Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Page 95 Page 96 Page 97 Page 98 Page 99 Page 100 Page 101 Page 102 Page 103 Page 104 Page 105 Page 106 Page 107 Page 108 Page 109 Page 110 Page 111 Page 112 Page 113 Page 114 Page 115 Page 116 Page 117 Page 118 Page 119 Page 120 Page 121 Page 122 Page 123 Page 124So last month we started teasing you with reports from Coverings. This month we launch fully into people products and news from the show. In this issue youll get an overview of the show as well as reports from the Coverings Installation Design Awards CID Opening Ceremony and Reception the Installation Design showcase IDS and NTCA Award night. Learn about which companies and people are doing an outstanding job in their sector are working to promote qualified labor and see the result of designerinstallersup- plier partnerships in the IDS recap including the novel approach Welch Tile Marble took to con- structing its vignette in a con- tainer so it could transport it back home and use it for educational purposes We have a generous collection of products seen at the show for you and wed also love to hear what knocked your socks off on display at Coverings. Just email me at lesleytile-assn.com and if you have a picture to go along with it that would be dynamite We also have a recap of NTCA Awards night a relatively new event at Coverings. Ten years ago when I first began working for NTCA we didnt have a NTCA Awards Night at Coverings per se we had the TileLetter Installation Awards which examined many of the technical feats accomplished by installers on stunning proj- ects. Coverings was sponsoring the Prism and Spectrum Awards. Over time the Prism and Spectrum awards merged with the TileLetter Installation Awards morphing into the CID Awards which TileLetter co-sponsored held the third night of the show. But three years ago Coverings management and ownership shook things up and moved the CID EDITORS LETTER Lesley A. Goddin If you want something in your life youve never had youll have to do something youve never done. J.D. Houston Coverings in Chicago means experiencing new things like this Skydeck Ledge Experience at Willis Tower during the Aperitivo Italiano sponsored by Ceramics of Italy. 12 TileLetter June 2016