Aug 15, 2011

NY Metro Chapter of American Society of Interior Designers Selects NYGIF “Best of the Best” Products at NYIGF

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 “Best of the Best” at the 2011 summer market. At Home, one of 10 divisions presented semi-annually at the NYIGF, runs through Wednesday, August 17, at New York City’s Passenger Ship Terminal Pier 94.

The summer 2011 ASID “Best of the Best” honorees are:

Imaginative Product Presentation: Gold Leaf Design Group, Inc. (Chicago, IL)

Innovative Product Design: Aviva Stanoff (Brooklyn, NY)

Social Responsibility, Ecological Sensitivity and Universal Design Awareness: 2b design (Monteverde, Lebanon)

Lighting: Solaria Lighting Inc. (Decatur, GA)

Accessories: Design Legacy, the Nancy Price collection (Dallas, TX)

Floor Coverings: Mad Mats by Mariachi Imports (Philadelphia, PA)

Wall Art: Natural Curiosities Art House (Los Angeles, CA)

Judges for the ASID summer 2011 “Best of the Best” Awards were: Lori Falk, ASID, Individual Design, LLC; Judy Girod, FASID, Lothrop Associates Architects; Lynn Horwitz, ASID, Living Hive Design; Benjamin Huntington, ASID, MH Studio, LLC; Fred Kass, ASID, Interior Spaces and Michelle Slovak, Allied Member ASID, Michelle Slovak.

“ASID members recognize NYIGF as a comprehensive and consolidated collection of trend-forward resources,” said Maggie Cohen, president of the ASID NY Metro chapter. “These companies in particular have caught our judges’ attention for their innovative and fresh design concepts.”

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, visit ASID’s New York Metro chapter online at www.asidnymetro.com.

At Home, one of 10 divisions presented semi-annually at the NYIGF, offers a complete range of hard lines and soft goods – from indoor to outdoor and traditional to contemporary – presented at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and Passenger Ship Terminal Pier 94. The winter 2012 NYIGF will take place Saturday, January 28, through Thursday, February 2, 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 85 countries worldwide are expected. Information and registration is available online at www.nyigf.com.