4.26.08 | White Plains, NY | i Saloni WorldWide New York will take place May 17-May 20 at New York City's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 655 West 34th St. 50 companies will exhibit during the event, showcasing the best of Italian design.
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4.26.08 | Indianapolis, IN | is.group has integrated S.P. Richards new Enhanced E-Content with its is.D-Force and is.D-Force2 web storefront products. As part of this initiative, is.group has also partnered with SPR on the production of enhanced content of the is.group RDC stocking products, including their Jan-San offering, Legacy. is.D-Force products for online sales can now take advantage of the Enhanced E-Content to deliver a significantly improved purchasing experience for their customers. S.P. Richards Enhanced E-Content will be shown at is.groups upcoming annual meeting May 7-10 in Ft. Lauderdale and will be available for release to dealers on both is.D-Force and is.D-Force2 in mid-May at no additional cost.
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4.26.08 | Germany | Gerald O. Stenzenberger was appointed Chief Executive Officer of bulthaup GmbH & Co KG, Aich, replacing Wolfgang Steib, Managing Director for Marketing and Sales, who resigned to pursue another opportunity. Immediately prior to joining bulthaup, Mr. Stenzenberger was in charge of the German holding of the Swiss Franke Group, and was responsible for all divisions in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe as well as Australia. Mr. Stenzenberger will also be CEO and president of bulthaup Corporation, the US division, while Doug Hall, based in the US, remains as vice president, general manager responsible for all US sales, marketing, finance and operations.
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4.25.08 | New York, NY | Humanscale's Diffrient Work Light II will be featured as an Editors' Choice Top Product Pick for 2008 in Buildings magazine. The Diffrient Work Light II was among 100 products chosen as "top products", a distinction based on design aesthetics, ease of use, durability/life-cycle, efficiency or applicability, universal appeal, and sustainable/green elements.
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.
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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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