New quartz colors, easy-clean grout, one-piece quartz sinks, stone swatch ID app.

  Winning designer gets six-day trip to Spain, $2,500.

  Thin-set standards verification refines title to avoid confusion.

  Granite moves ahead as marble, travertine waver.

  Experience includes work with Cray supercomputers.

  Company will distribute Samsung’s quartz surfaces in metropolitan New York, southwestern Connecticut.

  Seeking volunteers to guide effort.

  Square-footage measurements differ by less than 2%.

  Brings marketing experience from Timex, Stanley,ShelterLogic.

  Winners in the inaugural program take home $10,000 total in prizes.