Home textiles companies among Arts finalists in Dallas

HTT Staff -- Home Textiles Today, 8/27/2012 12:19:37 PM

Dallas - The Dallas Market Center and ART, the creative home furnishings network, announced finalists for the 24th annual ARTS Awards, which will take place in January during the Dallas Total Home & Gift Market.
The awards celebrate manufacturers, retailers, product designers and sales reps.
Judges include: Melanie Belew, interior designer and owner of Belew Design Studio; Cheryl Holland-Bridges, director of the Center for Retailing Studies and executive professor of marketing at Texas A&M's May Business School; Ignaz M. Gorischeck, vice president of store development at Neiman Marcus; Jena Hall, president and ceo of Jena Hall Associates; Leslie Newsom Rascoe, who helped launch Veranda and held various editorial positions including fine arts editor and decoration and design editor; and Susan Inglis, producer, importer, sourcing agent and broker in the home furnishings, fashion and gift industries.
Prizes are awarded in a variety of product categories. Home textiles nominees include:

Area Rugs

• Company C - Concord, N.H.
• Feizy Import & Export - Dallas, Texas
• Loloi Rugs - Dallas, Texas
• Surya - Calhoun, Ga.
• The Rug Market - Culver City, Calif.

Home Textiles

• Bandhini Homewear Design - Los Angeles, Calif.
• Pine Cone Hill - Pittsfield, Mass.
• Square Feathers - Austin, Texas
• Villa Home Collection - Vernon, Calif.