MBNA Design History

2018 Design Contest Winners

Best Cremation Memorial	Best Hand Carved Memorial	Best Hand Etched Memorial
Brown Memorials “Bethea”	Watson Signs & Monuments “Rodriguez”	Brown Memorials “US Army Monument”
Best Large Monument	Best Laser Etched Memorial	Best Flat Marker
Anderson Monument Works “Anderson”	Natchez Monument Co. “Jackson”	Premier Memorial “Withers”
Best Novice Monument	Best Public/Civic Monument	Best Small Monument
Emerson Monument Company, Inc. “African Safari”	Schlizberger and Daughters Monument Co. “LPI”	Brown Memorials “Shack”
Bert Gast Memorial Award
Visalia Granite & Marble Works, Inc. “In God’s Time”

2017 Design Contest Winners

Best Cremation Memorial	Best Hand Carved Memorial	Best Hand Etched Memorial
Johns-Carabelli Company “Borcz”	Iowa Memorial Granite Company “MUMM Lion”	Johns-Carabelli Company “Moss-Fleischman”
Best Large Monument	Best Laser Etched Memorial	Best Flat Marker
West Memorials “Galardi”	West Memorials “Brusco”	West Memorials “D’Army”
Best Novice Monument	Best Public/Civic Monument	Best Small Monument
Memorial Monuments & Vaults “JE T’AIME”	Brown Memorials, Inc. “Air Force Memorial”	West Memorials “Workman”

2014 Design Contest Winners

Best Cremation Memorial	Best Hand Carved Memorial	Best Hand Etched Memorial
Harrison Monuments “Hendricks”	Willis Granite Products “Jones/Porter”	Willis Granite Products “Gales”
Best Large Monument	Best Laser Etched Memorial	Best Flat Marker
Winner Milano Monument Co “Awender-Schmidt”	Willis Granite Products “Tucker Johnson”	Willis Granite Products “Maverick Mecklenburg”
Best Public/Civic Monument	Best Small Monument
Aurora Monument Company “75th Anniversary City of Warrenville”	Willis Granite Products “Bret Ladd”

2012 Design Contest Winners

Best Cremation Memorial	Best Hand Carved Memorial	Best Hand Etched Memorial
Oregon Memorials “Aschenbrenner”	Eastern Memorials “Isabelle Scott”	Lancaster Monuments “Studier”
Best Large Monument	Best Laser Etched Memorial	Best Flat Marker
Johns-Carabelli Co. “Cameron”	Luken Memorials “Dullerud”	Remco Memorials “Salwick”
Best Novice Monument	People's Choice Award	Best Public/Civic Monument
Garden_City_Monument_Services “Allen”	Remco_Memorials_Ltd “Wall”	Morse and Beggs Monument Co “Foxboro Never Forgets”
Best Small Monument
Milano Monument Co “Tucker Boulder”

2011 Design Contest Winners

Normally held every even numbered year, the Design Contest was added to the 2011 Industry Show due it being missed at the 2008 JAM with the Mid-Atlantic Monument Builders Association. Over 100 entries were submitted for this prestigious award and the following 8 Winners were announced:

Public/Civic	Cremation	Hand Etched
William Walker Monument Company	Murphy Granite Carving	Johns-Carabelli Company (Mayfair Memorials)
Laser Etched	Hand Carved	Markers
Lacky Monuments, LLC	Caldwell Monument Company	Vancouver Granite Works, Inc.
Small Monuments	Large Monuments
Luken Memorials, Inc.	Murphy Granite Carving

The People’s Choice and Bert Gast Memorial Trophy winner was Laser Imaging & Design, Inc. from Lebanon, OH.

Laser Imaging & Design, Inc.

Congratulations to all our winners!

2010 Design Contest Winners

Conceptual Category
The 2010 Monument Builders of North America Design Contest results were announced at the 2010 MBNA/MAMBA Joint Annual Meeting in Kansas City, MO. The 2010 contest had entries in a Conceptual Category and a Finished Category.  Out of 80 designs submitted to the Conceptual Category, 19 entries were built and displayed on-site by 10 MBNA members.

Click here to view the original designs, see who designed them and built them and what the finished products looked like!

The winner of the People’s Choice Award for the Conceptual Category as selected by popular vote was designer Charlie Hunt, FAICA of Hunt Memorials, Inc. in Nashville, TN and built by Cold Spring Granite Company in Cold Spring, MN.

Cold Spring Granite Company

Finished Category
In the Finished Category, awards were presented to:

Public/Civic	Markers	Large Monument	Small Monument
Loiselle Memorials, Inc.	Vancouver Granite Works, Inc.	Riehm Gerlach Memorials North American Heritage	Greenville Marble & Granite

The winner of the Bert Gast Memorial Trophy, was awarded to Oregon Memorials in Hillsboro, OR.

Oregon Memorials

These designers are a credit to the industry and should be congratulated by all.