7.14.09 | Passaic, NJ | Bendheim will hold one-hour Continuing Education programs at the company’s architectural glass showroom. The classes are scheduled for the first Thursday of each month, 6 pm, at the Bendheim building, 122 Hudson Streeet, 2nd floor, in Tribeca, NYC, with the first presentation
scheduled for August
6, 2009.
The CEU program for AIA and state credit is titled, "Decorative and Channel Glass: Aesthetic Options and Safety."
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7.13.09 | New York, NY | Stuart Bohart and Marissa Mayer were appointed to the board of trustees of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Mr. Bohart is the managing director for investment management at
Morgan Stanley. Ms. Mayer leads
Google's product management and design efforts for search products.
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7.13.09| Franklin Park, IL | Bretford Manufacturing, Inc. received GREENGUARD
Indoor Air Quality Certification for 155 of its carts, book trucks tables and accessories These latest products
include the first certified laptop cart, which brings to a total of 243 furniture models which can be specified to help commercial facilities achieve LEED points.
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7.13.09 | High Point, NC | HPFI announced that its Eve Collection of reception furnishings will be featured in a major motion picture. "The Experiment," a
remake of the 2001 German movie, "Das Experiment" features Adrien Brody and is based on Stanford University's 1971 mock prison experiment conducted in the basement of the campus' Psychology building.
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7.10.09 | Green Bay, WI | KI hosted its first "Pump Up the Glam" shoe party in Coral Gables, FL. Designers, architects and KI staff modeled their fanciest footwear designed
using collections from Pallas Textiles. The event was more than a networking party; it was a contest among design
firms. The first 100 respondents could participate in
the contest, where contestants had to “glam
up” a pair of shoes or boots — and a shoe box — using Pallas
Textiles. The best shoe designs won prizes for the winning firms valued at
$500, including a grand prize of happy hour hosted by KI and carpet
manufacturer J&J Invision.
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7.10.09 | Minneapolis, MN | InformeDesign released its latest
research summaries:
- Rating Building Sustainability in the Netherlands
- Reducing Perceptions of Disorder in Segregated Communities
- Commuter Privacy on Mass Transit
- Characteristics of Palestinian Park Visitors
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7.10.09 | Calgary, Canada | ICEvision, a Web-based application can now be downloaded to the Apple iPhone through iTunes. The application allows users to explore their Revit or AutoCAD designs in a 3D virtual environment on their computer and now on the iPhone.
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7.19.09 | Jasper, IN | Kimball Office earned LEED-CI Silver
certification for its
Atlanta showroom. The showroom features daylight and window views available to more than 90%
of occupants,
Forest Stewardship Council-certified wood, and low-flow plumbing fixtures. Measures were taken to divert 50% of onsite construction waste and to use locally recycled and renewable material.
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7.10.09 | New York, NY | LPA, Inc., Irvine, CA, was ranked #11 on Engineering News-Record's list of the top 100 Green Design Firms. The list is based on design revenue
from registered sustainable projects. The top 100 generated $2.85 billion in revenue in 2008
from projects registered with such green design programs, an increase of 63.9% from 2007.
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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.
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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.
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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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