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Mannington Opens Voting For Tx:Style Design Challenge
5.12.10 | Calhoun,
GA | Mannington Commercial and the 10,000
designers in the Tx:Style community invite the public to vote for the Grand
Prize winners in the Tx:Style Design
Challenge 2010. The
interiors industry's top product development and social networking contest, which garnered half a million votes last year, this year is pleased to present
proposed six designs created by young designers, each with less than seven
years of experience. The designs span the gambit of inspiration and
application, ranging from organic to geometric, from layered patterns to pure
texture.
This year the judges found the designs submitted to be so graphically interesting that the designers were offered the opportunity to interpret their concepts into both carpet and hard surface, and Grand Prize winners will be chosen by the public vote.
"The process of taking a single design concept and translating it into two vastly different flooring mediums has been fascinating," said Natalie Jones, Vice President, Commercial Brand Development and Creative Product. "These young designers work with a real understanding of materials and their impact on a space. Their ability to interpret a design into LVT or rubber tile, as well as a more subjective representation in tufted carpet, has been wonderful to see."
In the two months since announcing the finalists, Mannington's design development team has worked closely with all six designers to develop patterns, manufacture product samples and create coordinated colorways. The designs are: Blue Matrix by Athena Abrol of Los Angeles; Gus by Bethany Burton of Minneapolis; Rainfall by Laurel Harrison of Los Angeles; Throw Caution to the Wind by Heather Miller of Charlotte, North Carolina; Thirds by Joanne Titcomb of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; and Tracks,by a team of Samantha Gotta and Jenny Song of Los Angeles.
The designs are: Blue Matrix by Athena Abrol of Los Angeles; Gus by Bethany Burton of Minneapolis; Rainfall by Laurel Harrison of Los Angeles; Throw Caution to the Wind by Heather Miller of Charlotte, North Carolina; Thirds by Joanne Titcomb of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; and Tracks,by a team of Samantha Gotta and Jenny Song of Los Angeles.
"Social networking platforms are often used for customer engagement, but also have potential to add value beyond brand building," says Jones. 'Tx:style applies the networking effect of the Internet around customer care and feedback during product development. not technology for technology's sake, but making customers into true partners in the creative process. May the best design win!"
Vote at: http://manningtoncommercial.com/txstyle.
Mannington Commercial offers a wide range of flooring solutions, all from a single point of contact, so its customers need never compromise between styling, performance, sustainability and customer service. The company's range of choices that work in carpet and hard surface categories is unparalleled, and its sustainability platform is built upon innovative measures to close the recycling loop, reduce waste streams, reuse waste materials and continue its leadership position in energy efficiency. http://manningtoncommercial.com.
This year the judges found the designs submitted to be so graphically interesting that the designers were offered the opportunity to interpret their concepts into both carpet and hard surface, and Grand Prize winners will be chosen by the public vote.
"The process of taking a single design concept and translating it into two vastly different flooring mediums has been fascinating," said Natalie Jones, Vice President, Commercial Brand Development and Creative Product. "These young designers work with a real understanding of materials and their impact on a space. Their ability to interpret a design into LVT or rubber tile, as well as a more subjective representation in tufted carpet, has been wonderful to see."
In the two months since announcing the finalists, Mannington's design development team has worked closely with all six designers to develop patterns, manufacture product samples and create coordinated colorways. The designs are: Blue Matrix by Athena Abrol of Los Angeles; Gus by Bethany Burton of Minneapolis; Rainfall by Laurel Harrison of Los Angeles; Throw Caution to the Wind by Heather Miller of Charlotte, North Carolina; Thirds by Joanne Titcomb of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; and Tracks,by a team of Samantha Gotta and Jenny Song of Los Angeles.
The designs are: Blue Matrix by Athena Abrol of Los Angeles; Gus by Bethany Burton of Minneapolis; Rainfall by Laurel Harrison of Los Angeles; Throw Caution to the Wind by Heather Miller of Charlotte, North Carolina; Thirds by Joanne Titcomb of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; and Tracks,by a team of Samantha Gotta and Jenny Song of Los Angeles.
"Social networking platforms are often used for customer engagement, but also have potential to add value beyond brand building," says Jones. 'Tx:style applies the networking effect of the Internet around customer care and feedback during product development. not technology for technology's sake, but making customers into true partners in the creative process. May the best design win!"
Vote at: http://manningtoncommercial.com/txstyle.
Mannington Commercial offers a wide range of flooring solutions, all from a single point of contact, so its customers need never compromise between styling, performance, sustainability and customer service. The company's range of choices that work in carpet and hard surface categories is unparalleled, and its sustainability platform is built upon innovative measures to close the recycling loop, reduce waste streams, reuse waste materials and continue its leadership position in energy efficiency. http://manningtoncommercial.com.
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