5.21.13 | Toronto, ON | Egan Visual announced a new relationship with Blue Sky Agency, under which Blue Sky will represent Egan Visual in the contract furniture market in Toronto. Blue Sky has already hosting showings in the dedicated Egan Showroom in north Toronto, and is planning the opening of a showroom in the downtown design district.
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5.20.13 | Grand Rapids, MI | Configura, maker of CET Designer software, launched CET Designer 4.0 on May 20. CET Designer 4.0 includes such design improvements as the ability to create custom shapes and worksurfaces, and rendering improvements that include the ability to make walls transparent or partially transparent. Additionally, a Material Lab with product materials is included in 4.0.
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5.21.13 | Minneapolis, MN | Seeyond Architectural Solutions recently installed the first in a series of new ceiling clouds -- a wall-to-ceiling cloud transition at Installation Specialists, Inc., a commercial furniture services firm near Chicago.
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5.20.13 | New York, NY | Poltrona Frau and Parsons The New School for Design announced the three winning designs of the exhibition “Wasteless” during ICFF. In this competition, Parsons students created home goods concepts left-over scraps of Poltrona Frau leather, focusing on zero-waste design. First place went to Jenny Hsu for her design “Piqnique,” a woven case for meals on the go that doubles as a placemat.
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5.20.13 | New York, NY | Michael Bonomo, IIDA, was promoted to firmwide Principal, Interior Environments, of architecture firm Francis Cauffman. For the past 15 years, Mr. Bonomo has designed award-winning workspaces for prominent national and international clients. He joined Francis Cauffman two years ago. Current projects include redesign work for Aol and Spotify.
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5.20.13 | Washington, DC | ASID launched a full week of activities in honor of World Interiors Day, a global celebration of design’s influence on society and the built environment, scheduled for May 25.
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5.20.13 | Chicago, IL | IIDA announced the winners of the 2013 INDEX & Office Exhibition Product Design Competition and The Middle East Interior Design Competition. Winners of the competition, which featured abundant entries from countries in the Middle East, were announced and presented May 20, 2013, the opening day of the INDEX show.
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5.13.13 | New York, NY | Infor, the third largest enterprise software provider in the world, reports that 98% of the potential customers they bring to their new headquarters in NYC eventually buy their software. CEO Charles Phillips attributes much of that success to the office design - a collaborative effort with design firm VOA Associates Inc.
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5.16.13 | Atlanta, GA | "Rebolo Eco-Park" designed by Jesús Pertuz of Paris has been selected as the winner of Interface, Inc.'s "Reconnect Your Space" competition. The competition invited architects, designers and students to submit their visions for how biophilia can influence the design of a new or existing space, either within interior built environments or outside in cities. Biophilic design incorporates natural elements into manmade environments in order to help people feel and perform better.
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5.14.13 | Guangzhou, China | The China International Furniture Fair-Office Show 2013, held in Guangzhou, China Mar. 27-30, attracted 61,000 "qualified operators," an increase of 2.12% compared to the previous edition, and 12,225 foreign visitors from the main international markets, an increase of more than 7% compared to 2012. The show featured over 900 exhibitors on stands covering 210,000 m² of exhibition space. One of the events held during the exhibition that generated considerable interest was the 2nd Global Office Furniture Outlook, a forum organized by CIFF-Office Show and Edimotion. Contributions from participants and the final round table brought to light how cultural aspects, economic situations and the way markets operate require different approaches and above all that a thorough knowledge of every single target market was essential.
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5.17.13 | Chicago, IL | IIDA revealed the winners of the 17th Annual IIDA/Hospitality Design Product Design Competition. The judging took place Tuesday, May 14, at the HD Expo in Las Vegas, with winners being evaluated on criteria such as innovation, technical advancement, cost-effectiveness, environmental responsibility, aesthetics, need and usage in the hospitality industry, and client/user benefits. Amid a field of highly competitive entries in a variety of categories, the 2013 Eric Engstrom Best of Competition Award went to Shaw Hospitality Group for its daring BE BOLD carpet system.
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5.16.13 | Pearl River, NY | Hunter Douglas earned top honors in the IDEA13 Achievement Awards, which recognizes the most innovative and successful new products in the nonwovens and engineered fabrics industries on a global level over the past three years. The company's honeycomb shades with DuoTone™ technology won in the Long-Life Converted Product category, one of five awards categories. Sponsored by INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, in partnership with Nonwovens Industry magazine, the awards were presented at a special ceremony on Apr. 24 during the IDEA13 International Engineered Fabrics Conference and Expo in Miami Beach, FL.
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5.17.13 | Spring Lake, MI | izzy+ announced the winners of its inaugural design competition to customize and conceptualize the new Nemo Trellis. The winning designs, which will be fabricated and put on display in the izzy+ showroom at NeoCon next month, were created by Lindsey Salazar of Archideas in Chicago and Eda Muco of Dyer Brown & Associates in Boston. Both designers will be hosted by izzy+ at NeoCon, and they will be part of a design team that izzy+ will take to Nicaragua in November for a design-focused service project.
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5.15.13 | Cartersville, GA | Shaw Hospitality Group won Best of Show for Flooring and Best of Competition for the Be Bold collection at the 2013 Hospitality and Design Expo and Conference.
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5.18.13 | New York, NY | Elizabeth Whelan invites ICFF attendees to touch, examine and explore her fabrics at Booth 1173 "where we’ll be working at our loom," she says. "Watch as we create textiles that will become integral elements of consumer products sold worldwide. Ask us anything, we’re textile designers!"
5.17.13 | New York, NY | The School of Visual Arts, MFA Design Criticism program reported that its fourth annual D-Crit Conference, held on May 11, was the biggest yet, with nearly 900 registered attendees and 400 watching online. Videos of all the conference talks are now available.
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5.17.13 | New York, NY | FXFOWLE will host a NYCxDESIGN panel, "Parametric Modeling: Discipline vs. Practice" on Monday, May 20, 6-8pm at its office, 22 West 19th Street, 11th Floor.
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5.15.13 | Washington, DC | The ASID Foundation, in partnership with the Healthy Building Network, will launch a three-part webinar series covering sustainable design resources, products and materials on May 22. Each session will be broadcast live and hosted by leaders from the sustainable design industry.
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5.15.13 | New York, NY | Bendheim introduced “eh Oui for Bendheim,” a collection of decorative architectural glasses featuring intricately woven metal textiles laminated between ultra-clear low-iron glasses and mirrors. This exclusive collection, created for the North American luxury retail and hospitality markets, is a product of Bendheim’s collaboration with Paris-based eh Oui (translation: “Ah, yes!”), the renowned manufacturer of fine metal fabrics.
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5.15.13 | New York, NY | The AIA NY Chapter will host The Design of Change: Architecture Meets Organizational Design, presented by plastarc Founding Principal Melissa Marsh, on Monday, May 20, 6-8pm. This is the seventh session in the series Leading Architecture In A Changing World.
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5.15.13 | Bloomfield, CT | Lesro's Newport seating line is now available on 20-20 GIZA, CAP and Worksheet. It can be found online at 2020.net or on the May update disc.
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5.14.13 | Houston, TX | Egan Visual announced a new relationship with JMC Associates, under which JMC will represent Egan Visual in the contract furniture market in south Texas, serving new and existing Egan dealers, customers, and specifiers.
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5.15.13 | Brussels, Belgium | Global FM, the Global Facilities Management Association, announced the fifth annual World FM Day will take place on Thursday June 27. FM professionals throughout the world are encouraged to organize events on that day to celebrate and promote facilities management.
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5.13.13 | Chicago, IL | Bretford Manufacturing, Inc.® introduced two new polyurethane edges as standard options with its EXPLORE™ line of tables for education, casual and business settings. The new reverse knife and quarter rounded polyurethane edges, which are soft yet durable, resistant to stains and liquids, and offer a refined appearance, are currently available with many EXPLORE tables as well as select carts and desks from Bretford.
5.13.13 | Irvine, CA | KTGY Group, Inc., Architecture + Planning reported that the firm's Retail Studio has completed the design and construction of nearly 20 million square feet of retail in the last 12 months. The firm currently has 8.8 million square feet of retail under construction and nearly 10 million square feet in the design phase. It has also created two unique technology innovations for the retail industry for developers and expanding retailers, the Mobile Design Studio and a proprietary Site Survey App for the iPad.
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5.14.13 | Seattle, WA | Keith Miller, ASID, principal interior designer at Seattle-based Miller Interior Design, accepted the award for "Best Preservation Practice" from Historic Seattle for his work in revitalizing Seattle Vineyard Church. The church is listed as a Designated City of Seattle Landmark under its original name "University Methodist Episcopal Church."
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5.14.13 | Miami Beach, FL | BIG, together with West 8, Fentress, JPA and developers Portman CMC proposes Miami Beach Square as the centerpiece of their 52-acre Convention Center.
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5.13.13 | Los Angeles, CA | Leading commercial carpet manufacturer Bentley Prince Street returned to its original name: Bentley. The company's new logo focuses on its Los Angeles heritage and craftsmanship.
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5.13.13 | Chicago, IL |Raymond Clark, AIA, LEED AP, joined HOK's leadership team in Chicago as senior vice president and management principal. Mr. Clark has 35 years of experience in the architectural and engineering profession, most recently as managing director of Perkins+Will's Chicago office. He began his career at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
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5.13.13 | New York, NY | DDB Spring Market is this Wednesday, May 15. For a complete listing of the day's events, visit www.ddbuilding.com, and please note the following schedule updates...
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5.11.13 | New York, NY | SpecSimple.com's Save A Sample! celebrated its 14th year May 7 at the Haworth NY showroom. Sponsored by Wilsonart (Gold Sponsor), Formica (Silver Sponsor), KI (Silver Sponsor) and AIA, ASID, IIDA, SMPS and USGBC chapters throughout the country, Save A Sample! ran material recycling drives in seven cities nationwide. This year, 123 design firms in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Washington D.C, donated 865 boxes of materials and samples to design schools throughout the country.
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5.9.13 | West Hollywood, CA | Pacific Design Center will host an opening for 14 new designLAb exhibits on Thursday, May 16, 5:00-8:30 p.m.
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5.7.13 | New York, NY | Architectural Systems, Inc.'s booth at HD Expo, May 15-17, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, will feature a Material Gallery with products installed in real-life applications and on display. Highlights will include the Eco-Tech Resilient Floating Floor, installed as the booth's flooring; Interwoven Eco-Panels in a full-scale application at the back of the booth; a range of hardwoods offering sustainable choices and authenticity in design; and Techno Recycled Glass Surfaces, a gemstone-hued translucent panel.
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5.7.13 | Mill Valley, CA | New Ravenna Mosaics introduced a new series of handmade tile and mosaic focusing on the color green. These include Malachite limestone tile from Tilevera for clé (either hand painted or lithographed) and the new "Byzantina Shapes" collection by Il Monile for clé, glazed individually with variegated shades of green resembling light reflected on ocean waves.
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5.7.13 | New York, NY | Molteni&C and Dada present “Vivere alla Ponti” [Living Ponti-style]. The event, designed to promote a new collection of furnishings designed by Gio Ponti in the United States, will be staged in two phases: An exhibition at New York’s Istituto Italiano di Cultura May 17 through June 2; and a presentation of the Gio Ponti collection in the Molteni&C Dada Flagship Store on Green Street in Manhattan on Monday, May 20.
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5.10.13 | Maumee, OH | After its first year of marketing to a receptive hospitality market in the United States, Allermuir U.S. reported significant gains in sales and market share across all sectors in the industry—ranging from independent boutique hotels to 1,000 room-plus properties. The Allermuir U.S. Hospitality team is ramping up efforts this spring as they enter the Hospitality Design Expo and Conference May 15-17 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
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5.10.13 | New York, NY | Gabriella Vivaldi of Culture + Commerce on Tuesday, May 21, at Lualdi's NYC showroom, will present an overview of design trends from the 2013 Salone del Mobile. Lualdi is hosting the presentation in partnership with the New York Network of Executive Women in Hospitality.
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5.10.13 | Chicago, IL | Amy Campos, IIDA, was named recipient of the 2nd Annual IIDA Educator of the Year Award. In addition to her position as owner and principal of her ACA firm in San Francisco, Ms. Campos serves as Associate Professor at California College of the Arts, where she heads the Undergraduate Interior Design program through a self-authored curriculum. Her body of work displays a rigorous focus on evolving environmental and sustainable concerns. She will receive a $10,000 cash prize, sponsored by Milliken, as well as a complimentary 2014 IIDA Membership, and be celebrated at the Annual Meeting to be held June 9 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago.
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5.10.13 | New York, NY | The Loukin Company, a boutique public relations firm specializing in the design industry, provided a schedule of events planned by its clients May 15-19 in conjunction with ICFF. These include Avenue Road, Carl Hansen & Son, Moroso, Blu Dot, GD Cucine, and Herman Miller.
5.10.13 | New York, NY | As part of the inaugural NYCxDESIGN (May 10-21), Stan Eckstut FAIA, Principal of EE&K a Perkins Eastman company, will lead a tour of Battery Park City on Thursday, May 16. The tour will meet at 11:00 a.m. on the Esplanade, located at the southern end of South Cove Park. It is open and free to the public.
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5.10.13 | New York, NY | IIDA NY and desigNYC, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve the lives of New Yorkers through the power of design, present IMPACT NY 2013, the first of a new annual pro bono design competition. Open to interior designers, architects, and allied design industry professionals, as well as design students, IMPACT NY 2013 calls for concepts for a continuing care and drug rehabilitation treatment center located in West Harlem. This approximately 1,200-square-foot outpatient facility, managed by Palladia, is on the second floor in a pre-war building; the organization is seeking a solution that will improve client engagement while also supporting the staff and their work. Deadline for submissions is Friday, May 24.
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5.10.13 | High Point, NC | DARRAN Furniture now offers a Five-Day Quickship Program featuring a selection of quality, built-to-order Hyde Park products. Hyde Park is a contemporary/transitional laminate casegood collection designed for efficiency, functionality and affordability.
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5.9.13 | San Francisco, CA | LiquidSpace, the web and mobile platform that locates on-demand office and meeting space, has raised a follow-on of $1.3 million to the $6 million Series B funding raised earlier this year. The funding comes from two new strategic investors – Steelcase and CBRE Group, Inc.
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5.9.13 | New York, NY | Mary Thorp, Founder of The Harry Bertoia Research Project, will present Harry Bertoia @ the Intersection of Art and Architecture on Wednesday, May 22, at the DORMA Americas Design Center in NYC. This CEU presentation is part of the DORMA/Arenson collaborative exhibit “Bertoia Unbound” May 13-24.
5.9.13 | Lancaster, PA | Armstrong World Industries won two Web Marketing Association 2013 Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) awards: Best Manufacturing Email Message Campaign and Best Manufacturing Social Media Campaign. Both campaigns were elements of the 2nd annual i2r (Idea to Reality) Design Competition, created and executed by teams from Armstrong Commercial Flooring, Armstrong Commercial Ceilings & Wall Systems, and eMarketing.
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5.10.13 | New York, NY | SketchUp Evangelist Aidan Chopra will be in New York May 20 to present "What's Up With SketchUp?" - an evening of discovery sponsored by Haworth.
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