Pinnacle Awards Entry Deadline Looms

May 23, 2010  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Bedroom on May 24, 2010 Celebrating the 15th year of the award, ASFD is accepting submissions for the 2010 Pinnacle Design Achievement Awards competition, and the deadline for submitting entries is Tuesday, June 1.

The Pinnacle Awards are the home furnishings industry equivalent of the Academy Awards honoring excellence in design. Award finalists and winners are recognized industry wide for their stylish and innovative designs.
 
€œThe Pinnacle Awards are not only a way of recognizing the work of talented designers, but are a way for all of us to honor companies which support and encourage originality of thought, and design innovation. The addition this year of the Green Leaf Award takes the Pinnacles to another level, in which sustainable design becomes synonymous with good design. For all these reasons, the Pinnacle„¢ Design Awards truly do represent what is best about our industry€ said Dudley Moore Jr., furniture designer and ASFD Pinnacle Awards Chair.
 
The 2010 Panel of Judges will include Dr. Richard Bennington, High Point University; Gary Evans, Furniture/Today; Ellen Gefen, Gefen Productions; Jim Hering, HW Home, Boulder, Colo.; Jackie Hirschhaut, AHFA;  Sheila Long O€™Mara, Home Furnishings Business; Linda Longo, Home Lighting & Accessories;  Chuck Portaro, Furnitureland South, Jamestown, N.C.;  Dianne Ray, Garden City Furniture, Garden City, S.C.; Max Shangle, Ferris State University, KCAD; Julie Smith Vincenti, Nine Muses Media; and Ron Werner, HW Home.
 
A list of all Pinnacle Finalists will be released to the Media and posted to the ASFD Web site  following the judging in mid-June. The Pinnacle Award Winners will be presented during the Fall High Point Market on Monday evening, Oct. 18, during the 15th annual awards banquet in the IHFC Ballroom.
 
Furniture/Today is the major underwriter of the Pinnacle Awards. The 2010 Pinnacle sponsors are Continental Brass, EarthCare Inside, Furniture Design Studios, High Point Market Authority,  Home Lighting and Accessories, Hickory Springs Mfg. Co.,  Home Furnishings Business, IHFC,  Leggett & Platt Inc., Market Square & Suites and the Sustainable Furnishings Council.
 
Detailed Pinnacle entry categories, eligibility criteria, entry requirements, including entry and payment forms are available for downloading. To receive a free 2010 Pinnacle poster/entry form by mail, e-mail Christine Evans, ASFD executive director, or call 910.576.1273.