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Exceptional Projects. Extraordinary Products

More than 700 members of the design community gathered recently for Interior Design's second annual Best of Year Awards. The standing-room-only crowd filled the Times Center event space to hear editor in chief Cindy Allen and publisher Mark Strauss announce the winners. Sponsored by Edelman Leather, the program consisted of 19 project categories ranging from beauty and spa to education, and 37 product categories from both the contract and residential sectors. The 59 winners were selected from 930 entries, which were pared down to 224 finalists. Product winners were ultimately judged by more than 22,000 Internet votes, while Cindy Allen and a panel of judges chose project winners.
In the window treatment category design professionals chose Conrad’s Tahoe Roman Fold shade collection. Merit winners were Knoll Textiles Mira sheer and Rodolph’s Risqué fabric. Designers voted on 5 nominees in the window treatment category. Other nominees were Hartman and Forbes’ Erthe Weave Collection and The Shade Store. The Shade Store had two nominations with Eclipse and Chilewich’s Woodgrain.

The Tahoe Collection is a luxurious new line of roman fold shades designed to weather the elements. Woven of 100% solution-dyed acrylic, the shades are sheer and elegant with a unique finish that protects against stains, mildewing and fading. Eleven fresh designs offered in roman fold, top-down/bottom-up, and drapery

Mira Sheer is a variation on a printed drapery, originally designed by Ross Littell in 1958. Mira was part of a series described by the designer as "visual adventures, an exploration of texture, pattern and form based on visualologies or systems incorporating arithmetic or geometric fundamentals or progressions."

Circular motif embroidery creates an undulating overlay of color that isprovocatively risqué in a wide width sheer.

THE OTHER NOMINEES

Hartmann & Forbes' ErtheWeave™ Collection captures the texture and artistry of Old World fabrics ranging from provincial European wools and linens to elegant handwoven Asian silks, such as EW49 Panta. Each pattern is woven with the one-of-a-kind subtleties of traditional weaves, and than hand-tailored into an original, ErtheWeave window covering.

The Shade Store Panel Systems are innovative window "dressing" solutions ideal for a large and small windows, as closet doors, and room dividers for small spaces. The new Eclipse-3 roller print fabric is used for custom panels that glide easily along a track system for sleek, simple use.

Chilewich for The Shade Store is a collection of custom roller-shades and panel systems designed to reduce sun heat and glare and maintain the view. Woodgrain, one of the five Chilewich designs, is a 'woven wood' pattern created by weaving vinyl yarns on industrial looms producing wood grain texture.