Milliken Names New Global Creative Director

Spartanburg, SC, June 10, 2011 -- Cresta Bledsoe has been named as Milliken’s new global creative director for its floorcovering division.

An award-winning designer, Bledsoe will lead the Milliken design team.

The roots of Bledsoe’s relationship with Milliken began in 1997. In her seven years at Thompson, Ventulett, Stainbeck, & Associates in Atlanta, Bledsoe (formerly Cresta Martin) consulted and designed products for Constantine by whom she was later recruited to serve as director of design strategies for the manufacturer’s commercial division.

In 2007, Bledsoe left her position at Constantine to start Manner, an interior and design strategies company. She maintained a consultancy role with Constantine, and expanded her involvement with  Milliken after the acquisition of Constantine by Milliken in 2009.

Early in her career, Bledsoe was a Senior Associate at TVS Interiors in Atlanta. She graduated with a Bachelor of Interior Design from Louisiana State University in 1996, during which she also studied product and space design with the Institut D'Arts Visuels, In Orleans, France.