Anna Maria Mannarino of Mannarino Designs, Inc., an acclaimed interior, event and product designer and past president of the New Jersey Chapter of ASID, has won three Design Excellence Awards. This annual competition is sponsored by the New Jersey Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID). Fifteen chapter interior designers won a total of 25 prizes among them, but only four won three awards. The awards were conferred at a dinner and gala on Wednesday, June 19 at The Venetian in Garfield. 

Successful entries demonstrated exceptional design and positive impact on life and the human experience in keeping with ASID's mission.  "I was thrilled and surprised to win all three awards," said Mannarino. Judges were comprised of a diverse group of award-winning ASID members from around the country and the judging was blind and based on the following criteria with a points system: Effectiveness of the design solution, functional use of space, scale and proportion, color and composition, innovative use of materials, creativity of the design solution, effective use of lighting, use of sustainable design principles and use of Universal Design principles.