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ASFD Seeks Furniture Designs for Pinnacle Competition
March 20,
2011 by in UnCategorized 
By Home Furnishings Business in High Point on March 21, 2011
The American Society of Furniture Designers is seeking submissions for the 16th Annual ASFD Pinnacle Design Achievement Awards.
The deadline for submissions is June 1.
Entry forms and supplemental information are available online.
"The Pinnacle Awards provide us the opportunity of recognizing the work of talented designers, and are a great way for our industry to honor companies which support and encourage originality of thought and design innovation", said ASFD president, Dudley Moore, Jr., of Otto & Moore, Inc. in High Point. "The addition of the Green Leaf Award in 2010 took the Pinnacles to another level, where sustainable design became synonymous with good design. The Pinnacles truly do represent what is best about our industry."
Furniture/Today continues as the major underwriter of the Pinnacle Awards. The 2011 Pinnacle sponsors are
AF Lighting,
Continental Brass;
EarthCare Inside;
Furniture Design Studios;
High Point Market Authority;
Hickory Springs Mfg. Co.;
Home Furnishings Business;
IHFC;
Leggett & Platt Inc.;
Suites at Market Square; and
The Sherwin-Williams Co.
The panel of judges for 2011 have been selected. They are Dr. Richard Bennington,
High Point University; Mary Brehm,
Norwalk Furniture & Design, Raleigh, N.C.; Amelia Ellenstein,
Art Van Furniture, Warren, Mich.; Jackie Hirschhaut,
American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA); Michael Lennon,
City Furniture, Tamarac, Fla.; Bruce Mulder,
Kendall College of Art & Design; Sheila Long OMara,
Home Furnishings Business; Connie Post,
Connie Post Global Media; Dianne Ray,
Garden City Furniture, Garden City, S.C.; Thomas Russell,
Furniture/Today; Shane Spiller,
Spiller Furniture, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; and Rhonda Wolf,
Havertys Furniture, Atlanta, Ga.
Pinnacle Finalists will be released and posted on the
ASFD Web site following the judging in late June. Winners will be revealed at the 2011 Pinnacle Awards Banquet Monday evening, Oct. 24 at the IHFC Ballroom during the High Point Market.