10.14.08 | Muscatine, IA | The HON Company's Showcase Program awarded five dealers with F3 chairs. The Showcase Program is a direct mail and management program through which dealers can join and participate in promotions.
10.14.08 | Jofco earned a Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody Certification. The Certification was granted by Scientific Systems (SCS), an independent third party certifier accredited by the FSC. Custody Certification is latest step in Jofco's ongoing efforts to employ practices to protect the environment and its natural resources.
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10.14.08 | Chicago, IL | ASID and IIDA met for an historic first time meeting. The full board leaders of the American Society of Interior Designers the International Interior Design Association gathered to discuss the future of the Interior design profession and issues that face each organization and its members. ASID and IIDA will maintain a collaborative approach to joint initiatives that support the profession of Interior Design, and continue their dialogue about expanding opportunities for increased interaction.
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10.14.08 | New York, NY | OFS and Metropolis present The Heat Is On. Finalists will win a trip to Santa Monica to present their designs at the OFS Santa Monica Showroom, opening February 5, 2009. Design criteria: incorporate wood in materials usage, environmentally conscious technologically relevant, sustainable, progressive, accessible & aesthetically pleasing. Deadline for submissions is December 29, 2008. Winning entry will be debuted by OFS at Neocon, June 15-17, 2009 with the designer receiving royalty fees.
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10.14.08 |New York, NY | Marybeth Shaw, principal of Shaw Jelveh Design, opened a studio on NYC’s Lower East Side. She retained the services of The Brown Group/Cliff Brown for marketing and PR in the Northeast markets – focusing her branding and design efforts on manufacturers in the contract interiors marketplace. Ms. Shaw's multi-disciplinary firm has expanded rapidly, extending its reach into website design and programming, trade show booths and building signage & interior graphic programs.
10.14.080 | Seattle, WA | Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects designed the new Wing Luke Asian Museum. The firm’s design preserves and restores the historic fabric of the East Kong Yick Building while offering new and expanded space to the Wing Luke Asian Museum, a Smithsonian Institution affiliate and America’s premier pan-Asian Pacific American museum. Located in Seattle's Chinatown International District, the new wing offers space for community meetings and events, theatre space for performances and presentations, space for community art, and family-centered learning environments.
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10.14.08 | Holland MI | Trendway Corporation will highlight its new brand identity at NeoCon East. Visitors to the Baltimore Convention Center, October 29-30, need not look for a Trendway banner and a display of the company's furniture. Instead, Trendway presents a front porch overlooking an active MicroStudio workspace with the image of a young professional worker saying, "We work. Therefore we don't have time to worry about the furniture." The new brand design from Palazzolo Brand Design reinforces the idea that workplaces are about people and their work, not furniture.
10.14.08 | Jasper, IN | Hum. Minds at Work. received the highest honors at the 2008 BeST Design Awards. The awards, sponsored by the Designers Institute of New Zealand, celebrate the country's best achievements in product, interior and graphic design. Hum received Gold awards in the Furniture and Sustainable Product
Design categories, as well as the Stringer Award for
outstanding achievement among all category entries. Hum is manufactured and distributed in the United States by Kimball
Office. Designed for collaborative workspaces, Hum uses four components to facilitate shifts between individual work and teams.
10.14.08 | Nashville, TN | Edward Belbusti joined Skanska USA Building as Regional Design Manager. He will oversee architecture and design operations for the company's southeast operations. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Belbusti served for 14 years as University Architect and Director of Architecture and Construction for Vanderbilt University.
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10.14.08 | New York, NY | Commissioner Shaun Donovan, Hon. AIA of the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development will discuss the progress of sustainable, affordable housing in New York, what is happening now, and what to expect in the near future. Mr. Donovan will be at the Center for Architecture, 536 La Guardia Place, NYC, on Tuesday, October 28, 6-8:00 pm.
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10.14.08 | Washington, DC | Andy Kunz will lead the Sustainable Urban Planning Studio for Group Goetz Architects. As principal, Mr Kunz will focus on the integration of energy efficient buildings, public spaces, smart growth, green transporation and renewable energy. Mr. Kunz is a leader in New Urbanism and is the owner/publisher of key websites focused on urban design including www.newurbanism.org and www.urbandesign.org. Prior to joining GGA, he worked for several notable design firms including his own company headquartered in Clearwater, FL.
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10.14.08 | New York, NY | Auden Schendler will discuss Trench Warfare, Not Surgery: Implementing Sustainability in the Real World on October 23. The lecture, organized by Humanscale, takes place at the Center for Architecture, 536 La Guardia Place, NYC, with cocktails at 5:30 followed by the program from 6-7:30. Mr. Schendler, Executive Director of Community and Environmental Responsibility at the Aspen Skiing Company, will recount his experience implementing sustainability. Aspen is the first U.S. ski resort to receive ISO 14001 certification. Due to the overwhelming response, the event is no longer accepting RSVPs.
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10.14.08 | Kalamazoo, MI | Landscape Forms and Santa & Cole expanded their marketing alliance. Santa & Cole, Barcelona, Spain and Landscape Forms, Kalamazoo, MI, originally formed an agreement in 2006 giving Landscape Forms exclusive distribution in the U.S. and Canada. The company is now the exclusive distributor for Santa & Cole in the United Kingdom and Santa & Cole will now represent Landscape Forms in Italy, France, Portugal, and Spain.
10.14.08 | New York, NY | Knoll became a Gold level sponsor for the USGBC 2008 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo. The conference takes place in Boston, MA, at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, 415 Summer St, November 19-21. Knoll's presentation will highlight SMaRT Certification (Sustainable Materials Rating Technology) which considers environmental, social, and economic impacts and is based on the USGBC's LEED model. The Life Chair by Knoll achieved a Sustainable Gold rating for its recycled and recyclable content, environmental fabric options and easily replaceable parts.
10.13.08 | New York, NY | ddi presents Colors & Materials East on October 21, 8am-6:00pm. The one-day gathering at the American Conference Center, 780 Third Ave., NYC, will bring to the forefront the newest information, trends and products in the color and materials universe for specification in retail environments. Guest speakers include Barbara Richardson, AkzoNoebel, Peter-Tolin Baker, Tiffany& Co. Genevieve Flaven Style-Vision and Dana Jenkins, Gensler. To register: www.ddimagazine.com/colorandmaterials
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10.10.08 | Washington, DC | ASID certified interior designers design commercial space with energy efficiency and the reduction of energy costs as a primary goal. They employ a strategy of efficiency and convenient conservation, including the use of low wattage LED Lamps to lower energy consumption and extend the life of the lamp for up to 30,000 hrs/ lamp (as long as 5 years). Motion sensors that turn lights on and off when certain spaces are in use, dimming controls that extend the lamp-life saves time, money, and resources by reducing the number of burnt out lamps and the cost of new bulbs.
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10.10.08 | San Diego, CA | AVRPStudios is expanding its practice to formalize the sustainable
studio, AVRPGreen. Additionally, Tomasz Anielski, AIA will
join Doug Austin, FAIA, Chris Veum, AAIA/IIDA and Randy Robbins, AIA as
owners/Principals of AVRPStudios. Richard Moren, AIA will oversee the company's global projects group,
RedEight. avrpstudios.com
10.10.08 | New York, NY | Carnegie introduced the Dance of Light Collection. Part of the Philosophy Collection, Dance of Light is a privacy fabric collection for healthcare and wellness environments. Created by Louise Russell, a longtime proponent of mind/body connection healing, the collection is offered in three patterns: Blossom, Joy, and Radiance.
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10.10.08 | Zeeland, MI | Herman Miller was named "Corporation of the Year" by the Michigan Minority Business Development Council (MMBDC). Finalists for the award included Steelcase, Inc., and Xerox Corporation. Herman Miller was recognized at the MMBDC's annual awards dinner on October 8, 2008.
10.10.08 | Ontario, Canada | Dauphin's Riola and Conte chairs are up for an Interior Design "Best of the Year Award". The company invites you to show your support for either chair by going online and voting at Interior Design: http://boyawards.interiordesign.net
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10.10.08 | New York, NY | Humanscale opened its first Asian showroom in Hong Kong. Sales figures show that 23% of the company's total sales were international. Located on Central, the showroom has many industry neighbors including Steelcase, HOK and the American Institute of Architects. The showroom highlights the company’s ergonomic seating and office tools which work together to promote healthy and comfortable work environments for computer users.
10.10.08 | Minneapolis, MN | InformeDesign released a study on "Factors Affecting the Development of Flexible Workplace Facilities" by Mohammad A. Hassanain. The study explored design factors contributing to successful flexible office workspaces. Mr. Hassanain concluded:
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10.10.08 | Holland, MI | Haworth, Inc. opened its newest showroom in Seattle, WA. The Haworth space showcases the company's products and presents new ideas in sustainable design and organic workspaces. The showroom was designed with two-story, 180 degree windows to view Seattle's waterfront and with moveable walls, raised access floors and modular furniture, all reused from Haworth's Chicago showroom.
10.10.08 | Minneapolis, MN | InformeDesign released a study titled Architects' Conceptions of the
Human Body by Rob Imrie. The study investigated to what extent and
with what consequences contemporary architects and architectural
educators consider the human body in design process and instruction. The key conclusions were:
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10.10.08 | New York, NY | Humanscale's Switch Mouse was highlighted by New York Time's technology reporter John R. Quain. The award-winning Switch Mouse is lauded for its unique, health-conscious design. Switch Mouse is about 30 percent bigger than a typical mouse. The size is intended to prevent wrist injuries like carpal tunnel syndrome by incorporating a built-in palm rest and encouraging users to move the mouse with arm motions rather than the more vulnerable wrist muscles.
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