Ruckstuhl wins the prestigious GOOD DESIGNâ„¢ Award for its outstanding Stripes collection in the category ‘FLOOR AND WALL COVERING’ which is conferred annually by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design together with The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.

Hundreds of the world’s leading corporations and design offices from 34 nations—from cities from Paris to Tokyo—vied in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles for the world’s oldest and most coveted GOOD DESIGN™ Awards for 2008. Founded in Chicago in 1950 by architects Eero Saarinen, Charles and Ray Eames, and Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., GOOD DESIGN bestows international recognition upon the world’s most prominent designers and manufacturers for advancing new, visionary, and innovative product concepts, invention and originality, and for stretching the envelope beyond what is considered basic product and consumer design.