Furniture World News By Nic Ledoux on 3/11/2021
The year was 1996 when the American Society of Furniture Designers (ASFD) held their first Pinnacle Design Achievement Awards to promote superior design qualities and encourage the recognition of designers within the retail home furnishings industry. Fast forward 25 years, ASFD is now International Society of Furniture Designers (ISFD) and they have grown to receive record number of Pinnacle Awards entries in recent years along with over 15,300 gala views on YouTube in 2020. To be considered for the industry’s highest design honor designers, manufacturers or students must enter the 2021 Pinnacle Awards by August 2, 2021. Winners will be announced at the Pinnacle Awards Gala on Monday, October 18.
Furniture World News By Nic Ledoux on 2/4/2021
For the past 25 years The International Society of Furniture Designers’ (ISFD) annual Pinnacle Awards have honored the top professional furniture designers and their creations. But being a finalist or winning a Pinnacle Award means so much more. It has launched design careers and increased company awareness as it spurs interest in good design beyond the furniture industry.
“We have always known that winning a Pinnacle Award was powerful recognition,” stated John Conrad, ISFD executive director. “But it was not until we looked at the numbers and started asking past winners what it did for them that we realized how influential the Pinnacle Awards can be and the difference they can make in a designer’s career and a company’s reputation.”