DESIGN QUEST 2010 FURNITURE COMPETITION— March 18 - May 2, 2010

For 38 years Design Quest has offered classic and innovative designs to West Michigan.In October 2007, to honor our 35th anniversary, we held a furniture design competitionwhich was so successful that we decided to repeat it. The 2008 Furniture Competition wasan even greater success. This year, we decided to move the competion to the spring to givedesign students and professionals a greater opportunity to compete.And what a success! This year's competition had a record number of submissions from a record number of countries on five different continents. Only 1 in 4 entries were accepted.The Design entry rules for the 2010 competition had no limitations on material, number of entries per designer, or type of furniture. However, the furniture had to function as furniture. Thanks to everybody who entered!

Special thanks to our judges:

•Iain Thorp, Haworth Inc., Head of Design, North America

•Fabienne Munch, Herman Miller, Director of Ideation, Research & Development

•Terence D. West, IDSA, Steelcase Inc., Director Research WorkSpace Futures

•Jorgen Sorensen, Design Quest

•Thor Sorensen, Design Quest

Design Quest offered $2000 in prizes for innovative furniture design and the public was invited to help award the Peoples Choice Prize during the opening reception, March 18, 2010.