A total of 233 hand-made carpets from 15 nations were submitted for the 2019 Carpet Design Awards. From among this number, an international jury of design and carpet industry experts selected the very best, putting 24 finalists through to the final round of the world’s most prestigious award for excellence in carpet design. For each of the award’s eight categories, the jury selected three exclusive creations which they believe stand out from the rest in terms of design, quality and craftsmanship.
These finalists will now be whittled down to just eight overall winners – one in each category – who received their awards at a special DOMOTEX ceremony held at the “Framing Trends” showcase on 12 January 2019. The Carpet Design Awards, an annual highlight of the show’s section on modern, hand-made carpets, are highly valued in international carpet circles, and their outcome is already the subject of great anticipation. And once again, visitors were able to vote for their favorites. The carpet receiving the most votes will be presented with the “Best Liked by DOMOTEX Visitors” prize at the close of the show.
Best Collection, Best Category and Best Communication Categories
This connectivity theme finds expression in many sections of the Carpet Design Awards, particularly in the “Best Collection”, “Best Interior” and “Best Communication” categories. Together, the eight categories encompass a range of production methods, price points and design principles, ensuring that the award is broadly representative of the diversity that characterizes the carpet industry as a whole.
Shortlisted carpets and designs in each category are Best Studio Artist Design, Best Modern Design Superior, Best Modern Design Deluxe, Best Transitional Design, Best Flatweave Design, Best Collection, Best Interior, Best Communication.
Michael Mandapati from Selection Jury
This is the second time that the selection jury has been chaired by Michael Mandapati, carpet expert and founder and president of Warp & Weft, New York. “So far it has been a great year for the CDA. Reducing the hundreds of submitted entries down to only 24 is no easy task but this year the quality on offer was particularly high. It is great to see the rich variety of work that is going on in the international rug market and I am proud of being part of the CDA judging process. I am looking forward to choosing the final winners at the show in January“, says Michael Mandapati.
