Potterton Books Opens at PDC
Suite G154
Potterton Books, a specialist bookshop providing a broad
range of design and decorative art books will open at the
PDC in March in Suite G154. In business for over 20 years,
Potterton Books was established by Clare Jameson, who runs
the original fair-based operation from England and continues
to be a leading source for design books worldwide.
In 2001, the New York shop was opened in the D&D Building
offering an extensive list of new, old, and rare titles on
interior design, architecture, textiles, furniture, garden
history, and commercial design. With plans to create the
same broad selection of stock and inviting atmosphere, the
new shop will be more modern in appearance but will offer
the same intimate and gratifying experience to designers,
architects, and bibliophiles in search of inspiration or
simply another beautiful volume to add to their library.
Tai Ping Carpets
Suite B400 Tai Ping Carpets is proud to unveil its new
showroom at the PDC. Designed by architect
Matthew Baird and comprising 3,600 square feet, the showroom
is a spacious, stylish setting for designers to view Tai
Ping's unparalleled collection of premium, custom carpets.
Troy Adams Design
Suite G292 Troy Adam's 'Bachelor Bath,' melds natural
materials such as teak and marble, stones and running water
with a stunning display of stainless steel in the form of a
Furo soaking tub and a 60-5/8" long trough sink. The
combination, accented by the use of decorative faucets,
showers and bath accessories designed exclusively for the
Axor brand by Philippe Starck, merited the Hollywood-based
Troy Adams Design the Grand Prize in the first-ever AXOR
BATHROOM DESIGN COMPETITION.
Poggenpohl
Suite B188. Poggenpohl, the world's oldest luxury kitchen
cabinet brand, earned one of the most coveted international
prizes for sophisticated design. Poggenpohl's +INTEGRATION®
kitchen won the quality seal known as the 'red dot award,'
which has been presented annually by the Design Zentrum
Nordrhein-Westfalen for 50 years. In just a few months,
Poggenpohl has already won three renowned design awards as
well as another award nomination. The red dot award ceremony
will take place on July 4 in Essen, Germany. +INTEGRATION®
is also nominated for the Design Award of the Federal
Republic of Germany 2006. Companies cannot apply for this
design prize, which was created in 2002 and which from 2006
will be awarded annually for outstanding product design. A
prerequisite for this nomination states that a product must
have already won a national or international award. No other
award has such strict criteria. This honor is considered the
"prize of prizes" in the design world.
+INTEGRATION won the coveted 2004 Good Design award from the
prestigious Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and
Design. Founded in 1950, Good Design is the world's oldest
competition for innovative new product design. This is the
second time Poggenpohl has received the Good Design award.
Poggenpohl's +SEGMENTO product previously won the award in
2000. +INTEGRATION also won the Interior Innovation award at
the International Furniture Fair in Cologne in January 2005.
The prominent award recognizes outstanding achievements in
the furniture category, including design, technology,
creative use of new materials and outstanding product
concepts.
In addition, Poggenpohl is featured on this season's
The
Apprentice which appears on ABC. You can also take a
virtual tour of the kitchen by visiting the Yahoo
Apprentice
website.
Bernhardt Design/Bernhardt Textiles
Suite B230 Bernhardt Design took the classroom to the
production floor with its sponsorship of an
interdisciplinary course at the world-renowned Art Center
College of Design in Pasadena. The resulting Art Center
Collection reflects the diverse group of students and ranges
from a seemingly weightless lounge chair perched on tubular
steel rods to a table combining organic walnut with
industrial steel and topped with tempered glass. The
award-winning collection of eight designs was introduced at ICFF in NY in May and was shown at NeoCon in June.
