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Deadline For ASFD Pinnacle Awards Entries Is June 1st

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The American Society of Furniture Designers announced that it is now accepting submissions for the 2010 Pinnacle™ Design Achievement Awards competition.   The Pinnacle™ Awards are the home furnishings industry equivalent of the Academy Awards honoring excellence in design.  Pinnacle Award finalists and winners are recognized industry wide for their stylish and innovative designs. 
 
“The 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” says Dudley Moore, Jr., furniture designer and ASFD Pinnacle Awards Chair.
 
The deadline for Pinnacle entries is June 1, 2010.  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, CO; Jackie Hirschhaut, AHFA; Sheila Long O’Mara, Home Furnishings Business; Linda Longo, Home Lighting & Accessories; Chuck Portaro, Furnitureland South, Jamestown, NC; Dianne Ray, Garden City Furniture, SC; Max Shangle, Ferris State University, KCAD; Julie Smith Vincenti, Nine Muses Media; and Ron Werner, HW Home, Boulder, CO.
 
A list of all Pinnacle Finalists will be released to the Media and posted to the ASFD Website  following the judging in mid June.  The Pinnacle Award Winners will be presented during the Fall High Point Market on Monday evening, October 18, 2010 at the 15th Annual Pinnacle™ Awards banquet to be held at 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 now available for downloading at www.asfd.com/pinnacleawards/downloads. 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.
 
Founded in 1981, the American Society of Furniture Designers (ASFD) is dedicated to excellence, innovation, education and originality in the practice of furniture design.  ASFD serves as the unified voice of the furniture design community, advocating professional practice and integrity at all times.  ASFD seeks to demonstrate the value of design to the furnishings industry.
 
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.