4.23.08 | New York, NY | Scott Switkes was named Principal of the New Jersey office for Arenson Office Furnishings. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Switkes was a Sales manager with Business Furniture Incorporated. Mr.Switkes can be reached at T:732.393.7119 or via email at:sswitkes@aof.com.

4.23.08 | Kalamazoo, MI | Esther Arnan and Marian de Simon will represent Landscape Forms, a designer and manufacturer of commercial outdoor furniture and accessories, as well as the company'’s marketing partner, Santa and Cole, as independent sales representatives for the United Arab Emirates in Dubai. Ms. Arnan is a graphic designer with eight years of experience in Barcelona.  Ms. deSimon is an industrial engineer with ten years of experience with a Dutch multinational company. www.landscapeforms.com

4.23.08 | Vancouver, Canada | Kasian announced the appointment of Roger Graham to Vice President of Marketing, Deborah Louvier to Vice president of Human Resources, and Alan Wrong to Vice President of Information Technology for its Vancouver office.

• Mr. Graham joined Kasian in 2005 and has led its marketing team and its global marketing strategy.
  
• Ms. Louvier recently joined Kasian and has been responsible for the planning and implementing Kasian's human resources activities.  Prior to joining Kasian, Ms. Louvier was VP of Human Resources with Mark Anthony Group.
• Mr. Wrong came to Kasian in 2005 to be its Senior Information Technology Manager. He has over 20 years experience in the manufacturing and commercial real estate industries.

4.23.08 | Auburn, ME | President Bush and Pope Benedict XVI sat side-by-side in Harpswell Chairs designed by Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers. The chairs, with Back in Walnut, were used during the official White House welcoming ceremony for the Pope. For the occasion, the chairs were upholstered in Pembroke, a fabric by Robert Allen, in the color Oyster.

4.22.08 | New York, NY | Chris Stevenson was named Executive Vice president, Principal, for FCi, Furniture Consultants, Inc. Mr. Stevenson, who most recently served as Vice President of Sales for Teknion, will oversee FCi's operations in New York, New Jersey, Boston, and Miami. www.e-fci.com

4.21.08 | Jasper, IN | Kimball Office sponsored a panel of educators during NeoCon 2007 in order to discuss the shortage of interior design educators. The discussion led to the development of a Task Force that recently formed the Kimball Office Working Group on Sustaining the Future of Interior Design Education. The group's purpose is to identify strategies to promote design education as a career choice and mechanisms by which the pool of qualified interior design educators can be increased.