Merida Meridian Sponsoring Rug Design Contest

Boston, MA, Oct. 5, 2009--Rug designer and manufacturer Merida Meridian has paired up with Boston not-for-profit organization Artists For Humanity (AFH) to kick off an eight-week rug design contest to inspire young student artists to design sustainable textiles “that explore the nature of sustainability itself.”

AFH’s high school student artists will interact with professional interior, graphic, and product designers who will critique their designs and select three winners.

Winners will each receive a Merida tufted rug of their own design, which will be manufactured from 100% New Zealand wool in Merida’s Fall River, Mass., weaving facility.

Artists For Humanity’s graphic design students will be asked to consider the question, “What does sustainability mean to you?” as they design their prototypes.

Students must submit three final designs and inspiration boards to Merida in early November,