7.9.09 | La Palma, CA | Arcadia announced the launch of Achella, a lounge collection featuring
straight and tapered lines. Achella is the inaugural collaboration between Arcadia and industrial
product designer Christopher Panichella. Achella Occasional Tables are available in round, square and rectangle shapes and
come in an array of sizes. The Achella
Lounge series in lounge, love seat, and sofa models, feature scalloped seat cushions and shapely interior contours,
all of which is encased in a modern angular frame. The signature metal
leg combines with wood and upholstered elements to convey a clean,
accessible aesthetic.
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7.09.09 | Chicago, IL | HOK completed its design of Phase One for the Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research at UW's School of Medicine and Public Health. Phase One included master planning and building design of a 469,000 sq. ft. East Tower at the health sciences campus. The seven-story tower will house the UW Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive
Cancer Center as well as Radiation and Imaging Sciences,
Orthopedics and Regenerative Medicine Research, Medical Physics, and a
Vivarium.
When all phases are complete, the WIMR project will total nearly 1.2
million sq. ft. and will feature three research towers that radiate
around a center point.
Arch & Design >>, Projects >>
7.9.09 | Zeeland, MI | Herman Miller received the inaugural International
Plastics Design Competition award for Furniture. The Alliance for Plastics Processors gave the Embody chair a top score for the innovative material chemistry integrated into the flexible, pixilated seat and back. Herman Miller supplier BASF was recognized for
its role in developing the material
chemistry and suppliers Cascade Engineering and ITW Dahti
were recognized as component molders.
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7.9.09 | Rancho Dominguez, CA | 9 to 5 Seating heads to NeoCon East, October 28-29, for its first east coast showing of the VESTA seating group. First introduced at NeoCon, VESTA offers structure, support and value for office and conference settings. Users can adjust seating height and choose from
five positions of back recline with unique cable-activated controls.
The frame comes in Black, Brushed Aluminum or Polished Chrome.
Mfg. & Distr. >>, Products >>
7.9.00 | Washington, DC | Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, will celebrate
the 10th anniversary of the National Design Awards with free public
programs. Several of the National Design Award winners will be part of a series of concurrent public programs from 10 to 11 a.m., Friday, July 24,
at museums around the Mall. Later that day, First Lady Michelle Obama
will host the White House ceremony for the winners and finalists of the
2009 awards.
Programs include:
- Design X Details: Materials and Their Effects with Francisco Costa (Fashion Design winner) and Calvin Tsao and Zack
McKown (Interior Design Winners. Corcoran College of Art & Design 500 17th
Street N.W.
- Design X Community: Transform Your Neighborhood with Christopher Sharples, Coren Sharples and Gregg Pasquarelli of SHoP
Architects (Architecture Design winner) and Walter Hood (Landscape Design
winner). The National Building Museum, 401 F Street
N.W.
- Design X Information: Interpreting the Present and the Past with Boym Partners (Product Design winner) and Steve Duenes of The New
York Times Graphics Department (Communication Design winner) The
Smithsonian Castle, 1000 Jefferson Drive S.W.
- Design X Experience: The Future of Interaction Design with Jeff Han of Perceptive Pixel Inc. (Interaction Design winner) and
Andrew Blauvelt of Walker Art Center (Corporate and Institutional
Achievement winner) Hirshhorn Museum, Independence
Avenue at Seventh Street S.W.)
- Design X Tomorrow: The Future of Technology and
Sustainability with Amory Lovins (Design Mind winner) and Bill Moggridge (Lifetime
Achievement recipient) . National
Museum of the American Indian, Fourth Street and Independence Avenue
S.W.
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7.9.09 | Garden City, NY | WAC Lighting was selected to illuminate the Guangdong Science Centre in China. Designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, WAC Lighting used more than 20 different fixtures, including WAC luminaires, HID spots, and the WAC monorail system to meet the specific needs of the Centre.
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7.8.09 | Bowling Green, OH | BioFit Engineered Products, launched uFit, a new department offering custom
seating and tables for rehabilitating workers and nontraditional
workspaces. BioFit can outfit workers undergoing therapy with one-of-a-kind chairs, stools and
mobile folding tables to accommodate their specific injury or disability,
aiding with workplace re-acclimation and the accomplishment of
job-related tasks.
Mfg. & Distr. >>
7.8.09 | Naperville, IL | OM Workspace awarded five design professionals with one-year professional-level memberships to IIDA. OM Workspace, the full-service, national furniture division of OfficeMax, conducted an in-booth and online contest during NeoCon, June 15-17. The winners are:
- Joanna French, Studios Architecture, San Francisco, CA.
- Christine Tsui, Capital Planning and Design, Illinois State University, Normal, IL.
- Heather Silva, Helmer & Silva Interior Design, San Diego, CA.
- Kristin Sawicki, C. Rome Design, Chicago, IL
- Lori Beeson, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL.
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7.8.09 | Philadelphia, PA | The fourth annual Ed Bacon Student Design Competition will launch online on Monday, August 31, 2009. "Brown to Green" challenges students to create a
new vision for South Philadelphia's Grays Ferry Crescent, an area offering strong potential, but great challenges. The competition will close on Friday, October 30,
2009.
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7.8.090 | Moonachie, NJ | BULBRITE planned a webinar on "LED Basics" for Thursday, July 9, from Noon to
1 PM EST. Attendees may contact BULBRITE by email at info@BULBRITE.com.
The webinar will review the many benefits of energy-efficient
LEDs and their usage in today's portables lamps and lighting
fixtures. Throughout the balance of this year, LED Basics Webinars will be held
on: August 13th; September 10th; October 8th; November 12th; and
December 10th.
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7.8.09 | Dalton,
GA | Arielle Heneghan and
Ashley Sciore joined J+J/Invision, Chicago as Design Consultants. Dana Guler, current J+J/Invision
Chicago Sales Representative, will lead the Chicago team. Ms. Sciore, an interior design graduate, comes to J+J/Invision from Patcraft, where she was a
territory manager. Ms. Sciore
will be responsible for servicing architecture and design businesses outside of
the metro Chicago area.
Ms. Heneghan, who previously worked at Bentley Prince
Street, will service the downtown Chicago A & D community.
Mfg. & Distr. >>, People >>
7.8.09 | Chicago, IL | Environmental Systems Design completed the LEED Gold “Greenfield” data center for Allstate in Northwestern Illinois. The project was named
Green Data Center of the Year as part of the Data
Center Executive of the Year National Awards competition.
ESD designed the mechanical/electrical/plumbing systems
for the project and acted as the sustainability consultant.
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7.8.09 | St. Louis, MO | HOK was ranked for the second consecutive year the greenest design firm on the planet in Engineering News-Record magazine. The survey is based on revenue for design services generated in 2008
from projects actively seeking certification from major third-party
environmental standards or ratings organizations. HOK generated $197.54 million, or 26% of total revenue, from sustainable projects in 2008.
Arch & Design >>, Environment >>
7.8.09 | Washington, DC | ASID and Vendome Group will increase their collaborative efforts. New initiatives include:
- Continuing education -Readers of HEALTHCARE DESIGN can earn
continuing education units via correspondence online courses and
examinations at www.asiduni.org.
- Providing educational programming at Healthcare Design.09 and SECAD Conferences
- Coordinating events for Environments for Aging
- Contributing further ASID Expertise in a regular article for DESIGN/Environments for Aging magazine.
- Offering 24 HEALTHCARE DESIGN interactive webinars.
- Offering an annual series of interactive webinars on with Long-Term Living magazine
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7.8.09 | Garden City, NY | Shelley Wang, president of WAC Lighting, was nominated for the Industry Leadership Award by Residential Lighting Magazine. Ms. Wang is the author of the company's Responsible Lighting campaign and helped co-organize the American Lighting Association's Youth
Initiative. She is active with the AIA,
National Association of Electrical Distributors, Illuminating
Engineering Society of North American, National Executive of Women
in Hospitality, and serves on the Board of Directors at the
New York Asian Women's Center.
Mfg. & Distr. >>, People >>
7.7.09 | Chicago, IL | The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
announced the winners of its annual "Best Tall Building"
awards for 2009. The awards recognize one tall building from four geographical regions: Americas, Asia & Australia, Europe, and
Middle East & Africa. This year's winners are:
- Manitoba Hydro Place, Winnipeg, Canada
- Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China
- The Broadgate Tower, London, United Kingdom
- Tornado Tower, Doha, Qatar
One of these four will be named "Best Tall Building Overall" at CTBUH's October awards dinner. The CTBUH also announced the winners of its two
"Lifetime Achievement" Awards. This year's recipient of the
Lynn S. Beedle Award will be
John C. Portman, Jr.
The
recipient of the
Fazlur Rahman Khan Medal will be
Dr. Prabodh V. Banavalkar.
Awards >>
7.7.09 | Honolulu, HI | The Mauna kea Beach Hotel receved the People's Choice Award from the AIA Honolulu Chapter. Damaged in an earthquake, the winning project renovation was designed by John Hara, principal of John Hara Associates Inc. The chapter also presented two awards of excellence to John Ida of Urban Works, Inc. for the Honolulu Zoo Learning center, and to architect Gregory Warner, Walker Warner Architects for the Kamuela-area residence.
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7.7.09 | New York, NY | Daniel J. Park won the 2009 Angelo Donghia Foundation Senior Scholarship Award. A senior BFA student at the New York School of Interior Design, Mr. Park will receive a $30,000 scholarship to help cover the cost of tuition, room and
board, books and other materials.
His winning
project was a design for an outpatient health-care facility for those coping
with incurable diseases.
People >>, Research >>
7.7.09 | New York, NY | Humanscale is accepting original artwork submissions for its annual Faces in the Wild art auction and competition. Original
artwork in any tangible medium depicting the face of a non-domesticated
animal is eligible for entry. All artwork will be judged and auctioned
in Humanscale's New
York showroom on September 16, 2009. Due
to space limitations, the number of entries is limited to
75.
Event >>, Mfg. & Distr. >>
7.7.09 | Zeeland, MI | Herman Miller was named for the sixth time in the Sustainable Business 20 list as one of the “World’s Top Sustainability Stocks. The company, cited for its environmental initiatives and financial performance, also was highlighted this year as a Corporate Pioneer for its continued commitment to sustainable design and services during an uncertain economy.
Business >>, Mfg. & Distr. >>
7.7.09 | Los Angeles, CA | Bernard Zimmerman, a founder of the architecture department at California
State Polytechnic University, died June 4. In 2001, he co-founded the Los Angles Institute of architecture and Design and helped to launch the Architecture + Design Museum. Mr. Zimmerman received a Lifetime Achievement Award for the Los Angeles chapter of the AIA in 1999.
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