ASFD Accepting Pinnacle Awards Entrants

February 25, 2010  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in High Point on February 26, 2010 The American Society of Furniture Designers is accepting entries for the 2010 Pinnacle Design Achievement Awards competition through June 1.

The Pinnacle Awards honor excellence in design, and finalists and winners are recognized industrywide for their 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," said Dudley Moore Jr., furniture deisgner and ASFD Pinnacle Awards chair. "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."

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, Boulder, Colo.

A list of all Pinnacle Finalists will be released to the Media and posted to the ASFD Web site following judging in mid-June. The Pinnacle Award Winners will be presented during the Fall High Point Market on Monday evening, Oct. 18, at the 15th Annual Pinnacle Awards banquet in the IHFC Ballroom.

Furniture/Today is the major underwriter of the 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.

Click here to download detailed Pinnacle entry categories, eligibility criteria, entry requirements, including entry and payment forms. To receive a free 2010 Pinnacle poster/entry form by mail, contact Christine Evans, ASFD executive director at info@asfd.com or call (910) 576-1273.

The Pinnacle Awards were created in April 1995 by the ASFD board of directors to promote design quality and encourage the recognition of furniture designers within the retail home furnishings industry.