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02062015 U.S. High-End Rug Firms Win Carpet Design Awards at Domotex 2015

2/6/2015

U.S. HIGH-END RUG FIRMS WIN CARPET DESIGN AWARDS AT DOMOTEX 2015


Domotex awarded Los Angeles-based Art Resources the Best Traditional Design category award for its Classic Revival collection silk rugs hand knotted in India.


New Jersey-based Wool & Silk won the Best Modern Collection award for its Steppe collection in four designs representing the seasons, Spring shown here.


CHICAGO - Hannover Fairs USA (HFUSA) announced its U.S. exhibitor clients, Wool & Silk and Art Resources, received top honors in two categories of the Carpet Design Awards presented at Domotex 2015 in Hannover, Germany.  Best designer carpet awards were made in a total of eight categories and selected from over 250 international entries from 23 countries. Also, as part of the Innovations@Domotex program, the juried showcase for floor covering innovations, HFUSA client, Mannington Mills, featured two of its latest floor covering solutions.
 
"The Carpet Design Awards presented at Domotex and the Innovations@Domotex program celebrate high-end carpet designers and flooring manufacturers who are creating floor coverings that will be sought after on a global level," said Larry Turner, chief executive officer of Hannover Fairs USA. "For smaller U.S. carpet designers and flooring manufacturers, exhibiting at Domotex is the perfect way to break into the European, Asian and South American markets. Furthermore, winning a Carpet Design Award or submitting a product to Innovations@Domotex brings greater international visibility, trade media attention and notoriety before, during and after the show." 

Art Resources, a Los Angeles-based designer of 13,000 unique and programmed high-end rugs, won the Best Traditional Design category award for its Classic Revival collection. The owner of Art Resources, Jack Simantob, said, "After many years of producing rugs in the U.S., we knew Art Resources was well represented by most of the high-end retail distributors in North America and Mexico and if we wanted to grow, we needed to reach a broader global audience. Because Domotex is the world's gathering place for floor covering industry professionals, we decided to exhibit to connect with retailers in Europe, South America and the Middle East. We had a terrific show and received the attention we sought from prospective clients based on our award winning design achievements. We are excited about the new business opportunities we secured this year and expect to increase our footprint at Domotex 2016."

Wool & Silk, a New Jersey based designer of high-end, hand-made rugs, won the Best Modern Collection award category for its Steppe collection. Exhibiting at Domotex since 2012, Wool & Silk has won this category three years in a row and has won a total of five Carpet Design Awards.

"We were a small company in 2012 when we first exhibited at Domotex," said Erbil Tezcan, Wool & Silk's designer. "We have made it a point to expand our booth space at Domotex every year since then. As a result, Wool & Silk is now internationally recognized, tripling our business through consistent increased global sales. HFUSA has been very supportive working closely with us to help expand our business through marketing initiatives that ensure we receive a full return on our booth space investment."

HFUSA exhibitor, Mannington Commercial, a New Jersey-based manufacturer of a full range of residential and commercial flooring solutions, was chosen to display two innovative floor covering products at Innovations@Domotex 2015. The firm showcased its LVT flooring in the resilient floor covering category, as well as submitted a special carpet collection inspired by three cities - Nashville, Philadelphia and Seattle called Design Local in the textile floor coverings, fibers and yarns category.

Commenting on the firm's experience at Domotex 2015, Alex Jauregui, senior vice president of carpet business for Mannington Commercial, said, "We have been attending Domotex for several years now and have successfully grown our sales across Asia and core countries in Europe. By consistently exhibiting at the show, Mannington Commercial has successfully fostered long-term relationships and created new business leads. Being chosen to be a part of the Innovations@Domotex program helped us expand our visibility at the show this year, and we plan to submit new products again next year."

Exhibitors who are chosen to display their latest innovations at the Innovations@Domotex program generate face-to-face contact with interested retailers, craftspeople and architects, stimulating new business and valuable networking. The Innovations@Domotex program is a juried product showcase conceived to focus on floor covering innovations where Domotex attendees can discover modern, imaginatively designed floor coverings that are technologically innovative and of the highest quality.

For the first year, the Carpet Design Awards were held as part of the Innovations@Domotex program. Judged by a panel of carpet and design industry experts, the Carpet Design Awards cover eight categories. Attendees were able to gain optimal exposure of rug and floor coverings displayed in a special area of Hall 17, the showcase hall for high-end handmade rugs. More than 250 designer pieces from 23 countries were submitted for the Carpet Design Awards. Rugs were judged with regard to design and design concept, material, finish, texture and quality, as well as sustainability and branding. 

Domotex 2016 is set to take place January 16 to 19.

 

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