AWARDS   PUBLICATIONS
  Winner ADEX Gold Award for Earthen Treasures 2006
  ASID National Industry Partner Merit Award for Outstanding Service and Contributions to the Chapter Activities and the Interior Design Profession 2006
  Winner ASID California Peninsula Chapter,
Award of Distinction for New Product Design, Gilded Parchment, 2005
 
  Winner ASID California Peninsula Chapter,
Award of Distinction for New Product Design,
Gilded Parchment, 2005
 
  Winner ASID California Peninsula Chapter,
Award of Distinction for New Product Design,
Gilded Parchment, 2005
 
  Winner ADEX Gold Award for Venetian Parchment, 2005
   Winner ADEX Platinum Award for Studio Collections, Gilded Parchment, 2005
  Winner ASID California Peninsula Chapter,
Award of Excellence for New Product Design,
Venetian Parchment, 2004
 
   Special Recognition ASID California Peninsula Chapter, Judges Choice, Category: Hospitality.
Ruth Jacobsen, 2003
   Winner ASID California Peninsula Chapter,
Award of Distinction for New Product Design,
Ming Poetry, 2000
 Winner ASID California Peninsula Chapter,
Award of Distinction for New Product Design,
Natural Impressions and Jacalla, 1998
 Winner ADEX Award for Best Commercial Wallcovering, Natural Impressions and Jacalla, 1998
ASID Annual Design Awards Publication,
San Jose Magazine, April 2005
Feature Article, Earthen Treasures,
Traditional Home Magazine, September 2005
Feature Article, Jacobsen & Balla Handpainted Wallcoverings, California Home
& Design, July 2004
ASID Annual Design Awards Publication,
San Jose Magazine, April 2004
ASID Annual Design Awards Publication,
San Jose Magazine, April 2001
Feature Article, Jacobsen & Balla,
The Los Altos Town Crier, August 2000
 
Profile, Jacobsen & Balla Handpainted Wallcoverings,Design Journal, The Monthly Journal of Design & Architecture, June 1998