Mannington Opens Voting for Design Contest

Calhoun, GA, May 5, 2011 -- Mannington has opened voting for its annual tx:style design challenge 2011.

Beginning today, the 18,000 designers who belong to Mannington Commercial's tx:style design community invite the public to vote for Grand Prize winners.

The contest debuted three years ago and each year breaks records for the number of designs submitted and the number of interior designers and architects using social media to upload design concepts, comment on other entries, and ultimately vote to choose the Grand Prize Winners, Mannington said.

The finalist designs are “A La Mode” by Sara Meier; “Between” by Ashlie Fuller; “Coastal Rocks” by Paul Lewandowski; “Crosswalk” by Sergio Mondragon; “Manhattan” by Ryan Cook; and “Oxidize” by Suzanne Froedge.

Two of the finalist designs will be chosen by popular vote as Grand Prize winners, and awarded:
$6,000 in prize money, a trip to Maison Objet in Paris, and launch of a full product collection from Mannington Commercial, including a national advertising campaign.

Last year's tx:style grand prize winners – a LVT tile by Laurel Harrison (Rainfall) and a carpet collection by Athena Abrol (Matrix, Off the Grid and Mainframe) – will premiere in Mannington's NeoCon showroom.