2002 ASFD Pinnacle Design Achievement Awards Product Design Awards Given in Fifteen Categories

Furniture World Magazine

Celebrating the first six years of the Awards, the 2002 Pinnacle Poster shows thumbnails of all of the ASFD Pinnacle winners from 1996 to 2001. The 2002 cd/press book to be distributed to approximately 1,000 newspapers and magazines following the October market will include institutional advertising by corporate sponsors. The only difference in entry design categories is the elimination of the RTA category which is in response to the wishes of many designers and manufacturers. "RTA manufacturers feel that their designs have matured to allow them to compete against assembled fine furniture in each category," said Karl D. Felperin, ASFD 2002 Pinnacle Awards Chairman. Pinnacle award judges include Ray Allegrezza, Editor-in-Chief of Furniture/Today; Richard Bennington, Professor of Business and Director of the Home Furnishings Program at High Point University; Larry Chilton, Corporate Buyer and Merchandise Manager for Wood-Armfield Company, Deborah Neely, Senior Editor of Home Lighting & Accessories; Ellen Gefen, President, Gefen Productions; Becky Boswell Smith, Editor-in- Chief of Casual Living, Home Accents Today, and Garden Decor; Jaclyn Hirschhaut, Vice President of Public Relations, AFMA; Max Shangle, Professor of Furniture Design at Kendall College of Art & Design; Julie Smith, Editor of FurnitureStyle; Mary Frye, President of the Home Furnishings International Association, Lee Buchanan, Editor-in - Chief of InFurniture; and Tony Wilkerson, Senior Vice President of Havertys Furniture. Sponsorship has been obtained from twelve industry suppliers, including Appalachian Hardwood, Casual Living Magazine, Elmo Leather, FurnitureStyle Magazine, Laminating Materials Association, Leggett & Platt Inc., Hafele America, Inc., Home Lighting & Accessories, The October Co. Inc., Valspar, Weyerhaeuser, and Hickory Springs Mfg. "ASFD is delighted with the increasing enthusiasm and industry participation in the Pinnacle Awards", says Christine Evans, ASFD Executive Director. "We look forward to the Awards Dinner and Ceremony which will be held at the International Home Furnishing Center ballroom on October 18 during the Fall Market in High Point, N.C." The 2002 Pinnacle Poster will be distributed to showrooms at regional Markets this summer and a nationwide mailing to designers and manufacturers will be done in July. Individuals who want a free poster and entry kit should contact ASFD by phone/fax at 910/576-1273, 910/576-1573 or by email at asfd@ac.net . The entry kit can also be downloaded from the ASFD website at www.asfd.com. Deadline for all entries will be August 31, 2002.