3.11.10 | New York, NY | The deadline for M2L's Genuine Design
Competition was extended to Monday, March 15.
The competition asks
participants to create a video in the form of a
Public Service Announcement on the topic of genuine design and why
furniture designers deserve the right to protect their work against
unauthorized copies and counterfeits.
M2L will award $8,500 in scholarships to four chosen finalists
and honor the winners at an event at M2L's NYC showroom this spring.
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3.11.10 | Chicago, IL | The International
Interior Design
Association announced the winners of two of
the
Association’s interior design competitions. The six winners in 37th Annual
Interior Design Competition are:
- FIDM, San
Diego, CA
- LYNNsteven,
Vancouver, British Columbia
- Rennie Art
Gallery and Offices, Vancouver, British Columbia
- Dubai Mall
Medical Center, Dubai, United Arab Emirates;
- Guess?
Inc. Headquarters, Los Angeles, CA
- MUMUTH Music
Theatre, Graz, Austria
Kubrick Bookshop and MOMA Movie Centre,
Beijing,
China, designed by
One Plus Partnership
Limited of Hong Kong,
China was the winner of the 18th Annual Will Ching Design
Competition, which honors outstanding commercial design by firms of five
or fewer individuals.
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3.9.10 | Norwalk, CT | EMCOR Group, Inc. was named the 2009 World’s Most Admired Company
in the Engineering and Construction Industry by FORTUNE magazine. It is the second consecutive year
EMCOR has received this recognition. EMCOR received a strong overall score from executives, directors, and analysts based on
key attributes in Innovation, People Management, Use of Corporate Assets,
Social Responsibility, Quality of Management, Long-Term Investment and Quality
of Service.
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3.9.10 | Chicago, IL | Aqua, the world's third tallest building designed by a woman,
was the winner of the Emporis 2009 Skyscraper of the Year
award. Designed by Jeanne Gang, Studio
Gang Architects, the residential and hotel tower was praised for its shape, its technical achievement in relation to the precision of the building's construction, and for its green design innovations.
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3.5.10 | Zeeland, MI | Herman Miller received the No. 1 ranking in Fortune magazine's "Most Admired" companies. It is the 22nd time in 24 years that the company has been recognized among executives and board members of peer companies and industry analysts. Herman Miller had the further distinction of being the
only Michigan-based company to place first among the magazine's distinct
industry listings. The "Most Admired" list is included in Fortune's March 22 issue.
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3.4.10 | New York, NY | AIANY announced the winners of the 2010 Design Awards. Four juries -- architecture, interiors, unbuilt
work, and urban design -- reviewed 425 entries, selecting thirty-four
winners. The winners will be honored on April 14 at Design Awards Luncheon, 11:30 am - 2:00 pm, at Cipriani Wall Street, 55 Wall St, NYC.
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3.4.10 | New York, NY | IIDA NY issued a Call for Entries for the 2010 Lester Dundes Interior Design Competition. The competition recognizes
extraordinary design projects and honors members of the New York
chapter of the IIDA for their
contributions to these exceptional projects and the design teams that
created them. Mr. Dundes was the publisher of Interior Design Magazine. Competition Entry Submission(s) must be postmarked no later than May 5, 2010.
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3.4.10 | Wayland, NY | Gunlocke is still accepting entries for its "Office Needs for Good Deeds" contest, an office makeover for a non-profit organization worth $75,000. To help improve the style and productivity within its space, the
winning organization will receive a makeover up to 1,200 sq. ft.
for its offices featuring Gunlocke's casegood line, Silea. Submissions will be accepted until April 16, 2010.
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3.3.10 | Washington, DC | HOK, the General Services Administration, and the University of Maryland, earned a top award from the Federal Planning Division of the American Planning Association. Together they authored a guide for sustainable development in the federal government that is being recognized in the "Outstanding Sustainable Planning, Design and Development Initiative" category. The 40-page guidebook, The New Sustainable Frontier: Frinciples of Sustainable Development, was published in September 2009.
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3.1.10 | New York, NY | Parsons Brinckerhoff received a 2010 Safe-in-Sound Excellence in Hearing Loss Prevention Award from the National Institute for Occupational Saftey and Health. The awards honor those who are dedicated to the prevention of noise-induced hearing loss through innovative or excellent hearing loss prevention practices in the work environment. Nominations for the next awards are due by September 1.
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3.1.10 | Cleveland, OH | Vocon, Cleveland, OH, was honored by Inside Business Magazine with the NEO Success Award. Vocon secured a spot on the list due to
an increase in overall project revenue, including interior design and architecture income growth.
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2.26.10 | Garden City, NY | WAC Lighting is supporting the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge Team
in the 2010 Boston Marathon to help fund cancer research.WAC Lighting's Sponsorship will support Lauren Norton, who is a member
of the Marathon Team and an employee of CSN Stores, a privately-held company offering customers online shopping
for home and office goods. Readers can support the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge team in the 2010 Boston Marathon at http://www.rundfmc.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=321295&supid=256070477
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