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Winner 2011 Bloom Awards

Finalist 2011 Edison Awards

101 Best New Products for 2011

BLANCO brings home three new awards for its SOLON Compost System – adding to its list of prestigious tributes. The BLANCO SOLON™ Compost System received the following new honors for beautifully incorporating green living into kitchen design:

• 2011 BLOOM Award Winner in the Innovative Systems Category. Presented by The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), in partnership with Interiors & Sources magazine.

• 2011 Edison Awards Finalist in the Industrial Design category. The Edison Awards honor the most innovative products in America.

• 101 Best New Products as presented by Professional Builder and Professional Remodeler magazines in the Interior Products category.

“We are thrilled and honored to be recognized by so many prestigious organizations,” states Tim Maicher, Director of Marketing for BLANCO. “The SOLON Compost System truly demonstrates innovation and inspiration at the highest level.”

The stunning BLANCO SOLON is no stranger to accolades. The environmentally friendly product has previously won an iF Award For Product Design, an Interior Design BOY Award Winner for Green Products, The DPHA Award for Innovative Accessories Product of the Year and an Innovative Green Design Award.

Made from the highest-grade recycled stainless steel, SOLON effortlessly collects organic waste below the counter and its stunning design allows homeowners to beautifully incorporate green living into their kitchen. SOLON installs conveniently next to sinks and its minimalist, elegant style makes it suited to any decor. Simple to clean and dishwasher safe, BLANCO SOLON fits into any countertop with a virtually seamless appearance. SOLON’s attractive lid offers a hygienic seal that contains odors and retails for $595.

Here’s a YouTube video on SOLON if you’d like to see more.

The Edison Best New Product Awards™ are among the most prestigious accolades honoring excellence in new product and service development, marketing, design and innovation. The Edison Awards have received a record number of entries in 12 categories for 2011 and BLANCO’s award-winning SOLON is a Nominee in the Best New Product category.

The Awards are named after Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) whose methods and prodigious body of work garnered him 1,093 patents and made him a household name.

A panel of more than 2,500 senior business executives and academics from across the nation will vote for the winners with the Awards presented at a gala function in New York City on April 5, 2011.

BLANCO SOLON has already captured numerous honors this year including: Interior Design BOY, iF Award, DPHA Innovative Product of the Year and an Innovative Green Design Award.

Exciting news! Want a sneak peak at the new products BLANCO will launch at the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show in April?  Then check out our new 2010 BLANCO Showroom, Consumer and SILGRANIT® II literature collection – available right now via true e-brochure format. Click on the links in this article or from the navigation tab above marked e-brochures to view, download, share and enjoy!

The new 2010 Literature Collection:

Showroom Catalog

SHOWROOM CATALOG:  Our new showroom catalog features ARCON™ on the front cover.  It is a truly powerful sink design that works well in any décor including a traditional setting.

Consumer Brochure

CONSUMER BROCHURE:  We are featuring our award-winning new RONIS™ sink on the cover with one of our favorites – Grey Goose.  This picture demonstrates RONIS’ tremendous versatility and its incredible accessories which earned it a 2009 iF Award. The difference between a showroom catalog and a consumer brochure is that the brochure has less of the SKU/spec details. It’s more of an overview to help consumers select the right products for their home and is a perfect mailer or handout. The showroom catalog is an in-store piece that supports showroom and design professional with more detailed information.

SILGRANIT II Brochure

SILGRANIT II BROCHURE:  BISCOTTI is the new SILGRANIT II color! A delicious new neutral – BISCOTTI goes with today’s popular counter top colors. (Shown on both faucets and sinks.) Beyond its ultra durable non porous formulation, BLANCO SILGRANIT II is unarguably the largest and most design-oriented collection of colors and styles for composite sinks on the market today.

Did you know that the Apple IPhone, BMW 3 Series Coupe and Blanco’s SteelArt sink have something very special in common?

They are among an elite few: Products that have won two of the world’s most prestigious design awards, the international IF Product Design Award and in the U.S., the Good Design Award.

In the product design world, Apple, BMW and Blanco have become synonymous with fine design.

Building on that legacy of world-class design, Blanco today is unveiling MicroEdge, an innovative concept based on the award-winning SteelArt design. Crafted and engineered with ultra-fine 1.0 to 1.25 mm sink rims, MicroEdge frames an elegant edge with flowing transitions, a dramatic look that elevates the sink to star status in the kitchen.

More than just good looks, MicroEdge features savvy installation options, enhanced front-to-back depth and smart utilization of space. It is that rare combination of stylish lines combined with top-notch performance that has earned Blanco recognition for creating some of the world’s best-designed products.

Blanco will lift the curtain on the MicroEdge today at the opening of the 7th DPHA Annual Conference in Phoenix.

Not attending the show? Stayed tuned to The Beat for more information in coming weeks about this exciting new product line.

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