Starnet Design Awards 2023: – June 2024
Editor Jennifer Bardoner introduces this year’s awards, including notes on the grand prize winner, followed by photo essays and jury quotes for all the winners, and a sidebar on the judging panel.
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Coverings 2024: Innovations on display at North America’s largest ceramic show showcased the category’s potential – June 2024
Editor Jennifer Bardoner reviews this year’s Coverings show, held in Atlanta, including new products from Anatolia, Wonder Porcelain, Dal-Tile brands, MSI, Marazzi, Lea Ceramiche, Wow, Crossville, Atlas Concorde, Florim, Panaria Group and many more.
Project Spotlight: University of Virginia uses reclaimed hardwood sourced from St. John’s River – June 2024
Joe Hamad, co-owner of Touch of Color Flooring, writes about a University of Virginia renovation project, the centerpiece of which was the use of heart pine reclaimed from the St. John’s River.
Strategic Exchange: Some Starnet members shift to next gen as titans retire – June 2024
Publisher Kemp Harr offers an indepth report on the Starnet group and its recent meeting on Amelia Island, Florida, and also offers analysis of the Department of Labor’s change to classification laws for independent contractor status qualification.
Focus on Leadership: Mike Gallman has been a leader in the flooring industry for almost 50 years – June 2024
Publisher Kemp Harr interviews Mike Gallman, president of Mohawk Group, covering his long tenure in the flooring industry, including his time with Shaw and Blue Ridge, along with his strategy for choosing team members and his concerns for the future.
Designer Forum: Thoma-Holec Design engages residents to enhance a senior living community’s design – June 2024
Thoma-Holec’s Keith Stanton reports on the firm’s post-occupancy evaluation of Phoenix’s Clearwater Mayo Boulevard, and how products from Shaw Contract, Mohawk Group, Daltile and Verde 1999 helped achieve its design goals.
Best Practices: W.C. Carpenter – June 2024
Editor Jessica Chevalier profiles Virginia Beach, Virginia-based W.C. Carpenter, a commercial and residential dealer of flooring and other interior décor elements, including how the firm has evolved in the last 58 years and how it continues to grow.
Re:Resilient: An RFCI perspective – June 2024
Bill Blackstock, president and CEO of the Resilient Floor Covering Institute, offers the RFCI’s perspective on today’s market and how the wide array of resilient products on the market contribute to the development of the built environment.
Marketing Minute: Revisiting Millennials – June 2024
Contributing editor Paul Friederichsen takes a close look at Millennial consumers, from the opportunities in this demographic to their shopping process, closing with a robust list of takeaways.
People Power: The power of being respectful – June 2024
Contributing editor Sam Allman writes about the role of respect in today’s society through personal anecdotes and observations, digging into the power of respect as well as the importance of teaching younger generations about the value of respect.