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Design Triennial – And More – in NYC

Design mavens in New York, or visiting New York, have much to look forward to this spring and summer season. At the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, a Triennial featuring some 250 works created in the past three years by 63 relatively young designers, will be on display until August 21st. The show’s theme, “Beauty,” firmly elevates aesthetic considerations over, say, function or feasibility, much less social or environmental issues. Officeinsight contributor John Morris Dixon also reviews the Design Into Art exhibition at the Noguchi Museum in Long Island City, Queens; the architectural exhibition A Japanese Con-stellation on view at MOMA; and an art exhibition at the Studio Museum in Harlem featuring 20 works from L.A.-based African American artist Rodney McMillian.

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Textile Report: Spring 2016 Introductions

Spring is a time for change, and no area of contract furnish-ings manifests that change quite like textiles can. We’ve been inspired this spring by new introductions from a few of the brightest talents in the textiles game. This week, we present new and recent collections that show the diverse ways textiles can be designed, crafted and formed into imaginative, yet rational collections.

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2016 Pratt Career Night at Haworth NYC Showroom

Each year is great, but this year’s Pratt Career Night was especially uplifting. Design firms are hungry for new talent, and watching the young creative individuals interact with senior designers and principals had officeinsight contributor Peter Carey thinking a new generation gap is coming, and it may be bigger than the one in the 60s and 70s. Enjoy the ride; this is an interesting time to be in design!

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Design mavens in New York, or visiting New York, have until August 21 to take in the fifth installment of the Triennial at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. While this elegantly mansion-housed institution exhibits design of all periods, be assured that its Triennial (like those venerable Triennales in Venice) is focused strictly on the present. Fill-ing most of the museum, it features some 250 works created in the past three years by 63 relatively young designers.

The theme of this Triennial, “Beauty,” firmly elevates aesthetic considerations over, say, function or feasibility, much less social or environmental issues. And curators An-drea Lipps and Ellen Lupton have further defined beauty by exploring it through seven adjectival “lenses”: Extravagant, Intricate, Ethereal, Transgressive, Emergent, Elemental and Transformative. Under each category, several designers are represented by a few works each.

Elemental DesignMost officeinsight readers are likely to prefer the “El-

emental” designed objects – or at least find them a wel-come relief among more flamboyant exhibits. Among these are several creations by Michael Anastassiades (Cypriot, born 1967, active in the U.K.), whose professed objective is “pure form.” Among his works shown is Mobile Chandelier 9, assembled of black patinated brass and mouth-blown opaline spheres. His commercially produced items con-ceived along similar lines include floor and table lamps for Flos, with globes that appear to levitate, tenuously touching their minimal brass supports.

Other lighting devices shown include the Semplice lamp by Industrial Facility (Sam Hecht, U.K., born 1961, and Kim Colin, U.S., born 1969). Produced by Oluce, the lamp is composed of only its electrical housing, a clear glass cone, and an electrical cord. An extensive and diverse line of products from the firm is the Formwork series of desktop amenities for Herman Miller, made of ABS plastics with non-slip silicone bases.

Lighting that is less utilitarian in spirit but still minimal-ist, aesthetically, is the LTO4 COLOUR floor light, for the German producer e15, by Norwegian designers Daniel Rybakken (born 1984) and Andreas Engesvik (born 1970). Its circle of white powder-coated steel and two rectangles of laminated glass – one blue, one pink – can be reconfigured as the user pleases, combining one or both of the colored rectangles with the glowing circle.

Design Triennial – And More – in NYCby John Morris Dixon

Michael Anastassiades: Mobile Chandelier 9, black patinated brass and mouth-blown opaline spheres, c. 40-inch span. © 2016 Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Industrial Facility: Formwork series for Herman Miller, Inc. ABS plastic with non-slip silicone bases, various dimensions. courtesy of Herman Miller, Inc.

Daniel Rybakken and Andreas Engesvit: LT04 floor light for e15 (Ger-many), blue and pink laminated glass, white powder-coated steel, up to c. 40 in. high. Photo by e15 © Studio Daniel Rybakken

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A few proposals for full-scale buildings are included in the Triennial. Trace Architecture Office in Beijing (founder, Hua Li, born 1972) is represented in the Elemental section by an actual structure. Tree Clubhouse, located in one of the city’s parks, comprises an irregular layout of treelike canopies with straightforward wood framing, enclosed by minimally detailed curtain walls. Offering views of forest and river, the building can be flexibly used for functions including restau-rant, bar, gallery, event space, etc.

EtherealExcept for a few temporary installations – ice palaces come

to mind – architecture is rarely meant to be ethereal. But Sou Fujimoto of Tokyo (born 1971) has had some concrete ex-perience with the ephemeral. His 2013 Serpentine Pavilion, one of the structures erected annually for the warmer months in London’s Hyde Park, was a transparent matrix of glass planes, forming floors, steps, seating and tables. On a larger scale, with the intention of permanence, he has proposed the Souk Mirage, planned for “a city in the Middle East,” to house public and private functions in stacks of structural arches inspired by the region’s vernacular building traditions.

Trace Architecture: Tree Clubhouse, Beijing. © Trace Architecture Office (TAO)

Sou Fujimoto: Souk Mirage, proposal for “city in the Middle East.” © Sou Fujimoto Architects

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cultureIngeniously presenting an image of the ethereal, while

composed of firmly welded steel rings, is the Cabinet by Tuomas Markunpoika (Finnish, born 1982, working in the Netherlands). One of his Engineering Temporality series, this work was created by enshrouding a tall wood chest in the steel mesh, then burning it away, leaving the blackened rings to memorialize its existence.

IntricateAmong the variety of eye-popping objects in this category,

a link to traditional crafts can be seen in the colorful, free form hangings of Kustaa Saksi (Finnish, born 1975, works in the Netherlands). His works provide momentary relief from the computer-enabled, super-intricate designs of oth-ers, whose posters, wallpapers, fabrics, fashions and jewelry are exhibited in same area.

TransformativeIn the exhibits under this heading, familiar materials

and techniques are said to take unexpected forms. Among these is the table dubbed Triangles, created by Max Lamb (British, born 1982) by pouring molten pewter into sand molds. Also shown here are his prehistoric-looking chair of nanocrystalline copper and another assembled of layered polystyrene and polyurethane rubber in pastel colors.

Tuomas Markunpoika: “Cabinet,” mesh of blackened steel rings, c. 5 ft, 8 in. high.

Kustaa Saksi, Nightless Night tapestry, jacquard-woven mohair and rubber, c. 7.5 x 5 ft. Photo by Jussi Puikkonen © Kustaa Saksi

Max Lamb: Triangles table, sand-molded pewter, c. 15 in. high.

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EmergentA synthesis of biological and materials sciences, math-

ematics, digital technology and architecture informs the work of Jenny E. Sabin (Ithaca, NY, and Philadelphia, born 1974). Her diverse design explorations are divided between her experimental design practice and her design lab at Cornell, where she is an assistant professor. The largest single exhibit at the Triennial is her knitted textile pavilion, commissioned for the show by the Cooper Hewitt and executed by members of the Jenny Sabin Studio with engi-neering support from Arup. Also on view at the show are her PolyBrick series of masonry units, digitally shaped and 3D printed structures of complex geometry.

Extravagant? Transgressive?These portions of the Triennial show notably little design

for furniture, office equipment, interiors or architecture. Are these areas really lacking the extravagant and transgres-sive? Transgressive clothing on exhibit ranges from the

spooky – feathery and spiky black gowns by Gareth Pugh (British, born 1981) – to the elegantly severe – unisex cloth-ing by Rad Hourani (Canadian, born in Jordan, working in France). In the Extravagant section are gowns, brooches, earrings, unusual hairdos, and fingernail ornaments, many of them looking too familiar for inclusion in this leading-edge collection.

Those who can’t make it the Triennial in New York will have a second chance to view it in the Silicon Valley area. The exhibition will open at the San Jose Museum of Art in October.

Noguchi’s Design Into ArtAt the airy reclaimed industrial building housing the

Noguchi Museum in Long Island City, Queens, visitors can view the Design Into Art exhibit through January 8, 2017. Throughout his long and productive career, Isamu Nogu-chi (1904-1988; American, one Japanese parent) largely ignored the distinction between art and design.

Jenny E. Sabin, PolyThread knitted textile pavilion, commissioned for Triennial, designed by Jenny Sabin Studio, engineering design by Arup. Photo by Matt Flynn © 2016 Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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While among the greatest of our abstract sculptors, he was equally known for his stage sets (notably for Martha Graham dance productions), plazas, gardens, playgrounds and furniture (including his iconic glass-topped coffee ta-ble). The show features many works that cross conventional boundaries – lamps that might be glowing sculptures, for instance, and sculptural assemblages designed to served as playground equipment.

Everyday Furniture Transformed at Harlem’s Studio Museum

20 of the highly diverse works of Rodney McMillian are displayed in the cryptically titled show Views of Main Street

at the Studio Museum in Harlem. This first New York solo exhibition of the L.A.-based African American artist will be on view through June 26.

The show includes intriguing widescreen videos of male “vogue” dancers and an installation portraying a slumping Supreme Court portico. But most of the objects here involve transformations of discarded domestic furniture – an easy chair penetrated by a huge black cylinder, an expanse of worn carpet mounted as a wall-sized tapestry, a worn couch split then rejoined with a pour of concrete.

A companion exhibition, Rodney McMillian, the Black Show, can be seen at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, through August 14.

Flat-packable Akari lamps by Isamu Noguchi.

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Japanese Design’s Leading Edge at MOMAThe most ambitious of architecture shows now on view

in New York can be visited at the Museum of Modern Art through July 4. Covering the work of several professionally interrelated firms, the exhibition is entitled A Japanese Con-stellation. The senior members of the group – and recipients of the design field’s most prestigious international honor, the Pritzker Prize – are Toyo Ito and the partners of the SANAA firm, Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa.

These architects represent a generational sequence of professionals, Sejima (born 1956) having worked for Ito (born 1941), and Nishizawa (born 1966) having spent some years in Sejima’s office before the two established SANAA in 1995. Americans are most likely to have visited actual works by SANAA, which completed the Glass Museum in Toledo (2006), the New Museum in New York (2007), and (late

McMillian_2009_Untitled, Chair, cardboard tube, latex paint, 87 × 33 × 29 in. Courtesy the artist and Maccarone, New York/Los Angeles. Photo: John Kennard, courtesy Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles

Sou Fujimoto. House NA, Tokyo, 2007–11. © Iwan Baan

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Toyo Ito. Sendai Mediatheque, Miyagi, Japan. 1995–2001. © Naoya Hatakeyama

last year) “The River,” its sinuous main building for the Grace Farms cultural campus in New Canaan, CT.

The show is rounded out with works by three younger architects, Sou Fujimoto, Akihisa Hirata and Junya Ishigami (all born in the early 1970s), who are said to be “in the orbit” of the more established stars, having studied under and/or worked for them. All are especially concerned with the envi-ronmental and social impact of their works (Fujimoto is also represented in the Cooper Hewitt Triennial, above). The total of 44 projects featured in the show are represented by models and drawings, some exquisite objects in themselves, and photos projected on suspended semi-translucent fabric. n

SANAA, “The River” building, Grace Farms, New Canaan, CT. photo by John Morris Dixon.

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Side by Side Collection by Teknion Textiles. Photography: courtesy of Teknion Textiles

Spring is a time for change, and no area of contract furnish-ings manifests that change quite like textiles can. We’ve been inspired this spring by new introductions from a few of the brightest talents in the textiles game. Below, we present new collections that show the diverse ways textiles can be designed, crafted and formed into imaginative, yet logical/rational collections.

Teknion Textiles: Side by Side Collection by Suzanne Tick Designed by Teknion Textiles Creative Director Suzanne

Tick, Side by Side “thinks differently about color, texture and pattern” and includes Angulo, an upholstery fabric, and Percept, a multi-purpose fabric designed for upholstery, panel and wrapped wall uses. The two new textiles work well “side by side” with each other, as well as with other Teknion Textiles.

>Angulo: “Inspired by contemporary building facades, the strong geometric pattern stretches and compacts vertically creating dramatic impact. An ombre stripe of tonal color runs in the opposite direction. The interaction of these two gradations creates movement and energy when applied to the curves of furniture.”

The cotton pile of Angulo gives a soft hand and is de-signed for upholstery use, but the textile achieves 51,000 double rubs, exceeding contract performance requirements.

Textile Report: Spring 2016 Introductionsby Mallory Jindra

Side by Side Collection by Teknion Textiles. Photography: courtesy of Teknion Textiles

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product design>Percept: A textile using the same yarn technology as

Teknion Textile’s Rationale panel fabric, but with a heavier weight and an expanded texture and palette.

“The thickness of the yarns allows the weave structure to create an elegant textural surface. Percept’s long color-line was created to inspire the analogous color palettes of today’s interiors. Nineteen rich colors range from light to bright to deep. Blue, green and red come in several varia-tions each to allow for cutting-edge combinations as one moves around the color wheel.”

Percept’s yarns combine matte and luster finishes; light, medium and dark tones; and warm and cool color hues and neutrals. It has 81% post-consumer recycled content and is rated to 75,000 double rubs.

For more information, visit tekniontextiles.com.

HBF Textiles: Winter 2016 Elodie Blanchard Collection HBF Textiles once again tapped close collaborator Elodie

Blanchard for a 2016 encore collection that captures the brand’s focus on texture. With Beetle, Butterfly, Cloud, Cutout, Gravel and Peak, Ms. Blanchard sought to combine modern architecture inspirations with the textures of an untouched natural forest environment.

“Inspired by Russell Wright’s organic modern architec-ture, the designs celebrate the extraordinary elements of the natural world, from the softness of clouds to the intricate detail of a butterfly wing.” The collection includes a mixed palette of neutrals and new vibrant hues, and can be used in various applications, from wrapped panels and systems panels to upholstered seating.

For more information, visit hbftextiles.com and elo-dieblanchard.com.

Carnegie Fabrics: Xorel ArtformXorel Artform is a new line of acoustical panels, a new

product category for Carnegie, which combines the com-pany’s high performance Xorel product with an acoustical paneling function.

Arguably the most sustainable textile on the market, Carnegie’s PVC free Xorel scores high marks in durability, cleanability, acoustics, indoor air quality and bacterial resis-tance. With Xorel Artform, Carnegie will also offer bio-based Xorel options, the brand’s plant based solution that ups its sustainability cred even further. And as for the tech behind its acoustical component, Artform offers an acoustical core substrate as well as a tackable substrate.

“Xorel Artform is a response to the growing need for prefab modular wall treatments in commercial projects across building types,” said Carnegie President Cliff Gold-man, in the product release statement. “Our product is distinguished by its high performance Xorel, offering unique shapes and ease of installation.”

Artform is available in four shapes, three sizes, and more than 200 colorways in 11 Xorel patterns. The panels are made in the U.S.A., and installers can choose from two easy installation options: a simple Velcro method or a Quick Grab adhesive.

For more information, visit xorelartform.com.

Winter 2016 Elodie Blanchard Collection for HBF Textiles. Photography: courtesy of Elodie Blanchard

Xorel Artform in Tall Hex, by Carnegie Fabrics. Photography: courtesy of Carnegie Fabrics

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product designMaharam: Mode

Mode is a super vibrant, high-performance textile made from heavier-denier yarns that create a hopsack weave in lush two-tone colorations. To create the fabric coloring, Ma-haran used a cross-dye method to render two contrasting colors with both heathered and solid effects. Mode has the look and feel of wool, but it’s actually constructed of 80% post-consumer recycled polyester and 20% polyester, and is Greenguard and Greenguard Gold Certified.

Available in 43 colors composed of lighter tints and deep brights, Mode is constructed to provide stretch and ease of application. It exceeds 100,000 double rubs and is suitable for upholstery, systems and upholstered wall applications.

For more information, visit maharam.com.

KnollTextiles: Outbound CollectionOutbound is an eclectic collection of five upholsteries

and one drapery available in fabrics of velvet, chenille and indoor/outdoor options. Designed for high durability and easy maintenance, and with a wide range of solid color clas-sics, playful patterns, neutrals and bold hues, the collection provides designers with textiles for multiple applications and market segments.

>Summit (an affordable modern design from the KT Line), Woodland (a textured chenille), and Firefly (a pat-terned cut velvet) are plush-textured upholsteries available at three price points.

>Dune and Island, both Sunbrella® upholsteries for outdoor applications, provide excellent UV performance and bleach cleaning, and are treated with Sunbrella’s proprie-tary Defiance Finish, which provides both antimicrobial and antifungal protection.

>Savannah is a drapery fabric with a dry hand and clas-sic color palette.

For more information, visit knoll.com.

Xorel Artform in Waveline, by Carnegie Fabrics. Photography: courtesy of Carnegie Fabrics

Mode by Maharam. Photography: courtesy of Maharam Mode detail

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KnollTextiles: Balance Collection The Balance Collection, also from KnollTextiles, is all

about equilibrium, balance and harmony – in textile type, pattern, scale, color, texture, weaving technique and perfor-mance. Balance includes:

>Five upholstery fabrics. Large-scale organic patterned Melody; mid-scale, ethnic-vibing geometric Wit; multi-color horizontal striped Essence; and textural solids Diva and Tinge.

>Chant, a textural wallcovering in warm and cool neu-trals. Made in the U.S.A. and stocked with Crypton Wall for enhanced performance.

>Entice, a wide width sheer drapery at an affordable price point.

For more information, visit knoll.com.

Camira Fabrics: HoneycombInspired by architectural structures found in nature, and

copied by man, Honeycomb is a color woven polyester fabric that champions aesthetic biomimicry. “The hexago-nal shapes of the beehive have long been imitated for their strength and uniformity. Natural engineering at its best.”

Available in 16 colorways, the textile is ideal for high performance upholstery, especially, Camira notes, when combined with Nanotex® stain repellent, BioAM® antibac-terial and DuraBlock® waterproof technologies.

For more information on Honeycomb, visit camirafabrics.com/honeycomb.

Outbound Collection by KnollTextiles. Photography: courtesy of Knoll-Textiles

Balance Collection by KnollTextiles. Photography: courtesy of KnollTextiles Honeycomb by Camira Fabrics. Photography: courtesy of Camira Fabrics

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product design Luna Textiles: Hush, Cloud and HardcopyFrom Luna Textiles come three new products:>Hush: “Defined by a plush bouclé texture, Hush is

evocative of woven fashion and furniture textiles, interpreted in high-performance polyester to address the demands of contract environments.” Hush is eco-friendly, containing 90% post-consumer recycled fiber, and is available in 13 colors.

>Cloud: With Cloud, Luna Textiles channeled the hand-some woven textiles of high fashion menswear into an upholstery function. Inspired by “fine chalk-stripe suiting,” Cloud is available in three neutrals and four colors, using a soft heathered surface to lend warmth to contract interiors. Clooud is composed of 100% wool and has a substantial weight ideal for contract seating.

>Hardcopy: A leather feel and appearance, but with high performance attributes. Intended for upholstery applications for corporate interiors, hotels, schools, healthcare facili-ties and cruise ships. Available in 12 colors, Hardcopy’s low-VOC material is free of solvents and other hazardous chemicals and contains now vinyl/PVC.

For more information, visit lunatextiles.com.

Wolf-Gordon: RAMPARTFrom Wolf-Gordon comes RAMPART, a collection of

impact-resistant wall protection products engineered for high-traffic commercial interiors. Developed by WG De-sign Studio, RAMPART is an aesthetically more attractive alternative to leading rigid sheet good solutions, specifically in areas where protection against scratches, dents and scrapes is needed and expensive rigid sheet panels may be more than what is required.

Wolf-Gordon holds that RAMPART matches the perfor-mance of leading rigid sheet goods in surface abrasion, hard body impact, surface indentation and soft body impact testing. “It exceeds the maximum capacity of a Scrape Ad-hesion test machine without incurring significant scratches or surface removal, and receives a higher fire rating for surface burning characteristics.

Cloud by Luna Textiles. Photography: courtesy of Luna Textiles

RAMPART by Wolf-Gordon. Photography: courtesy of Wolf-Gordon

RAMPART by Wolf-Gordon. Photography: courtesy of Wolf-Gordon

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product design“Thicker and more durable than Type II wallcovering,

RAMPART features a heavy-duty construction and specially formulated finish called Surcoat, which ensure long wearing walls. The product’s super-dense cotton or polyester/cotton backing provides additional dimensional stability and secure adhesion. Its specially formulated finish can be easily cleaned with soap and water as well as a variety of heavy-duty cleaning agents, disinfectants, and phenols, making RAMPART a perfect choice for environments where cleanli-ness and antimicrobial protection are essential.”

Available in five patterns and a ton of colorways, RAM-PART requires no trim or molding pieces and, unlike rigid sheet panels, can be railroaded for a seamless installation.

For more information, visit wolfgordon.com.

Brentano Fabrics: Cornerstone CollectionFresh off of its 25th anniversary, textile house Brentano

introduces its spring 2016 Cornerstone Collection, compris-ing 21 residential, hospitality and contract textiles. The new collection shines a dramatic spotlight on rich materials, bold patterning, and strong, statement-making designs.

“We’ve spent the last year reflecting on our direction and look, and this year we’re laying a new cornerstone with products that represent what we do best at Brentano,” said Brentano Design Director Iris Wang, in the Cornerstone Col-lection introduction statement. “People love our colors, and you’ll find several color-driven patterns in this collection: outdoor patterns like Isla, and of course stripes like Regalia. We’ve also added a cotton velvet [Gem] with our largest color line to date – 39 colorways!”

Although the drama factor is high, Brentano holds that the Cornerstone Collection offers affordability and no short-age of practical uses. One third of the new patterns are designed for outdoor performance with easy cleanability and stain resistance.

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Cornerstone Collection by Brentano Fabrics. Photography: courtesy of Brentano Fabrics

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Historically, the New York design community is very inter-ested in monitoring and mentoring the next generation’s progress, both creatively and socially. Part of that reciprocal relationship may be because we know we can learn from one another. But more practically, especially in today’s bustling economy, it is that design firms need creative young design professionals to meet deadlines and generate income.

We all got our first break because someone took a chance on us during our early days. As I was heading to the 2016 Pratt Career Night at the New York Haworth showroom, it occurred to me that for the graduating class at Pratt, this night has the potential to change a young designer’s life.

“Back in 2004,” said Jon Otis, professor at Pratt Insti-tute and owner of Object Agency, “Two of my EDI [Exhibi-tion Design Intensive] students were frustrated with the other Pratt career night and proposed that we do something

2016 Pratt Career Night at Haworth NYC Showroomby Peter Carey

Josh Rider, Sarah Poist and Sarah Levine of Studios Architecture interview Pratt Institute students at the 2016 Pratt Career Night in the Haworth showroom in New York. Photo by Doug Gorenstein

Amanda Zaitchik of Rockwell Group interviews a Pratt student. Photo by Doug Gorenstein

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eventsspecial for interior design students. Many of the design firm principals and designers started with us 13 years ago and continue to participate each year.”

Pratt’s Exhibition Design Intensive (EDI) is a two-semester immersion into the study of exhibitions of all kinds and is an alternative to traditional thesis work. Students spend the fall semester learning the basics of exhibition design and work in teams to create a range of studio projects. In the spring, they work with clients on actual projects and are challenged as professionals to create real-world exhibitions from concept to design to fabrication to installation.

Making my way through the always elegant Haworth space, with views on to Park Avenue and Grand Central Ter-minal, our host Diane Barnes with the Haworth Collection carefully carved out 12 discrete meeting areas in which principals at firms such as Gensler, Studios, Rockwell Group, HOK, Mancini Duffy, Perkins Eastman and many more could meet and interact with some of the brightest new design talent to hit the market. Ms. Barnes may call it “professional speed dating,” but in talking with the students at the event, it felt like more of a real-time,

Yelena Morkitsy and Sasha Grishina of HOK interview a Pratt student. Photo by Doug Gorenstein

Christian Giordano of Mancini Duffy with Professor Jon Otis from Pratt Institute, Diane Barnes of Haworth Collection and Juliette Poussot (Pratt alum) of Gensler. Photo by Doug Gorenstein

Haworth included information on both design firms and students in their Bluescape Technology Wall for the event. Photo by Doug Gorenstein

Susan Pavlosky and Randall Scott of TPG Architecture interview a Pratt student. Photo by Doug Gorenstein

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eventsin-person social network. Many of the students were soaking up the entire experience and not necessarily looking for the match of a lifetime.

“At this point in my career, I know very well that interior design is what I want to do, but I also know that things are not going to be as imaginary as they were in school,” said Margarita Boumi, class of 2016 at Pratt. “Factors like collaboration, working with people that you may not like but must deal with and constraining project budgets are an inevitable reality. A lot of the

things we create at school are imagi-nary, and the teachers are pushing us to think out of the box. A lot of those things are harder to realize in real life.”

Some professionals on the design firm side conducting the student interviews were Pratt alumni. Matthew Goodrich, chief creative officer at mul-tidisciplinary firm AvroKO made some remarks to students before the event began in earnest.

“All of you are at a moment right now that I remember as being terrify-ing,” said Mr. Goodrich. “I started as

a qualifier and slept in the studio for three years. After graduation, I had no idea what was going to come next.”

Mr. Goodrich’s words reminded me that when I was going to school, the emphasis was more on the individual than on group collaboration. Pratt has very clearly emphasized collaboration in its curriculum.

“My path has been very circuitous along the way, but when I look back, what I have seen is that every time I felt like I wasn’t learning or that I needed to grow, I paid attention to that feeling

Richard Bliss and Mitchell Ross of Ted Moudis Associates interview a Pratt student. Photo by Doug Gorenstein

Wrapped in Strings, a project by Pratt student Margarita Boumi. The interior space contrasts the softness of the retail garments in the space with a rough, industrial look.

A Lower Manhattan community center, designed by Pratt student Margarita Boumi

Matt Goodrich and Jacquelyn Morris of AvroKO get to know the newest graduating class of Pratt students. Photo by Doug Gorenstein

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eventsand looked for a new opportunity,” continued Mr. Goodrich. “Try to be as much of yourself as possible. There are a lot of talented students and great portfolios, but when I am meeting people and trying to decide if a person wants to work and collaborate with me, I want to know who they are as people. I want to know what motivates people and gives them passion for design.”

Indeed, this generation of designers has a different set of priorities for both life and career.

“One of my big fears is being stuck behind a computer all day,” said Vicky Mo, Pratt Class of 2016. “Sometimes when we are working on our projects now, we will be working anywhere from 12 to 24 hours at a time. I enjoy jump-ing from model making to working on the computer and then prototyping; there needs to be a balance between all of that stuff.”

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Susan DiMotta of Perkins Eastman with Pratt student Charlie Cornelius. Photo by Doug Gorenstein

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eventsMs. Mo is already acutely aware that

for any project she would be working on in the real world, she will probably be delegated only a small part of the design duties.

“When it comes to finding the right job, I know that each job I get shapes my future.”

Danielle Covatta, another soon-to-be Pratt graduate looking for employ-ment, is hoping to hit the ground running this summer and has a clear idea of what she wants to do.

“I would rather hold out for some-thing perfect than start a job right after graduation,” said Ms. Covatta. “I don’t think I will know that perfect job when I see it. For my first job out of college, at first I didn’t like it, and then I grew to love it; my perception of the job changed a lot over my time there.”

Ms. Covatta’s experience at Pratt has been a memorable one.

“Aside from the technical skills, I feel I’ve learned a lot about how to think about design and take in the assignment in order do it my own way. Graduate school teaches you how to think and is not heavy on facts and figures. In terms of how that translates into a job, I am hoping it will make

Vicky Mo meets Mancini Duffy: Lee Trimble, Alan Dandron, Christian Giordano, Nora Alhasan. Photo by Doug Gorenstein

Pratt Student Emlyn Hilson talking with EJ Lee and Dara Osur from Gensler. Photo by Doug Gorenstein

On the Road, a series of exhibit panels by Danielle Covatta

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eventsany kind of job more interesting; we will be able to put our own spin on an assignment that may not have seemed so interesting at first, and that could make all the difference.”

Each year is great, but this year’s Pratt Career Night was especially uplifting. Design firms are hungry for new talent, and watching the young creative individuals interact with senior

designers and principals had me think-ing a new generation gap is coming, and it may be bigger than the one in the 60s and 70s. Enjoy the ride; this is an interesting time to be in design. n

A light study by Pratt student Danielle Covatta John Capobianco of IA interviews a Pratt student. Photo by Doug Gorenstein

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r-d connectionRESEARCH-DESIGN CONNECTIONEconomic Insecurity and Painby Sally Augustin, Ph.D.

Research by Chou, Parmar and Galinsky argues for careful attention to user comfort, for example, close re-views of ergonomics, in spaces where people might experience economic insecurity. This team found that “The past decade has seen a rise in both economic insecurity and frequency of physical pain. The current research reveals a causal connection between

these two growing and consequential social trends…We found that eco-nomic insecurity produced physical pain and reduced pain tolerance…The link between economic insecu-rity and physical pain emerged when people experienced the insecurity personally (unemployment), when they were in an insecure context (they were informed that their state had a relatively high level of unemployment), and when they contemplated past and future economic insecurity…we also established that the psychological experience of lacking control helped generate the causal link from econom-ic insecurity to physical pain.” n

Eileen Chou, Bidhan Parmar, and Adam Galinsky. “Economic Insecurity Increases Physical Pain.” Psychologi-cal Science, in press.

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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>Dame Zaha Hadid, DBE died suddenly in Miami in the early hours of Mar. 31. She had contracted bronchitis earlier in the week and suf-fered a sudden heart attack while being treated in hospi-tal. Zaha Hadid was widely regarded to be the greatest female architect in the world today. Born in Baghdad in 1950, she studied mathemat-ics at the American Univer-sity of Beirut before starting her architectural journey in 1972 at the Architectural Association in London. By

1979, she had established her own practice in London – Zaha Hadid Architects – gar-nering a reputation across the world for her groundbreaking theoretical works includ-ing The Peak in Hong Kong (1983), the Kurfürstendamm in Berlin (1986) and the Cardiff Bay Opera House in Wales (1994). Working with office partner Patrik Schum-acher, her interest was in the interface between architec-ture, landscape and geology, which her practice integrates with the use of innovative

technologies, often resulting in unexpected and dynamic architectural forms. Ms. Hadid’s first major built commission, one that affirmed her international recognition, was the Vitra Fire Station in Weil Am Rhein, Germany (1993); subsequent notable projects including the MAXXI: Italian National Museum of 21st Century Arts in Rome (2009), the London Aquatics Centre for the 2012 Olympic Games (2011) and the Heydar Aliyev Centre in Baku (2013) illustrate her quest for complex, fluid space. Buildings such as the Rosenthal Center for Con-temporary Art in Cincinnati

(2003) and the Guangzhou Opera House in China (2010) have also been hailed as ar-chitecture that transforms our ideas of the future with vision-ary spatial concepts defined by advanced design, material and construction processes. She held various academic roles, including the Kenzo Tange Chair at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University; and the Sullivan Chair at the University of Illi-nois, School of Architecture. Hadid also taught studios at Columbia University, Yale University and the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. In 2004, she became the first woman to be awarded

IN MEMORIAM: Zaha Hadid, 1950-2016

Zaha Hadid (Photo by Mary McCartney) Zaha Hadid Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati (Photo by Roland Halbe)

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the Pritzker Architecture Prize. She twice won the UK’s most prestigious architecture award, the RIBA Stirling Prize: in 2010 for the MAXXI Museum in Rome, a building for the staging of 21st century art, the distillation of years of experimentation, a mature piece of architecture convey-ing a calmness that belies the complexities of its form and organization; and the Evelyn Grace Academy, expertly in-serted into an extremely tight site, that shows the students, staff and local residents they are valued and celebrates the school’s specialism through-out its fabric, with views of student participation at every turn. Other awards included the Republic of France’s Com-mandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Japan’s Prae-

mium Imperiale and in 2012, Ms. Hadid was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. She was made Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and Fellow of the American Institute of Architecture. Most recently, Ms. Hadid was awarded the RIBA’s 2016 Royal Gold Medal, the first woman to be awarded the prestigious honor in her own right. “In our current culture of ticking every box, surely Zaha Hadid succeeds, since (to quote the Royal Gold Medal criteria) she is someone ‘who has made a significant contribution to the theory or practice of architecture…for a substantial body of work rather than for work which is currently fashionable,’ wrote Sir Peter Cook in his citation.

Guangzhou Opera House, Guangzhou (Photo by Virgile Simon Bertrand)

Haydar Aliyev Center, Baku (Photo by Helene Binet)

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in memoriam“Indeed her work, though full of form, style and unstoppa-ble mannerism, possesses a quality that some of us might refer to as an impeccable ‘eye’: which we would claim is a fundamental in the consid-eration of special architecture and is rarely satisfied by mere ‘fashion’. And surely her work is special. For three decades now, she has ventured where few would dare: if Paul Klee took a line for a walk, then Zaha took the surfaces that were driven by that line out for a virtual dance and then deftly folded them over and then took them out for a journey into space…“One ponders upon the operation involved that gets such strong concepts as the MAXXI in Rome – in which the power of organization is so clear – or the Bergisel Ski Jump in Innsbruck where dynamic is at last captured – or the Aquatics Centre for the Lon-don Olympics where the lines diving boards were as fluid as the motion of the divers – made into reality. And she has done it time and time again in Vienna, Marseilles, Beijing and Guangzhou. Nev-er has she been so prolific, so consistent. We realize that Kenzo Tange and Frank Lloyd Wright could not have drawn every line or checked every joint, yet Zaha shares with them the precious role of tow-ering, distinctive and relent-less influence upon all around her that sets the results apart from the norm. Such self-confidence is easily accepted

in filmmakers and football managers, but causes some architects to feel uncomfort-able, maybe they’re secretly jealous of her unquestionable talent. Let’s face it, we might have awarded the medal to a worthy, comfortable charac-ter. We didn’t, we awarded it to Zaha: larger than life, bold as brass and certainly on the case.” Read More

>The Pritzker Family and the Pritzker Architecture Prize organization expressed “deep sadness” by the passing of Dame Zaha Hadid. “Zaha represented the high-est aspirations of the Pritzker Architecture Prize,” said Tom Pritzker, chairman of the Hyatt Foundation, which sponsors the prize. “She com-bined her vision and intellect with a force of personality that left no room for complacency. She made a real difference.” The chair of the Pritzker Architecture Prize Jury, Lord Peter Palumbo said, “The world of culture has lost a standard-bearer for the art of architecture. Zaha Hadid fought prejudice all her life with great success. And this, in addition to her genius as an architect, will secure her legacy for all time.” Read More

>Details of Zaha Hadid’s memorial service will be an-nounced shortly on the Zaha Hadid Architects website, www.zaha-hadid.com. Mes-sages of condolences may be sent to pa@zaha-hadid.com.

MAXXI Museum of XXI Century Art, Rome (Photo by Iwan Baan)

Vitra Fire Station, Weil am Rhein, Germany (Photo by Christian Richters)

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officenewswirePRODUCT INTROS>Humanscale acquired Ves-sel™, an architectural light-ing solution from celebrated designer Todd Bracher. Avail-able to ship in May, this clear cylindrical light is made of the highest quality quartz crystal, providing beautiful, glare-free light in a simple, refined form. Architectural lighting is a new category for Humanscale, al-though the company has long been the worldwide leader in task lighting for individual workstations. Vessel is one of the most awarded lighting products in recent years, win-ning eight design awards in-cluding Best of NeoCon Gold in 2014. Suited for hospitality and residential settings in addition to corporate environ-ments, it may be installed as a single pendant or by the hundreds in large chandelier applications. It is also avail-able in sconce options. “Ves-sel was born from challenging ideas around light quality and working to achieve the high-est possible quality of light,” said Mr. Bracher. “It does not represent a stylistic approach to lighting, but a scientific

one, with a focus on physics and optical engineering. With the use of engineered optics, the light source is hidden, resulting in a magical throw of light from an unseen source.” Read More

>KnollTextiles introduced the Balance Collection. Inspired by the concept of equilibrium with the aim of creating a “perfectly pro-portioned product offering,” it includes five upholstery fabrics, one wallcovering, and one drapery. The uphol-stery fabrics are designed to harmonize in their pattern types, scales, and weaving techniques. Melody is a large-scale organic pattern; Wit is a mid-scale geometric with an ethnic feel; Essence is a multi-color horizontal stripe; and two textural solids, Diva and Tinge, are both available in a broad range of colors. The upholstery fabrics also balance aesthetics and per-formance, with four of the five achieving 100,000+ double rubs Wyzenbeek. Chant is textural wallcovering in warm and cool neutrals, made in the USA and stocked with

Crypton Wall for enhanced performance. Entice is a wide-width, well-priced sheer. “Balance is a collection that offers a broad range of pat-tern, scale, color and texture,” said KnollTextiles Creative Director Dorothy Cosonas. “It feels familiar but fresh for today’s market.” Read More

>National Office Furniture’s new Strassa collaborative table series features a sleek, rectilinear design with re-fined lines and classic style. Strassa is available in widths up to 120”, and all sizes feature a one-piece worksur-face. The table was designed to work in education spaces,

corporate areas, café spots, design studios and more. The smooth worksurface accom-modates group gatherings, work sessions or individuals who need space to spread out. Standard, counter, or bar heights allow flexibility so that Strassa can be used through-out entire environments. Veneer or laminate options may be specified to create contrasting color palettes or add warmth with woodgrains. Optional charging stations and grommets maximize Strassa’s power capabilities, while built-in cord manage-ment keeps the worksurface sleek and cords routed cleanly. Read More

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>Teknion Textiles’ new Side by Side collection by Creative Director Suzanne Tick “thinks differently” about color, texture, and pattern. “Color is more than just a hue. It responds to its surroundings and changes depending on context,” said Ms. Tick. “Longer colorlines that offer multiple tonalities of each color encourage the exploration of analogous palettes. Subtle, smooth textures and lustrous surfaces contrast with strong textures and matte appearances. Con-temporary graphics combine with traditional constructions. Large-scale patterns create fabrics that will read differ-ently depending on where they fall on furniture.” Side by Side includes two patterns: Angulo, an uphol-stery fabric that combines a traditional epingle pile con-struction with a large-scale graphic inspired by contem-porary building facades; and Percept, a multi-purpose, textural fabric designed for use as upholstery, panel and wrapped wall. Percept’s long colorline was created to inspire the analogous color palettes of today’s interiors. Nineteen rich colors range from light to bright to deep. Read More

NOTEWORTHY>Dorothy Cosonas, creative director of KnollTextiles, was named the 2016 IIDA Titan Award recipient. The IIDA Titan Award recognizes significant contributions to the interior design profession by an individual, company, or organization in the field. Ms. Cosonas, who holds degrees in fine art and textile design from the Fashion Institute of Technology, began her career working under Sina Pearson at the upholstery and wall-covering manufacturer, Unika Vaev. She was named the 11th creative director of KnollTex-tiles in 2005. Her inaugural collection won a Best of Neo-Con Gold Award, her first of seven. In 2008, she founded KnollLuxe as the fashion-forward luxury component of KnollTextiles. Seven fabrics created by Ms. Cosonas or under her direction at Knoll-Textiles were selected for the permanent collection at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum. She will receive the Titan Award during the IIDA Annual Meeting Jun. 12 at the Mu-seum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. “Dorothy is a vision-ary in textiles, known for her impeccable style and trend-

setting collections,” said IIDA Executive Vice President and CEO Cheryl S. Durst, Hon. FIIDA, LEED AP. “Her work not only inspires her peers, but also deeply influences how spaces are experienced.” Read More

>Philip Freelon, IIDA, FAIA, managing and design direc-tor of Perkins+Will’s North Carolina offices, was named 2016 IIDA Star Award recipient. This award, to be presented at the IIDA Annual

Meeting Jun. 12 in Chicago, is given to an individual or organization that has made significant contributions to the design industry. Mr. Freelon is a key member of Perkins+Will’s leadership team, as well as a member of its Board of Directors. Previ-ously, he founded the Freelon Group, a North Carolina-based architecture firm that joined Perkins+Will in 2014. He is a President Obama appointee to the National

Teknion Textiles Side by Side

Philip Freelon

Dorothy Cosonas

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officenewswireCommission of Fine Arts and a recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture. “Philip is widely regarded as one of the top ar-chitects in the United States,” said IIDA Executive Vice President and CEO Cheryl S. Durst, Hon. FIIDA, LEED AP. “Coast to coast – from his current work as the design lead for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., to the Museum of African Diaspora in San Francisco – he has elevated the profession by en-hancing public buildings that all people have the opportu-nity to experience and enjoy. He is an inspiration the next generation of African Ameri-can architects, expanding the opportunities for diversity in the profession.” Read More

>Erich Thalheimer was pro-moted to national technical specialist for acoustics and vibration at WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff. An acoustical engineer with 30 years of professional experience, Mr. Thalheimer has been with the firm for 20 years, coming on board in 1996 to manage the noise control program for the Central Artery project in Bos-ton. Other major accomplish-

ments include developing the FHWA’s construction noise model (RCNM) and writing the New York City construc-tion noise regulation. He is an award-winning, recognized leader in the acoustical indus-try, is board certified by the Institute of Noise Control En-gineering, has authored over two dozen technical papers, and is a frequent presenter at professional noise and vibration society conferences. Read More

>Dan Villella was named president-elect of Interior Designers for Legislation in New York. Mr. Villella is VP of Advocacy at IIDA New York Chapter, where he’s worked extensively with IDLNY to unite the two organiza-tions through a letter writing campaign aimed at passing bills in NY state that support legislation securing Stamp & Seal privileges for quali-fied designers. He works as project interior manager at Integrated Design Group, a firm specializing in Institu-tional Design. He is also an interior design instructor at the Fashion Institute of Tech-nology, where he graduated with a BFA in Interior Design. Read More

>ESD (Environmental Systems Design, Inc.) promoted Joseph DuTemple and Steve Monforton to senior vice president from vice president. Mr. DuTemple, a 20-year company veteran, has developed and maintained ESD’s client base of high-tech mission critical companies and financial electronic trading firms. He is director of project management for ESD’s Project Management Office, focused on developing procedures and implementing best practices.

Mr. Monforton is an industry leader in all aspects of technology infrastructure applications for real estate, across manufacturing and industrial to corporate, public assembly, and data centers. His client list is a who’s

who, including many of the world’s most recognized corporations. He is a founding member, past chairman and current board member of the Communication Technologies Forum in Chicago. Read More

>ASID issued a statement on HB 2, the North Carolina legislature and governor’s recent actions to overturn protections for LGBT people and sanction discrimination across the state. The Society described the legislation as “unacceptable and counter-productive to the profession at large” noting that it has already had a negative impact on business in the state. “A thriving business environ-ment depends on inclusive practices that welcome all who want to participate,” said the ASID statement. “In fact, North Carolina prides itself on being one of the top states in the nation in which to conduct business and to establish businesses. Yet HB 2 sends a clear and harmful message to the contrary. As a result, numerous businesses and consumers are calling for boycotts of North Carolina’s economy and, more specifi-cally, the upcoming biannual High Point Market; one of the largest income producers for the state of North Carolina. “Members of the design com-munity have not only joined these calls, but also are forgo-ing participation at High Point Market – at a cost to their businesses. ASID commends their actions in the name of pressuring the governor and legislature to rescind HB 2. Similarly, ASID supports those

Erich Thalheimer Dan Villella Steve Monforton

Joe DuTemple

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officenewswireindividuals attending Market who wish to champion the many manufacturers and businesses speaking out against the new law. Laws such as HB 2 that permit dis-crimination are regressive and place individuals at risk of being denied service, lodging, employment, and business in general. Therefore, ASID encourages anyone attending Market to ask hard questions of the organizations they do business with and to consider carefully, and morally, where they spend their money.” “ASID rejects discrimination of any kind and, as the voice of the profession, we expect public policies to support and protect – not jeopardize – our members, the profession, and the industry. While ASID will continue with our scheduled programming at Market, which includes a session on The Impact of Government Laws and Regulations on Your Design Business, we will evaluate future interactions and business opportunities in North Carolina as well as other states with similar laws. Our vigilance on this matter will not cease, and we strongly urge all elected officials to move without delay to repeal discriminatory laws like HB 2.” Read More

>Herman Miller, Inc. was named a 2020 Women on Boards Winning Company. Companies selected for this recognition are considered champions of board diversity with 20% or more of their board seats occupied by women. Only 12 companies in Michigan were awarded

“Winning Company” status. Herman Miller, Kellogg Com-pany and General Motors top that list with each having over 40% of their board com-prised of women. Founded in Boston in 2010, 2020 Women on Boards is the national campaign to increase the percentage of women on U.S. company boards to 20% or greater by the year 2020. In 2015, its Gender Diver-sity Index of Fortune 1000 Companies showed that just 17.9% of Corporate Direc-tors were women, despite the fact that women comprise about half of the total U.S. workforce, hold half of all management positions, are responsible for almost 80% of all consumer spending, and account for 10 million majority-owned, privately-held firms in the U.S. that employ more than 13 million people and generate more than $1.9 trillion in sales. “Herman Miller is built on the belief that every employee brings a valuable perspective to the table, and this culture of inclusiveness extends from the boardroom throughout the company,” said Brian Walker, Herman Miller’s chief execu-tive officer. Read More

>Humanscale’s QuickStand Lite™ sit/stand solution won a Red Dot ‘Best of the Best’ Award for top quality and groundbreaking design in the Product category. The award comes two short months after the introduc-tion of QuickStand Lite to the market. Equipped with an innovative counterbalance mechanism for easy transition

between postures, it features an adjustable keyboard and monitor arm platform that provides stability while typing. Its cable-management system keeps work surfaces clean and uncluttered. This marks Humanscale’s fifth Red Dot win. Previous years’ winners include the Diffrient World task chair (Best of the Best, 2010), Horizon task light (Winner, 2011), the T7 medi-cal technology cart (Winner, 2013) and Humanscale’s Trea chair (Best of the Best, 2015) – a Todd Bracher de-sign. Red Dot Product Award winners are featured at the Red Dot Design Museum and in the Red Dot yearbook. On Jul. 4, recipients of this year’s Red Dot Awards will celebrate at an awards ceremony at the Aalto-Theater in Essen, Germany. Read More

>IIDA announced the win-ners of the 11th annual Student Design Competition, sponsored by OFS Brands.

This year’s Student Design Competition challenged par-ticipants to conceptualize the future of an urban university mixed-use building. Entries were judged by a panel of design professionals, includ-ing Nick Blessinger (director of marketing and education, OFS Brands), James Ker-rigan, IIDA, LEED AP ID+C (design principal, Jacobs), Krystal R. Lucero, IIDA (senior interior designer, Edwards + Mulhausen Interior Design), and Robyn Taylor, IIDA, CID (director of design, Westgroup Designs). Seoyoun Yun, student IIDA, and Nayeong (Chloe) Oh, student IIDA, of the California College of the Arts won first prize honors and $2,500 for their project, City Within City. Hyung Kim, Student IIDA of The University of Georgia captured second place and won $1,500 for the project, Terminal. Third place and $750 went to Kaltham Alku-

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wari, Fessal Eleglah, Mariam AlKhamis, Majdulin Nasr Allah and Sahar Ansari of the Virginia Commonwealth Uni-versity in Qatar for their entry, Social Steps. “There was an impressive range of original design thinking evident in the submissions. A consistent theme in the top entries was the successful articulation of design thought and planning resolution combined with an impressive clarity in graphic presentation,” said James Kerrigan on behalf of the judges. Read More

>Voting is still open for the 2016 IIDA Illinois Chapter RED People’s Choice Award, but it closes at midnight this Tuesday, Apr. 5. To vote, please visit and “Like” the IIDA Illinois Facebook page and the IIDA Illinois RED Awards 2016 People’s Choice Award page, browse the “2016 People’s Choice”

photo album, and “Like” the photo of the project. Winners will be announced at the RED Awards ceremony on Thurs-day, Apr. 7 at the Chicago Cultural Center. Read More

>K2S studio is a new Los Angeles-based interior de-sign firm formed by Kathryn Hampton IIDA, CID and Susanne Molina FIIDA, CID, LEED AP. Serving the finan-cial, technology, entertain-ment, retail and academic sectors, K2S offers client-focused, hands-on, senior-level project leadership. Ms. Hampton and Ms. Molina have more than 60 years of combined experience in pro-viding award winning design solutions and in-depth knowl-edge of construction methods and project management. Ms. Hampton has worked at large firms, as well as smaller firms and had her own eight-person firm in Dallas, TX. Ms. Molina

has worked at both large and small firms, developing strong relationships with her clients by providing personal,

hands-on service from project inception through comple-tion. “Susanne and I formed K2S studio in order to provide smart, creative solutions for the ever-changing work-place,” said Ms. Hampton. “We believe a successful project with a satisfied client is the result of personal at-tention and dedicated service provided by an experienced and cross-trained team of design professionals. We approach every project as an opportunity for a long-term relationship, rather than a singular event, and believe firmly that dedicated principal involvement throughout the course of the project will lead to a successful result and satisfied client.” Read More

RE-SITED>Chuck Chiles joined ICF Group in the newly cre-ated position of director of technology of its Unika Vaev Acoustic Division. He will assist in product design and development as well as the support of clients as the company continues to expand its focus on its fast-growing Acoustic Division. Mr. Chiles has a broad range of experi-ence in the field of sound electronics and acoustics, having served as a techni-cal consultant for more than 30 years. The acoustic and functional design of high per-formance private theaters has been his passion for the past decade, and his clients have included top executives of FaceBook, Apple, SalesForce, 20th Century Fox, OpenTable,

IIDA Student Design Competition First Place Winner City Within City by Seoyoun Yun and Nayeong (Chloe) Oh, California College of the Arts

Susanne Molina

Kathryn Hampton

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officenewswireEBay, PayPal and Google. He was a key member of the Architectural Design team of Russ Berger Design Group. Read More

>Mark Rhoades joined ESI Ergonomic Solutions as president. In addition to working with the ESI leader-ship team to further develop the strategic direction of the company, he is charged with the daily operations of the company and maintaining the high standards of perfor-mance that the organization has successfully achieved. He will report directly to Chief Executive Officer Carol Keogh and principal John Keogh. Mr. Rhoades is an industry veteran with 25 years of ex-perience in contract furniture, B2B sales channels, and consumer goods. Prior to joining ESI, he was president/CEO of Highmark, and led the company through a period of exceptional growth. He was also previously president of SitOnIt. Read More

ENVIRONMENT>Mohawk Group issued the flooring industry’s first pub-licly disclosed Health Prod-uct Declarations® under the new HPD Open Standard Ver-sion 2.0. For EcoFlex™ NXT modular commercial floor covering and EcoFlex NXT Air tufted modular cushion tiles, these are the first of several HPDs that will be issued by Mohawk under the new Ver-sion 2.0 standard. The HPD Open Standard was developed and is maintained by the HPD

Collaborative, a non-profit, customer-led organization committed to the continuous improvement of the building industry’s environmental and health performance, through transparency and innova-tion in the building product supply chain. It establishes a standard methodology and specification for reporting and disclosing information about the ingredients in a building product and their associated health information. Mohawk Group’s new HPDs for both EcoFlex™ NXT modular commercial floor covering and EcoFlex NXT Air tufted cushion modular tiles includes the product ingre-dients, product descriptions, and recycled content. “These new HPDs will take the place of the HPDs that Mohawk issued under the original HPD 1.0 open standard,” said Rochelle Routman, vice president of sustainability, Mohawk Flooring. “With the implementation of LEED® v4, it is more important than ever before to provide our custom-ers with complete, transparent ingredients information of our products, and the potential health impacts of the ingredi-ents themselves.” Mohawk Group has an exten-sive transparency portfolio, including HPDs, Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) and Declare Labels. These initiatives help architects, de-signers and end users specify products that contribute to a healthy environment over their life cycle. The U. S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has also incorporated HPDs and EPDs into LEED V4. Read More

EVENTS>ASID will host the 2016 Design to Lead Summit on Monday, Apr. 25 in Washington, D.C., at the District Architecture Center. Throughout the event, attend-ees will build key leadership competencies and expand their networks through inter-active workshops, networking events and keynotes. “The Summit has been designed to empower attendees with the necessary skills and educa-tion to take the next step in leadership roles within their organizations,” said ASID CEO Randy Fiser. Highlights include: -Welcome and Morning Keynote, Lead Yourself: Learn what it means to be a leader and discover when it is the right step for you. Elizabeth Birch, president and CEO, Peris Birch Construction Services -Morning Workshop, Lead Your Time: Experience how communication flows through a system and affects leading a group through change and shaping behaviors. Holly Ellis, senior associate consulting workplace strategy, Jones Lange LaSalle; Kim Vander-land, senior vice president Consulting Workplace Strat-egy, Jones Lang LaSalle -Afternoon Workshop, Lead Your Firm: Discover key tac-tics and best practices to use when approaching any nego-

tiation. Rich Isphording, vice president strategic markets and alliances, Steelcase, Inc. -Closing and Afternoon Key-note, Lead Your Profession: Be inspired by the afternoon keynote by learning the journey of an industry leader. Bill Browning, LEED AP, Hon. AIA, co-founder, Terrapin Bright Green -Evening Reception: Learn about the ambitions and chal-lenges of emerging profes-sionals working in medium-to-large size interior design firms which resulted from the ASID Emerging Professionals Roundtable Series. Reception will be hosted at Haworth’s Washington, DC showroom. The Summit will provide up to 0.6 CEU (6 hours pending ID-CEC/AIA approval). Sponsors include Sherwin-Williams, Steelcase, and Stark Carpet. Read More

>The ASID Illinois Chapter will host its first ASIDEAS Technology Forum on Wednesday, Apr. 13 at the Pella Crafted Luxury Showroom in The Merchan-dise Mart, 3:00-6:00 p.m. The event program (IDCEC .1 CEU Credit) includes a panel discussion featuring speakers Kevin Hancock (FrameMy TV), David Cesar (Savant Systems), Sean Cadly (Lurtron Electronics), Jay Lazzaro (Dana Innova-tions) and Keegan Coultier (Séura). It will explore how technologies such as lighting

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control, remote access and TV concealment systems are being used today, and what is involved in the specification and installation process. The discussion will be followed by a networking reception with hors d’oeuvres and cocktails. Read More

>B&B Italia, Apr. 2-17 in Milan, Italy, is celebrating its 50th anniversary with “The Perfect Density,” an installation designed by Migliore+Servetto Archi-tects. “Density” is taken as a feature of B&B Italia’s identity in a broad sense, from the product physical and mate-rial nature to the conceptual one: Density of ideas and projects, always projecting the company into the future, through a continuous drive for innovation. The installation, set up in the Impluvium of La Triennale di Milano (Viale Alemagna 6, Milan), presents a symbolic representation of the pulsating brain of a com-pany that, over the years, has been capable of producing unique pieces, veritable icons of Italian design. At the center

of the space, eight high verti-cal cages, pulsating and in movement, create a weave of bright beams that project into the room images and texts, tracing out a system of allu-sions and suggestions among the various elements. A big brain, with synapses shaken by light pulses, surrounds the visitor in an ongoing and layered tale. Further insight is then provided by eight themed towers, which offer eight different narrative videos. Two continuous bands scroll across the Impluvium’s side walls, revealing an environmental video consist-ing of a sum of micro-stories: images of graphics, products, people who over time have helped to build the brand’s excellence, and whose faces and gestures are reproduced to infinity by a system of mir-rors. Read More

>Gufram is also celebrating its 50th anniversary in Milan with an exhibition at Galleria Carla Sozzani, “GUFRAM ON THE ROCKS. 50 Years of Design against the Tide.” Located at Corso Como 10,

Milano, the opening will take place Saturday Apr. 9, 3:00-8:00 p.m., and the exhibition runs from Sunday, Apr. 10

to Sunday, May 1. It explores the first 50 years of Gufram through its most symbolic projects. Some of the most representative icons of the history of Gufram invade the gallery’s space: from the couch Bocca by Studio65 to Cactus designed by Guido Drocco and Franco Mello, from Pratone by Giorgio Ceretti, Pietro Derossi and Riccardo Rosso, to Sasso and Sedilsasso by Piero Gilardi, from Globe by Studio Job to Magnolia by Marcel Wanders, and many others. Two new projects will be presented for the first time. Poltrona by Alessandro Mendini (pictured) is a totemic and symbolic sitting, a domestic throne that lives of the contrast between the lightness of polyurethane and faux marble finish. A single copy produced in the early

’80s and used for a histori-cal cover of the magazine Casabella, is now produced in a limited edition in “real-faux” Carrara marble. The artist Kris Ruhs, on the other hand, will present a brand new soft sculpture in “real-faux” rusty iron taken from his modular sculptures which have be-come a single block, accord-ing to the ironic game of the true-false that distinguishes Gufram creations. From the late 60s, in a time when Italian society was going through a profound change, Gufram is at the center of a movement carried on by artists and architects that will later become the radical design as we know it today. Gufram is the first to use polyurethane in pieces of furniture taking advantage of its strength and ductility to realize the most unusual and different shapes while maintaining softness, thus creating a “tactile and visual short-circuit.” Read More

B&B Italia Perfect Density (Image by Migliore+Servetto Architects)

Gufram Poltrona designed by Alessandro Mendini, new limited edition in ‘real faux’ Carrara marble

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officenewswire>The IIDA Illinois Chapter will present a CEU program, “Large Format Porcelain Tile: Larger, Thinner, Lighter” on Tuesday Apr. 19 during Coverings ’16, Noon-1:30 p.m. at McCormick Place, 2301 South Lake Shore Drive, Room S104. Presenter Bob Dienstbach CSI CDT of Mapei will discuss state of the art, large porcelain panels (1m x 3m…39” x 118”), their challenging applications, case histories, and causes and prevention of failures. He will also cover contributions to LEED, Substrate Prep, Code Requirements and more. Shuttle transport to and from show from Merchandise Mart is available for attendees. The program is AIA and IDCEC accredited (1 LU & 1 HSW). Read More

>IIDA Illinois Chapter’s Northern Illinois City Center is planning its second an-nual Fun(d) Run on Satur-day, May 7 in Elk Grove, IL. Profits from this 5k event will go to the IIDA Illinois Chapter Education Fund, which is a philanthropic fund created to advance IIDA IL members and the interior design profes-sion through education, re-search and knowledge. NICC is encouraging members to join the planning committee to help make the event a suc-cess. Read More

>Material ConneXion, in collaboration with Material ConneXion Italia, will partici-pate in Milan Design Week Apr. 12-17 in conjunction with the Salone del Mobile in Milan. Material ConneXion Italia’s “Materials Village”

will return to Superstudio Píu in Zona Tortona. This year, the third edition of Materials Village will occupy the entire outdoor garden area of Super-studio, as well as two adjacent areas. More than 30 compa-nies will participate, including 3M, Beko, Oltremateria, Du-Pont, Christian Fischbacher, Elitis, Novacolor, Association of Basque Designers, IPM Italia, XL Extralight, Gemanco Design, Merck, Texclubtec, Pozzi Electa, Radici Group, Ta Li, Trevira, Windtex Vagotex, Tileskin, Naturtex, Landmak-ing, Galleria Cavour Green, Lineaverde, Easygreen, Biohabitat, Latifolia, Phytos, Essenze di Luce, Sofa Soft and Mediacom. An installa-tion created by 3M Design in collaboration with Stefano Boeri Architects, titled “Urban Tree Lounge”, will serve as the centerpiece of the Materi-als Village. The installation will open officially on Apr. 12 with a cocktail reception by invitation from 6-8 p.m. The following evening, Apr. 13, the Materials Village will host an Architect’s Night; dedi-cated to the meeting between architects and exhibitors. On Apr. 14, a panel dis-cussion titled “Material in Architecture: from Natural to Artificial” will take place at the Libreria Abitare – Spazio Ansaldo, via Tortona 54. Rodrigo Rodriquez, Chair-

man of Material ConneXion Italia, will give the introduc-tion to the panel, and Emilio Genovesi, CEO of Material ConneXion Italia, will moder-ate. Panelists include Stefano Boeri, Mario Cucinella, the Campana Brothers, Eric Quint and Leonardo Caffo. There will also be a daily cooking demonstration 5:00-8:00 pm with Alessandro Borghese and Beko, a leading company in the field of household ap-pliances, based around the theme of “color.” Read More

>Nendo will present “50 Manga Chairs,” a new instal-lation for Friedman Benda, during Milan Design Week Apr. 12-17. Manga is a means of expression with a high degree of flatness and abstraction, and which is composed of a series of lines. Manga comics are deeply

rooted in Japanese culture, since they can be traced back to Ukiyoe prints developed during the Edo period (1603-1868 A.D.). This installation of 50 manga chairs is the result of adapting the strong symbolic nature of manga comics to furniture design. The chairs are lined up in a grid, each one conjuring up a sense of story, and each with a design element from man-ga. For example, a “speech bubble” or “effect line” is added to visualize sound or action. Or emotional symbols from manga, like “sweat” or “tears”, are formed so that a sense of story and char-acter can be felt. With the abstraction of manga comics in mind, physical aspects such as colour and texture are intentionally avoided as much as possible. Instead, a complete mirror finish is opted for, which generates new spatial layers as the mir-ror surface reflects the real world, just like manga does. The installation will be located at Facoltà Teologica dell’Italia Settentrionale (Piazza Paolo VI, 4). Read More

Nendo 50 manga chairs (Photo by Kenichi Sonehara)

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>NeoCon 2016, Jun 13-15 at The Mart in Chicago, will include more than 100 CEU-accredited sessions. “Our educational lineup is de-signed to impart knowledge, stimulate conversation around timely topics, and provide professionals with the ability to fulfill all their needed CEU credits in just three days,” said Director of Programming Monica DeBartolo. “This year’s seminars range from unveiling how neuroscience can be leveraged for maxi-mum creativity, to adapting the military drone for use in architecting new built environments, and everything in between. NeoCon not only provides the stage for exploration of these important subjects, our diverse and multidisciplinary mix of edu-cational sessions is a catalyst for exciting new conversations in commercial interiors.” These powerful programs are anchored by three outstand-

ing keynotes led by Paul Scialla, founder/CEO of Delos, and founder of the Interna-tional WELL Building Insti-tute® (IWBI) (Sponsored By Groupe Lacasse and ASID), David Rockwell, founder and president of award-winning architecture and design firm Rockwell Group (Sponsored By Knoll and IIDA), and Oana Stanescu, partner of Fam-ily, the visionary architecture studio behind buzzed-about projects including + POOL (sponsored By OFS Brands and AIA Chicago). NeoCon organizers shared a small sampling of seminars to illustrate the wide range of topics to be presented: Monday, June 13 M121 – Leveraging Neuro-science for Focus, Creativity and Learning, 2:30-3:30 p.m. Neil Schneider, senior associ-ate, Interior Architects, Chi-cago, IL; Patrick McCarthy, architect, SmithGroup, JJR, Washington, DC; and Nadia

Markovic, interior design director, Sordo Madaleno, Col. Lomas De Chapulte-pec, Mexico will share the results of a fascinating study that shows us what amaz-ing things we can do, using design thinking methods and our understanding of neuro-science principals. Attendees will learn how to support focus through enabling better change management; how to facilitate creativity through an evolution of the existing cor-porate culture; and how to al-low greater learning through a shift in organizational culture. [ADVANCED][OF][PD] M123 – Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Drones) in Profes-sional Design Practice, 2:30-3:30 p.m. Presented by Nathan Bicak, assistant professor of design, and Holly Cline, professor and department of design chair, Radford University, Radford, VA, this course considers the idea that unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have a place in design professions as a means of investigating interior and exterior spaces from outside the occupied zone. Attendees will see how pilot-ing a UAV outside or inside a building allows designers to analyze a project from other-wise impossible angles and vantages. The discussion will include the technical instruc-tions for operation of a UAV, and an overview of federal regulations regarding piloting one. Class goers will learn how to integrate UAV footage with CAD and 3-D renderings. [BASIC][PD]

Tuesday, June 14 T200 – Insight Rooms: Bold New Executive Spaces for Visualization, Insight and Faster Decisions, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Xavier Barrera, vice president, professional and technology services, Prysm, San Jose, CA, will show how everyday business workflows are being transformed and enhanced by new, innovative corporate spaces known as Insight Rooms. These new spaces, which challenge much of today’s thinking about in-room and virtual meet-ing collaboration, are said to improve and even accelerate critical business decisions by facilitating visualization and insight. [INTERMEDIATE][FT][INST][OF] T214 – Redefining Acous-tical Privacy: A Game of Jenga, 1:00-2:00 p.m. This session, presented by Jennifer Nye, senior interior designer, Gensler, Philadel-phia, PA, and Victoria Cerami, CEO, Cerami & Associates, Inc., New York, NY, will share practical design solutions addressing the issue of sound privacy – an issue that work-ers in many open offices face when trying to focus. The discussion will cover the four different modes of work- fo-cus, learning, collaboration, and socialization – as well as worker expectations around privacy and available solu-tions that address different levels of acoustical privacy. [INTERMEDIATE][HSW][OF]

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officenewswireT222 – Blending Design Across Markets, 2:30-3:30 p.m. From SMRT Architects and Engineers, Portland, ME, principal and director of interior design Erin Anderson and interior designer Jeana Stewart will show how today’s workspaces must increasingly accommodate “fused func-tionality,” and knowledge in multiple market sectors offers a distinct advantage. Drawing from experience in educa-tion, healthcare, corporate, or other markets allows design-ers to understand commonali-ties across sectors, identify areas where a practice or trend in one market can be leveraged to great effect in another, and also learn about when universal designs don’t work. [INTERMEDIATE][HC][INST][OF] Wednesday, June 15 W312 – Identity and Kinetic Lighting in Urban Revitaliza-tion, 11:00 a.m.-Noon. Rada Doytcheva, principal and head of design, RADA Architects, Ltd., Chicago; Shannon Olson, senior light-ing designer, KJWW Engineer-ing Consultants, Chicago; and Aram Garbooshian, princi-pal, RADA Architects Ltd., Chicago will look at the role of kinetic lighting and identity/rebranding for existing build-ings in an urban environment. Attendees will learn how to in-tegrate architectural features and various materials with en-hanced lighting technologies to create memorable spaces and urban markers. Case studies will illustrate collabo-ration among architect, light-

ing designer and electrical engineer, wherein each took a clear, defined role and set of responsibilities. [INTERMEDI-ATE][FT][LT][RES] W315 – Resimercial: The Multi-Market Appeal of Ame-nity Spaces, 1:00-2:00 p.m. In a competitive leasing market, building owners and developers are tasked with creating unique properties to attract and retain tenants. This session, presented by H. Istvan Walker, associate principal, FitzGerald Associ-ates Architects, Chicago, will explore how both commercial and multi-family properties are incorporating amenity spaces with a customized solution as part of a larger re-positioning strategy. [INTER-MEDIATE][FC/R][FM] Read More

>Pratt Institute has more than 20 events and exhibi-tions scheduled this spring featuring work by the 2016 graduating class. These include: -School of Architecture Graduating Students Exhibi-tion 2016, May 16-Jun. 15; Reception Monday, May 16, 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Hazel and Robert Siegel Gallery and Higgins Hall, first floor, 61 St. James Place, Brooklyn, NY. -School of Design Fashion Show + Cocktail Benefit, honoring Harold Koda, former Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Fashion show Thursday, May 5, 6:00 p.m.; Cocktail Benefit to follow at 7:30 p.m., Spring Studios, 50 Varick Street,

New York, NY. Proceeds ben-efit Pratt scholarship funds and the Institute’s Depart-ment of Fashion. -Pratt Design, May 12–16 at ARC Building, Pratt Brooklyn Campus, 200 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Pratt Design is the School of Design’s annual exhibition of work by exceptional seniors and postgraduates that pro-vides an opportunity to see a diverse range of what’s next in advertising, communica-tions design, fashion design, graphic design, illustration, industrial design, interac-tive design, interior design, jewelry design, and package design. Reception for alumni and industry professionals is Wednesday, May 11, 6:00-9:00 p.m.; friends and family reception is Monday, May 16, 6:30-8:00 p.m. -Design Schools Workshop and Exhibit at Wanted-Design 2016, May 11–16, with daily workshop sessions at WantedDesign Brooklyn, Industry City, 220 36th Street, Brooklyn, NY. Exhibition and Presentation May 16, 5:00-8:00 p.m. at WantedDesign Manhattan, 269 11th Avenue, New York, NY - A collab-orative project with leading international design schools, including Art Center College of Design (CA), Ensci Les Ateliers (Paris), ECMH (El Salvador), Aalto University (Finland), Centro (Mexico), and Pratt Institute. The interdisciplinary team from Pratt will include students from industrial design, interior design, and communications design.

-International Contemporary Furniture Fair Post-Digital Exhibition, May 14-17, Jacob Javits Center, 655 West 34 Street, New York, NY. The essence of a Post-Digital approach is to address the humanization of digital technologies through interplay between digital, cultural and spiritual systems, between high-tech and high-touch ex-periences, between the visual and the haptic. Selections of work by Pratt students and graduates span the entire design field, from hardware to furniture and architectural elements. Read More

>Online registration for SURTEX® 2016, May 15-17 at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center is now open. The SURTEX exposition and conference is North America’s premier event for the sourcing and licensing of original art and design. Two additional Emerald Expositions-owned design events – the Na-tional Stationery Show® and ICFF® – will run concurrently with SURTEX. One badge will afford media, attendees and exhibitors access to all three events. At SURETEX, approximately 300 exhibiting artists from around the world will participate in one of three categories: Art and Brand Licensing with 200 exhibitors who license designs; Atelier with 80 exhibitors selling de-sign; and Resource Hub with 20 exhibitors supplying tech-nology and business essen-tials. In addition, the Design District, a new area featuring

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officenewswireemerging artists, will bring over 30 designers never seen before. In addition to sourcing and licensing design and art, SURTEX features an educa-tional component, including a series of free pre-show webinars to help exhibitors prepare for the event. The on-site conference program is designed to cover all aspects of art licensing strategy, in 90 minute sessions, to help a designer take their small business through all steps in the product development pro-cess. Additionally, the Trend

Theatre features 30-minute presentations, held daily at 11:00am, 1:00pm and 3:00pm on the exhibit floor within the ReSource Hub. These information packed sessions are hosted by indus-try experts, trend-spotters and thought-leaders. The 2016 lineup focuses on progres-sive topics such as Consumer Insights and Trends for the Upcoming Generation – Gen Z, Top Color Palettes, Themes and Materials for the Up-coming Season, and Home Interiors. Read More

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businessRAYMOND JAMES BRIEF 3.31.16BIFMA: February Orders -2%; Shipments +2%

Analysts: Budd Bugatch, Bobby Griffin, David Vargas

>On Thursday evening, the Business and Institutional Furni-ture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA) released its market statistics for February 2016. The month’s order and shipment statistics were derived from a sampling of 32 companies in the contract office furniture industry, the combined shipments of which account for ~74% of industry volume.

>BIFMA estimates February orders declined 2% year-over-year, down versus the 1% decline reported in January. The prior-year hurdle for February was slightly easier relative to January (February 2015 orders increased 7% vs. 8% in January 2015). Thus, the two-year stacked order growth rate for February 2016 was +5%, compared to +7% in January 2016. Recall that BIFMA uses the reported companies’ growth rates (~74% of total industry volume) to estimate the overall U.S. industry volume and growth (orders and shipments). At times, the reported combined growth rates from the U.S. reporting companies (32 total companies) can differ slightly from the overall estimated industry volume. February orders increased ~20% sequentially, versus the 20-year median January to February percentage change of +12%. Trailing 12-month (TTM) orders totaled $10.07 billion, ~2.1% above the prior year. TTM orders are ~33.1% above the February 2010 $7.57 billion trough.

>According to BIFMA, February shipments increased ~2% y/y, versus the 1% increase reported last month. The prior-year comparison for February was more difficult relative to January (February 2016 shipments increased 10% vs. 7% in January 2015). Consequently, the two-year stacked shipment growth rate for February 2016 was ~12%, compared to ~8% in January 2016. TTM shipments totaled $10.27 billion, up 3.7% year-over-year and ~34.7% above the April 2010 trough of $7.62 billion.

>Thoughts on February’s numbers and current industry trends: Admittedly today’s economic environment is somewhat less certain than it was a year or even six months ago, and the year-over-year decline in BIFMA order growth rates over the last few months understandably have capital markets partici-pants (ourselves included) concerned about the possibility of a longer-term slowdown. CEO confidence has trended down-wards over the last six months, likely contributing to some of the recent industry slowdown. This is not entirely surprising given that office furniture produces no revenue for its buyers, and as a result, is vulnerable as one of the first budgets to be slashed during uncertain economic times. Nonetheless, some of the recent industry commentary seems to support the thesis that the entire industry is not completely “rolling-over”, despite the recent weak order growth rates.

>Industry market share leader Steelcase Americas’ orders declined 2% y/y in its most recent quarter (February end), re-flecting softness in large project orders, highlighted by weak

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businessenergy and insurance orders (up against big projects last year). Excluding those sectors, however, N.A. organic orders im-proved ~4% y/y, driven by strength in Steelcase’s Healthcare and Education verticals (~25% of N.A. sales), as well as its “untracked” sector (retail and other smaller verticals). Orders were down ~4% in February, but were up by a “solid single digit growth rate” through the first three weeks of March. In ad-dition, Herman Miller’s North America F3Q16 (February end) orders improved ~6.1% organically, on top of -1.2% growth in the prior year. Clearly, the industry remains choppy, which inherently makes sense to us. Over the past 12-24 months, the contract office furniture industry has become lumpier, and the recent slowdown in the y/y order growth rates along with sizable differences in prior-year order comparisons demonstrate this characteristic.

>Nonetheless, we are more cautious today (only two Outper-form-rated stocks in the sector, KNL and HNI) given some of the recent industry commentary, as well as the tough prior-year comparisons through the first half of 2016. Irrespective, we are not yet persuaded that the entire office furniture market is “rolling over.” We continue to postulate that, while the office furniture and general economic environment isn’t robust, it is likely not as bad as some of the current public office furniture companies valuations reflect. Interestingly, a lot of the key industry indicators (more detail below) remain positive, giving us hope that with a reasonable economic environment going forward, we could still be in the middle innings of a non-residential economic recovery. If that’s the case, office furniture demand should improve as we move through 2016. Neverthe-less, it is likely the industry will remain choppy.

>The following commentary elaborates some of those positive and/or improving key drivers for office furniture.

>While the pace of job growth has moderated some, the trend remains relatively strong by historical standards. Ongo-ing improvements in employment in 2016 should continue to benefit industry demand. Excluding the energy sector, corpora-tions are still experiencing strong levels of profitability (based on the Bureau of Economic Analysis data), which should also benefit the industry, as long as the macro geopolitical environ-ments do not drastically deteriorate.

>In addition, projected office completions growth in 2016-2017 suggests a long-term positive for office furniture orders and shipments. While the absolute level of office construc-tion spending remains below prior peaks, trends continue to nicely improve (based on Census Bureau data). January 2016 (the most recent month available) office construction spend-ing (not seasonally adjusted) improved 19.9% year-over-year and the trailing-12-month office construction spending trend improved 22.2% y/y in January. Trailing 12-month office con-

struction spending has been positive since December 2013. The Architects’ Billing Index, which we believe leads non-residential construction by 8-13 months, was 50.3 in February (most recent month available), slightly above 50.0 – the line of demarcation between expansion and contraction. The rolling 12-month average was 51.4 in February, nicely above the 50.0 line of demarcation.

>According to Reis, net office space absorption was positive by ~44 million square feet in 2015 and is forecast to con-tinue to slowly improve going forward (Reis is currently fore-casting ~53 million square feet of net office space absorption in 2016, followed by ~64 million in 2017). Vacancy rates peaked in 1Q11 and have begun to tick lower, but they remain elevated when viewed historically. This should support continued office churn as corporations move and/or consolidate space, taking advantage of favorable lease rates and motivated landlords.

>On March 4, 2016, BIFMA updated its industry forecasts that are prepared for it by IHS (formerly the Global Insight forecast). For 2016, BIFMA now projects that orders and shipments will increase 3.1% (previously 5.8%) and 1.0% (previously 4.2%), respectively. Recall, reported orders for 2015 increased 3.5% y/y in 2015, and shipments improved 4.8% y/y. First half orders were up 6.4% in 2015, while second half orders were up a meager 0.7% y/y. In addition to updating its 2016 forecast, BIFMA released its initial 2017 industry projections. For 2017, BIFMA projects that orders and shipments will increase 4.4% and 4.8%, respectively. Unfortunately, many industry participants and observers have been conditioned (by experience) to not put too much weight on the point estimates because the track of the forecasts typi-cally looks significantly higher at the left axis than at the middle or right – at least until we move into the current year. At face value, BIFMA’s current 2016 order growth projection of ~3.1% seems reasonable given that prior year comparisons begin to ease in a couple months.

BUSINESS AFFAIRS>HNI Corp. will host its quarterly conference call for inves-tors to discuss first quarter fiscal 2016 results on Friday, Apr. 22, 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (10:00 a.m. Central). To participate in the call, please dial 1-877-512-9166; Conference ID: 74118145. A live webcast of the call will be available on HNI’s website under Investors – News Releases and Events. A replay of the webcast will be made available at the website after the call, and a replay will also be available through Thursday, Apr. 28, 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: 74118145. HNI plans to release its first quarter fiscal 2016

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technologyresults on Thursday, Apr. 21, after market close. http://inves-tors.hnicorp.com/

>Kimball International, Inc. on Mar. 31 participated in the Sidoti & Company, LLC Spring 2016 Emerging Growth Convention. Presenting were CEO and Chairman Bob Schnei-der; President and COO Don Van Winkle; Vice President and CFO Michelle Schroeder; and Dennis Gerber, treasurer and director of investor relations. The slides used in the presenta-tion are available for review on the investor relations pages of the company’s website at http://kimballinternational.com/calen-dar_of_events.aspx

>Steelcase Inc. on Mar. 29 entered into a stock repurchase agreement with an independent third party broker. Under this agreement, the broker is authorized to repurchase up to 4 million shares of the company’s common stock on behalf of the company during the period from Mar. 29 through Sep. 23, 2016, subject to certain price, market and volume constraints specified in the agreement. The shares will be purchased pursuant to the company’s previously announced share re-purchase program and in a manner consistent with applicable laws and regulations, including the provisions of the safe har-bor contained in Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act. http://ir.steelcase.com/financials.cfm

TECHNOLOGY>Arborite launched Visualizer, an online virtual design tool. Visualizer allows users to “dream it, build it, see it” by select-ing a space from a variety of options – such as retail, hotel, or kitchen – and customizing it to fit their design style using Arborite’s extensive collection of laminate offerings.

“Arborite laminate is an endlessly versatile material, but many people are unaware of its boundless applications,” said Arborite President Salvatore Rivera. “The Visualizer shows people just how many ways laminate can be used, from resi-dential projects to retail settings to education and healthcare environments.”

To create their own spaces with the Visualizer, users begin by selecting one of the following options as the basis for their de-sign: shaker style bathroom, U-shaped kitchen, hotel bedroom, retail, laboratory, island kitchen, loft kitchen, island apartment kitchen, office, K-12 & university, or L-shaped kitchen. Upon picking a setting, all of the elements become editable and customizable to fit the user’s specifications. For example, in kitchens, users can choose which Arborite laminates to put on the counter and cabinets, as well as what wall color and floor finish they would like. By allowing users to select not only the laminate, but also the other finishes in the room, the Arborite

Visualizer gives a complete, finished effect that shows the lami-nate in its element. https://officeinsight.com/officenewswire/arborite-launches-visualizer-tool-virtual-design/

>Configura announced free April webinars with CET Designer instructors:

Photo Lab and Rendering April 5 at 1 p.m. ET April 22 at 1 p.m. ET

Getting Started with CET Designer April 6 at 1 p.m. ET April 20 at 4 p.m. ET April 28 at 1 p.m. ET

The free webinars are for anyone, whether a Beginner or Advanced CET Designer user, anywhere in the world. Please call 877-568-4106 and click on “Join Webinar Now” at www.configura.com/cet/training. To contact Configura with any ques-tions or suggestions, call 877-238-0808. https://officeinsight.com/officenewswire/configura-announces-april-webinars/

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JOB SITETo place ads or to get a price quote contact Bob Beck bob@officeinsight.comT 972 293 9186

Find all our ads all the time at www.officeinsight.com/careers.

At National, we pride ourselves in having a world-class team that champions growth, diversity and operationalexcellence. We’re creating an environment that inspires an insatiable desire to learn, stretch and do things betterevery day. We have immediate openings and are seekingindividuals to be key players on our team.

District Manager Positions

Boston (preferred location North Boston)New York (preferred location New York City)New Jersey

Responsible for territory management with focusedattention on dealer development, vertical market end-users as well as the A+D community.

Successful candidates must:

• Be personally responsible, focused and effective utilizing a full array of resources for sustained growth

• Leverage sales tools, such as our enhanced dealer programs, new product introductions and exciting sales incentives

• Focus on areas of opportunity within our key vertical markets and identify opportunities to exploit for future growth in the market

• Develop and follow-through on long term strategies to win project business

• Possess strong communication and organizational skills in addition to strong business planning and business development skills

• Have the proven ability to manage and develop relationships

• Be analytical thinkers with creative problem solving aptitude for overcoming business challenges

• Have a sound foundation in report analysis withexcellent understanding of sales and marketing functions

• Hold extensive knowledge of the office furniture industryand 3+ years of demonstrated successful sales growth

As a business unit of Kimball International, we offer anattractive salary and flexible benefits package including aretirement plan with 401(K) feature.

National is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants willreceive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status.

To learn more and apply for these positions, go to www.NationalOfficeFurniture.com/Careers.

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Rep Group Partner - New York, NY

This is a great opportunity to become a partner in a long established rep firm in the New York City market.

Pringle Ward, a highly respected organization with high volume lines is looking for an experienced person to join our sales group as a partner. No financial investment is needed. A

combination of ambition and experience will help to secure your future in office furniture. As a partner you will be a major part of our organization with the opportunity establish financial security.

For more information contact: Roy Lamendola rlamendola@pringleward.com

212-689-0300 Ex. 217

Sales Assistant - San Francisco

Carnegie - The Sales Assistant will be responsible for assisting with all aspects of sales operations and providing support to the Sales Representative in the Northern California Territory. This position entails assisting with various sales related tasks and providing exceptional customer service to our clients.

Required Skills: 1+ years experience in Textiles, Interior Design, Architecture, or related fields. Exceptional organizational, time management and customer service skills.Please send cover letter and resume to Heather Williamson, at hwilliamson@carnegiefabrics.com

Multi-Line Representative - Seattle/Portland

David Edward, a leading furniture manufacturing company is seeking multi-line representative in Washington & Oregon. Sales experience in the A+D community is required.

Interested candidates should submit their resume along with a cover letter to Kevin Pitts, Partner: KPitts@davidedward.com

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National Sales Manager - Dallas, TX

Smith System is seeking a National Sales Manager to report to the VP of Sales to call on school districts, A&D community and dealers. The preferred location of the candidate is at our factory in the DFW area.

Essential Functions:

> Willing to travel extensively to areas not currently cov-ered by our Regional Sales Managers.

> Self planned, scheduled and executed calls with schools, dealers and A&D firms.

> Dynamic personality for presentations.

> Proven success develop-ing relationships to drive growth and new business.

Required Experience:

> 5 years in school furniture or contract furniture world.

> Solid presenter and closer. > Proficient in Microsoft Of-fice applications.

Please send your cover letter and resume in confidence to Molly@smithsystem.com

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer

Multi-Line or Direct Sales Representative - Textiles/Wallcoverings - Eastern PA/Delaware/Southern NJ Territory

Carnegie, a leading textile/wallcovering company is seeking multi-line or direct representation in the Eastern Pennsylvania/Delaware/South NJ territory. Sales experience in the A+D community is required. Candidates must be self-motivated, entrepreneurial,

with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Interested candidates should submit their resume along with a cover letter to Erika Gaies, Vice President Sales: egaies@carnegiefabrics.com.

Multi-Line Sales Rep-Textiles/wallcoverings - Vancouver and British Columbia

Carnegie, a leading textile/wallcovering company, featuring Bio Based Xorel, is seeking multi-line representation for our Vancouver and British

Columbia areas. Sales experience in the local A+D community is required; motivated, energetic and forward thinking a must.

Interested candidates should submit their resume to Remona Teague, Executive Vice President, Global Business Development: rteague@carnegiefabrics.com

Sales Representative - New York Metro

Luna Textiles, an innovative, international contract textile company, currently has an excellent opportunity for a dynamic and highly motivated sales professional.

The individual will have responsibility for the sales and service of the greater New York Metro area.

The ideal candidate will have strong relationships with A & D, furniture manufacturers, dealerships and end-users, along with considerable knowledge of the consultative and strategic selling process in the contract textiles & furniture industry. Must be sales goal driven, self-motivated,

well organized, and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Previous sales experience with textiles and knowledge of the contract furniture industry is required.

Interested candidates should submit their resume along with a cover letter to ahaley@lunatextiles.com.

PO Box 967Cedar Hill, TX 75106

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