Jan 29, 2012

NY Metro Chapter of American Society of Interior Designers Selects NYIGF “Best of Best” Products at Winter Market

The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) NY Metro Chapter recognized seven exhibitors in At Home at the New York International Gift Fair® (NYIGF®) as the “Best of the Best” in the winter 2012 market. At Home, one of 10 divisions presented semi-annually at the NYIGF, runs through Wednesday, February 1, at New York City’s Passenger Ship Terminal Pier 94.

Recipients of the winter 2012 ASID “Best of the Best” awards are:

Imaginative Product Presentation:
TEMPO Luxury Home Collection (New York, NY)

Innovative Product Design:
Ercole Inc. (New York, NY)

Social Responsibility, Ecological Sensitivity and Universal Design Awareness:
Bevara Design House (San Rafael, CA)

Lighting:
Vivify Lighting (Charlotte, NC)

Accessories:
J. Fleet Designs Ltd. (Pleasantville, NY)

Textiles:
Rani Arabella (New York, NY)

Wall Art:
Pheromone by Christopher Marley (Salem, OR)

Judges for the winter 2012 ASID “Best of the Best” awards were: ASID NYIGF Chair Judy Girod, FASID, CID; Arlene Angard, Allied Member ASID; Kati Curtis, ASID, CID; Rita Grants, ASID; Drew McGukin, Allied Member ASID; Bill Spink, Allied Member ASID; and. Vincent Taylor, ASID, CID.

“NYIGF is an important market for ASID members seeking design-driven home furnishings and related resources,” said Pamela Durante, ASID, CID, president of the ASID NY Metro chapter. “From hundreds of impressive companies at Pier 94, we’re recognizing these seven for superlative talent and design inspiration.”

Founded in 1975, ASID is a professional organization with more than 40,000 members in the U.S. and Canada and comprised of practicing interior designers, design students and industry representatives. For more information about ASID’s New York Metro chapter, visit www.asidnymetro.com.

“We’re delighted to continue NYIGF’s partnership with ASID,” said Dorothy Belshaw, NYIGF director and senior vice president. “By welcoming professionally accredited interior designers to the Fair, we can help our exhibitors develop business streams above and beyond the specialty retail market.”

At Home offers a complete range of hard lines and soft goods – from indoor to outdoor and traditional to contemporary –at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and Passenger Ship Terminal Pier 94. The summer 2012 edition will take place Saturday, August 18, through Thursday, August 23, 2012.

NYIGF is the nation’s premier gift, home and lifestyle marketplace, with 2,800+ exhibiting companies featuring an extraordinary breadth and depth of design-driven home fashion products and complementary giftware. Some 35,000 attendees from all 50 states and more than 80 countries worldwide are expected. Information and registration is available online at www.nyigf.com .