About The Winning Formula Contest
For almost 40 years, ATI has been the leader in decorative thermoplastic and metal laminates, inspiring innovative commercial and residential design projects across the country. We wanted to continue to celebrate these creative installations with our 3rd Annual Product Installation Contest, “The Winning Formula”. We invited architects, designers, project managers, specification managers, contractors and installers to “Show Us Their Winning Formula” by submitting photos of their MirroFlex, NuMetal, Fusion, or LumiSplash installation.
This year, we were more excited than ever to be giving away a cruise trip to the Western Caribbean to the first place winner and a guest! Installations completed after July 1, 2016 were eligible and the deadline to receive entries was October 27, 2017.
The contest was judged by two independent industry experts – click here to learn about our guest judges. Projects were judged based on three criteria: (1) the ATI product chosen, (2) creativity, and (3) quality of the finished installation.
Mr. Robert M. Laschever is a Principle with Cauhaus Design, an award winning architectural and interior design firm founded eighteen years ago by he and his wife Toby Schermerhorn. The Cauhaus Design studio is in a 75 year old dairy barn located in western Maryland. Cauhaus Design specializes in custom hospitality projects and product design, and has worked on projects throughout the United States, Canada, and in the Caribbean. As a Principle with Cauhaus Design, Rob has worked on over 60 full service hotels for multiple brands including Marriott, Renaissance, Hilton, and Wyndham. Robert is also an avid architectural photographer with extensive travels throughout the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. His work has won numerous awards, and has been included in publications and has been used for project artwork.
Mr. Bradshaw Orrell received his Master's of Fine Arts degree with a focus in Furniture Design from the Savannah College of Art and Design. After grad school, Bradshaw worked as Design Director for Niermann Weeks. Bradshaw moved back to North Carolina in 2003 to join the Baker Furniture team as Lead Designer. While at Baker, Bradshaw introduced several furniture and lighting collections such as Collector's Edition, Collector's Edition Lighting and Baker Studio.
Bradshaw opened Bradshaw Orrell Interiors in 2007. One of his first projects was the Proximity Hotel, which was the first LEED© Platinum Hotel in the country. Bradshaw continues to work with Quaintance-Weaver on projects at the Proximity Hotel, Printworks Bistro, O'Henry Hotel and Lucky 32. Other commercial projects include Boulton Creative, Market Square, Genuity Concepts, Biscuitville and the repurposing of Summerfield Farms.
Bradshaw's residential projects are traditional with a crisp, clean, modern edge. His work ranges from designing homes from the ground up to projects of all sizes. Although Bradshaw focuses equally on residential and commercial projects he continues to work closely with the furniture industry. He has consulted on product and showroom design for many companies. In 2014, the Bradshaw Orrell Collection for Chelsea House was launched. This collection of lighting, accessories and occasional pieces is a perfect reflection of all of Bradshaw's interests and influences.