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IdeaPaint’s War on Ideation

Since 2008, IdeaPaint has carefully painted a reputation for expanding the playful possibilities of dry erase. Its dry erase paint empowers people to reach their greatest creative potential outside the typical rectangular whiteboard. But this year, at NeoCon 2016, we saw the company dream bigger. At a special exhibit space on the Merchandise Mart’s ground floor, IdeaPaint debuted a new three-piece collection of mobile dry erase whiteboard solutions. Last week, officeinsight editor Mallory Jindra caught up with John Stephans, president and CEO of IdeaPaint, about the new collection and all things IdeaPaint.

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Coworking Summer Camp-style in El Segundo, California

Coworking is becoming more exclusive, more complex and more specialized. Many of these spaces now frequently foster specific qualities in their members, whether it be industry, company size, lease length, or level of community aspect. And they’re also now more often being used as a strategic tool established companies can use to invest back in their brand. In El Segundo, CA, an ad agency called Ignited started El Camp, a summer camp-inspired coworking community dedicated to a single industry – companies in creative marketing.

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Concurrents – Environmental Psychology: Infection-Stopping Design

Current discussions of the Zika virus, and how to stop its spread, bring thoughts of infection-busting design to mind. How can we use design to reduce our risk of dangerous health situations? officeinsight columnist Sally Augustin explores the relationships, both simple and complicated, between design and disease epidemics.

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IdeaPaint at Carbonite. Photo: Michael Piazza Photography

Since 2008, IdeaPaint has carefully painted a reputation for expanding the playful possibilities of dry erase.

Its dry erase paint empowers people to reach their greatest creative potential outside the typical rectangular whiteboard that has been a staple of conference room design for decades.

IdeaPaint’s products, available in clear, white and high-performance commercial grade options, benefit their users in many ways. For one, the paint is far less expensive than a whiteboard in terms of square footage; a 300 square foot space covered in IdeaPaint is similar in price to one 4x3 square foot whiteboard mounted onto a wall.

IdeaPaint is also highly sustainable; the product qualifies for LEED, is low-VOC, abd has a low carbon

footprint. The paint lacks some of the harmful chemicals that a traditional whiteboard has, such as formaldehyde. And, it’s easier to replace sustainably, since it contributes nothing to landfills.

As far as performance goes, IdeaPaint is at the top of the heap there as well, with 10 year-to-lifetime warrantees, depending on the product.

IdeaPaint also has the advantage of being able to maintain a space’s aesthetic; it doesn’t detract from an aesthetic the way a wall-mounted whiteboard can. The application possibilities of IdeaPaint really do feel endless. The best way to see the full gamut of ways to use the product is to check out the Ideas page on IdeaPaint’s website.

IdeaPaint’s War on Ideationby Mallory Jindra

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IdeaPaint-clad columns at Credit Quicken Loans. Photo: courtesy of IdeaPaint

IdeaPaint at Enernoc. Photo: David Culton Photography IdeaPaint as artistic inspiration, at Hill Holiday. Photo: David Culton Photography

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companies“If you’re asked to think big, I don’t

know how you do that in a small space,” says John Stephans, president and CEO of IdeaPaint. “I don’t know how creative tech teams can brainstorm meaningfully on a 4x3 foot whiteboard, compared to a meeting space with 300 square foot of usable dry erase wall space.”

This year, at NeoCon 2016, we saw the company dream bigger. At a special exhibit space on the Merchandise Mart’s ground floor, IdeaPaint debuted a new three-piece collection of mobile dry erase whiteboard solutions.

To bring the project to life, IdeaPaint collaborated with two well-known design talents: Primo Orpilla, designer and co-founder of Studio O+A, and the crafters at Uhuru Design, an acclaimed furniture maker based in Brooklyn.

At Placester, a wall serves double duty as a projection screen and writable IdeaPaint surface. Users can project things from a laptop on the wall and then make notes on the side. Photo: Michael Piazza Photography

IdeaPaint at Placester. Photo: Michael Piazza Photography

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At NeoCon 2016, IdeaPaint debuted its new collection of mobile dry erase solutions exhibit in a special exhibit. Photo: Jeff Beck

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companiesVenturing outside the purely paint

market is a big step, but the new additions make perfect sense to the IdeaPaint team. Last week, we spoke with Mr. Stephans about the new collection and all things IdeaPaint.

“We try to stay as close to our customer base as we can, and we found a lot of our customers asking us if we had a mobile whiteboard option,” said Mr. Stephans. “We wanted to add something new to the market that would complement our existing products.”

IdeaPaint sees its new collection as a way to continue its goal to provide “frictionless collaboration” by removing creative boundaries.

“There is no way we would ever make a stationary whiteboard that goes on the wall. We see these new additions as a great complement to our existing products and our brand.

The new collection, all coated with IdeaPaint dry erase technology, includes:

>Hive: A mobile whiteboard with high design details, high quality materials, and a sturdier construction than many current market offerings.

>Pivot: A mobile dry erase board that converts to a writable bar-height table. Pivot can orient itself vertically or horizontally, depending on how users want to work at the moment.

>ThinkTank Mobile: An ultralight camper “completely coated inside with IdeaPaint for the ultimate in frictionless collaboration, whether you park it on campus or take it on the road.”

IdeaPaint has plans for a bright future.

Its new mobile dry erase collection will come to market in the first quarter of 2017. The company’s product design and development teams have a few new unique coatings in the works, and those teams are also devoting time to research that will benefit IdeaPaint users.

Hive mobile whiteboard detail. Photo: David Culton Photography

Hive mobile whiteboard by IdeaPaint. Photo: David Culton Photography

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companies“We’re working to uncover the new

technologies coming down the road that will be affecting our users,” noted Mr. Stephens. “We want to improve our innovation, bringing products that are new and differentiated to the market.”

IdeaPaint is also focusing on expanding its channels of

communication and distribution. “We don’t have to spend time

convincing the customer of their need; it’s already there. Instead, we spend a lot of time talking to our customer base – A&D firms, end users, and the contractors who install our product. We want to know where our customer wants to go in the future.

“We’ve spent a lot of time developing our B2B offerings, and we maintain close working relationships with those parties. Now, we want to bring more focus to the end user consumer.”

To that end, IdeaPaint has future partnerships with a major consumer brand [we can’t disclose who just yet] in the works.

IdeaPaint’s PULL magnetic wall system. Photo: David Culton Photography

IdeaPaint’s PULL product at IA. Photo: David Culton Photography

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companiesIt’s also partnering with think tanks

to provide white paper research on collaboration, learning and ideation as they really happen in the workplace, learning spaces and the home, and how their customers are using, and want to use, IdeaPaint.

“There’s something really engaging about this low-tech way of communicating. It’s very innate – we’ve been drawing on walls since we were two and three years old.

IdeaPaint has the advantage of building upon a very specific, yet universal goal: expanding collaboration, ideation and productivity by changing the traditional view of whiteboards and other writable space in the office. Geographically, the opportunities are limitless.

“Our customers see the conference room as just one place to put IdeaPaint,” said Mr. Stephans. “They see the IdeaPaint wall next to their workstation as just as important as their chair or their laptop. It’s a universal sort of ingredient that anyone can use.” n

IdeaPaint in an education environment. Photo: courtesy of IdeaPaint

IdeaPaint applied to a table at Rue La La. Photo: Trent Bell

A large-scale mural drawn onto an IdeaPaint wall in a café area. Photo: Michael Piazza Photography

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Coworking is becoming more exclusive, more complex and more specialized. The coworking concept no longer exists simply as a casual place for any remote worker or budding entrepreneur to work in.

Many of these spaces now more frequently foster specific qualities in their members, whether it be industry, size, lease length, or level of community aspect, to name a few. And they’re also now more often being used as a strategic tool established companies can use to invest in their brand.

In El Segundo, CA, El Camp is a summer camp-inspired coworking community dedicated to a single industry – companies in creative marketing. Owned and operated by the advertising agency Ignited, El Camp’s completion was facilitated by Savills Studley, a global commercial real estate services firm.

Situated in a 55,000 square foot former aerospace manufacturing facility, the creative El Camp community actually houses the full Ignited team, along with more than

20 other companies operating in the marketing, media and technology space.

By developing a business model that involves residing in its own for-profit coworking space, Ignited not only benefits from growing its own brand awareness; it can also benefit from the very same cross-pollination networking opportunities that El Camp’s other tenant companies do.

“Our vision was to curate a mix of complementary organizations and services, with the overall goal of working together to help each other and our clients prosper,” said Eric Johnson, president of Ignited, in the project brief.

Tenant company size ranges from 1 to 25, and all leases are short-term – nothing longer than six months. This means that a lot of people with a lot of ideas are coming in and out regularly.

Ignited President Eric Johnson says his company did its research on securing the marketing-specific angle. El Camp seeks to tap into the overflow of people who come to L.A. for

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a&dwork in the entertainment business; with so many creative people in one region, many often redirect into other creative and marketing professions.

El Camp really does feel and look like summer camp. It’s lodge living room cozy to a ‘t’ – a space where aesthetics truly translate directly into a very specific vibe. To capture summer camp vibes, Ignited chose to separate from the popular, often overdone industrial/industrial chic aesthetic.

“We wanted to attract the creative marketing circuit, and we thought a lot about what type of places inspire and connect people,” said Mr. Johnson, in an officeinsight interview. “We landed on this idea of a really fun, summer camp, upscale lodge environment. Real camp is not upscale, but the energy here is right.”

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Ignited created a summer camp “map” to distinguish each floor.

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a&dIgnited design El Camp to help

its “campers” to “share ideas and experiences, across teams and with other businesses, in a truly collaborative environment.”

Upon entering, tenants and guests find a reception drape in climbing rope. Deeper into the floor plate, a large-scale wooden wall borders an indoor fireplace. Dotting the landscape along the way are whimsical touches like a rope ladder dropping out of the ceiling.

In workstation areas, no physical separation exists between companies. Instead, Ignited chose to focus on providing spaces for eight distinct modes of work and living, including focus work, meeting space, informal coffee areas, and a presentation space in the form of an elevated auditorium-style area. El Camp’s layout is built on plenty of nook areas with couches.Third space

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Above all, Ignited wanted to provide flexibility to people working in creative fields; it wanted to punctuate the value of variety in creative fields like marketing.

“We wanted to provide the changes of pace and place that can help you to break through when you’re stuck,” said Mr. Johnson.

On the top floor, an old school library space ringed with a cul-de-sac of windows leads to a “hidden library hideaway” that serves as a privacy room for tenants to relax away from their desks or make a private phone call.

El Camp also provides on-site marketing-specific spaces like production and recording studios and in-house edit bays – spaces that small, growing companies would normally have to rent out and travel to.

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a warm, inviting mood, Ignited collaborated with a designer who specializes in coordinating furniture purchases from Craigslist and other similar services. Almost all of the public space furnishings were acquired through Craigslist, and many feature reuse qualities like reclaimed wood instead of metal.

“We were able to create really interesting, funky, eccentric spaces by doing this,” said Mr. Jonson. “We found things with real character.”

Soft leather couches, earth toned walls and floors, and wood textured coffee table and workstation surfaces, are accompanied by plaid patterned blankets and other camp-inspired adornments such as a spinning globe, antique lanterns and trunks, a wall of colorful, vintage tennis rackets, and even a lamp made out of a fishing pole.

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Summer camp is a tradition rooted in the outdoors, and El Camp delivers on this point. In its outdoor spaces, El Camp shifts away from living room cozy and a little more toward corporate modernity, but not without some signature summer camp inspirations – roasting marshmallows and competitive outdoor activities.

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groups large and small, features a barbeque, fireplaces, and grassy space for games like cornhole (or “bags,” depending on who you ask).

When El Camp “campers” complete their six-month-or-less lease, it means the “end of summer” – an end to making new friends from different places and experiences. But, it also signals the start to a new year – a time in which to move forward. And for those adults out there who actually want to head back to summer camp after reading this, you can certainly do that, too! n

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Current discussions of the Zika virus, and how to stop its spread, bring thoughts of infection-busting design to mind.

In a 2010 article titled “Viral Cities” that appeared in “Places,” Thomas Fisher, dean of the architecture school at the University of Minnesota, thoughtfully addressed relationships between design and disease epidemics: “It [effective design] may involve our paying more attention to those elements of buildings – door knobs, light switches, restroom faucets, and the like – that we now know are points of contact for transmitting disease. Here, too, both old customs and high tech are relevant. Hand shaking used to be a sign of solidarity among members of the same (viral) community – something we would do well to remember when we greet strangers. And motion detection and remote sensing technology – now often viewed as a convenience – may become necessities as we seek ways of operating the designed environment without

coming in physical contact with it.”Researchers from the University of

Miami recently conducted research related to thwarting the spread of epidemics (for a related press release, visit http://www.sciencenewsline.com/news/2016080415070073.html). Their findings complement Fisher’s comments. Pedro Manrique, a physicist at the University of Miami, summarizes the work he did with Neil Johnson, another physicist at the University of Miami: “‘Our research shows that the length of time that visitors linger in a popular place [such as airports, hospitals, and schools] can have a highly counterintuitive effect on the number of people eventually infected. Being present in the popular place is what makes people susceptible to the infection, and under certain circumstances, we find that the best solution is to increase the flow of people in and out of the popular place [their mobility] – not to reduce it [via quarantine, for example] as one

might expect.’” As Johnson details, often quarantines of popular places are “completely impractical.” Effective circulation can thus be a key driver keeping disease in check.

The University of Miami team also reports “that the contagion process that the team studied covers a spectrum of phenomena, from viruses like Zika to extreme political ideas;” the researchers discuss infection transmission via both physical and electronic means.

Efficient circulation is often an important design consideration, but this University of Miami research indicates that it is desirable not only for user satisfaction but also for stopping the spread of epidemics, both physical and thought-related. At some organizations, it may be reasonable to anticipate circumstances that lead workers and/or visitors to think negative thoughts; in those situations streamlined ways to move through spaces that people will inevitably visit,

Infection-Stopping Designby Sally Augustin, Ph.D.

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concurrentssuch as company cafeterias, seem especially desirable.

Environmental psychologists long ago began to discuss the related fact that in crowded spaces emotions are intensified – if the general feeling among those present is upbeat, sentiments become even more positive, for example. Design that keeps people moving makes crowding less likely.

A design prescription can prevent infections, both physical and mental. n

Sally Augustin, PhD, a cognitive scientist, is the editor of Research Design Connections (www.researchdesignconnections.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 research findings immediately, before they’re available

elsewhere. Sally, who is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, is also the author of Place Advantage: Applied Psychology 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.designwithscience.com) and can be reached at sallyaugustin@designwithscience.com.

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r-d connectionRESEARCH-DESIGN CONNECTIONWorkplace Waterby Sally Augustin, Ph.D.

Research lead by Thomas indicates that in-office drinking water can have an important effect on employees’ mental and physical health, as well as how they move through their workplace.

The team found that the office workers it interviewed “put considerable labor into developing and maintaining complex systems for making choices about what, how and where to eat while working. These

systems…were then strained and frequently sabotaged by food that simply materialized in the workplace through catered meals and office ‘food altars.’…For many, the consumption of water offered a virtuous solution to the conundrum.” “Food altars” are areas where various foods, often unhealthy, are made available without charge to all. An example of a food altar might be a space near the office administrator’s seat where homemade cookies are artfully arranged on a serving plate or where candy jars are stocked.

The researchers found that “when asked about their food and drink choices over the last 24 hours…people directed us to the water cooler…For employees trapped in a culture of unpredictable abundance, seeking to exercise control…only the water bottle constitutes a purely virtuous choice…It [Water] also shaped people’s movement patterns in the office, taking them to a zone away from their desk frequently…Participants valued the act of getting up to get water as well as how drinking water supported them in avoiding certain foods.” n

Carolyn Thomas, Jennifer Sedell, Charlotte Biltekoff, and Sara Schaefer. 2016. “Abundance, Control and Water! Water! Water!” Food, Culture, and Society, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 251-271.

Sally Augustin, PhD, a cognitive scientist, is the editor of Research Design Connections (www.researchdesignconnections.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 research findings immediately, before they’re available elsewhere. Sally, who is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, is also the author of Place Advantage: Applied Psychology 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.designwithscience.com) and can be reached at sallyaugustin@designwithscience.com.

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officenewswirePRODUCT INTROS>Krownlab launched Oden, the company’s top-of-the-line sliding door hardware system. Available in both Brushed Stainless and Black Stainless finishes and featuring a custom-extruded track, Oden elegantly sidesteps visible fasteners. The track appears to simply float along the wall. And Oden’s trolleys use Krownlab’s iconic, patented, exposed bearings as wheels. From door panels made of solid wood to oversized frameless glass, Oden works with panels weighing up to 400 lbs., doing so without compromising its effortless movement. The system is available in single, bi-parting, and bypassing door configurations. Also built into Oden are Krownlab’s other 2016 high-end system upgrades:

-Tru-Level™ System – Allows for a full ½” of total adjustment across trolley and each mounting point, even after installation;

-Field-modifiable track: Track can be cut and drilled with commonly available tools to adapt to even the most quickly changing jobsites;

-Infinitely adjustable door stops: Door stops can be quickly and easily adjusted to anywhere along the length of the track at any time with a simple Allen wrench. Read More

>Poppin’s new Pitch Sled chair offers durable guest seating suitable for reception areas, conference rooms, and executive offices as well as home offices. Fully upholstered and cushioned for comfort, the Pitch Sled features durable woven Gabriel Medley fabric available in Blue,

Charcoal, Red and Khaki. The geometric painted steel base forms two parallel quadrilaterals with custom-molded glides at the base to allow for easy mobility and keep floors protected. As with all Poppin furniture, the Pitch Sled assembles tool free and ships in 1-2 business days. Read More

NOTEWORTHY>Claudio Feltrin has taken office as chairman of Arper, in the role previously held by his father, Luigi Feltrin, who takes up honorary chairmanship of Arper. Luigi Feltrin founded Arper in 1989 together with his sons Mauro and Claudio. The latter has so far served as vice-chairman and CEO, and has now taken on the role of chairmain in addition to the current position of CEO. With his father, Claudio Feltrin has led the far-reaching developments that have characterized the company, and launched the business management and internationalization processes that now define the identity of Arper, allowing it to compete on an international level. Giulio Feltrin, Claudio’s second

son, is currently the global showroom manager. His integration into the company further confirms Arper’s will to ensure continuity in its entrepreneurial project. Read More

>David Mourning, founder of IA Interior Architects, received the Leadership Award of Excellence from the IIDA Northern California Chapter. The award, presented Sep. 21 at the chapter’s annual Leader’s Breakfast in San Francisco, honors Mr. Mourning’s career, contributions to IIDA, and service to the industry. Previous winners include Stanford Hughes, Laura Guido-Clark, and M. Arthur Gensler. Mr. Mourning founded IA in 1984, and his expertise in design, management and marketing has directed the firm’s rapid growth to 19 offices in the U.S., Toronto and London, as well as the IA Global Alliance, with partner affiliates in Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia and Australia, and Latin America. “David Mourning is a visionary whose profound understanding of the client/firm relationship has shifted how designers do business and has achieved

For complete releases, visit www.officeinsight.com/officenewswire.

Krownlab: Oden

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design excellence for some of the largest and most innovative companies in the world,” said IIDA CEO Cheryl Durst. Read More

>Charrisse Johnston on Oct. 1 began her term as the Chair of ASID’s 2016-2017 National Board of Directors. Ms. Johnston is a principal and the firm-wide interior design practice leader at Steinberg Architects, with offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, California and Shanghai. She was previously senior associate and studio operations leader at Gensler where she managed and designed K-12, higher education and workplace projects. Before that, as vice president of corporate planning at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, she oversaw the company’s consolidated financial and strategic planning efforts. ASID introduced and welcomed everyone on the new 11-member volunteer board, which is comprised of three officers (chair,

chair-elect, and past-chair), seven at-large directors, and one industry partner representative. Please see the officenewswire link for the complete list: Read More

>Jennifer F. Scanlon will succeed James S. Metcalf as president and CEO of USG upon his retirement on Oct. 31. Lead Director Steven F. Leer will become non-executive chairman of the board. Ms. Scanlon, who is currently executive vice president and president, International of USG as well as president of L&W Supply Corporation, has also been appointed a director. “After more than 35 years with the company and more than a

decade in senior leadership roles, including almost six years as president and chief executive officer, I believe that it is the right time for me to move on to the next phase of my professional life and for Jenny to guide USG into its next chapter,” said Mr. Metcalf. “Together we have executed Our Plan to Win, strengthening and growing our core businesses, diversifying our earnings and differentiating our products and services through innovation. With the announced sale of L&W Supply, a strong balance sheet and a deep, experienced team in place, the company is well prepared for this leadership transition.” Read More

>Nanci Scoular, Allsteel’s architect + design manager for the San Francisco and Bay Area, received the 2016 Distinguished Achievement Award from the IIDA Northern California Chapter. The prestigious award was presented Sep. 21 at the IIDA Leaders Breakfast 2016 in San Francisco. Ms. Scoular has more than 25 years of experience in the interior design industry.

Born and raised in South Africa, her studies included a post-graduate degree in higher education along with one in interior design, a profession she practiced in Toronto before moving to the Bay Area in 1994. There she transitioned to the sales and marketing side of the industry, establishing herself as a major presence in the architecture and design community. Read More

>IIDA and co-presenting sponsor Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong named the winners of the fourth annual Best of Asia Pacific Design Awards. This competition recognizes design excellence in interior design/architecture projects throughout the Asia Pacific region. Pictured: Winner in the Corporate Space – Large category, CJ Blossom Park R&D Center in Suwon, South Korea, by CannonDesign of Chicago. Other winning firms included LI&Co. Design Limited of Hong Kong and Gensler Los Angeles in the Education category; One Plus Partnership Limited of Hong Kong in the Entertainment category; Ashley Sutton of

David Mourning, AIA, FIIDA, IA CEO and Founder. Image © IA Interior Architects

Charrisse Johnston

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Fremantle, Australia in the Hospitality category; and Wanda HDI of Beijing in the Hotels category. Please see the officenewswire link for the complete list. Winning projects will be celebrated at an awards ceremony Dec. 8 in Hong Kong, where the Best of Competition winner will be announced. “The level of design was very high,” said Joey N. Shimoda, who was part of the jury panel. “Entrants were not afraid to take risks, and the designs reflected the rapidly evolving Asian culture, while incorporating traditional color palettes and natural materials.” Read More

>IIDA New York Chapter’s recent Industry Member Event ‘Wood it Work?’ attracted designers intent on learning how to implement wood in their designs. Held at the Steelcase WorkLife Center at Columbus Circle, it featured panelists with a wide range of backgrounds, from sourcers to millworkers to specialty applicators who explored wood types, trends, and sustainable practices. The evening’s format was an intimate q&a session with the audience broken into smaller groups, which allowed them to engage with the sourcers and millworkers before culminating into a larger

panel and mini-tradeshow. Miscommunication was a hot topic, with issues spanning designers using old samples for specing to frustration with contractor choices. The consensus between designers and panelists was that early communication and engagement in the process was critical for better design. Read More

>Kimball Office was awarded a multi-year contract with the State of Indiana. The office furniture solutions contract will be extended to State of Indiana governmental agencies, quasi-agencies and educational entities that are authorized to purchase off of the State’s QPA Agreement. Criteria for the selection of the company included furniture specifications and quality assurance; management assessment of product design and pallets of choice; overall value including cost; Indiana Economic Impact, including Buy Indiana with products manufactured in Indiana; Minority and Women Business dealership network; and Indiana Veteran Business Enterprise participation. “For as long as I can remember, Kimball Office has competed

for the opportunity to sell furniture to the government agencies in our home state,” said Kimball Office President Mike Wagner. “This award is a strong indicator of the great progress that our teams have made with product improvements and overall brand value of Kimball Office.” Read More

>WXY architecture + urban design received the 2016 Architectural Firm Award from AIA New York State. Presented Sep. 30 in Saratoga, NY during the AIANYS annual design conference, the award recognizes notable achievements in design, community service, education and service to the profession and the AIA by an architectural firm within New York State. It comes on the heels of recent awards for WXY’s major architectural and urban design projects, as well as a flurry of new commissions. Highlights include a 2016 AIA NY Honor Award for New York City’s Sanitation Garage and Salt Shed, lauded as “public sculpture” that honors its neighborhood’s character. For WXY’s urban design and

IIDA Best of Asia Pacific Design Awards Corporate Space - Large winner: CJ Blossom Park R&D Center, Suwon, South Korea by Cannon Design, Chicago

IIDA NY The ‘Wood it Work’ trade show, photo by Courtney Loo WXY projects (L-R): Sanitation Garage and Salt Shed, photo by Albert Vecerka/ESTO; SeaGlass Carousel, photo by Wade Zimmerman.

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officenewswireplanning of the waterfront reinvention East River Blueway as well as the new, 5.5-mile-long Rockaway Boardwalk, the firm won awards from New York’s AIA, and ASLA as well as the Waterfront Center. For WXY’s design of SeaGlass Carousel and its park setting, the Battery, the firm earned plaudits and a lifetime achievement honor. Read More

RE-SITED>Eve Baron was appointed chair of the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment within the Pratt Institute School of Architecture. Ms. Baron has extensive experience in higher education, advocacy, and government. Most recently, she was Academic Program Manager of Urban and Community Studies at The Murphy Institute in the City University of New York’s School of Professional Studies (2013-2016). Read More

>David Erdman joined Pratt Institute as chair of Graduate Architecture and Urban Design. Mr. Erdman previously was assistant professor in the Department of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong. In addition to his academic work, he is a co-founding director of the award-winning design firm davidclovers, which has been listed among Architectural Digest’s AD100 list of top architecture and design firms in Asia and exhibited work at the Venice Biennale, the Beijing Biennale, the Hong Kong/Shenzhen Biennale, in group shows at the Art Institute of Chicago, M+, Hong Kong and in a solo exhibition at the Southern California Institute of Architecture. Read More

>Bud Miller joined Kimball Office as a market sales manager covering the Southeast. He was previously with Dekalb Office, which he joined in 2009 as director of business development, focusing on Healthcare, Higher Education and Commercial vertical markets. Most recently he held the role of account manager,

responsible for corporate accounts and new business development. Read More

>Francesca Robledo joined Arc-Com’s design team in Orangeburg, NY. Ms. Robledo’s 15+ years of design experience, producing both handmade and computer generated artwork, is diverse and includes organic, geometric and graphic textures. As a CAD Surface Designer, she has developed printed and woven upholstery and wallcovering, panel fabrics, drapery, and rugs for the hospitality, healthcare and corporate markets. Some of her ultra-contemporary designs have been seen in the corridors of the Moderne Hotel in NYC. She now brings her knowledge of the contract market to Arc-Com in creating, designing,

and developing textiles, wallcovering and various surface solutions. Read More

>Jan Vingerhoets joined the Molteni Group and Unifor USA as CEO of its North American region, where he will direct three of the Group’s brands – Molteni&C, Dada and UniFor. A native of Belgium, Mr. Vingerhoets has spent most of his professional life leading key markets for prominent Italian design companies including Alessi, Artemide and most recently FLOS. His successes at each of his past endeavors are marked by identifying and strengthening the brands’ core values while implementing new strategic initiatives to serve a target market. In his new role, he aims to further strengthen Molteni Group by leveraging synergies between the Group’s brands and creating a strong North American team to elevate the company to the next level. Molteni&C offers furniture 100% made in Italy; Dada delivers custom kitchens; and UniFor designs and manufactures solutions for the contemporary office. Read More

Eve Baron

David Erdman

Bud Miller

Francesca Robledo Jan Vingerhoets

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officenewswire>Inscape expanded its sales team with two new additions to support its growing dealer network for its Inscape and West Elm Workspace with Inscape brands:

-Patrick O’Bryon joined the company as business development manager in Seattle. He worked most recently in new business development at Working Spaces.

-Eric Yocius joined Inscape as business development manager for Northern California. He worked most recently as market manager with Emser Tile. Read More

ENVIRONMENT>Delos™ entered a partnership with HOK to accelerate its mission to integrate health and wellness into the built environment. The new partnership will leverage HOK’s worldwide network of designers and clients to further expand the global reach of the WELL Building Standard™. For its part, HOK is undertaking a

major initiative to educate and professionally accredit its design teams through the WELL Accredited Professional (WELL AP™) program, a credential signifying advanced knowledge of health and well-being in the built environment and specialization in WELL. HOK will also collaborate with the International WELL Building Institute™ to provide research and insight from subject matter experts that will strengthen the foundation of WELL.

HOK was the interior design firm and sustainability consultant for TD Bank Group’s newly renovated office within the Toronto-Dominion Centre in downtown Toronto. The project achieved WELL Certification at the Gold level, was the first project globally to be certified under v1 of WELL and was Canada’s first within the standard’s New and Existing Interiors typology. Delos and HOK are now working with the real estate development company Strategic Property Partners on the design of multiple buildings within its mixed-use development on a 53-acre site in downtown

Tampa. As the world’s first WELL Certified city district, this multi-phase project will help create a roadmap for how cities worldwide can be designed and developed to support public health. Individual building projects that HOK and SPP are collaborating on include the new 320,000 sq.ft. University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine and Heart Institute, an adjoining 300,000 sq.ft. medical office building, and a parking, residential and retail building. Read More

>Herman Miller, Inc. was recognized as a 2016 Healthiest 100 Workplace in America. The company ranked 49th in the country for its commitment to employee health and exceptional corporate wellness programming. Applicants for the award are scored using the Healthiest Employers Index (HEI),

a metric that addresses six critical dimensions of workplace wellness: culture and leadership commitment, strong foundations, annual planning, communications and marketing, programming and interventions, and reporting and analysis. According to Healthiest Employers, the 100 organizations named to the list are the “best of the best” in the United States in corporate wellness and population health. Read More

>Inscape’s Aria seamless glass wall achieved Greenguard Gold certification. Elegant and light in scale, Aria is available in a variety of glass and solid panel finishes, including mirrored glass. It distinctively defines space and enhances privacy beautifully. It is available with STC rating of up to 43. Winner of a Best of NeoCon award in 2014. Read More

Delos and HOK partnership

Inscape: Aria

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officenewswireEVENTS>Design Chicago, Oct. 4-5 at the Merchandise Mart, will honor up-and-coming designers Laurie Demetrio, Steve Somogyi and Filip Malyszko, and SuzAnn Kletzien at its Ones To Watch reception Oct. 5.

-Laurie Demetrio founded Laurie Demetrio Interiors in April 2014 after 11 years of working as a designer with Jessica Lagrange Interiors in Chicago. Using her well trained eye and innate sense of style, she curates

thoughtfully designed spaces, fusing a broad range of styles from ultra-modern and eclectic to the traditional.

-Steve Somogyi and Filip Malyszko met at Harrington College of Design and founded Chicago-based steve

+ filip design more than 10 years ago. The husband and husband team specializes in full-service strategies for new construction and renovations of homes, offices, and retail spaces with an emphasis on quality and elegance.

-SuzAnn Kletzien started as a designer in Newport Beach, CA, where she planned and remodeled residential and commercial spaces for Shlemmer+Algaze+Associates. Relocating to Chicago, she designed kitchen and baths at Smartrooms and was a design consultant for Montauk Sofa before launching SuzAnn Kletzien Design in 2008 as a full service interior design firm. Read More

Laurie Demetrio

Steve Somogyi and Filip Malyszko of steve + filip design

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businessRAYMOND JAMES BRIEF 9.30.16Knoll: Downgrading to Market Perform on Weak Near-Term Outlook

Analysts: Budd Bugatch, David Vargas Bobby Griffin

>Recommendation: We are lowering our rating on KNL to Market Perform from Outperform following a series of reports from office furniture manufacturers and residential furniture retailers that indicate business activity slowed in July and only modestly recovered in August and September. Taken together, these comments lead us to believe we may be in the early stages of a shallow economic contraction. Though KNL does not appear expensive trading at 13.5x our NTM EPS estimate, we are lowering our rating and stepping to the sidelines until we have more evidence to determine that the broader economy and office furniture industry is not sliding into a period of declining orders and sales.

>Sentiment shift: This downgrade is occasioned by the recent negative industry update from office furniture peer HNI as well as comments from Steelcase and Herman Miller on their respective quarter-end conference calls. In its quarterly update, HNI noted weakness across all of its business lines and cited economic uncertainty weighing on its markets. Steelcase saw its Americas organic revenue decline 2% y/y in F2Q17 and orders in July and August were -8% and -2%, respectively. Herman Miller witnessed softness in orders in July but noted

order growth improved in August from July levels. Aside from comments suggesting weakness in office furniture orders, all of the office furniture manufacturers seem destined to face increasing pressure from rising raw material prices in the coming quarters.

>Macro indicators: Of the macro indicators we track, several are still supportive of a healthy office furniture environment, though the trends have stagnated recently. The Architecture Billings Index dipped to 49.7 in August (the most recent month for which we have data), the first sub-50 reading since January 2016. In the latest CEO economic outlook survey published by Business Roundtable, CEOs reported lower expectations for sales in the third quarter of 2016, and the economic outlook index ticked down sequentially in 3Q to 69.6 from 73.5 in 2Q (though it still remains above 50, which is the line of demarcation for growth vs. contraction).

>Estimates: We are lowering our sales and EPS estimates for 3Q16, 4Q16, and full-year 2016 to reflect our view that we may be in the early throws of a minor downturn that could adversely impact sales for the remainder of 2016.

-2015 Non-GAAP EPS: Q1 $0.36A; Q2 $0.36A; Q3 $0.38A; Q4 $0.43A; Full Year $1.52A

-2015 GAAP EPS: Full Year $1.36A; Revenues (mil.) $1,104A

-2016 Non-GAAP EPS: Q1 $0.36A; Q2 $0.44A; Q3 $0.40; Q4 $0.45; Full Year $1.65

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HMiller 28.6 30.0 30.4 28.7 29.2 30.5 -21.6% -15.3%

HNI 39.8 46.7 39.6 36.1 43.7 53.2 -30.1% -21.4%

Inscape 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.3 -2.5% 4.8%

Interface 16.7 15.4 18.2 19.1 22.5 25.2 -31.7% -1.9%

Kimball 12.9 11.4 11.4 9.8 9.9 11.9 -3.9% 2.6%

Knoll 22.9 24.2 21.9 18.8 21.9 25.9 -14.6% -7.9%

Leggett 45.6 50.8 48.5 42.0 42.1 49.7 -16.6% -9.7%

Mohawk 200.3 189.4 192.4 189.4 189.0 193.2 -7.5% -3.8%

Steelcase 13.9 13.6 14.9 14.9 18.6 19.7 -31.8% -2.5%

USG 25.9 27.2 25.1 24.3 27.4 28.5 -16.2% -4.6%

Virco 4.2 4.4 3.1 3.3 3.1 2.9 -15.0% -0.9%

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business-2016 GAAP EPS: Full Year $1.65; Revenues (mil.) $1,169

-2017 Non-GAAP EPS: Q1 $0.41; Q2 $0.44; Q3 $0.40; Q4 $0.45; Full Year $1.81

-2017 GAAP EPS: Full Year $1.81; Revenues (mil.) $1,215

-2018 GAAP EPS: Full Year $1.98; Revenues (mil.) $1,265

>Valuation: KNL currently trades at 13.5x our NTM EPS estimate, below its five-year median of 14.3x. Our DCF/EVA valuation methodology pegs the intrinsic value of the shares between ~$24 and $26.

BUSINESS AFFAIRS>Steelcase Inc. entered into a $125 million committed five-year unsecured revolving syndicated credit facility on Sep. 23. The New Facility amends and restates Steelcase’s previous unsecured syndicated credit facility that was scheduled to expire in March 2017. At the option of Steelcase, and subject to certain conditions, Steelcase may increase the aggregate commitment under the New Facility by up to $75 million by obtaining at least one commitment from one of more lenders. There are currently no borrowings outstanding under the New Facility. The New Facility is provided by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent; Bank of America, N.A., and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Co-Syndication Agents; HSBC Bank USA, National Association as Documentation Agent; and certain other lenders. Fifth Third Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fifth Third Bancorp, has committed $10.0 million to the New Facility. Fifth Third Bancorp or its subsidiaries hold more than 5% of the Company’s Class A and Class B common stock as fiduciary, agent or custodian for individual or institutional customers. Steelcase can use borrowings under the New Facility for general corporate purposes, including friendly acquisitions. More details are outlined in the Form 8-K filed with the SEC on Sep. 28: http://ir.steelcase.com/financials.cfm

TECHNOLOGY>Configura named Cate Sword CET Designer (and Trainer) of the Month for October. Ms. Sword is a professional interior designer and software trainer. She’s worked at an architectural firm and a dealership as well as operated her own design business. Her software-training career, spanning 27 years, has consisted of training users in all major commercial furniture software programs, including CET Designer by Configura.

“When I first heard about CET Designer, the person telling me

about it said I wouldn’t need AutoCAD to do my work. Frankly, I thought he was crazy – that he had no idea what I actually did! Now, when I tell designers they won’t need AutoCAD to do most of their work, I can totally relate to what they think.”

As a trainer, Ms. Sword’s goal is to help dealer-designers do their jobs better, faster, more accurately and more creatively. CET Designer has proven to be a great tool. She says one of her favorite things about CET Designer is when a student shouts for joy during a training session about how cool a particular feature is.

“Another one of my favorite things about CET Designer is how crazy-creative the Configura programmers are. I send in feature requests all the time, and they come up with unique, simple solutions that are amazing. I also love that they always ask for feedback, good or bad.”

Ms. Sword is married and has a teenaged son. This year, she and her husband have also welcomed a German exchange student into their home. The family loves camping and biking, and recently returned from an epic 300-mile bike ride that included pedaling over the Mackinac Bridge in Michigan. Having just finished one adventure, they are already planning another – backpacking in 2017.

This winter will find her taking it slightly easy: “I crochet like crazy in the winter. It’s my creative outlet,” she said.

This October, CET Designer users will have the opportunity to learn from Cate Sword’s expertise at the 9th annual CET Designer User Conference Oct. 18-19 in Grand Rapids, MI, with her presentation, Blending in CET Designer. Read More

Cate Sword teaching CET Designer users

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Independent Reps and Dealers - Carribean Islands

Teknion, a leading designer and manufacturer of Office Furniture products is seeking dealer, Independent rep or Independent rep groups. We are currently looking for representation in many Islands in the Caribbean.

We offer a broad portfolio of world class office furniture and accessories.Representation must be highly motivated, aggressive and have extensive experience to open new business and maintain and grow current account base. Please contact Mark Dodick at (416) 661-3370 ext 2149

Project Manager - Demountable Office Partitions

Clestra Hauserman is a global manufacturer of demountable office partitions. The US Division manages the sales, supply and installation of partitions throughout North America, and is seeking a full time qualified Project Manager.

General Purpose

To be responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, and completion of specific projects, ensuring consistency with company strategy, commitments, and goals.

This position will be focused on the management of projects primarily in the Mid-Atlantic region, and 50%+ travel is required.

The successful candidate has the following qualifications and education:

> 5-7 years of experience in commercial construction project management, commercial interiors a plus

> Bachelor’s degree in architecture, engineering, construction management or related field

> Technical aptitude, proficiency, and interest in the areas of commercial doors and door hardware, commercial door security hardware, glass high wall systems

> Self-motivated and self-driven

> Exceptional attention to technical details

> Exceptional communication skills

> Ability to handle multiple projects concurrently

In addition the successful candidate will have the ability to effectively handle construction jobsite tasks such as:

> obtaining critical field dimensions directly related to the fabrication sizes of products.

> providing technical direction regarding construction conditions that directly affect product and installation.

> attending jobsite meetings and managing role of primary point of contact

Company Name: Clestra Hauserman, Inc.

Division: USA Division

City, State: Warminster, PA

Company Contact: h.tease@clestra.com

Company Website: www.clestra.com

Additional Info:

Health, IRA, and other incentives are part of this compensation package. Qualified candidates please submit resumes with salary history to d.harkins@clestra.com Phone calls will not be accepted. For more information about our organization, visit us online at www.clestra.com

Clestra Hauserman is an equal opportunity and drug free employer.