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CITED:“WHAT WE’RE FINDING IS IT’S NOT NECESSARILY THE REALITY THAT SHAPES US, BUT THE LENS THROUGH WHICH YOUR BRAIN VIEWS THE WORLD THAT SHAPES YOUR REALITY. AND IF WE CAN CHANGE THE LENS, NOT ONLY CAN WE CHANGE YOUR HAPPINESS, WE CAN CHANGE EVERY SINGLE EDUCATIONAL AND BUSI-NESS OUTCOME AT THE SAME TIME.” — SHAWN ACHOR

Gensler Defines the Modern West at CoBiz Financial in Denver

CoBiz Financial, a local business bank located in Colorado and Arizona, requested of Gensler a workplace that would create an elevated customer and employee experience and tell their story – a place they could be proud to show, unlike their previous offices. Spread across the 12th and 13th floors of a brand new building with superb skyline views, CoBiz’s new workspace is an inclusive community, sharing the company’s story through an inviting “Modern West” lens.

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The Quest for Quality Time with Designers

Acquiring focused attention from the staff members of today’s top design firms is becoming increasingly difficult for manufacturers. Capturing that elusive quality time is a challenge for vendors above and beyond what it was even a few years ago, and even holding a meaningful conversation at a lunch appointment can be a challenging task today. officeinsight contributor Peter Carey details the struggle, and what vendors can do to resolve it.

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Concurrents – Environmental Psychology: Lessons From Airplane Work

Sally Augustin explores the phenomenon of people saying they’re saving some sort of thoughtful work for their next airplane ride. Their plan is to resolve a thorny strategic issue or come up with a good name for something, etc., while cruising over Iowa or the North Atlantic. But research on how human minds work indicates that airplanes in flight are about the worst sort of physical environments for effective thinking. How did we come to this?

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The Bower Collection is inspired by the rambling-style nests created by the bower-bird of Goodrum’s native Australia. Open, organic and gentle, this collection of work pods, lounge chairs and adjustable screens brings a natural and calm aesthetic to the workplace.

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The new headquarters offices of CoBiz Financial in Denver, Colorado. Photography: Gensler / Ryan Gobuty

As in a home, people who are proud of and love their office are more inclined to invite people in.

CoBiz Financial, a local business bank located in Colo-rado and Arizona, requested of Gensler a workplace that would create an elevated customer and employee experi-ence and tell their story – a place they could be proud to show.

“CoBiz is not the stereotypical financial institution,” says Becca Faull, senior interior designer at Gensler’s Denver of-fice. “They’re very fun, and very personal, and the persona of older banking institutions doesn’t fit them. Their people are their most valuable asset, and they wanted to show that with their workplace. Their old space was choppy with high walls everywhere, and they didn’t feel good about bringing their clients there.”

“Their original space was oversized for the headcount and did not enhance the experience of customers and employ-ees. High walls, lack of client meeting destinations, absence

of casual social interaction spaces, and inability to adjust their workspace were all in conflict with the CoBiz brand.”

“And they wanted to enhance their technology so that their employees weren’t tethered to their desks,” says Ms. Faull.

Gensler set about creating a shared, consistent experi-ence around CoBiz’s core values and an elevated level of hospitality. Spread across 44,000 square feet on the 12th and 13th floors of a brand new building, CoBiz’s new workspace is an inclusive community, telling the company’s story through an inviting “Modern West” lens.

The new offices reduce to 330 square feet per employee, connecting people by breaking down real and figurative silos in their work.

Ascending a connecting stair, employees and visitors find the “Hawk’s Nest, a central breakout and café space. A central collaborative zone serves as employee lounge, casual meeting space, training room breakout, and social gathering space for events.

Gensler Defines the Modern West at CoBiz Financial in Denverby Mallory Jindra

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>9 private offices (down from 40), 155 open plan workstations. Worksta-tions feature lower panels for more visibility across departments, and more movement. “The number one prior-ity in workstation design was to bring the walls down. Storage towers and shelves allow for personalization, and people are oriented back-to-back be-tween workstations, encouraging more collaboration.”

>20 tech enabled conference and team huddle rooms

>10 focus rooms for quiet, uninter-rupted work

>A corner collaborative space nestled within the open office

>10 additional collaborative spaces for team members to work in and manage their accounts

“Everything has easy connectivity with wireless, and employees can use QuickShare and Microsoft Hub, which makes it really easy for them to get up and move around,” noted Ms. Faull.

Workstations, located on both levels, are situated on the perimeter and offer sweeping mountain views. A “front porch” reception space introduces CoBiz’s identity in elevated hospitality, with a gold inlaid “welcome” at the foot of the reception, a seating area with great views and lines, and credenzas holding coffee and water that guests can help themselves too.

The new CoBiz offices have a reas-suring quality that isn’t by accident. Set against a strong backdrop of downtown Denver views, spaces are anchored by the “Modern West,” a carefully crafted sequence of brand experiences em-bodying CoBiz’s identity.

“The space is very textural and contemporary,” said Ms. Faull. “It’s a nod to their modern west roots, but not too western. And modern, but still a bit conservative, with respect to their industry and the work they do. On the sliding doors to a boardroom off of the reception, CoBiz commissioned an art-

CoBiz’s new workspace is an inclusive community, telling the company’s story through an inviting “Modern West” lens.

“The space is very textural and contemporary. It’s a nod to their modern west roots, but not too western. And modern, but still a bit conservative, with respect to their industry and the work they do.”

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Floor plan - 12th Floor

Floor plan - 13th Floor

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a&dist to do a hawk. We used those pieces to guide our visuals and other brand-ing elements.”

In an open shared space, a hide rug mixes with contemporary furnishings to capture the Modern West narrative. Black recycled belts at the reception desk and elevator lobby introduce rugged textures – a nod to the leather strapping and stitching found in saddles. Patterned tiling, finishes and textures all hint at a western influence. In the Hawk’s Nest, tile patterns mimic the patterns of saddle bags. A kitchen is wrapped in wooden planks.

“One of the CoBiz owners has a branding iron, and we used the iron to brand the wooden planks in the kitchen,” said Ms. Faull. “It was a very unique touch.”

As people move through the space towards the center of the building, color tones subtly intensify, referenc-ing the brightness and vivid color of a sunrise and sunset. On the connect-

Black recycled belts at the reception desk and elevator lobby introduce rugged textures – a nod to the leather strapping and stitching found in saddles.

The new offices reduce to 330 square feet per employee, connecting people by breaking down real and figurative silos in their work.

A central collaborative zone serves as employee lounge, casual meeting space, training room breakout, and social gathering space for events.

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On the connecting stair, Gensler created a large-scale installation of pin-mounted hawks that give both floors an ethereal quality not often found in western themed design.

A “front porch” reception space introduces CoBiz’s identity in elevated hospitality, with a gold inlaid “welcome” at the foot of the reception.

Workstations, located on both levels, are situated on the perimeter and offer sweeping mountain views. People are oriented back-to-back, encouraging more movement and collaboration.

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a&ding stair, Gensler created a large-scale installation of pin-mounted hawks that give both floors an ethereal quality not often found in western themed design.

“It’s a really beautiful way of branding that’s a little more subtle, a little more nuanced,” notes Ms. Faull.

The branding elements Gensler

brought to the new CoBiz offices give life to something the people at CoBiz are great at – hospitality, service and help-ing businesses finance their work. n

Branding details

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Multiple vendor presentation at Bjarke Ingalls Group

In the ever-changing landscape of the business and practice of commercial interior design, the only constant is transfor-mation, and nothing stays the same for long. In many recent travels throughout the design community, I have heard an increasingly frequent intonation of frustration from the manu-facturing side of the business.

Acquiring focused attention from the staff members of to-day’s top design firms is getting increasingly hard to achieve. Capturing that elusive quality time with today’s design profes-sionals is a challenge for vendors above and beyond what it was even a few years ago, and even holding a meaningful conversation at a lunch appointment can be a challenging task today.

Just as everything else in our contemporary workplace,

as well as across the design industry, what many of us now experience has fragmented into short bursts of information and passing glimpses of fleeting images brought to us via our smartphones. For many, the feeling of engagement and con-nection is at an all-time low. The die-hard salespeople on the manufacturing side just want to keep doing their job, and can’t figure out what changed so quickly. Designers are saying the same thing about wanting to do their job, but have a very dif-ferent outlook on the world than the previous generation.

There are several factors at play here. The management of the design side of the industry is

stretched to the limit in terms of meeting client expectations and making money. Doing more with less has been a fact of life for the last 10 years for them, and design fees are not go-

The Quest for Quality Time with Designersby Peter Carey

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a&ding up anytime soon. There is plenty of work available, but today’s construction projects don’t operate the way they did 10 years ago.

Deadlines are tighter, and the best way to keep a project profitable is for everyone in the office to spend less bill-able time on it. Because design is more of a service-based business, architec-ture firms are used to regularly adapting to external economic conditions; for the manufacturing side, because they are committed to producing and selling material goods, they have never seen a shift quite like this. Fewer and fewer designers are open to being entertained by an extravagant lunch or dinner, or even accept a ticket to a once-popular design event. The indulgences of free alcohol at industry events are now giving way to an increase in yoga or meditation classes in furniture showrooms. Health, both mental and physical, is the new gratification.

Millennial interior designers com-municate in a fundamentally different way than previous generations. In their case, what they see and experience is typically tailored to their taste, and fun-neled through a video screen. They are the first generation of digital natives, but that does not mean they are opposed to quality time or building face-to-face relationships. They do, however, need to be encouraged to do it and gently nudged into the world of in-person experiences. Millennials look up to older generations, and doing a good job is a priority for them.

I come from Generation X, arguably the smallest generation in the U.S. We, like the Baby Boomers before us, let the previous generations know how we felt, what mattered to us, and generally what we wanted. Millennials are not like that. They are not televising their revolution. Leaving digital breadcrumbs across their lives, each one is famous in their own way – not for 15 minutes like my generation was, but they do have a secret (and sometimes not-so-secret)

desire to be famous all the time. They want to be known and appreciated on their terms.

The best way for manufacturers to engage with that way of thought is through a one-on-one relationship, and probably not face-to-face in the begin-ning. Since Millennials experiences are often digital, and since most design-ers are visual thinkers, one of the best places to stay in regular contact with them is via Instagram.

I can already anticipate a lot of groaning from the older generations, saying things like “Joining Instagram would be just another platform I have to keep up with,” and “I’m too busy for that.” I think that is what a lot of Millen-nials are thinking when asked to attend today’s antiquated design industry events. The world may have changed, but human nature has not. We all still crave a certain level of attention and

engagement, and finding out how to crack every new generation’s code is an iterative process that needs to be methodical, not emotional.

One-on-one engagement for each designer is a big investment for every vendor seeking quality time with designers, and there is no guarantee how long the Millennials they court will stay working in the industry. However, the methodology of group experiences like extravagant showroom parties and broadcasting the same message to the entire industry is clearly not working for vendors the way it did in the past.

Something has to change. Something has already changed; the manufactur-ing side of the industry must acknowl-edge those changes and embrace adap-tation and experimentation the way the design side did years ago. Quality time is defined differently for each genera-tion, and this is just the beginning. n

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concurrentsENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: Lessons From Airplane Workby Sally Augustin, Ph.D.

Lately, I’ve heard lots of people say-ing that they’re saving some sort of thoughtful work or another for their next airplane ride. Their plan is to re-solve a thorny strategic issue or come up with a good name for something, etc., while cruising over Iowa or the North Atlantic.

Research on how human minds work indicates that airplanes in flight

are about the worst sort of physical environments for effective thinking. Even ignoring the cramped conditions, the random and sometimes discon-certing noises made by the airplanes or nearby children, and similar issues, there are other problems with getting good work done while airborne. When we’re dehydrated, and dehydration happens a lot while we’re flying, or at

the air pressures encountered inside an airplane, our minds don’t work as well as they do on the ground.

But still, working on an airplane seems like a better plan than other op-tions to many. Why?

The research consistently shows that when people have a range of spaces in which to work their perfor-mance improves compared to when

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they don’t have options. The published research indicates that our human need for control of our environment seems to have a lot to do with this outcome. Especially good results are found when workers see places where they could collaborate with others, that would meet their probable needs, that aren’t currently being used – those unused spaces are a sort of insur-ance, indicating that if someone needs to find a place to work with someone else, there will be an available meeting place.

Current offices often seem to fail to provide enough, or any, places where people can do solo work requiring focus. Visual and acoustic isolation at workplaces often are just not good enough. Sure, there are distractions when we’re on a plane, but most of them are easier to ignore than in-office ones because we know that

they have nothing to do with us; ones on the ground at our workplace are more likely to be relevant to us and our futures. Sending people out of the main workplace to do thoughtful work is always a risk; will those workers be able to find a place where they can truly concentrate at the home they share with two small children, or at the local coffee shop, or at the library with community building sessions, for example? Also, being among cowork-ers helps build the sort of bonds that encourage extra effort in challenging situations.

The lesson that all those on-plane workers are teaching is that we need to create spaces in offices where acoustic and visual distractions really are minimized, and we need to make them available to all. On-plane workers signal on-ground challenges and op-portunities. n

Sally Augustin, PhD, a cognitive sci-entist, is the editor of Research Design Connections (www.researchdesigncon-nections.com), a monthly subscription newsletter and free daily blog, where recent and classic research in the social, design, and physical sciences that can inform designers’ work are presented in straightforward language. Readers learn about the latest re-search findings immediately, before they’re available elsewhere. Sally, who is a Fellow of the American Psychologi-cal Association, is also the author of Place Advantage: Applied Psychology for Interior Architecture (Wiley, 2009) and, with Cindy Coleman, The Design-er’s Guide to Doing Research: Applying Knowledge to Inform Design (Wiley, 2012). She is a principal at Design With Science (www.designwithscience.com) and can be reached at sallyau-gustin@designwithscience.com.

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r-d connectionRESEARCH-DESIGN CONNECTIONStanding and Workingby Sally Augustin, Ph.D.

Makkonen and colleagues studied how standing desks influenced the at-work experiences of employees at a software company. They determined that, among the employees of the Finnish software company where they collected data, “the usage of standing instead of sitting workstations results

in only modest promotions of physical activity, does not have an effect on mental alertness…decreases musculo-skeletal strain in the neck and shoul-ders, although increasing it in the legs and feet.” Using standing desks didn’t significantly affect employees’ satisfac-tion with their workstations. n

Markus Makkonen, Minna Silven-noinen, Tuula Nousiainen, Arto Pesola, and Mikko Vesisenaho. 2017. “To Sit or to Stand, That is the Question: Examin-ing the Effects of Work Posture Change on the Well-Being at Work of Software Professionals.” International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations, vol. 17, no. 4, no pagination.

Sally Augustin, PhD, a cognitive sci-entist, is the editor of Research Design Connections (www.researchdesigncon-

nections.com), a monthly subscription newsletter and free daily blog, where recent and classic research in the social, design, and physical sciences that can inform designers’ work are presented in straightforward language. Readers learn about the latest re-search findings immediately, before they’re available elsewhere. Sally, who is a Fellow of the American Psycho-logical Association, is also the author of Place Advantage: Applied Psychol-ogy for Interior Architecture (Wiley, 2009) and, with Cindy Coleman, The Designer’s Guide to Doing Research: Applying Knowledge to Inform Design (Wiley, 2012). She is a principal at Design With Science (www.designwith-science.com) and can be reached at sallyaugustin@designwithscience.com.

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PRODUCT INTROS>Arper’s Nuur table by Simon Penally is now avail-able to the retail market. Designed to be an archetypal table, Nuur features a single, spare plane floating above four slender legs. The result is aesthetically pure but flexible, a universal system based on the simple principle of four corner legs, four rails and a top. Table tops are avail-able in square or rectangular formats in either colored laminate or wood veneer. New colorways are available including black, white, pink and grey. Read More

>Claridge Products launched PRO-TACT® Ballistic Barri-ers, a range of bullet-resis-tant, modular, space-dividing panels for public spaces where increased safety is required. PRO-TACT panels are available in stationary and mobile versions, meet ASTM E-84 Class A and have been GREENGUARD-Certified for indoor air quality. Their ballistic protection is UL 752 Level 7 and 8 listed and inde-pendently tested to NIJ Level

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>Coalesse is the exclusive distributor for EMU’s new Terramare line of outdoor products in North America. A new addition to the EMU Advanced Collection avail-able from Coalesse, the EMU Terramare Series by Studio Chiaramonte/Marin reinvents simple cane-and-canvas fur-niture in die-cast aluminum. Lounge seating, available in one-, two-, or three-seat options feature elegant, light frames and eco-leather chair backs and arms that add a sculptural, vintage ele-ment. The lounge cushions are upholstered in water-repellent outdoor fabrics optimal for open air environ-ments and available in seven color options. A long-standing Coalesse partner, EMU was

established in Italy in 1951 and builds upon decades of traditional metalwork and creativity in collaboration with international designers. Read More

>Gerflor USA introduced Saga2, a new luxury vinyl tile collection featuring new colors, textures, and designs aimed at challeng-ing the repetitive looks often seen in LVT. Saga2 tiles are offered in the same size as carpet tiles, encouraging the resilient flooring to be used as a substitution for carpet, or for a seamless transition from carpet to tile. Patterns include: -Gentleman (pictured), inspired by the bespoke look and feel of a business blazer;

Arper: Nuur

Claridge: PRO-TACT® Ballistic Barriers

Coalesse: EMU Terramare

Gerflor USA: Saga2 - Gentleman (L) and Spider (R)

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officenewswire-Rough Textile, designed to achieve the warmth and ma-terial effect of textile knitting; -Fiber, drawing from various metallic colors seen in mod-ern lighting fixtures, furniture and decorative accent pieces; -Spider (pictured) and Mo-saic, which play on the trend of geometric figures in inte-rior design and incorporate triangles and other angular shapes. The collection also includes wood looks and vintage con-crete styles. Tiles feature thick backing from recycled vinyl and cork, providing sound management properties; and decorative film protected by a thin, transparent wearlayer treated with the factory ap-plied, no-wax Protectsol® surface treatment. Read More

>HBF unveiled the Fulton Lounge Chair, the newest piece in the Fulton collec-tion designed by MNML’s Scott Wilson, first released with a rocker version at NeoCon 2017. Fulton pairs an upholstered lounge of gen-erous proportions with elegant materials. Its industrial legs add an edge to the piece, ac-centing the geometric shape of the chair. Upholstered in

three ergonomic areas for comfort, the Fulton Lounge cocoons the user slightly to minimize audible and visual distractions. It is gently cush-ioned in the lower back and seat, offered in both Ash and Walnut. The inner shell can be upholstered in the user’s fabric of choice. Read More

>KI added the Ruckus Mobile Height-Adjustable Lectern to its award-winning Ruckus Collection, intro-duced in 2017. Designed to encourage more interaction, mobility, and freedom for teachers and students alike, key features of the Ruckus lectern include: -Sit/Stand – Height pneumati-cally adjusts easily; providing sitting or standing height desks for either focused or collaborative work; -Mobility – Casters provide mobility to promote flexibility; -Options – The lectern can be specified with a modesty panel, cupholder, book bas-ket, or bag hook. Read More

>KnollTextiles released Between the Lines, a new high-performance textile collection offering a fashion-driven interpretation of the stripe. It includes woven and coated upholstery fabrics in varying scales of line work and textures, as well as a healthcare privacy fabric and a wallcovering. Sideline is a dramatic diagonal stripe with a weave structure that gives it a hand-crafted appearance. Forward thinking color com-

binations make Stripemania a fresh and impactful choice whether applied as a vertical or horizontal stripe. Chain Link is a versatile indoor/outdoor upholstery that reads either as a small-scale stripe or as an allover texture. It is antimicrobial and has excel-lent lightfastness for outdoor use. The two coated uphol-steries in the collection are Color Field, a vibrant poly-urethane with a crosshatch emboss; and Brigadoon, a 21 phthalate-free vinyl upholstery featuring playful organic dots arranged into loose stripes. All upholsteries in Between the Lines are bleach clean-able. Ribbon Stripe is a certified Healthier Hospitals Initiative compliant privacy fabric stocked with integrated mesh for easy maintenance. There is a subtle gradation of both color and density of pattern from the bottom of the watercolor-like horizontal stripe to the top of the netting.

HBF: Fulton Lounge

KI: Ruckus Mobile Height-Adjustable Lectern

KnollTextiles: Between the Lines

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officenewswireIt is digitally printed on the front and back of the curtain on a textured ground. Line Work wallcovering shows crisp pinstripes printed atop of a textured ground. This is a 3-color print with water-based inks on environmentally friendly non-phthalate vinyl designed to withstand high traffic environments and ag-gressive cleaning. Read More

>Pallas Textiles introduced the Elemental Collection. Inspired by the artists and works from the De Stijl move-ment, the collection em-braces an abstract, pared-down aesthetic. Elements of this movement – geometric shapes, straight lines and primary colors – echo in each the five patterns: -Asymmetric (pictured) hints at De Stijl architectural elements. Gently curving, intersecting lines of varied thickness give the illusion of movement, while saturated and thought-provoking color selections subtly introduce

color into a space. -Construct – an avant-garde pattern inspired by Theo van Doesburg, leverages varied line weights to create a dimensional perspective. Its use of yarns plays sheen against matte for a sophisti-cated tonal effect. -Harmony seeks to unify space. Intricate, fine details give this pattern the look of a near solid with a slightly graphic appeal. The use of novelty yarns adds an ele-ment of rich texture. -Neo plays off Piet Mondrian’s neoplasticism, which finds expression in the abstraction of form and color. The highly contrasting color palette offers movement and energy. Varied yarn thickness uses texture to tell a story. -Utopia, a modern reinterpre-tation of a classic linen, offers a sense of equilibrium within a space with a concentration on sophisticated neutrals and select saturated colors. Read More

>Patcraft’s newest LVT prod-uct, Crossover, is designed for installation flexibility, available in both loose lay and click format. Offered in 7”x 48” planks, it features an embossed texture for a realistic wood feel and pro-vides modern color options for use in commercial design. It also features a 20 mil wear layer for superior durability when installed in extreme conditions. The matte finish

is polish and buff optional for hassle-free maintenance, and the 5 mm product construc-tion allows for installation alongside carpet without the need for transition strips. Read More

>Sedia Systems introduced a new seating collection called Gnosi, a multipur-pose chair with a minimalist aesthetic and a support-ive and comfortable user experience. Gnosi’s flowing

Pallas Textiles: Asymmetric

Patcraft: Crossover

Sedia Systems: Gnosi Collaborative

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officenewswirelines and continuous curves were conceived by Marcelo Alegre of Alegre Design in Valencia, Spain. His inspira-tion for the design was the Danish modern sculptural fountain by Russell Secrest in the heart of Chicago’s Loop District, not far from Sedia Systems’ corporate offices. “It was during my first visit to Chicago, during Neocon,” Alegre recalled. “During that trip, I was so impressed by the richness of Chicago’s architecture, and suddenly I found myself in front of the fountain at the Harris Bank Building. I was fascinated by the variety of shapes, the con-tinuous lines, the flowing and organic geometry. It was this sensation that I had to trans-late into a new object.” The industrial designer sought to create a shell chair “with one stroke” of the pen, mimicking the “sense of continuity and simplicity” that the fountain conveyed. “Against conven-tional wisdom,” Alegre added, “this approach was perfect to create a chair for everyday use with both tremendous lightness and strength.” The

polypropylene shell for the Gnosi collection is available in seven colors, from anthracite to vibrant yellow. Its frame fin-ish options include chrome, black and white. Gnosi boasts eight base options, including fixed seating applications with jury, swing-away and beam bases, as well as four-leg, sled, task, stool, wire base, and collaborative versions. The collaborative version (pictured) features a five-star base on casters and optional tablet arm and shelf for ad-ditional storage mounted beneath the seat. Read More

>Wolf-Gordon added five new coated upholstery textiles to its Performance Upholstery 02 collection. Impervi-ous to moisture and bleach cleanable, these designs are designed for high-traffic commercial settings such as healthcare environments, hotel lobbies, restaurants, and offices. One of the new patterns is Intersection, a modern take on a traditional plaid pattern. The large-scale design has crisscrossed stripes of varying thicknesses

with intersecting translucent lines of multiple hues that simulate the effect of a woven plaid, reinforced by a soft, mini-eyelet texture. All textiles in Performance Upholstery 02 make highly durable surfaces, rating from 100,000–500,000 double rubs each with spill and stain-resistant finishes. They have excellent colorfast-ness to light, and meet or ex-ceed ACT coated upholstery fabric guidelines for Crocking and Coating Adhesion, as well as Cold Crack Resistance. Read More

NOTEWORTHY>Blaine Eakins was promot-ed to Vice President of Sales for the J+J Flooring Division of Engineered Floors. He is replacing Bill Blackstock, who was named Engineered Floors’ Vice President of Com-mercial Business, Segment and Sales Development. Mr. Eakins is a 32-year industry veteran and has been with J+J for 23 years. He most recently served as J+J’s Re-gional Vice President for the Central Region of the U.S. In that role since 2002, he de-veloped and managed a high-performance sales team in a region that included some of the country’s most competi-tive markets. Under his lead-ership, Mr. Eakins’ region led the company in annual sales for 10 consecutive years. In his new role, he will be responsible for setting J+J’s sales strategy, driving topline sales for the organization and managing its North Ameri-can sales force. He will also

provide input to the division’s product design and marketing efforts to further differentiate J+J’s brand proposition in the marketplace. He will report to James Lesslie, President of Engineered Floors’ Commer-cial Division. Read More

>IIDA named four IIDA members to be inducted into the IIDA College of Fellows in 2018: Nila Leiserowitz, Clive Wilkinson, Sascha Wag-ner, and Frederick Schmidt. -Nila Leiserowitz is a de-sign leader and managing principal of Gensler’s North Central Region, overseeing the business development for four offices. She participates in initiatives tied to strategic programming, planning and design, such as Gensler’s groundbreaking Workplace Survey. -Clive Wilkinson is an ar-chitect, designer, writer and strategist with expertise in the application of urban design thinking to interior design. As a global leader in educational and workplace design, he serves as a keynote speaker at media and design confer-ences. His projects have included Google, Nokia, Mac-quarie Group, and Disney.

Wolf-Gordon: Performance Upholstery 02 - Intersection

Blaine Eakins

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-Sascha Wagner is presi-dent and CEO of Huntsman Architectural Group. He is also part of the firm’s board of directors. For more than 10 years, Mr. Wagner has proven himself as a key player of the firm’s various strategic projects and largest accounts including Pixar, Google, Dolby Laboratories, and Lucas Film. -Frederick Schmidt serves as the Interior Design Global Leader at Perkins + Will, lead-ing projects and project teams to success within established qualitative and quantitative parameters. A skillful com-municator, he is known for his skills in the pre-design phases and for his strong client advocacy through the design process. The honorees will be celebrat-ed in a ceremony at the IIDA Annual Meeting on Sunday, Jun. 10, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago.

https://officeinsight.com/officenewswire/iida-college-of-fellows-announces-2018-in-ductees/

>NBBJ promoted Mindy Levine-Archer to Partner and Bronwyn Paterson, James May, John H. Thomas, Mi-chael Suriano, Phu Duong, and Stephen Peakes to Principal.

Mindy Levine-Archer is a design leader for NBBJ’s commercial, corporate and civic practices in the Puget Sound region. Throughout her 17+ years at NBBJ, Mindy

has led complex, large-scale projects ranging from high-rise commercial office towers, to build-to-suit headquarters, to large civic complexes integrated into surrounding neighborhoods. She is cur-rently spearheading work for the Spring District and Rainier Square.

Bronwyn Paterson, with particular strengths in communication skills and a client-focused process that foregrounds business objec-tives, is enhancing the human experience for science, education, healthcare and corporate clients in the UK. She is an architect registered in the state of California.

James May, Director of NBBJ’s New York healthcare practice, leads complex, large-scale healthcare proj-ects and organizes the best teams to successfully deliver

those projects. His clients have included NYU Langone, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, Northwell, and Mount Sinai.

John H. Thomas, for 25 years focused on large-scale com-mercial developments, offers a wide spectrum of design expertise from site analysis and acquisition logistics to strategic planning, design, development, construction, marketing, operations and asset disposition.

Michael Suriano is an archi-tectural designer whose civic, residential and commercial projects are actively trans-forming Columbus, OH. His multi-disciplinary design sen-sibility is rooted in aesthetics, technology and restraint to create user-centered spatial experiences.

IIDA 2018 College of Fellows.Top (L-R) Nila Leiserowitz, Clive Wilkin-son; Bottom (L-R) Sascha Wagner, Frederick Schmidt

Mindy Levine-Archer

Bronwyn Paterson

James May

John H. Thomas

Michael Suriano

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officenewswirePhu Duong is an urban designer and architect at NBBJ New York. He works on domestic and international projects that impact the city-region, teaches design at New York institutions of higher education, and is an engaged member of his local commu-nity board in Brooklyn.

Stephen Peakes leads NBBJ San Francisco, bolstered by two decades of expertise in healthcare planning and design with clients including Stanford Medical Center, UC San Francisco, Intermoun-tain Healthcare, and Kaiser Permanente.

NBBJ, ranked the world’s #1 most innovative architecture firm by Fast Company in 2018 and celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, also announced Senior Associate and Associate promotions. Read More

>Andreu World two Red Dot Product Design awards for the Nuez chair by Patricia Urquiola and the Capri Lounge by Piergiorgio Cazzaniga. Enveloping and technological, Nuez was born from the idea of creating a seat modulating as if it were a sheet of paper. Capri is a lounge chair with its own personality, focused on com-fort and sophistication. Read More

>The IIDA New York Chapter Student Design Essay Competition is now open for submiissions. This competi-tion was created to inspire student members of IIDA NY to explore the connections between the importance of place, and how interior design shapes human experience. The winner will receive roundtrip airfare and a two-night hotel stay in Chicago for NeoCon 2018. Entry deadline is Friday, May 4, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. Read More

>Steelcase Education an-nounced the recipients of its 4th Annual Active Learning Center Grant. This year’s 16 grant recipients represent a variety of institution types including traditional four-year colleges and universities, a technical and community col-lege, middle and high schools, an independent girls’ boarding school, and even a self-pro-claimed “UnSchool” – where students drive education outcomes. All will be receiving an active learning classroom, with the grant valued at ap-proximately $67,000 per class-room. It covers the furniture, design, installation and on-site training needed to effectively use the new spaces. “As we share with instructors best practices for incorporating the active learning environment into their curriculum, their insights will also inform our research, future products and strategic development to better the educational experience,” said Marisa Sergnese, training and professional development leader at Steelcase Education. Earlier grant recipients have been conducting qualitative and quantitative research on these impacts, measuring specific student outcomes and teacher effectiveness. Research from Cycle 1 of the program has shown the active learning classroom’s impact on student and instructor metrics, including: -Enhanced collaboration and team-based learning; -Drove student engagement and participation; and -Supported instructor-led changes in pedagogy. Read More

Phu Duong

Stephen Peakes

Andreu World: Nuez by Patricia Urquiola (L) and Capri Lounge by Piergiorgio Cazzaniga (R)

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>Stickbulb’s Boom Chan-delier received the Red Dot Product Design Award. Designed by RUX, a multidis-ciplinary design firm based in New York City, the series of LED chandeliers is made from and inspired by demolished buildings. The expressive de-sign is achieved with minimal elements, featuring cast-brass joints and linear wooden bulbs to create forms of exploding light. At the center of the fixture is a singularity of cast-brass joints, elegantly curved to dramatically reflect the geometry of the fixture. Linear wooden bulbs – the es-sence of all Stickbulb designs – in varying lengths cantilever from the brass core, each one emitting a line of even light in a different direction.

https://officeinsight.com/officenewswire/stickbulbs-boom-chandelier-receives-red-dot-design-award/

>On April 12, as part of Jersey Day, Teknion employ-ees wore their sports jerseys as a sign of support for crash victims and their families involved in the terrible accident in Saskatchewan recently involving a truck

and a bus carrying members of the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team. Sixteen members of the team died as a result of the crash while another 13 were injured. Canadians across the country participated in Jersey Day in honor of those affected.

PROJECTS>AIS recently reopened its renovated New York City showroom located at 257 Park Avenue South in Mid-town Manhattan. Redesigned to reflect the evolving ways that people work, the 7,334sf space on the third floor of a 20-story building erected in 1912 showcases the latest AIS products in a vibrant, open, light-filled environment. The AIS design team worked with the Boston-based design team at NELSON to create a new showroom that imme-diately engages guests. A reception area and welcome lounge feature the warmth of wood-grain materials in a

Stickbulb: Boom chandelier

Teknion Toronto employees on Jersey Day

AIS: New showroom reception area

AIS: New showroom wall art by Rob Surette

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officenewswirepastel-finish palette inspired by new branding colors. Behind the reception desk, a natural moss wall – similar to the 20-foot-high green wall at AIS headquarters – em-phasizes the importance of environmental sustainability. LB Lounge seating and Volker cubes and nesting tables – both recently launched AIS products – provide visitors with comfortable seating and collaborative places to work. Mounted on a wall in this area is a masterpiece created by artist Rob Surette specifically for the new showroom. The wall art represents the energy, motion and innovation of New York and was inspired by the city’s skyline and reflections in the water. The color palette was influenced by the finishes scheme and design elements, while the shape was created from the audio sound wave produced by the letters “AIS” when spoken. On another wall near recep-tion, a display features a variety of AIS task chairs, including the latest product, Devens, as well as the Bolton, Natick, Pierce, Stow, Triad, and Upton chairs. Color-ful frames suspended from the ceiling showcase some of the vibrant hues offered in AIS’s line of graduated mesh for seating, creating a sculptural 3D feature in the middle of the showroom. This area transitions into the main showroom space, which offers a variety of open-office vignettes, semi-private work-spaces, a private office and a formal conferencing space. Read More

>TPG Architecture was tapped to support a major consolidation and relocation of financial technology firm NEX Group’s various New York offices into a single North American headquar-ters. The firm designed two contiguous floors at the new-ly-renovated 4 Times Square Building accommodating approximately 600 employees and covering nearly 83,000 square feet. NEX Group is a UK-based financial technology company focused on today’s rapidly ex-panding post-trade and elec-tronic markets business sec-tor. TPG’s close trans-Atlantic collaboration with the client in London ensured a design that would fully embody NEX’s new and evolving brand identity. Technology was a driving factor for this work-place design, responding to both the aspirations of NEX’s tech-driven culture and the functionality of their business. An integrated multi-media wall in the lobby welcomes visitors with moving imagery. Flexible conference rooms

feature switchable glass to provide instant confidentiality when needed. Connectivity is extended to amenity spaces to create agile working oppor-tunities. Collaboration spaces are equipped with smart-boards to allow for impromptu huddles. Modular planning, high-quality demountable and moveable partitioning, raised flooring, and complex pre-wiring provide future flexibility for a vigorous office environment with an empha-sis on openness and dramatic 360-degree panoramic views for all. A sleek materials and con-trasting color palette reflects NEX Group’s brand identity. The various business units are joined through shared reception and conferencing facilities, café and refresh zones, as well as a market-

ing lab—all designed to NEX’s corporate branding standards. The project has achieved LEED Gold certifica-tion. Read More

EVENTS>ICFF’s 30th edition, May 20-23 at the Jacob K. Javits Center, will include a silent auction for the first time, with proceeds to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association and the Anna Hernandez-Luna Textiles Education Fund Award. The Education Fund was created by the IIDA Foundation in memory of Anna Hernandez, the award-winning founder of Luna Textiles, who succumbed to Alzheimer’s at the age of 56. The first $5,000 raised at the silent auction will be used to match the Education Fund Award, given to an up and coming female designer. All other proceeds will be donated to the Alzheimer’s Association. This new design industry initiative will involve ICFF’s 900 exhibiting com-panies who will be invited to donate the latest designs in flooring, carpets, kitchen & bath products, and art objects to be auctioned off to the ICFF audience of more than 36,000 in a 1,600sf pavilion where attendees can bid on

TPG Architecture: NEX Group

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items during the course of the four-day Fair. The Education Fund Award will be presented by the IIDA Foundation On Wednesday May 23 at 3:00 p.m., followed by a gala reception and ceremony for the ICFF auction winners. Read More

>The Interior Design Show, Jan. 17-20, 2019 in Toron-to, issued a call for IDS19 speakers and sponsors. Sponsorship opportunities include keynote talks, design labs, seminars, and plenary discussions on a range of critical topics and themes. New for IDS19 is a special trade-oriented component en-titled IDS Contract accompa-nied by a robust conference program. Conference Pro-gramming (held on Thursday, Jan. 17 and Friday, Jan. 18) is primarily geared towards members of the design trade, whereas Design Classes (held on Saturday, Jan. 19) are intended for both the trade and general public. Speaker proposal submission deadline is Jul. 28. Read More

>Novità compiled a curated guide of some stand-out client events happening during Salone del Mobile.Milano and Milan Design Week, which begins this Tuesday, Apr. 17, and continues through Apr. 22. Salone del Mobile.Milano will include EuroCucina with 111 exhibitors in Pavilions 9-11 &

13-15 accompanied by FTK (Technology for the Kitchen) with 47 exhibitors; Inter-nazionale del Bagno with 228 exhibitors in Pavilions 22-24 this year; plus SaloneSatellite featuring 650 young design-ers exhibiting over 30,000sf in Pavilions 13-15; and Living Nature, a special exhibi-tion by Carlo Ratti at Piazza Duomo, in front of Palazzo Reale, containing four climate microcosms that enable every season to unfold at the same time, one next to the other. Novità is also promoting Du-ravit, hansgrohe/AXOR, The Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Stickbulb, NJ Interiors, E Ink, Grynasz Studio, Pre-

ciosa, NoLo Creative Network, Ceramics of Italy, and Royal Botania during Milan Design Week. Read More

>Vitra tapped the insights of designer Robert Stadler to present a personal guide to the city of Milan. Mr. Stadler, curator of the company’s Milan Design Week installation “Type-casting. An Assembly of Iconic, Forgotten and New Vitra Char-

acters,” is based in Paris but is a former Milan resident, and he shared some of his favorite places there including galler-ies and picturesque restau-rants via secret gardens. His “Typecasting” installation for Vitra features more than 200 objects, nine communities and an exploration into communal living, in a film-set-like display. Read More

Milan Design Week: Living Nature by Carlo Ratti

Vitra.Milan Design Week installation.Typecasting by Robert Stadler

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>HNI Corp. plans to release its first-quarter fiscal 2018 results on Monday, Apr. 30 after the close of the market, with a conference call for investors scheduled for Tues-day, May 1, 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (10:00 a.m. Central Time). To participate in the call, please dial 1-877-512-9166; Conference ID 3179229. A live webcast of the call will be available on HNI’s website at http://www.hnicorp.com (under Investors – News Releases and Events). A replay of the webcast will be made available at the website address above and a replay of the call will be available from Tues-day, May 1, 12:30 p.m. (Central) through Tuesday, May 8, 10:59 p.m. (Central). To access a replay of the call, please dial 1-855-859-2056 or 1-404-537-3406; Conference ID 3179229. http://investors.hnicorp.com

>Kimball International, Inc. plans to announce its third-quarter fiscal 2018 results on Tuesday, May 1 after the close of the market, with a conference call scheduled for Wednesday, May 2, 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The tele-phone number to access the conference call is 844-602-5643 or internationally at 574-990-3014. The passcode to access the call is “Kimball.” The live webcast of the confer-ence call, and an archived replay available after the call, may be accessed at www.ir.kimballinternational.com.

>USG Corp., which on Mar. 26 rejected an acquisition proposal by Gebr. Knauf KG, last week responded to a campaign by Knauf, supported by Berkshire Hathaway, to

reject all USG Board of Directors nominees up for election on May 9. Germany-based Knauf is a competitor of USG in the production of drywall gypsum boards, but it is also USG’s second largest shareholder, owning more than 10% of outstanding shares. According to USG, Knauf’s offer to purchase all shares at $42 per share was rejected because “it substantially undervalues the company and is not in the best interests of all of USG’s shareholders.” Mean-while, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, USG’s largest shareholder with more than 30% of shares, supported the acquisition proposal and has also stated its intention to vote against the four direactors up for election. USG’s annual meeting of stockholders is scheduled for Wednesday, May 9, 9:00 a.m. Chicago time at the company’s corporate headquarters. More specific details of the ongoing drama may be found in the series of SEC filings by USG, Knauf, and Berkshire Hathaway at http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoe-nix.zhtml?c=115117&p=irol-sec.

>USG Corp.’s first-quarter 2018 results conference call and webcast is scheduled for Wednesday, Apr. 25, 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time (8:00 a.m. Central Time). To participate by phone, please dial 1-888-771-4371 (U.S. & Canada) or 1-847-585-4405 (International); pass code 46755508. The webcast and accompanying presentation materials may be accessed at USG’s investor relations website. A replay of the call will be available until May 25 both on the website and via telephone at 1-888-843-7419 (1-630-652-3042 for interna-tional callers); pass code 46755508. http://investor.usg.com

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HNI 35.9 36.1 38.6 41.5 39.9 46.1 -25.8% -4.1%

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Virco 4.3 4.1 5.1 5.5 5.4 4.0 -29.8% -2.2%

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>Boss Design, which is experiencing accelerated growth around the world and specifically North America, launched a revamp of its website www.bossdesign.com. As well as a streamlined, image-led design, the new and dynamic site features improved navigation and functional-ity, as well as enriched content areas to help designers and specifiers choose the optimum furniture solutions for their projects. For product inspiration, the site’s extended menu structure enables visitors to quickly and easily navigate a comprehensive range of commercial furniture solutions. These cover task seating, breakout and collaboration, meeting and conferences, tables and credenzas, pods, media units, and work café furniture. In addition, visitors can access a comprehensive Knowledge Hub that provides archived news about the company’s history of awards along with press information, showroom updates, exhibitions and events, and educational White Papers. Enabling compatibil-ity with all browsers and mobile devices, the site also offers a built-in, easy-to-use keyword search function to facilitate fast navigation.

“We have seen a fantastic increase in the number of visitors to our site during the last twelve months, said Mark Barrell, Design Director at Boss Design. Committed to always creating the best experience for our customers, we saw this as an opportunity to enhance our digital offering; improving the site’s overall functionality, simplicity and user-friendliness.” Read More

>Configura is partnering with SitOnIt Seating and IDE-ON to create CET Designer Extensions. Since 1996, Cal-ifornia-based SitOnIt Seating and IDEON have specialized in built-to-order seating with fast lead times. “As brands that value affiliations to elevate the customer experience, it was only natural that SitOnIt Seating and IDEON found their way to Configura for CET Designer Extensions,” said Tim Kiger, Vice President of sales at SitOnIt Seating and IDEON. “We’re excited to have our products represented in CET Designer, with the idea that this will make it easier for our partner dealers to do business with us. We believe that CET Designer has set a new industry standard for interior space planning and will make selling products faster, more user-friendly and extremely accurate.” Read More

Boss Design: New website

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Sales Associate - NYC/NJ/NE Region

Transwall Office Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of architectural and demountable wall systems has an immediate opening for a Sales Associate to provide administrative sales support to the NYC, NJ, NE Region.

Responsibilities

> Prepare and submit in depth IECs (Information Estimate Checklist) from information obtained from architectural drawings and project specs provided by the GC, Architect and end user Client.

> Establish relationships with Designers, GCs and Client end users with face to face time to resolve issues and inquiries.

> Provide critical support and assistance to the Senior Executive VP/Principal in the office or in the field.

> Develop and establish own accounts as desired.

> Conduct in-field Client site checks.

> Support project installa-tions.

> Maintain Sales Forecast, data and other administra-tive tasks.

> Assist with special projects. > Expedite requests for Mar-keting and Sales materials.

Requirements

> 2+ years administrative background preferably in an architectural environ-ment.

> Strong computer capabili-ties with MS Office.

> Knowledge of AutoCAD a plus.

> Able to read and interpret construction documents.

> S. degree or comparable work experience required.

Competitive benefits and compensation package including

> Medical Plan > Dental Plan > Disability Plan > 401k Retirement Plan > Paid Vacation > Paid Holidays > Growth Potential

Send cover letter and resume’ to avolz@transwall.com

EEO/AAP Employer, Gender/Minority/Veterans/Disabled

Independent Rep Group - SoCal

Trendway Corp. is seeking an aggressive, multi-line independent rep group to serve its customers in the Southern California region.

Trendway is a 50 year old manufacturer of high quality workplace solutions including panel-based workstations, benching, task

and collaborative seating and architectural wall products all available through its dedicated dealer network.

Interested independent rep groups should represent complementary manufacturers with a similar business culture to Trendway.

Interested sales teams should send contact information to Jim Ford, National Director of Market Development, at jford@trendway.com