Six Days of Creativity

Market Week – Six Days of Creativity
For years, retailers and designers from around the world have told us that Market Week showrooms are an endless source of
fabulous ideas for product displays and merchandising strategies. Now in its 4th year, our annual Showroom Design and Merchandising
Ideas Competition honors the most creative and inspiring displays — and gives you an excellent resource for fresh thinking in
product presentation.
The 2010 competition featured two awards. Best of Market is a formal, juried contest, judged by respected industry experts. It singles
out the one showroom that exemplifies design excellence for 2010, and gives special recognition to the first and second runners-up.
Back for its second year, the People’s Choice Award honors the voice of our customers by allowing Market Week attendees to
select the one exhibitor who did the best job of capturing their attention.
Congratulations to BeeLine Home by Bunny Williams, the 2010 Best of Market winner and to Four Hands, your 2010 Market
Week People’s Choice. First Runner Up in the Best of Market competition went to Miles Talbott, followed by Second Runner Up
American Leather. In the following pages, you’ll find photos and descriptions of these showrooms, as well as pictures of all our
2010 Best of Market Week entrants.
Best of Market:
Beeline Home
310 North Hamilton
Bunny Williams, Interior Designer
One of the hot new debuts at Market Week
for Fall 2010, BeeLine Home by Bunny
Williams features a collection of home
furnishings and accessories inspired by
Bunny’s travels, as well as from pieces she’s
loved. The showroom captured the soul of
Bunny’s design philosophy: a welcoming and
comfortable feel, enriched by unexpected
materials and beautiful color, for a style
that’s classic but never predictable.
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High Point Market 2010 Showroom Competition
Best of Market
Best of Market
Miles Tallbott
American Leather
First Runner Up
Second Runner Up
1690 English Road
Showplace, 5th Floor
Collection Designer, Joe Ruggiero
Showroom Design by Miles Talbott
Gary Mertins, Interior designer
To infuse the showroom with warmth, designer Gary Mertins
Capturing the essence of symmetry, the purity of color, and
featured the Moore sofa by Goodman Charlton in rich
the imagination of collecting objects, this Joe Ruggiero
chocolate-toned, lifestyle-friendly leather. Then he paired
vignette is designed to show multiple functions in a small
it with the Robert chair — accented with an acorn-toned
space. Easily reproduced at retail in any color palette, the
wood and upholstered in a textured fabric — and layered
setting encourages conversation, intimate dining, offers
in two tangerine Collins ottomans. To complete the look,
a place to read and relax, and can even work as a home
Mertins wrapped the walls with horizontally laid rough cut
office. The custom upholstered screens provide a dramatic
pine, added a scintillating splash of color with paintings
background while the stunning art, displayed on a mobile
from Art Addiction and tantalizing texture with a custom,
easel, serves as a focal point that draws the customer into
plush rug by Creative Accents. The result is a comfortably
the scene.
elegant space in which the earth-toned pieces converge
to create a unique expression of rustic chic.
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High Point Market 2010 Showroom Competition
People’s Choice Award
Four Hands
Union Square E201 & 202
Frances Weil, Visual Merchandiser
Launched in 2009 to honor the voice of our
customers, the Market Week People’s Choice
Award takes showroom competition to a whole
new level. Not only does the winning exhibitor
have to present a spectacular display, they have
to create enough excitement to inspire their
guests to vote them to the top.
Adding more than 300 new introductions to their
rich assortment of products, Four Hands made
a dramatic splash at Market Week. With seven
brands in the Four Hands family — including
Architects and Heroes, the Esquire Home
Collection, bina, PGT, Bluefish, and Boulevard
— showroom guests found a world of ideas,
styles, and sensations to explore. Celebrating
their 15-year anniversary in 2010, the company
is enjoying record-breaking revenues, sales and
profits — and looks forward to booking the best
year in its history.
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High Point Market 2010 Showroom Competition
Other Entrants:
aspenhome
Global Views
Big Fish
Serta, Barbour Spangle Design
Doug Frates Glass
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High Point Market 2010 Showroom Competition
Other Entrants:
red egg
Seasonal Living
Peoplounger
Shawna Stoney
Phillips Collection
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High Point Market 2010 Showroom Competition
Other Entrants:
Suzanne Nicoll Studio
Hebi Arts, Inc.
Mayfair Antiques
A.P. Industries
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High Point Market 2010 Showroom Competition
Other Entrants:
Summer Classics
Hotel Maison
Clayton Oxford Designs
Lilly Pulitzer
Christopher Guy
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High Point Market 2010 Showroom Competition
Other Entrants:
Thumprints
Revco International
Kincaid Furniture Co Inc.
Barclay Butera Lifestyle
Three Coins Castings
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High Point Market 2010 Showroom Competition
Other Entrants:
Lorts Manufacturing
Legacy Classic Furniture
Maitland-Smith
Michael Thomas Furniture
Shiner International
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High Point Market 2010 Showroom Competition