Interior Design magazine named the Factory collection by Shaw Hospitality Group a “Designer’s Choice” winner in the Best of Year Awards 2009. Interior Design received more than 1,100 Best of Year Award entries, and more than 40,000 online votes were cast by the design community during the competition.
Factory, which also won the IIDA/HD Product Design Award in the flooring/carpeting/rug category at HD 2009 Expo & Conference, was inspired by the 1934 Museum of Modern Art exhibition “Machine Art” which recognized the beauty of objects created without artistic intention. The Best of Year Awards recognizes superior interior design projects and products in 64 categories.
Shaw Hospitality Group is part of Dalton-based Shaw Industries Group, which is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Shaw Industries is the world’s largest carpet manufacturer with $5 billion in annual sales and approximately 26,000 associates.
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Elephants taking carpet durability testing to the extreme
DALLAS — It’s probably safe to say something is durable if it can withstand having 45,000 pounds of elephant trampling on it and still remain recognizable.That is the message that Mohawk Flooring is trying to convey through its SmartStrand Challenge. The Calhoun-based company partnered with the Dallas Zoo and installed SmartStrand triexta carpet in the indoor enclosure at the zoo’s African elephant exhibit, which houses six elephants totaling nearly 50,000 pounds.
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Elephants taking carpet durability testing to the extreme






