ASFD Seventh Annual Pinnacle Design Achievement Awards - We have the Finalists

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The American Society of Furniture Designers (ASFD) announced the selection of finalists for the 2002 Pinnacle Design Achievement Awards. A total of 57 finalists were selected in 15 categories. The winners in each category will be announced at the Pinnacle Awards Ceremony on Friday evening, October 18 during the International Home Furnishing Market in High Point, N.C. The purpose of the Pinnacle awards program is to promote better design quality and encourage the recognition of furniture designers within the retail home furnishings industry. "With over twenty percent more entries this year, there was a twenty-five percent increase in the number of Pinnacle finalists" said Karl D. Felperin, ASFD Pinnacle Awards Chairman. "In many categories, the judges felt a greater number of entries were worthy of finalist designation." The participating Pinnacle judges were Dwight Ball, Director, IT Sales, Rose Furniture, Richard Bennington, Professor of Business and Director of the Home Furnishings Program, High Point University; Star Bradshaw, Managing Editor, Home Accents Today, Lee Buchanan, Editor-in-Chief, InFurniture; Larry Chilton, Merchandise Manager, Wood-Armfield Furniture; Gary Evans, Sr. Editor, Furniture/Today; Mary Frye, President, Home Furnishings International Association, Ellen Gefen, President, Gefen Productions and Majec, Inc.; Jackie Hirschhaut, Vice President, Public Relations, AFMA; Deborah Neely, Sr. Editor, Home Lighting & Accessories, Max Shangle, Professor, Design Studies, Kendall College of Art & Design; and Tony Wilkerson, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Havertys Furniture. The Pinnacle Award sponsors include Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers, Casual Living, Elmo Leather, FurnitureStyle , Hafele America, Hickory Springs Manufacturing Co., Home Lighting & Accessories, Laminating Materials Association, Leggett & Platt, The October Company, Valspar and Weyerhaeuser. A CD ROM press book including reproduction quality photographs of all products, designers and the awards ceremony will be published and distributed in November 2002. For information about the Pinnacle Awards ceremony which will be held at the IHFC ballroom, contact ASFD Headquarters at (910) 576-1273 or via Email asfd@ac.net. The 2002 Pinnacle Award finalists are: Occasional Tables: American View, Gary Hokanson, for Stanley Furniture Co. Twist Personal Table, Gayle Zalduondo & Andrew Kelly for Urbanus Artesia, Berry & Clark Design Associates for Hammary Whistler, Martin de Blois for Baronet Occasional Storage: Stacking Cabinets, Michael T. Maxwell for M. T. Maxwell Furniture Co. Bellagio Bar, James DiPersia for Excelsior Sorrento Etagere, James DiPersia for Excelsior Clingancourt Buffet, Rick Berry for Design Institute America Juvenile: Room Magic, Karen Andrea Derfer for Room Magic UR Gr8, Michael Warren for Stanley Furniture Co. Full Circle, Michael T. Maxwell for M.T. Maxwell Furniture Co. Casual Dining: Barstool 5006-29, Michael Wolk for Design Institute America Metro, Carl Muller for Elite Manufacturing Sorrento, James DiPersia for Excelsior X-Urban, Fred Puksta, Peter Saloom for Saloom Furniture Co. Formal Dining: American View, Gary Hokanson for Stanley Furniture Co. Brookside Cherry, Tim Annas for Kincaid Furniture Bermuda Bay, Tim Annas for Kincaid Furniture Bellagio, James DiPersia for Excelsior Motion Upholstery: Comfort Sleeper, Robert & Barbara Tiffany for American Leather Blue Moon, Fillmore Harty for W. Schillig USA Zita, Jack Lewis for La-Z-Boy, Inc. Stationary Upholstery: Pietro 254, Nancy Genova for John Charles Designs Tre 8843, Nancy Genova for John Charles Designs Padova, Jack Lewis for La-Z-Boy, Inc. Comet-Y Club, Vladimir Kagan for Preview Leather Upholstery: Marilyn, Lewis A. Mabon, Darrell Lowman for Ethan Allen, Inc. Museum Bench, Grid2/International for American Leather Guggenheim, Rick Lee for American Leather Accessories: Zeus, Paul Gruër for Flambeau Lighting The Symphony Collection, Nancy Mills for Mystic Valley Traders Golden Eye Red, Chip Scarborough, Tony Evans for Evans Designs Urban Rainforest, Joe Gordy for Natural Decorations Inc. Lighting: Twig Lamp, Allan H. Palecek for PALECEK Pierced Arc Lamps, George Chandler for Hubbardton Forge Martiginas Buffet Lamp, Tom Tucker for Chelsea House Fusion 233015, Mark McDowell for Fine Art Lamps Home Office: Corinthia , Michael Teal for Stanley Furniture Co. Verso Desk, Vincenzo Vardaro for Hemsley, Inc. Merlot, John Cooper for Z-Line Designs Z-III Collection, John Cooper for Z-Line Designs Home Entertainment: American View, Gary Hokanson for Stanley Furniture Co. Candlewood, Mike Warren and Jack Kelley for Sligh Furniture Co. Adam Bowfront, Paul Hermann for Karges Furniture Co. British Classics, Philip Stone for Ethan Allen, Inc. Summer/Casual: Tresse, Frederic Doughty for Veneman Collections Mereville Sling, Shaun Sweeney for Woodard Furniture Aruba, Frederic Doughty for Werner Woods Coronado, Frederic Doughty for Werner Woods Bedroom: Bermuda Bay, Tim Annas for Kincaid Furniture Dorset , John J. Vogel for Vermont Tubbs Furniture Dreamscape , Martin de Blois for Elite Manufacturing Sorrento, James DiPersia for Excelsior Major Collections: Historic Natchez , Christopher Bergelin for Ficks Reed Satori, Berry & Clark Design Associates for Bernhardt Bishopsgate, McDaniel & Coley, Inc. for Hickory White Townhouse , Paul Rosebrock & Philip Stone for Ethan Allen, Inc.