ExEmplars of ExcEllEncE

AJP Design Systems Inc.
Allstate Flora & Craft, Inc.
American Leather
ARIN International
Arteriors Home
Artitalia Group
Austin
Bailey Street
BDI
Belle Meade Signature
Haute House Home Furnishing
Home Trends & Design
ibolili
John Derian Furniture - CA Boom
KU Ambiance - CA Boom
Legacy Classic Furniture
Lexington Home Brands
MacKenzie-Dow Fine Furniture
Maitland-Smith
Miles Talbott
Palecek
Bolier & Company
Paragon
Broyhill Furniture
patagonia trading company
Capel Rugs
Carson and Company
Century Furniture
Chelsea House
Powell
Powell Company
red egg
Regina-Andrew Design
Cisco Brothers - CA Boom
Revco International
Clayton Marcus
Rosenbaum Fine Art
Clayton Oxford Designs
Rowe Fine Furniture, Inc.
Covet
Samuelson Furniture Inc.
CTC / Chicago Textile Corp.
db Sources
Dellarobbia, Inc.
Selamat Designs
Shine Home
Sligh Furniture
Duralee
Sports Home Lifestyle
Ekornes
Standard Furniture
Feizy Rugs
Four Hands
Fremarc Designs
French Heritage
Furniture Classics Ltd.
G & J Styles
Global Views
GuildMaster
Habersham
Sterling Industries
The Bradburn Company
The Lam Lee Group
The Phillips Collection
The Provence Collection
Three Hands Corporation
Tomlinson/Erwin-Lambeth
Urban Woods
Vaughan Furniture
Woodson & Rummerfield’s House of Design
Exemplars of Excellence
Launched at the Fall 2007 High Point Market, the Showroom Design
and Merchandising Ideas Competition got off to a fantastic start, as 44
exhibitors submitted entries. This year, the Fall 2008 edition exceeded
our initial success with more than 70 entries competing for honors in
Visual Appeal, Creativity, Elements and Principles of Design Presentation,
Retail Application and Consumer Allure. Plus, in recognition of one of our
industry’s most important trends, this year’s Competition added a new
standard of excellence, Sustainability.
This special Awards Book presents those winning showrooms, complete
with comments from the designers who created them, plus photographs of
our 66 other entries. We hope these exemplary displays offer you a source
of fresh inspiration as you seek to engage your customers in the ultimate
shopping experience.
For years, designers and retailers have known that the High Point Market is
the one function that showcases all of the latest forms—and a great place
to discover the latest, greatest ideas in home furnishings. The displays
presented here are an excellent source of inspiration for you to use in
the coming year. When you return to High Point for our Fall 2009 Market,
be sure to visit our Showroom Display and Merchandising Ideas Awards
Gala, where you can be among the first to see the best of the best for the
next season.
We hope you enjoy this presentation of leading displays from the Fall 2008
High Point Market, and we would like to thank the all of the exhibitors who
entered this competition. As you explore this Awards Book, we invite you
to consider the entries that will most appeal to your customers and fit best
into your retail concept. Feel free to use the design tips offered here to
recreate any of these displays in your store—and of course, you are always
welcome to call specific exhibitors for advice on using their products to
create a perfect replication.
An esteemed panel of editors representing both domestic and international
publications served as judges for our 2008 Competition, including Takayoshi
Nagashima, The Home Living, Japan; Sylvia Khan, Index Furniture Journal,
India; Mark McMenamin, Interior Design; and Sheila Long O’Mara, Home
Furnishings Business. Jane Matteson, former executive director of the American
Society of Furniture Designers, led the judging.
Criteria for each of the categories allowed our judges to apply their
knowledge, experience and expertise in selecting the most compelling
and well-executed displays:
Sustainability was added to the 2008 Competition to promote our
industry’s leadership in creating a healthier environment. Entries were
judged on aesthetic appeal, as well as the innovative use of technologies
and materials to reduce environmental impacts.
Visual Appeal sought to identify the display that best captured our judges’
imagination and captivated their interest—the one they just couldn’t help
but love.
Consumer Allure identifies the display that shows the greatest
understanding of current lifestyle, fashion and home decorating trends.
Judges considered the use of on-trend colors and design themes, as well
as the display of features and functional components that address the way
consumers live today.
Creativity focused on finding the freshest, newest idea or a display that
exhibited a whole new take on a time honored theme—something big and
bold that made a sensational splash.
Retail Application honors an exceptional display that can easily be
reproduced in a retail store. Simplicity, the use of commonly available
materials, and the employment of construction and decorating techniques
that can be executed easily, were among the primary considerations.
Elements and Principles of Design Presentation was our most
technical category, with judges giving special recognition to the display
that demonstrated an exceptional sense of design in terms of balance,
color, proportion, form and other textbook criteria.
High Point Market 2008 Showroom Competition
cisco BrothErs
ivan GutiErrEz
award of mErit:
sustainaBility
Rescuing and renovating an all-but-abandoned 100year-old building, Cisco Brothers Furniture honored
the inherent beauty of the structure by preserving its
original architecture. Staying true to their sustainable
philosophy, they reused thousands of pounds of
materials salvaged from the site, including stone, brick,
wood flooring and steel, to develop an inspiring space
that celebrates human creativity and nature. In addition,
they are creating home furnishings products from some
of the salvaged wood and steel.
New technologies add to the showroom’s sustainable
design. Reengineered plaster neutralizes VOCs
and gassing, and a special zero-VOC sealant was
used to maintain the walls and ceilings in their
historical condition, sealing any harmful past paints
and coatings.
Cisco Brothers demonstrates that our journey toward
sustainable living goes beyond furniture manufacturing,
to embrace the creation of beautiful spaces with natural
materials provided by mother earth.
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milEs talBott furniturE
JoE ruGGiEro
award of mErit:
visual appEal
Designed to create a compelling and engaging presentation that stimulates
conversation and inspires creative interaction between the design staff and
customer, this setting from the Joe Ruggiero Collection by Miles Talbott Furniture
reinterprets historical references in a context of 21st century design. A bold
arrangement of simple elements creates a dramatic yet inviting space, while
the neutral color palette provides a refreshing and flexible setting that allows
silhouettes and textures to be noticed.
The pure lines and timeless colors of this vignette allow it to be easily reproduced
or translated into the retail or home environment. In addition, the assemblage
of products presented is applicable to a variety of spaces and uses, such as
offices, entryways or dining areas.
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amErican lEathEr
Garry mErtins
award of mErit:
consumEr allurE
The “Fashion Center” of the American Leather
showroom showcases the company’s products as the
“jewelry of the home.” The overall layout and individual
displays are designed to demonstrate how key furniture
pieces can create a positive impact in any room of
the home. A combination of neutral toned furnishings,
bright accent colors on the walls and in the accessory
pillows, as well as accent stitching and other small,
eye-catching details bring the space to life via a rich
and multilayered sensory experience. The display also
shows how furniture from American Leather can fit any
home, in any part of the country, by the strategic use
of appropriate wall colors and accents. In addition,
through the marriage of contemporary and traditional
styling, the design shows customers how the addition
of new furnishings to an existing décor can create a
fresh and reinvigorated interior.
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lExinGton homE Brands
linda KinG
award of mErit:
crEativity
Known for creating outstanding showroom presentations, Lexington
Home Brands topped even its own high standards with this sophisticated
and stunning display. Always intent on making a strong statement for
each of its brands and collections, the company designs each group
to tell a story that gives form to the consumer’s dreams, inspiring
her to create her own story in her home. In presenting their lifestyle
collections, Lexington Home Brand’s designers work to showcase the
products in a setting that fits each lifestyle. This display was created
for Barclay Square, a smartly chic collection that offers a cultured
approach to modern living. To tell its story, they constructed a New York
Brownstone in the first level of the showroom, bringing the traditional
terraced building to life with a three-story façade.
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High Point Market 2008 Showroom Competition
dEllaroBia
KarEl mcKinnEy
award of mErit:
rEtail application
Accepting the challenge to bring cutting edge design to the consumer, dressed in a sellable palette, Dellarobia shops the world for the finest fabrics and then expands the aesthetic
appeal into categories such as casegoods, area rugs, pillows and art. Crafted to inspire design dialog while romancing the art and luxury of today’s finest textiles and area rugs, the
Dellarobbia lounge presents a harmonious blend of shape, color and pattern. The key to the concept, however, is color flow – using the palette to pull the observer through the space,
from group to group, rather than bouncing the eye from one color palette to another. A pure design concept that is applicable to any environment, this approach works well whether the
retailer’s palette is comprised of soft, classic neutrals, bold, avant garde hues, or any other segment of the color spectrum.
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rEvco intErnational
GrEG o’nEal
award of mErit:
ElEmEnts and
principlEs of dEsiGn
Minimalist, yet warm and emotionally compelling, this display
evokes the softness, comfort and calm associated with the lifestyle
trend toward “nesting.” Created to appeal to a broad consumer
base while giving the customer design direction, the space shows
how to enliven today’s best-selling natural brown wood tones.
Merchandised with purist colors and textures: creams, whites,
blues, mirror and glass, basic brown becomes hip, cool, current
and universal. Attention to detail expands the sensory experience
and enhances the appeal. Colored beverages highlight the
chromatic direction of the display. A variety of chocolates excite
the senses of sight and taste. Flowers, displayed in simple
containers, create additional splashes of visual impact. In this
Revco International display, all of the elements work together to
form an engaging experience that communicates a deliciously
desirable lifestyle.
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othEr Entrants:
aJp dEsiGn systEms, inc.
allstatE flora & craft, inc.
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arin intErnational
artEriors homE
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artitalia Group
austin
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BailEy strEEt
Bdi
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BEllE mEadE siGnaturE
BoliEr & company
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thE BradBurn company
Broyhill furniturE
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capEl ruGs
carson and company
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cEntury furniturE
chElsEa housE
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clayton marcus
clayton oxford dEsiGns
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covEt
ctc chicaGo tExtilE corp
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dB sourcEs
duralEE
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EKornEs
fEizy ruGs
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four hands
frEmarc dEsiGns
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frEnch hEritaGE
furniturE classics ltd
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G & J stylEs
GloBal viEws
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GuildmastEr
haBErsham
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hautE housE homE furnishinG
homE trEnds & dEsiGn
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iBolili
John dErian furniturE - ca Boom
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Ku amBiancE - ca Boom
thE lam lEE Group
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lEGacy classic furniturE
macKEnziE-dow finE furniturE
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maitland-smith
palEcEK
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paraGon
pataGonia tradinG company
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thE phillips collEction
powEll company
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thE provEncE collEction
rEd EGG
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rEGina-andrEw dEsiGn
rosEnBaum finE art
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rowE finE furniturE, inc.
samuElson furniturE, inc.
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sElamat dEsiGns
shinE homE
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sliGh furniturE
sports homE lifEstylE
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standard furniturE
stErlinG industriEs
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tomlinson / Erwin-lamBEth
thrEE hands corporation
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urBan woods
vauGhan furniturE
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woodson & rummErfEld’s housE of dEsiGn
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