Interface Honors Ray Anderson by Signing On as First Lead Corporate Sponsor for Buckminster Fuller Challenge

Called "socially-responsible design's highest award", the Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI) yesterday announced the details of the 2013 cycle of the Buckminster Fuller Challenge, which will open for entrants on March 1, 2013. The annual Buckminster Fuller Challenge, now in its sixth year, will award a grand prize of $100,000 to a winning entrant, as well as partnerships new for 2013 that will recognize finalists for their solutions and provide an infrastructure of support to accelerate the implementation of ideas based in design science.

For the first time, the Buckminster Fuller Challenge has a lead corporate sponsor: Interface, Inc, the company founded by legendary sustainability pioneer Ray Anderson. The world's largest carpet tile manufacturer and a leader in sustainability thinking, Interface is also committed to providing an immersion opportunity for a finalist or group of finalists whose solutions may contribute to the radical redesign of industrial manufacturing, celebrating the intersection of Ray Anderson and Buckminster Fuller's shared vision.

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