7.24.09 | New York, NY | The New York Design Center will host What's New and What's Next on September 23, 2:00-9:00 pm. The event to celebrate new ideas, design, materials, and products will be held at the New York Design Center, 200 Lexington Avenue, NYC.
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7.24.09 | New York, NY |The Knoll-Arensen team, recently toured the New York offices of Ogilvy & Mather. The new offices feature Dividends Horizon as well as KnollStudio classics. Knoll dealer, Arensen, provided specification and installation services for the Gensler-designed project.
7.24.09 | Zeeland, MI | Jennifer Wammack was hired as Senior Designer for IDa Design Her role includes design strategy, product design, and sustainable practices. Her previous work included managing the design process for Milliken Fabric, InterfaceFabric/Guilford of Maine and Valdese Weavers.
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7.24.09 | Grand Rapids, MI | Steelcase plans to vacate its Corporate Development Center, according to the Grand
Rapids Press. The company is shifting nearly 500 employees from the
Corporate Development Center, 6100 East Paris Ave. SE, into empty
work space six miles away at corporate headquarters and the Steelcase
University Learning Center, both at 901 44th St. SE.
7.24.09 | Chicago, IL | Sedia Systems added the Linea Series, a new
line of training tools, to its Fixed Seating and Multipurpose lines. Designed by Jim Contois, the Linea
Series consists of
a Lectern, a Whiteboard Easel Cart, a Flat Panel Cart and a Media Cart.
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7.24.09 | Baltimore, MD | NeoCon East returns to the Baltimore Convention Center, One West Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD, October 28-29,2009. The two day event will include more than 250 exhibitors, more than 30 CEU-accredited seminars and association forums, keynote speakers, new products, innovative design and building resources, and materials.
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7.24.09 | Italy | Valli & Valli added to its V&V Collection with its handle series, NAIS H 1046. Made of solid brass in two finishes, satin chrome and polished chrome, the handle is a reworking of a previous series. It has a discrete handle with a thin oval section, constant on the grip but getting larger at the base of the neck.The series includes:
door handle on square rose
door handle on escutcheon
window handle
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7.23.09 | Minneapolis, MN | Blattner Energy, Inc. was selected by Real Estate Construction & Review magazine as a Green Building of America award-winning project. Blattner Energy, Inc. is an energy general contractor for construction solutions. The Design/Build consultants for the project were Knutson Construction with URS Corporation, Architects and Engineers. The new headquarters is seeking LEED Platinum for its sustainable features, most notably its use of wells and ground source heat pumps as a source of heating and cooling, coupled with an ice storage system for using off-peak power to create ice for day time cooling.
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7.23.09 | Los Angeles, CA | Bentley Prince Street announced the reorganization of its Marketing Department. The company's Organizational Development team will merge with the Marketing team under the leadership of Cathy Frial, who will become Director of Marketing and Organizational Development. Ms. Frial joined Bentley Prince Street in 2003, managing the company's customer relations team. Prior to Bentley Prince Street, Ms. Frial spent six years in the carpet industry and 10 years with the Disney Corporation.
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7.23.09 | Aalsmeer, Netherlands | Joost Hoogstrate, a Dutch entrepreneur launched a new website, www.climatarians.org. Inspired by the movie, "An Inconvenient Truth," the site is designed to create a green community online, and provide resources for those interested in sustainable living.
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7.23.09 | Salt Lake City, UT | SilverState Fabrics debuted its first Nano-tex collection, Textures. Available in 118 sku's and nine solid patterns, the collection is MBDC certified, recyclable with permanent spill and stain protection. Textures also offers new surface textural weaves.
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7.23.09 | Chicago, IL | Häfele Chicago, 154 W. Hubbard St., Chicago IL, will offer a Continuing Education Course on July 30, 11:30-1:00 and 5:30-7:00. Heiner Drooff, owner of Prämeta, Troisdorf Germany, will share his knowledge of Grade 1 hinges to acquaint architects and designers with law and codes for specification decisions.
7.23.09 | San Francisco, CA | Architecture for Humanity announced the eight team finalists in the 2009 Open Architecture Challenge: Classroom. The Open Architecture Challenge is an international design competition hosted once every two years on the
Open Architecture Network. Each submission was assessed on feasibility, sustainability, innovation
in learning and overall design quality. In September one of
the teams will be awarded $5,000 and the selected partner school
will receive up to $50,000 to realize their design. The finalists are:
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7.23.09 | Atlanta, GA| LIGHTFAIR International ended its 20th annual event with record-breaking registrations of 23,416 industry professionals and conference participants. The May 2009 event increased attendance by 8.5% and exhibit booths by 6% from LFI 2007 in New York. The exhibit hall sold out with 476 national and international manufacturers showcasing the latest product designs. LFI featured three product-specific Pavilions and more than 220 hours of courses and seminars were presented. To-date, the 2010 trade show floor, May 12-14, at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV, is 82% sold out.
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7.23.09 | Marietta, GA | AQS developed an Environmental Chamber Protocol for measuring sulfur compounds from drywall. Since December 2008, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has received more than 600 reports from residents in 21 states and the District of Columbia who believe their health symptoms or corrosion of certain metal components in their homes are related to drywall produced in China. To assist manufacturers, users and public health agencies, Air Quality Sciences developed the protocol for evaluating odor perceptions and chemical emissions from drywall and other porous materials such as ceiling tile.
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7.23.09 | Chicago, IL | The American Society of Interior Designers-Illinois Chapter and i4design magazine will host the "Celebration of Design" Gala on Sept. 17, 2009. The sixth annual event begins at 6 pm with a reception at the AllSteel Showroom, suite 1120, at the Merchandise Mart, 222 Merchandise Mart Plz, Chicago, IL, and the Awards Ceremony will follow at 7:30 pm in the Merchandise Mart Conference Center, 2nd floor. The after-party will begin at 9:00 pm. Winners of the "Design Excellence Awards", which is open to ASID- IL members, IIDA-IL, and registered interior designers in the State of Illinois, will be announced at the Gala.
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7.22.09 | Building Design and Construction will host a webinar, Red Hot Trends
in Green Roofs,
July 30, 2 pm,
EDT. Red Hot Trends in Green
Roofs" provides architects, contractors, building owners and
other professionals with a top-level discussion of current issues and
approaches to sustainable roof applications and products. Attention is
given to how sustainability affects design, specifying and procurement of
roof materials. The three topics are:
7.22.09 | New York, NY | Ted Moudis Associates participated in the annual 5K Revlon Run/Walk in NYC. TMA, for the past 3 years, has been a
sponsor of the event, which has over 40,000
participants. Over the past 16
years, the Run/Walks have distributed almost $55 Million for cancer
research, treatment, counseling, outreach programs and for the
continuing of life safety research for women fighting cancer.
7.22.09 | Norwalk, CT | EMCOR Group subsidiary, Fagan Company, will install the mechanical systems at the Kansas City Power and Light headquarters, Kansas City, MO. Fagan will be responsible for HVAC and plumbing system refurbishment and installation associated with 11.5 floors. The building has been designed to LEED Gold standards as determined by the U.S. Green Building Council.
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7.22.09 | New York, NY | The Architectural League will host Toward the Sentient City, September 17-November 7, 2009. The exhibition, located at 457 Madison Avenue, NYC, and curated by Mark Shephard, will explore the evolving relationship between ubiquitous computing, architecture, and the city.
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7.22.09 | Cartersville, GA | Shaw Contract introduced the Clearview Collection. Clearview is available in seven color options made with 100% Eco Solution Q Nylon. The EcoWorx broadloom backing contains 20% post consumer content. Shaw will collect all EcoWorx products and recycle them into new backing at no charge to the customer.
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