4.25.08 | Prague, Czech Republic | Ahrend N.V. expanded its holding of TECHO, headquarted in Prague, to 100%. TECHO and Ahrend will continue to exist as individual brands in order to serve the potential of the furnishing market in Central and Eastern Europe. TECHO founder Jiri Kejval will continue as board chairman for the TECHO.
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4.25.08 | Chicago, IL | The American
Society of Interior Designers- Illinois
Chapter (ASID-IL) is now accepting entries for
the 2008 Design Excellence Awards, an annual
competition open to ASID-IL members,
International Interior Design Association
Illinois members (IIDA-IL) and registered
interior designers in the State of Illinois.
Presented by ASID-IL and publishing partner i4design magazine, the deadline to submit entries for the fifth annual Design Excellence Awards is Friday, July 11, 2008. Entry forms for the competition can be downloaded by visiting the ASID Illinois Web site at www.asidillinois.com.
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4.25.08 | Basel, Switzerland | Shanghai-based Contrasts Gallery will present three individual exhibitions in its booth at Design Miami/ Basel 2008. Gallery Director Pearl Lam has chosen to highlight work by Studio Makkink & Bey, Shao Fan and Maarten Baas. Design Miami/ Basel takes place at the Markthalle, Viaduktstrasse 10, Basel, Switzerland and will be open to the public June 3-5, 2008 from 11:00am – 7:00pm.
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4.25.08 | Bridgeport, CT | Q-Tran, Inc. unveiled Q-Wire, a series of flexible, watertight
cables that can be used for direct burial applications to power low voltage
landscape lighting. Q-Wire joins
Q-Set transformer cassettes and Q-Vault housing as the latest introductions in
the all-new Q-Scape family, the first direct power supply system designed and
engineered for landscape lighting. www.q-tran.com
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4.25.08 | Grand Rapids, MI | The Emerging Green Builders Design Competition brought together competing teams from Kendall College of Art and Design and Ferris State University. The competition challenged seven teams to create a design which would secure platinum level LEED certification. First place went to the Kendall College of Art and Design Left Coast Team. www.kcad.edu.
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4.25.08 | Atlanta, GA | Interface, Inc. (Nasdaq:
IFSIA), announced its results for the
first quarter ended March 30, 2008.
Sales for the first quarter of 2008 increased 7.5% to $261.7 million
from sales of $243.5 million in the year ago period. Operating income for the first quarter of 2008 increased 27.4% to
$31.0 million, or 11.8% of sales, compared with operating income of $24.3
million, or 10.0% of sales, in the first quarter of last year. Net income for the 2008 first quarter was $14.1 million, or $0.23 per
diluted share.
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4.25.08 | Irvine, CA | National Office Furniture opened its West division sales office and showroom in Irvine, CA, at 35 Tesla, Suite 300. The 3.000 sq. ft. showroom is LEED pending and will offer a resource area for fabric, finish and laminate options.
4.25.08 | Celebration, FL | Mechanical Services, Inc, recently acquired by EMCOR Group, Inc., began heating, ventilating and air conditioning work at the new Osceola Medical Center in Celebration, FL. The project is scheduled for completion in August 2008. www.EMCORGroup.com
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4.25.08 | San Francisco, CA | Atlas Carpet Mills and Shaw Contract Group received top honors in the Antron Carpet Fiber Product Innovation Awards. Atlas Carpet Mills Avant Garde Colletion captured the gold award in the broadloom category and Shaw Contract Groups Silk captured the gold award in the modular category.
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4.25.08 | San Francisco, CA | Cohos Evamy integratedesign received the Antron Carpet Fiber Design Award for its use of carpet in designing the PCL Centennial Learning Centre in Edmonton, Alberta. Judges selected this project as Grand Prize winner for its application of carpet that provides a counterpoint to the architecture of the space and an artful solution to the floor.
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4.25.08 | Delray Beach, FL | Office Depot will launch a new office equipment and furniture leasing option for small business customers in North America. The new SmartWayLeasing service, delivered in partnership with ThinkSmart, is currently available in select Office Depot retail store locations in the Greater Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida area, with nationwide expansion expected during the year.
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4.25.08 | Yorkville, NY | Meyda Lighting adds to its Metro Fusion Collection with the Marina and Crinkle pendants. The “Marina” fused
glass, bowl-shaped pendant comes in Amber, Beige, Smoke, and Clear Iridescent
art glass colors. “Crinkle”, a fused glass
pendant is a contemporary fixture with a free-formed
shape. Integrating art glass
colors of Black and Clear swirled art glass,
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4.25.08 | Chicago, IL | The IIDA Chicago Leaders Breakfast is on October 10 from 7:30-10 a.m. at the Drake Hotel, 140 East Walton Place, Chicago, IL 60611 Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben and Jerry's Homemade, Inc., will be the keynote speaker, and the Chapter will honor Nick Luzietti, FIIDA. www.iida.org
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4.24.08 | Rye, NY | Waldners applied the USGBC LEED CI framework to its new office and in support of the company mission, "to Help other
Companies Create Healthier more Sustainable Work Environments". Details regarding the LEED points Waldners received can be found at www.officenewswire.com
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4.24.08 | Garden City, NY | W.A.C. Lighting added two new designs, Dazzle and Prisma, to its “Crystal Solitaires” group of Quick
Connect Crystal Pendants. Crystal Solitaires are crafted with Multifaceted Optical Crystal Shades that have been
hand-cut and hand-polished and use Quick Connect components to adapt to the Low Voltage
Monorail System, Monopoints, Multipoints, and the Line Voltage Flexrail2
System, as well as Line and Low Voltage Track Systems, including the Linear
System. www.waclighting.com
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4.24.08 | Myrtle Beach, SC | Replacement Steps is a product used in the renovation or new
construction of exterior stairs that is durable,
safe, attractive, cost effective, and maintenance free. The steps do not crack or scale and have a weight bearing capacity that exceeds 1500 lbs per sq. ft. Replacement Steps stand up against weather and chemicals and have an estimated life span of over 30 years compared to as few as seven years for current standard exterior stairs. www.replacementsteps.com
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4.24.08 | Cincinnati, OH | The Great American Insurance Building, designed by Gyo Obata of HOK will become Cincinnati's tallest building, 86 ft. higher than the Carew Tower, upon the approval of the Urban Design Review Board. If approved, the tower would begin construction in 2008, with completion set for 2011.
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4.24.08 | San Francisco, CA | POLLACK architecture received AIA San Francisco's Citation Award for Excellence in Interior Architecture for its design of Vans headquarters, an action sportswear company.
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4.24.08 | Houston and Washington, DC | The International Facility Management Association and the Building Owners and Managers Association International announced the publication of A Unified Approach to Measuring Office Space, a report outlining common definitions for floor area measurements as well as major revisions to IFMA and BOMA's respective area measurement standards. A Unified Approach to Measuring Office Space is currently being offered by IFMA and BOMA. To learn more about the publication, or to purchase it from IFMA, visit www.ifma.org/bookstore. BOMA members may purchase the document online at www.shop.boma.org.
4.24.08 | Shangkai | HOK's Asia-Pacific practice accepted the Urban Design Firm of the
Year award in the 2007 Asia Pacific Real Estate Awards program, April
10 at the Westin Shanghai Hotel, sponsored by the AsiaCRE commercial real estate organization. HOK also was named a semi-finalist in the "Architecture Firm of the
Year" and "Interior Design Firm of the Year" categories.
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4.24.08 | Portland, OR | Knoll, the Oregon chapter of IDSA, the Art Institute of Portland and the local Design Within Reach joined together for a design charrette titled, "Gadgets and Gears." Tracy Wymer, Knoll Senior Director of Research, Strategy and Media began the evening with a presentation on the research Knoll has done on the workforce of the future (Generation Y) Following the presentation, 10 teams worked together to find solutions for our mobile gadgets.
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4.24.08 | Farmingdale, NY | Victor Wittmann joins Artemide U.S. as Vice President of Sales beginning May 1, 2008. He will be responsible for all area sales managers, focusing efforts in the categories of A & D and retail sales. Mr. Wittman has an extensive background in lighting and architectural lighting in particular, most recently for Altman Stage Lighting.
People >>
4.24.08 | Dallas, TX | The Dallas Leaders Breakfast will take place
on September 24 from 7:30-10 a.m. at the Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N
Harwood St, Dallas, TX. Lucy Billingsley, who has spent her career in
real estate, leasing, managing and developing a wide variety of
residential, commercial and industrial properties, will provide the
event's keynote address. Peggy Noakes, FIIDA, and Theresa O'Donnell
are the event honorees.
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4.24.08 | Chicago, IL | ASID and Steelcase will host a reception with a bite to eat, cocktails, and a time to chat in the Steelcase showroom on Tuesday, June 10, 5:30-7pm. An exclusive opportunity to kick back with fellow NeoCon participants and take it all in! ASID leaders, practitioner members, industry partners and student members are all invited.
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4.24.08 | Chicago, IL | NeoCon World Trade Fair, with more than 1,200 showrooms and exhibitors, will open at the Merchandise Mart, 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL, on Sunday, June 8. The dates and times are as follows:
2.24.08 | Boston, MA | The Boston Leaders Breakfast will take place on May 1 from 7-10 a.m. at the Westin Boston Waterfront, 425 Summer Street, Boston, MA. Thomas Stewart, Editor and Managing Director of the Harvard Business Review will provide the keynote address and the featured honoree will be Rose Botti-Solitsky, Ph.D., IIDA, ASID, IDEC. Under Mr. Stewart's leadership, the magazine's global reach has grown to include 11 licensed editions, in addition to its flagship U.S. edition, and HBR has twice been a finalist for the National Magazine Award for General Excellence.
www.iida.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=743
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4.24.08 | Chicago, IL | COOL 2008, IIDA's annual Black Tie Celebration at NeoCon, will be held on Sunday, June 8, 7:30-11:30 pm, at the Westin Chicago, River North, 320 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL, For ticket info, contact kgranger@iida.org.
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4.24.08 | Chicago, IL | IIDA kicks off NeoCon 2008 with its annual business meeting on Sunday, June 8, 2-4 pm, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL. Association Members and their guests are invited to this meeting to induct the 2008-2009 International Board of Directors, honor the new members of the College of Fellows and spotlight recipients of the Association's prestigious International Honors & Awards. www.iida.org
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4.24.08 | Sarasota, FL | Vista System International released a 60 second educational video titled“When we say: Easy assembly – we really mean it””. The video can beviewed at http://snipurl.com/24pr4
Mfg. & Distr. >>, Research >>
4.23.08 | New York, NY | Vitra Inc. will host Super Normal, an exhibition curated by designers Naoto Fukasawa and Jasper Morrison at its Vitra Store in New York's Meat Packing District from May 17-June 29. The exhibit was previously presented in London,Helsinki, Milan and Tokyo. In Super Normal, Naoto Fukasawa and Jasper Morrison celebrate thequalities of inconspicuous objects, from paper clips to a wine glass, that quietly enhance our lives. Super Normal is rooted in the designers shared belief that the objectswe most enjoy using and looking at often seem unremarkable at firstsight.
4.23.08 | New York, NY | Scott Switkes was named Principal of the New Jersey office for Arenson Office Furnishings. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Switkes was a Sales manager with Business Furniture Incorporated. Mr.Switkes can be reached at T:732.393.7119 or via email at:sswitkes@aof.com.
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4.23.08 | New York, NY | Orange22 will launch the Botanist Series with a special viewing and silent charity auction on Sunday, May 18 at the Chelsea Art Museum, 556 West 22nd Street, NYC. The Botanist Series includes designs by Yves Behar, Margo Chase, Milton Glaser, Kahi Lee, Karim Rashid, Joe Ricchio, Massimo & Lella Vignelli, and Claude Zellweger.
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4.23.08 | Kalamazoo, MI | Esther Arnan and Marian de Simon will represent Landscape Forms, a designer and manufacturer of commercial outdoor furniture and accessories, as well as the company's marketing partner, Santa and Cole, as independent sales representatives for the United Arab Emirates in Dubai. Ms. Arnan is a graphic designer with eight years of experience in Barcelona. Ms. deSimon is an industrial engineer with ten years of experience with a Dutch multinational company. www.landscapeforms.com
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4.23.08 | Vancouver, Canada | Kasian announced the appointment of Roger Graham to Vice President of Marketing, Deborah Louvier to Vice president of Human Resources, and Alan Wrong to Vice President of Information Technology for its Vancouver office.
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4.23.08 | Muscatine, IA | The HON Company received SCS Indoor Advantage Certification for nine of its wood seating series, bringing to 72 the number of product lines to have received either SCS Indoor Advantage or SCS Indoor Advantage Gold. www.HON.com
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4.23.08 | New York, NY | Orange22 Design Lab launched its Botanist Blank Canvas project. Designers Yves Béhar, Margo Chase, Milton Glasser, Kahi Lee, Karim Rashid, Joe Ricchio, Massimo and Lella Vignelli, and Claude Zellweger have each created a collection of eco-friendly indoor-outdoor Botanist furniture, which will debut at ICFF, May 17-20, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 655 W. 34th Street, NYC.
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4.23.08 | Chicago, IL | Schréder Lighting USA named Lighting Systems of Columbus, OH to represent them throughout central Ohio. Lighting Systems can be reached through Kris Konnerth at mailto:mark="">mailto:mark@lightingsystemscol.com">Kris@lightingsystemscol.com or at 614.876.6722.
4.23.08 | Gardena, CA | Martin Brattrud received SCS Indoor Advantage for all of its lounge seating. In
addition, over 70% of Martin Brattrud's lounge seating also is SCS
Indoor Advantage Gold Certified.
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4.23.08 | Chicago, IL | AGATI will furnish the new and renovated Star Commons and Law Library Wing at Duke University School of Law in Durham, NC. The Law Library will feature Brown tables and carrels as well as customtables as specified by the architect.
4.23.08 | Miramar, FL | The Fairbanks Business Center, Miramar, FL, is the site of two new office buildings with 58,000 sq. ft. of office and commercial space, ground-floor retail space and one restaurant, thus filling the last vacant parcel of land at the center. Riviera Pointe LLC, developer, will seek LEED certification.
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4.23.08 | Crossville, TN | Crossville earned a 2008 Kitchen and Bath Award for Building Blox, a collection of Porcelain Stone tile created in collaboration with Robert A.M. Stern Design. Building Blox comes in three patterns and a coordinating solid, all available in nine colors.
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4.23.08 | East Greenville, PA | Knoll, Inc. formed a high end textile brand, Knoll Luxe, for the corporate and hospitality markets. Designed by Dorothy Cosonas, the Greenguard certified line incorporates the modern, minimalist style of Florence Knoll who started the industry’s first commercial textile program in 1947. Over a year in development, the premier collection of Knoll Luxe consists of ten patterns in 71 colorways. Knoll Luxe will maintain a separate identity through graphics and marketing materials and will have a separate website. www.knoll-luxe.com.
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4.23.08 | Auburn, ME | President Bush and Pope Benedict XVI sat
side-by-side in Harpswell Chairs designed by Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers.
The chairs, with Back in Walnut, were used during the official White
House welcoming ceremony for the Pope. For the occasion, the chairs
were upholstered in Pembroke, a fabric by Robert Allen, in the
color Oyster.
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4.23.08 | Spartanburg, SC | Milliken & Company launched a second partnership to harvest methane as an alternative energy source. Spartanburg County approved the initiative on the eve of Earth Day 2008, April 21. Spartanburg County will be responsible for construction and operation of an enhanced methane extraction system at the Wellford Landfill and for a gas pipeline from the landfill to Milliken's Dewey plant near Inman, SC. The landfill gas containing the fuel methane, a naturally generated by-product of landfill decomposition, will be purchased from the County.
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4.23.08 | Chicago, IL | AGATI will sponsor the Library Journal's spring Design Institute on May 9 at the San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco CA. The "Going Green" event will include sessions with leading architects, product demonstrations and more for 100 librarians with current or upcoming library additions or renovations.
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