Thom Filicia Collaborates With Top Design Firms

18 April 2009, by Isabella

Honored as one of House Beautiful’s Top 100 American Designers and House & Garden’s Top 50 “Tastemakers,” Filicia is one of the most recognized names in interior design. Known for five seasons as the design guru on Queer Eye For The Straight Guy, he was honored with an Emmy and an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Art Direction. Filicia is currently starring in his own Style Network series Dress My Nest and is the recent recipient of Interior Design magazine’s Merit Award for Outstanding Eco-Design. He has earned numerous industry accolades for his work with high profile clients like Jennifer Lopez, the W Hotel chain, and St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York City.

The Thom Filicia Home Collection(TM) is a proud collaboration with industry leaders in their categories. They are:

* Furniture – Vanguard (Fall 2009)
* Textiles – Kravet (Spring & Fall 2009)
* Lighting – Visual Comfort (Fall 2009)
* Area Rugs – Safavieh (Spring 2009)
* Hospitality Carpet – Shaw Hospitality Group (Fall 2009)
* Consumer Appliances – Amana (specialty refrigerators inspired by Thom Summer 2009)

“For many years I have designed custom furnishings for my private clients. It’s always been important to me that I reflect those clients’ unique personalities in my designs. I am now thrilled to offer consumers across the country that same opportunity,” said Filicia. “The Thom Filicia Home Collection(TM) empowers people to confidently express themselves through fun, classic, comfortable and bold furnishings. One of the most important parts of developing this collection was to create pieces for the way people live and entertain now. The result is pure, evocative design that is both essential and highly practical.”

The new home collection captures Thom Filicia’s classic simplicity and injects an unexpected, modern flair. With a fresh yet timeless approach to design, the collection balances elements in unique and beautiful ways. Refined details mix with raw edges, industrial plays against organic, and materials, textures and palettes are used in unexpected ways.

“In selecting our partners for the Thom Filicia Home Collection(TM),” said Marc Szafran, President of Filicia’s design company, “it was very important that each of them had an environmentally sensitive approach to manufacturing and quality of materials wherever possible to ensure long lasting sustainable products. These collections are routed in the values that formed Thom’s childhood, growing up in upstate New York surrounded with the beauty of nature and its connection to organic objects and materials. The Thom Filicia Home Collection(TM) combines Thom’s love for nature with his respect for the environment and talent for design.”

About Thom Filicia:

Thom Filicia is one of the nation’s foremost interior designers. He became a household name as the design expert member of the Fab Five quartet on Bravo’s hit show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, and currently hosts the wildly popular Dress My Nest on the Style Network. Filicia owns a successful, New York-based interior design firm, Thom Filicia, Inc., which specializes in residential, commercial, and hospitality projects. Thom is also the author of Thom Filicia Style, his first book, which was released in fall 2008.

About Vanguard:

Vanguard is a leader in the home furniture market. The company employs over 500 people and occupies over 400,000 square feet of manufacturing space. Nearly all shareholders of the company are employees or grandchildren, therefore possible future employees. There truly is a family atmosphere at Vanguard, even for those that are not actually family. We work in teams from the shop floor to the office, and respect and integrity are words everyone lives by. We understand that a good reputation is easy to lose, both personally and professionally, so we strive to be good corporate citizens. It is important to us to know that our partners find us to be easy to work with, dependable, and that the products we sell are a good investment.

About Kravet:

Kravet is a fourth-generation family business, offering the widest range of fabrics and furnishings in the home decorative industry. The company began by supplying traditional and transitional fabrics to the interior design trade in 1918. Nearly a century later, its wide array of luxury fabrics, trimmings, furniture, carpets and lighting eases the lives and engages the creativity of designers the world over.

About Safavieh:

Safavieh is a leading manufacturer and importer of fine decorative rugs, offering the industry’s most comprehensive range of designs crafted by skilled artisans in weaving centers across the globe. Established in 1914, Safavieh is a fourth-generation family business which began by supplying antique rugs and historical reproductions. Upon opening its flagship New York City showroom in 1978, the company quickly became a preferred source for the world’s most renowned interior designers, pioneering with them the new category of fashion-forward contemporary rugs. Almost a century later, Safavieh continues to innovate with diverse and targeted area rug programs for the most respected retailers in the US and abroad. Through research and technology, Safavieh’s mission is to beautify the homes of consumers in every budget category with award-winning rug collections of the highest quality, value and impeccable style.

About Visual Comfort & Co:

Since 1987, Visual Comfort & Co. has been a leading producer of quality designer lighting. They offer architectural and portable lighting for every application, including task, table, and floor lamps, wall and ceiling fixtures, and outdoor lighting. Visual Comfort is the premier American resource for signature designer lighting. For over twenty years we have produced lighting with some of the most influential names in design. We will continue to partner with noteworthy talents moving forward, to enrich our extensive and creative selection of products.

About Shaw Hospitality Group:

Shaw Hospitality Group, a division of Shaw Industries, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., is the world’s largest carpet manufacturer and a leading floor covering provider. Headquartered in Dalton, Ga., the company manufactures and distributes carpeting, rugs, hardwood, laminate and ceramic tile for residential and commercial applications worldwide. Shaw Hospitality Group provides flooring products specified in the hospitality industry. A recognized leader in environmental stewardship, Shaw has implemented hundreds of sustainability initiatives and cradle to cradle design solutions, collectively termed the Shaw Green Edge. For more information, visit www.shawhospitalitygroup.com

About Amana:

Established in 1934, Amana has a history of designing innovative cooking, dish, laundry and refrigeration household appliances. With its introduction of the original countertop microwave in 1967, Amana was put on the map as a brand dedicated to bringing convenience to consumers’ lives. Amana brand is part of the Whirlpool Corporation, the world’s leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances, with annual sales of approximately $19 billion, more than 73,000 employees, and 69 manufacturing and technology research centers around the world. For more information on Amana brand appliances, visit www.amana.com.

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