Daily News
From Home Furnishing Business
Designer Richard Frinier Cited for Caravan Collection at Sunbrella
February 8,
2017 by Jane Chero in Designer Weekly, Outdoor Furniture, Product 
Designer and visionary Richard Frinier continues to inspire with his Caravan Collection for Sunbrella Fabrics, and has received the Good Design Award from the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design in conjunction with the European Centre for Art, Design and Urban Studies. The vintage Moroccan Rugs collection has earned three distinctive awards in 2016.
The Good Design Award honors both products and industry leaders that have chartered new directions and pushed the envelope for competitive products in the world marketplace.
The Journal of Design Architects presented Frinnier and Sunbrella with an ADEX Gold Design Excellence Award, one of the largest and most prestigious awards program for product and project design in the A&D industry.
Caravan was also named one of Architectural Record magazine’s Products of the Year for its vintage Moroccan inspired patterns woven with Sunbrella acrylic fiber that is fade proof, easy care and bleach cleanable.
Additionally, Frinier and Sunbrella were named Best of Year Honorees by Interior Design magazine.
Frinier has earned more than 90 design and career awards including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Casual Furnishings Association, and was also recently inducted into the American Home Furnishings Home of Fame Class of 2016.