The Furni­ture Society is thrilled to announce Michael Puryear as the 2023 recip­i­ent of its coveted Award of Distinc­tion. Michael’s award will be presented to him at a luncheon in his honor, June 10, at this year’s confer­ence in New Orleans, LA — FS23: Making Spaces: How Place Shapes Produc­tion, Living, and Community.

The Furni­ture Society Board of Trustees has invited Craig Nutt to chair the Award of Distinc­tion program. Craig’s role is to work closely with Exec­u­tive Direc­tor Monica Hampton, and this year’s jurors Edward S. Cooke, Alison Croney Moses, and Toni Sikes. You can learn more about them here.

Taking into consid­er­a­tion their cumu­la­tive knowl­edge of the contem­po­rary furni­ture making scene, their expe­ri­ences and contri­bu­tions in their own rights to our field and their differ­ent aesthetic approaches to object making, the delib­er­a­tions should be substan­tive, fair, lively, and repre­sen­ta­tive of a vital slice of The Furni­ture Society’s community.

The Furni­ture Society is thrilled to announce Ronald D. Abram­son as a 2022 recip­i­ent of its coveted Award of Distinc­tion. His award was presented at this year’s Virtual Confer­ence FS22: Working Together by 2014 Award of Distinc­tion recip­i­ent Bebe Johnson.

The Furni­ture Society is thrilled to announce Miguel Gómez-Ibáñez as a 2022 recip­i­ent of its coveted Award of Distinc­tion. His award was presented at this year’s Virtual Confer­ence FS22: Working Together by Andrew Glasgow.

The Furni­ture Society is thrilled to announce Mira Nakashima as a 2022 recip­i­ent of its coveted Award of Distinc­tion. Her award was presented at this year’s Virtual Confer­ence FS22: Working Together by Bob Aibel

The Furni­ture Society is thrilled to announce Kristina Madsen as the 2020/2021 recip­i­ent of its coveted Award of Distinc­tion. We will be cele­brat­ing Kristina this June during the Summer Session of FS Connects with two unique programs includ­ing object studies of her work and a virtual Awards Cere­mony.

The Furni­ture Society proudly announces that the recip­i­ent of its coveted 2019 Award of Distinc­tion is Tom Loeser. His award will be presented at a luncheon cere­mony on Satur­day, June 22, 2019 during the Furni­ture Society’s confer­ence in Milwau­kee, Wisconsin.

The Furni­ture Society is proud to announce that the recip­i­ent of its coveted 2018 Award of Distinc­tion is Craig Nutt. His award will be presented at a luncheon cere­mony on Satur­day, June 16, 2018 during the Furni­ture Society’s confer­ence in San Fran­cisco. Craig Nutt will be presented his award by his good friend, Toni Sikes, who is the co-founder and CEO of CODAworx.

The Furni­ture Society proudly bestowed its coveted 2016 Award of Distinc­tion upon Edward Cooke. His award was presented at a luncheon cere­mony in June 2016 during the Furni­ture Society’s confer­ence in Philadelphia.

The Furni­ture Society proudly bestowed its coveted 2016 Award of Distinc­tion upon Thomas Hucker. His award was presented at a luncheon cere­mony in June 2016 during the Furni­ture Society’s confer­ence in Philadelphia.

The Furni­ture Society proudly bestowed its coveted 2014 Award of Distinc­tion upon Warren and Bebe Johnson. Their award was presented at a luncheon cere­mony on June 21, 2014 during the Furni­ture Society’s confer­ence in Port Towsend, WA.

The Furni­ture Society proudly bestowed its coveted 2012 Award of Distinc­tion upon Rosanne Somer­son. Her award was presented at a luncheon cere­mony on June 15, 2012 during the Furni­ture Society’s confer­ence in Port­land, Maine, by her colleague John Dunni­gan, head of the Depart­ment of Furni­ture Design, Rhode Island School of Design.

Presented by The Furni­ture Society on June 18, 2010.

Presented by The Furni­ture Society on June 11, 2009.

Ms. Maruya­ma’s award was presented June 19, 2008 by Alphonse Matia, Senior Critic, Grad­u­ate Program in Furni­ture Design, Rhode Island School of Design.

Mr. Weed’s award was presented June 19, 2008 by Edward S. Cooke, Charles F. Mont­gomery Profes­sor of Amer­i­can Deco­ra­tive Arts, Depart­ment of the History of Art, Yale University.

Mr. Fortune’s award was presented June 22, 2007 jointly by Alan Elder, Cana­dian Museum of Civi­liza­tion’s Curator of Cana­dian Crafts, Deco­ra­tive Arts and Design; and by Edward S. Cooke, Charles F. Mont­gomery Profes­sor of Amer­i­can Deco­ra­tive Arts, Depart­ment of the History of Art, Yale University.

Mr. Simp­son’s award was presented June 9, 2006 by Robert Eager­ton — painter, print­maker, and Profes­sor at the Herron School of Art IUPUI.

Ms. McKie’s award was presented June 10, 2005 by her friend and fellow furni­ture­maker Michael Hurwitz.

Mr. Bennet­t’s award was presented June 25, 2004 by his friend Bernice Wollman.

Mr. Keyser’s award was presented on June 14, 2003 by Gail Fredell, who studied with Mr. Keyser at the Rochester Insti­tute of Tech­nol­ogy in the 1970’s.

Mr. Fair­banks’ award was presented June 14, 2003 by his colleague Gerald W. R. Ward, Kather­ine Lane Weems Senior Curator of Deco­ra­tive Arts and Sculp­ture, MFA Boston.

Mr. Osgood’s award was presented June 7, 2002 by his student and colleague Thomas Hucker, who studied with Mr. Osgood at Boston Univer­si­ty’s Program in Arti­sanry in the mid-1970s.

Mr. Peters’ award was presented June 7, 2002 by Toronto furni­ture maker Michael Fortune.

Mr. Make­peace’s award was presented June 7, 2002 by his colleague Chris Rose, teacher at the John Make­peace School for Furni­ture at Parnham House, Dorset, England from 1984 – 1988.

Mr. Carpen­ter’s award was presented March 16, 2001 by his colleague Grif Okie, an orig­i­nal member of the Bolinas Craft Guild. 

Mr. Castle’s award was presented March 16, 2001 by Garry Knox Bennett, artist and ACC Fellow.

Mr. Frid’s award was presented March 16, 2001 by his student and colleague Rosanne Somer­son, chair of the Rhode Island School of Design’s furniture program.

Mr. Krenov’s award was presented on March 16, 2001 by Peter Korn, Direc­tor of the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship.

Mr. Maloof’s award was presented March 16, 2001 by Jonathan Fair­banks, former curator of Amer­i­can Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.