10.21.08 | New York, NY | Material ConneXion is moving its New York headquarters to 60 Madison Avenue. Along with a newly renovated showroom and new spaces for workshops and meetings, the Material Library will be expanded for greater material viewing. Material ConneXion will transition from October 27-October 31 and will open at its new location on Monday, November 3. During that time, to conduct on-site materials research, contact Michael LaGreca at T: 212.842.2046 or email: miagreca@materialconnexion.com.
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10.21.08 | Minneapolis, MN | Jim Fredeen joined Perkins+Will Minneapolis as Associate Principal and Director of Operations. Mr. Fredeen brings more than 30 years of experience as a senior project architects and senior project manager.
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10.20.08 | Las Vegas, NV | NaturesCast released a new Club Furniture Set for the home, office and commercial markets. The Filipino-based manufacturer uses a process to create functional and artistic furniture from agro-forest waste, such as dry leaves, twigs and barks from forests in the Philippines. The Club Furniture Set includes a sofa, chair, footstool, ottoman and
side-table and comes in a variety of
colors including natural, black, RC tone, brown and
two-tone.
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10.17.080 | Jasper, IN | National Office Furniture is offering FSC Certified Wood options for its products. These Forest Stewardship Council Certified woods are now available for the company's casegoods, table products and select seating models. National received FSC Chain-of Custody certification as assurance that wood
based materials in National products come from forests that meet stringent
environmental, social and economic standards.
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10.17.08 | Chicago, IL | The International Interior Design
Association (IIDA) announced the addition of the IIDA
Institutional Forum and the IIDA Knowledge Forum. These two new
Forums replace the IIDA Education and Research Forum to best serve the
broad spectrum of IIDA Members areas of practice. The IIDA Institutional Forum is being led by Forum Advisor Stacy Reed and Phil Bulone will serve as Forum Advisor for IIDA Knowledge.
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10.17.08 | New York, NY | The Buckminster Fuller Challenge deadline for entries is November 7. A prize ceremony along with four days of Fuller-inspired events will be held at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, IL, June 13-16, 2009. The winner of the 2009 Buckminster Fuller Challenge will receive the
$100,000 cash prize and an OmniOculi sculpture. http://challenge.bfi.org/movie
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10.17.08 | Green Bay, WI | KI's newest products and furniture solutions are on display at NeoCon East, space 2058. New this year is the Arissa Collection, a lobby/lounge seating collection, Aristotle casegoods, a laminate desking and storage solution, and the Glimmer Seating Collection with four-leg chairs, task chairs and task stool. Pallas Textiles will brings its latest upholstery collection, Pure Luxury, designed by Tracey Reinberg.
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10.17.08 | Zeeland, MI | Herman Miller subsidiary, Geiger International, announced a new collaboration with Manuel Saez. Mr Saez, founder of manuelsaez ltd. and former Humanscale design director, will become Geiger's first Head of Design, consultant. Mr. Saez is best known for his award-winning ergonomic designs for Humanscale, including Switch mouse, Cinto stackingchair, Access rail system and M7 monitor arm.
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10.17.08 | Bethlehem, PA | Elizabeth Bava is the first
recipient of a $15,000 Thornton Tomasetti Foundation scholarship. Ms Bava is a first year student in the new concentrated 10-month master of engineering program at
Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA. She began her graduate studies in July and expects to
earn her degree next May. Ms. Bava was chosen for her academic standards and her interest in building design.
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10.17.08 | Zeeland, MI | Herman Miller initiated a program designed to offer limited edition products for collector appeal. Its first release in the Herman Miller Select program is the Eames Molded Plywood Lounge Chair, fashioned in a walnut veneer with a leather hairhide upholstered seat and back. Only 500 chairs will be available.
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10.17.08 | Chantilly, VA | President Bush spoke at HON dealer, Guernsey Office Products in Chantilly, VA, on October 7 about his administration's efforts to restore order to markets.
10.17.08 | Dalton, GA | Shaw Industries expanded its
Environmental Guarantee worldwide. The Environmental Guarantee, also in keeping with the company's Cradle to Cradle design philosophy, pledges that
Shaw will take back its tile and broadloom products backed with EcoWorx
at the end of their useful lives and recycle back into new EcoWorx carpet
backing.
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10.17.08 | New York, NY | Taste of T will be held on November 6,
2008. The fifth annual event at the Architects & Designers Building, 150 East 58th Street, NYC, 6-8:30 pm, melds the best in food with design. Guests will explore
ultra-luxe showrooms with innovative ideas in kitchen,
bath, appliances and home furnishing design while savoring haute cuisine by
esteemed chefs. The event is sponsored by the New York Times. http://tasteoft.com
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10.17.08 | East Greenville, PA | KnollTextiles introduced the Compass CR. Designed by Dorothy Cosonas,
the playful pattern has an organic, yet structured look and is made
using Crypton Green. It is MBDC Silver certified for human safety and
reduced environmental impact.
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10.17.08 | East Greenville, PA| Knoll hosted a sustainability conference at Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills, MI. The "Day of Design" forum discussed recent innovations in environmental design with the A&D community. Guest speakers included Kathleen Neary, who presented on Life Cycle Assessment, a requirement for SMaRT produt certification; Paul Goldsmith, who discussed changes to the LEED 2009 rating system, and Benjamin Pardo who discussed his role in bringing sustainable practices to Knoll.
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10.17.08 | Chicago, IL | HOK Chicago participated in a "Community Service Challenge" on Oct. 10. It was called a "challenge" because HOK's global headquarters challenged each HOK office around the world to close down its offices for a day in order to give back to their local communities. Hok shut down its office so that its 100+ employees could work on a city park in Lawndale, giving it a mini-makeover with mulching trees, repairing bleachers, landscaping, painting, creating artwork and murals, and cleaning up the park.
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10.17.08 | East Greenville, PA | Knoll, Inc. delivered strong third quarter results. Net sales were $283.5 million for the quarter, an increase of
11.6% from third quarter 2007. Operating income increased by 19.8% from the third quarter 2007, and net
income was $24.1 million, an increase of 31.0% over the third quarter 2007.
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10.17.08 | Bridgeport, CT | Q-Tran introduces Q-Scape for landscape
lighting applications. Q-Scape is the first power system infrastructure invented and engineered specifically for landscape lighting applications. A system with 217 originally designed components,
Q-Scape includes everything from the fixture to the home or
building-- offering flexibility, ease of installation, exceptional
industrial design, high performance, low maintenance and long life. The system is UL listed for landscape lighting; pool & spa lighting (including water
fountains); and low voltage luminaire power supply (UL2108) for both
indoor and outdoor lighting.
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10.17.08 | Muscatine, IA | HNI Corporation
announced sales of $663.1 million and net income of $19.5 million for
the third quarter ending September 27, 2008. Net income per diluted
share for the quarter was $0.44. According to HNI's Corporation chairman, the company adapted to the economic challenges facing the business and continued its focus on long-term value-creation through new products, investing and improving its competitive position.
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