Natural Rollershades named 2011 Best of Year Merit Award Winner
Hartmann&Forbes' 5th consecutive nomination for Best of Year Award
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Friday December 2, 2011 Tualatin, OR - HARTMANN&FORBES, award-winning maker of natural window coverings of sustainable fibers, is please to announce their NATURAL ROLLERSHADES have earned Interior Design Magazine’s Best of Year Merit Award as top window covering product released in 2011.
“We are deeply honored to receive this recognition from the interior design community," said Michael Jones, founder and CEO of Hartmann & Forbes. "Designers have been asking us for additional natural rollershade options and the support the product received during the voting process reinforces our passion to develop innovative products that allow designers to achieve great design.”
Featuring more than 70 designs made from natural fibers, the line of natural rollershade is now the most diverse in the industry, and includes designs woven from rapidly renewable, biodegradable fibers such as jute, bamboo, and pulp fiber. It also includes 15 designs from the Liniedge Collection, a line of custom woven-to-size shades handwoven from best-in-class sustainable fibers such as palm, ramie and arrowroot. Each natural rollershade is handcrafted to an interior designer’s exact specification in the company’s Pacific Northwest Finishing Facility. This line of NATURAL ROLLERSHADES is the company’s third finalist in five years.
Interior Design Magazine awards the Best of Year Award to the best product in 46 different product categories. The winners were determined by tens of thousands of online votes from designers across the country and were announced December 1st, 2011 in New York.
About HARTMANN&FORBES
Hartmann &Forbes was established in 1998 with the goal of inspiring and delighting Interior Designers and their clients by handcrafting natural window coverings of distinction. Hartmann&Forbes does this with innovative designs, uncompromising quality and exceptional delivery and service. Inspired by cultures and people of the world, their award-winning shades, draperies and top treatments are made from unique natural fibers that are sustainably grown and harvested. Each is custom finished to designers’ specifications in their Finishing facility located in the Pacific Northwest. Hartmann &Forbes’ window coverings are available exclusively to the trade through a network of high-end U.S. and international showrooms. For more information, visit hfshades.com.
