14, 2017 - Polartec, the premium provider of innovative textile solutions, announces the winners of its 2017 Polartec Apex Awards, an annual design award program celebrating the finest products made from Polartec fabrics, and the designers behind them. The winning products were selected based on skilled and creative uses of Polartec fabric technologies. The winners are: - **Adidas Terrex Agravic Alpha Hooded Shield Jacket**, a women’s outdoor jacket made with [Polartec® Alpha® insulation](https://www.polartec.com/fabrics/insulation/alpha), designed by Tim Maud - **Arc’teryx Nyara Wrap**, a fleece wrap layer made from [Polartec® Thermal Pro® fleece](https://www.polartec.com/fabrics/insulation/thermal-pro), designed by Edita Hadravska (available spring 2018) - **Blackyak Combat Shirt**, a hybrid shirt made from [Polartec® Power Grid® fleece](https://www.polartec.com/fabrics/base/power-grid), designed by David Randall - **Burton Minturn Hooded Full-Zip Fleece**, a midweight fleece layer made from [Polartec® Classic](https://www.polartec.com/fabrics/insulation/fleece-series) shearling fleece (available fall 2018) - **Citera Neocity-65 Jkt**, a practical M65-style jacket made from [Polartec® NeoShell® breathable waterproof fabric](https://www.polartec.com/fabrics/weather-protection/neoshell), designed by Naoki Ei - **Fox Racing Attack Pro Jersey**, an advanced mountain bike jersey made from [Polartec® Delta® cooling fabric](https://www.polartec.com/fabrics/base/delta), designed by Jake Theno (available spring 2018) - **Mountain Hardwear Atherm Hooded Jacket**, an ultimate breathable insulation piece, made from an extraordinary combination of [Polartec® Alpha® Direct](https://www.polartec.com/fabrics/insulation/alpha-direct), [Polartec® Alpha®](https://www.polartec.com/fabrics/insulation/alpha), and [Polartec® High Loft™](https://www.polartec.com/fabrics/insulation/high-loft) insulations - **Norrøna lofoten Power Shield Pro Alpha Jacket**, a revolutionary jacket made from a unique combination of [Polartec® Power Shield® Pro](https://www.polartec.com/fabrics/base/power-stretch-pro) breathable weather protection and [Polartec® Alpha®](https://www.polartec.com/fabrics/insulation/alpha) insulation, designed by the Norrøna R&D department - **Oiselle Flyout Tank**, Short Sleeve and Long Sleeve, women’s tops made from [Polartec® Delta® cooling fabric](https://www.polartec.com/fabrics/base/delta), designed by Nelle Horsley - **P1G-Tac FRS Delta**, a hot-weather field training shirt made from [Polartec® Delta® cooling fabric](https://www.polartec.com/fabrics/base/delta), designed by 281Z Development Group (Konstantyn Lesnik, Oleksandr Polevara, Valery Chernenko, Artem Livushevsky) - **Taylor Stitch Hawkins Jacket**, a classic 60/40-style jacket made from new knit [Polartec® NeoShell® breathable waterproof fabric](https://www.polartec.com/fabrics/weather-protection/neoshell), designed by Nick Kemp Every winner is an embodiment of Polartec fabric innovation and design inspiration, and the winning designers are being recognized with a Malden statue, an industry award unlike any other, and images celebrating the Science of Fabric. 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