Bio-Glass, Eco-Cem, Bio-Luminum Honored at Smithsonian/Cooper Hewitt National Design Triennial
Bio-Glass®, Bio-Luminum™, and Eco-Cem® have been inducted in the Cooper- Hewitt “National Design Triennial: Why Design Now?” exhibit, which began showing on May 14 and will run through Jan 9, 2011. Bio-Glass®, Bio-Luminum™, and Eco-Cem® are featured in the materials portion of the Triennial exhibit at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum – the only museum in America devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design. The museum’s Triennial exhibit will showcase our products for eight months in conjunction with other designers who work toward addressing human and environmental problems across various fields, from architecture to new media and landscape design.

Bio-Glass succeeds in red dot design award
With its outstanding and innovative design, Bio-Glass by Coverings ETC managed to impress the jury of one of the most prestigious international design competitions. In the “red dot award: product design 2010 Bio-Glass was awarded the “red dot” quality label for high design quality by the jury consisting of top-class experts. The festive awards presentation with more than 1,000 guests will take place in the Essen opera house, the Aalto-Theater, on 5 July 2010. In Essen, Germany, the 2010 European Capital of Culture, the product will then be presented in a four-week special exhibition at the red dot design museum on the premises of the Zollverein colliery.

ICFF HONORS COVERINGS ETC WITH EDITORS AWARD
May 20, 2009 (New York, NY)- The highly-anticipated 2009 ICFF Editors Awards bestowed on CoveringsETC/ECOverings™ the coveted Best-of-Show Award for “Materials”. The ICFF Editors Awards Ceremony took place during the 21st annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) on Sunday night at the ICFF Exhibitors Reception at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.

In concert with green initiatives, inspirations and ideas, the Coverings ETC corporate showroom is a newly renovated loft space and a LEED-CI registered project with the United States Green Build Council. Corporate green guidelines include the implementation of reuse, reclaim and recycle mandates during the restoration and renovation of all showrooms. Signature design elements incorporate skylights and large format window walls to flood interior spaces with day light to conserve energy.

This third party certification represents a tangible, credible measure of achievement in environmentally-intelligent design, helping the conscientious consumer to select greener products that embody a broader definition of quality using Triple “Top” Line initiatives which take into account, the people, the product and the planet. This benchmark represents a material that is designed for reutilization, not for landfill. Bio-Glass is C2C silver tier certified.