PAVE Gala Celebrates the Best in Retail Design

Hollywood, Fla. (December 18, 2008)—On Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008, retailers, designers, and industry suppliers gathered at PAVE’s 12th Annual Gala at Gotham Hall in New York City to celebrate and show their support for the future of the retail design industry. The Gala event drew a crowd of nearly 500 influential retailers, designers, and industry suppliers from companies including Macy’s, Chico’s, Polo Ralph Lauren, Sony Style, Target, Bergdorf Goodman, Louis Vuitton, Bank of America, Harley-Davidson, Chute Gerdeman Retail, Bergmeyer Associates, Gensler, Little, Callison, and many others. The event raised over $65,000 for PAVE’s educational programs. Ten students with winning projects in the Student Design Competition and six educators were able to attend the event through seats donated by industry companies.

Following a cocktail reception, guests were seated for dinner and the awards ceremony. During the awards presentation, PAVE recognized the winners of this year’s PAVE Student Design Competition, sponsored by Macy’s, awarding $22,000 in grants to students and schools. For a complete list of student and school recipients, visit here. PAVE Helping Hand Fund grants totaling $25,000 were also announced. The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising and O’More College of Design were both awarded $12,500 to further projects for students.

Other awards presented at the gala included: Rising Star Award, presented by PAVE
PAVE presented the second annual Rising Star Award to Rachel Zsembery, AIA, LEED AP, associate, Bergmeyer and Associates Inc.
Please visit here for details on the award.

The Best Windows of New York City, presented by DDI
1st Place Platinum Award – Bergdorf Goodman
2nd Place Gold Award – Macy’s
3rd Place Silver Award – Sony Style
Visit here for award details.

Excellence in Visual Merchandising and Design awards, honoring retail design excellence in New York City, presented by VMSD
Louis Vuitton
Polo Ralph Lauren
Visit here for award details.

PAVE 12th Annual Gala Sponsors
FLAGSHIP SPONSOR
SEVEN CONTINENTS

SPECIALTY SPONSORS
DDI
Progressive Fixture Solutions
Target
VMSD

BOUTIQUE SPONSORS
ALU
Amity Wood Industries
Architectural Systems Inc.
A.R.E.
B+N Industries
BUDGET INTERIORS
Color Ink Inc.
coloredge/shasty
DK Display
Elevations Inc.
Great Big Pictures Inc.
idX Corporation
Infinite Sign Industries
JP Metal America Inc.
Lifestyle
Lighting Management/Lighting
Elysium/ESPA
MONDO Mannequins
Polo Ralph Lauren
RHO Inc.
Rootstein Mannequins
Shopko
Sony Electronics Inc.
Sparks
Stylmark Inc. Susan Kinney Ltd.
Transit Culture/Siegel & Stockman
TRIADmanufacturing
Trimco Display LLC
Universal Display and Design
Van Stry Design Inc.

Gala Journal Sponsors
Fleetwood Fixtures
KRAMER DESIGN GROUP
Little
Presentations Plus
TPG Architecture
Wild Blue Technologies

Gala Gift Bag Donors
A.R.E.
Carolee
Chico’s
Christine Taylor Collection
Elevations
FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
Fresh Inc.
Haskell Jewels
Jo Malone Jones Apparel Group
Macy’s
The Neiman Marcus Group
NYC & Co.
Piu Tono
Shane and Shawn
Sony Electronics Inc.
Toys “R” Us

Sponsors of Students and Educators
Chute Gerdeman Retail
Gensler
Infinite Sign Industries
Macy’s
Rose Displays Ltd.
Shopko
Sony Electronics Inc.
Target
Van Stry Design Inc.

Note for editors: High-resolution images of the Gala are available. PAVE can also provide contacts for interviews. Contact Catharine Scott, above, for more information.

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