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ISFD Adds Lockdowel to Sponsor List for Pinnacle Awards® and Innovation+Design™ Events

Furniture World News Desk on 3/14/2024


International Society of Furniture Designers (ISFD) recently thanked Lockdowel along with all of their sponsors and partners for supporting their efforts to make the Tom Conley Student Scholarship, Pinnacle Awards and the Innovation+Design competition successes. The Tom Conley Student Scholarship supports gifted student designers from across the country. The Pinnacle Awards, held each fall, recognize professional and student designers who are directly involved in designing home furnishings, décor, or textile products available for retail sale in the last year. Innovation+Design, held in the spring, focuses on professional designer-makers and the next generation of serious woodworking students as it helps them receive exposure for their work, make valuable industry contacts, and launch their design careers.

“We are very grateful to the generous companies and organizations that support ISFD and the design industry,” said David Blair, executive director of ISFD. “Our goal is to help these behind-the-scenes artists who establish design trends and create the exceptional furniture and textiles that will be part of our lives for years to come. In addition to the networking opportunities that ISFD offers, in many cases, winning one of our prestigious awards has helped these creative minds launch very successful professional design careers.”

The ISFD sponsor roster includes:

  • Grant Level: The Earl and Kathryn Congdon Family Foundation supporting the Innovation+ Design awards and event

  • Platinum Level: ANDMORE

  • Silver Level: High Point Market Authority

  • Bronze Level: Lockdowel,  Furniture Design Studios, Continental Hardware, Sherwin-Williams

  • Scholarship Sponsor: Hooker

  • Corporate Partner/Industry supplier: Forestry Innovation Investment

  • Industry Partners: Furniture Today, Designers Today, Elements Studios, IFDA             

This spring’s Innovation+Design exhibit will showcase the finalists’ pieces at the American Home Furnishings Hall of Fame, 311 S. Hamilton, High Point, from April 4-17, in conjunction with spring High Point Market. The winners will be announced at the Meet the Makers reception on Saturday, April 13, 4-6pm. The Meet the Makers reception and awards ceremony is open to all High Point Market attendees and exhibitors. The 2024 Pinnacle Awards open registration will begin later this spring.

“ISFD is always looking for sponsors to help promote the furniture designers in our industry and expand our programs,” Blair concluded. “Anyone interested in a sponsorship can contact me at david.blair@isfd.org.”

  

  

About ISFD
The International Society of Furniture Designers (ISFD) is an association of professional and student furniture designers in residential and contract furnishings and accessories. Its mission is to promote and advance outstanding design and to elevate and support the furniture designer through networking, mentorship, and professional development opportunities. Its Pinnacle Awards® recognize the very best in furniture design each year, and its INNOVATION + DESIGN awards promote the outstanding work of designer–makers. Visit ISFD.org for more information about the organization and its programs, or follow its activities on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and Twitter.