Mannington Names Finalists in Design Contest

Calhoun, GA, March 15, 2010--Mannington Commercial has named the finalists in the second year of its Tx:Style Design Challenge.

"Designers' engagement with Tx:Style simply keeps growing," said Natalie Jones, vice president, commercial brand development and creative product.

"The number of registrants grew from 5,700 to nearly 10,000 this year, and the finalists' designs are every bit as inspiring as those we saw last year. We are excited to see how the designers will translate their concepts, with help from our product development team, into fully realized flooring products."

The finalists are Athena Abrol of WWCOT in Los Angeles; Bethany Burton of Ellerbe Becket in Minneapolis; Laurel Harrison of AECOM in Los Angeles; Heather Miller of Heather Miller Design in Charlotte, North Carolina; Joanne Titcomb of Spillman Farmer Architects in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; and a team of Samantha Gotta and Jenny Song of ZGF architects in Los Angeles.

Each of the finalist teams wins $3,000 and will join Mannington's design development group for a three-day creative session at the end of March. The grand prize winner will be chosen by open voting online and at NeoCon 2010, and will be awarded $7,500 in total prize money and a full product collection.

As with last year, Tx:Style Design Challenge 2010 is open to registered interior designers with less than seven years of work experience. This year, however, the contest has a twist. The judges asked the designers to interpret their concepts into both carpet and hard surface.