New York Home Textiles Market Week Announces Best New Product Winners

-- Home Textiles Today, 9/7/2009 12:00:00 AM

New York —

The Green Bamboo Outdoor Pillow from V Rugs & Home was awarded "Best of Market" last month in the Best New Product Awards competition at Home Textiles Market Week held at the Jacob Javits Center.

Winners and finalists were selected by a panel of trade and consumer editors based on several criteria, including innovation in design; creative use of materials/construction; and new fiber, material or technology.

The summer 2009 category winners and finalists, selected from over 115 entries, were:

Bedding

Winner: Plover Organic (Portland, Ore.) for its Cartouche Quilt, an organic cotton hand quilted quilt

Finalist: Traditions (Claverak, N.Y.) for its Simone Bed Design

Finalist: Papillon Linens & Dreamfit™ (Las Vegas) for its Dreamfit Quilted Sheet Set

Bath

Winner: Libeco Lagae (New York) for its Vence Bed Set, 100% linen solid fashion

Finalist: Espalma-Cobra (New York) for its Hotel Collection

Finalist: Sin In Linen (Seattle) for its Tattoo Flash Ivory Shower Curtain

Dining

Winner: Lintex (New York) for its Golden Jubilee tablecloth and napkin

Finalist: Culturally Chic (Miami) for its Bogacs place mat and napkin set

Finalist: Settings by Mona (Las Vegas) for its Square Tablecloth

Home Accessories

Winner: Dash & Albert (Pittsfield, Mass.) for its Zipper Rug, wool hand-woven zipper rug Finalist: V.P. Designs (New Rochelle, N.Y.) for its Chantilly Tablecloth Gift

Finalist: Scents and Feel (Miami) for its Fouta Collection

The Best New Product Award judges were: Jennifer Marks, editor-in-chief, Home Textiles Today; Wanda Jankowski, editor-in-chief, LDB; David Gill, senior editor, HFN; Jenny Heinzen York, editor-in-chief, Home Accents Today; Pamela Graves, editor-in-chief, Home Fashion & Furniture Trends; and Katherine Nelson, senior market editor, Metropolitan Home.