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04.17.17 GIVING VOICE TO THOSE WHO CREATE WORKPLACE DESIGN & FURNISHINGS

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Salone del Mobile.Milano and Milan Design Week 2017

In the design world, April in Milan means Salone del Mobile di Milano and Milan Design Week. This year Salone took place from Tuesday the 4th through Sunday the 9th. officeinsight publisher Bob Beck provides a play-by-play of the 2017 edi-tion, including standout booths, annual events, and a slice of “la dolce vita” during the show.

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Intent Media by JIDK

Entirely open, non-hierarchical workspaces will not work for every company. Between company culture and differing job functions, nature of industry and spatial limitations, a flattened approach to workspaces can only truly work for companies that have already embraced a non-hierarchical work style in every-thing from their core values to daily work functions. Located near Hudson Square in New York City, the new Intent Media offices, designed by JIDK, are open, inclusive and playful – but in a personal way that moves past trendy and preserves functional-ity, thanks to a canteen space, a dog-friendly culture that goes above and beyond, and amenities like a rooftop beer garden, height adjustable workstations, and welcoming aesthetics.


Opulent Offices by an Emerging Pei

The world-renowned architect I.M. Pei, whose 100th birthday will occur April 26, is not known primarily for his design of office interiors. Yet among his earliest notable works were the Midtown Manhattan offices he designed for William Zeckendorf, the colorful head of Webb & Knapp, then the world’s most adven-turous and forward-looking developers. officeinsight contributor John Dixon revisits Webb & Knapp’s lavish penthouse offices, designed and completed in 1950-1951.


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In the design world, April in Milan means Salone del Mobile di Milano and Milan Design Week. This year Salone took place from Tuesday the 4th through Sunday the 9th, and I was lucky enough to be there!

I arrived a couple of days early – I didn’t want to start the show feeling jet lagged. On Sunday I had an opportu-nity to join many others at the Castello Sforzesco to admire Michelangelo’s unfinished Pietà Rondanini among oth-er treasures of the Castello’s museums and galleries. It was Milan Marathon Day, and while several thousand ran, I strolled; while they gulped a mouthful of water, I enjoyed a leisurely beer in one of the courtyards of the Castello. Choices!

As you all know, Salone is enor-mous. It was enormous before it moved to new, larger digs in the Milan suburb of Rho. And it was enormous before its gravity attracted thousands of surrounding events that have now coalesced into Milan Design Week. I’m not sure of the exact history of Milan Design Week, but I know that from very early on in the history of Salone, the big name companies that had showrooms in the city center opened them and hosted special events for the crowds that were in town for Salone.

At any rate, today i Saloni (plural because Salone del Mobile consists of many salons, each focused on a product category) generates approxi-mately 300,000 visitors to the city – all

in search of the newest, latest and greatest in design.

At the international press confer-ence, Claudio Luti, president of Salone del Mobile di Milano was asked all the typical journalistic questions about attendance vs. prior years and the number and quality of exhibitors and whether this thing worked and that thing didn’t. But in my view he summed it all up when he said, “Italy is the design capitol of the world and Milan is the design capitol of Italy.”

Each day the crowd lines up well before the official opening time of 9:00 am and when the gates open it’s a pretty mad dash. It’s as if people sim-ply can’t wait for their feet to start ach-ing. Most wear “sensible” shoes, but

Salone del Mobile.Milano and Milan Design Week 2017by Bob Beck

Castello Sforzesco, fortress home of Duke of Milan during the renaissance and now one of Milan’s most visited tourist attractions with permanent museums and revolving art exhibits.

The Pietà Rondanini at the Castello Sfozesco.


eventsI’m always amazed that there are a few stiletto heels to be seen. There are 20 Padiglioni (pavilions) and for veteran attendees there’s a general sense that the “design pavilions” will be clustered around Pavilion #20. Nevertheless, it is vitally important to secure an official catalog as soon as possible in order to be able to plan your visit. Get a cata-log, grab a seat, plan your initial route and get going.

There are pavilions dedicated to tra-ditional residential furniture and light-ing. I go there last and only if I have time – which I never do. To me walking through those spaces makes me wonder whether Mr. Luti’s comment about the capitol of design is actually correct. But I do understand that not everybody defines design in the same way. I did like the name chosen for two such pavilions: “Classic: Tradition in the Future.”

Even if you focus primarily on more contemporary themes, it’s important to understand that most of Salone is about other than workplace furniture

and furnishings. One of the first stands I encountered was that of Adrenalina, a company from the Adriatic coast south of Venice. The visual impact of

The design of the stand conjured the company name, Adrenalina, from Rimini on the Adriatic coast. Photo by Saverio Lombardi Vallauri, Courtesy of Salone del Mobile.Milano

Entrance to the “Fiera” on day one. Photo by Alessandro Russotti, Courtesy of Salone del Mobile.Milano


eventsthe stand was pretty much the equiva-lent of a couple of double espressos. It was quite colorful and made me think the company was very aptly named.

Not far into the famed “Design Pa-vilion,” I found Vitra and Knoll diago-nally across from one another. Both stands were stunning and both were skewed toward residential applications of their product offerings. In keeping with its brand position in Europe, Knoll displayed mostly Knoll Studio products on what had to be the most impressive marble floor of the show.

Vitra used the occasion to launch new sofa lines by Antonio Citterio and Barber & Osgerby and a new side chair by the Bouroullec brothers. In keeping with the European attitude of officeinsight stuck mostly to the contemporary design halls, but there was plenty on offer if your

sensibilities were otherwise.

The majority of exhibitors at Salone are Italian residential furniture manufacturers. Lago, a company located in Padova, introduced a bed with no apparent sup-port. Photo by Saverio Lombardi Vallauri, Courtesy of Salone del Mobile.Milano


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This Vitra vignette features the new Grand Sofa by Antonio Citterio and the new Softshell Side Chair by Ronan & Erwan Bouroulec. Photo courtesy of Vitra

In keeping with its strong Knoll Studio presence in Europe, the Knoll stand was located in one of the “Design Halls” rather than being in Workplace 3.0. Photo by Saverio Lombardi Vallauri, Courtesy of Salone del Mobile.Milano


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specifying a specific color approach to products, Hella Jongerius developed a leather color palette for the East River Chair that reflects her deep under-standing of color and shape.

In a similar but entirely different way, Paola Navone put her stamp on everything about and in the stand of her primary patron, Gervasoni. As with all her work it was a Thanksgiving feast

for the eyes (I don’t know about you, but I always eat too much at Thanks-giving).

Arper is a company that has been making its presence felt in North

Vitra used a series of vignettes to present its new products in the context of Vitra Home. Photo courtesy of Vitra

Gervasoni is the primary patron of Paola Navone, whose trademark idiosyncratic style was on display in both the design of the stand and all its contents.


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eventsAmerica, and for Salone it had devised a cityscape plan for its space. A piazza in the middle, that we would recognize as “third space” or “we space,” was surrounded by “buildings” that were really rooms furnished with both new and existing products in a way that implied an activity type.

Every other year Salone features an international workplace exhibition. This year’s edition was called Workplace 3.0 and it was less than totally impres-sive. It may well be that Salone can’t compete with the big international workplace shows like Orgatec and NeoCon because while many of the companies we regard as “workplace furniture and furnishings” companies were present at the show they were, like Knoll and Vitra, focused on other aspects of their brands.

Humanscale was listed as an Eng-lish company, operating as it does in Europe via its UK subsidiary. So while

It was nice to see that Driade hasn’t lost its sense of humor. Photo by Saverio Lombardi Vallauri, Courtesy of Salone del Mobile.Milano

The Arper stand was a series of built-out rooms presented so as to be understood as both a room and a building in an urban landscape. Photos by Saverio Lombardi Vallauri, Courtesy of Salone del Mobile.Milano


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there are exhibitors we are familiar with at Workplace 3.0, none of them were essentially American companies. And I think it would be safe to say that there were no groundbreaking new products to be seen.

Estel, an Italian company that has recently been active in North America and Citterio, a division of Molteni both had extensive and impressive stands. I particularly liked Citterio’s approach to acoustics.

A cynic might say that as a result of the small number of exhibitors in Workplace 3.0, approximately 1,600 M2 of show floor space was given over to a special exhibition entitled, “A Joy-ful Sense at Work.”

According to the organizers, “The purpose of A Joyful Sense at Work is to breathe new life into the theory of of-

Plywood as a surface material seems to be on the rise. This example is at Moroso. Photo by Saverio Lombardi Vallauri, Courtesy of Salone del Mobile.Milano

The “Joyful Sense at Work” was a 1,600 M2 curated exhibition space within Workplace 3.0, wherein four globally renowned firms presented ideas on the future of the workplace. Studio O+A was chosen from North America.


eventsfice and workplace design by setting its sights squarely on people, in terms of their needs, emotions and experi-ences. This stunning installation was created especially for the biennial Workplace3.0 exhibition curated by the architect Cristiana Cutrona.

Four architectural practices of inter-national renown and standing, chosen on the basis of geographic area of provenance, have been invited to de-sign “an installation within an installa-tion”: Primo Orpilla and Verda Alexan-der/Studio O+A (USA), Arash Ahmadi/Ahmadi Studio (Italy and Iran), Ben van Berkel/UNStudio and Jeff Povio/SCAPE (Holland) and Alfonso Femia & Gianluca Peluffo/Studio 5+1AA (Italy).”

Studio O+A used the metaphor of the watercooler and water to evoke the fluid, adaptive requirements of the workplace to facilitate creativity and self-regeneration.


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Humanscale’s lineup of ergonomic solutions drew impressive crowds.

Italian workplace furniture company, Estel, has recently had some big wins in the U.S. and aims to continue on that path.

The Citterio Sound System is an advanced and aesthetically pleasing set of acoustic solutions for workplaces.


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eventsEuroluce 2017 is the international

lighting show. Judging by the crowds, this year’s most popular stands were Flos and Foscarini. Both companies had spectacularly designed stands and both were packed at all times I stopped by.

Foscarini definitely had the most eye-popping stand with its logo in huge orange illuminated letters on 20-foot high black walls. Once inside, the visu-al hoopla was maintained with graphi-cally complex backdrops to pendant fixtures on display. Other new products were displayed in more conventional cases with the ambient light level kept low to accentuate the luminaires.

Flos hired Calvi Brambilla to design its more than 1,000 M2 space. It was almost impossible to get into the space most of the time. I got there early in the morning on the second day, and I wasn’t disappointed. Flos launched ex-ceptional new designs by international-ly acclaimed designers Michael Anas-tassiades, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Konstantin Grcic, Piero Lissoni, Barber & Osgerby, Philippe Starck, Vincent Van Duysen, and two exclusive new collaborations with talented Italian art-ist duo Formafantasma and Japanese renowned brand Nendo.

The design of the Foscarini stand was both spectacular and functional for exhibiting lighting.

Well known in North America, Flos is always a crowd pleaser at Euroluce.

Foscarini’s new “Satellite” is a suspended luminous globe, like the moon in the night sky, available as a pendant or Table lamp. Photo courtesy of Foscarini

Leucos featured a monumental “lamp” with new products discreetly tucked into draped alcoves.


eventsIn the Flos background material Mr.

Brambilla said, “For Flos, we have de-signed a place made up of minimalist but dynamic spaces. With their care-fully curated proportions, they become sets where the new collections play the leading role.

The architecture, far from being simply a container or display space, is conceived as a metaphor for the pe-culiar tension in the research process that is intrinsic to the project. In vari-ous points the walls seem brought to life by a movement through which they change, dilate or open like curtains pulled by a gesture, giving the place personality and unparalleled power of expression.”

Salone Satellite is in its 20th year. It is a generous gesture by the Salone orga-nizers to both recognize and encour-age talented young designers around the globe. Salone Satellite is a formal part of the show with a dedicated pavilion. Once a young designer is ac-cepted for “Satellite,” she has the right to exhibit each year for three years. My impression this year is that the presen-tations are getting much more polished and professional, even though there is still room for the lighthearted and even off-the-wall.

I asked most of the designers I en-gaged with what they hoped to achieve by being part of Salone Satellite, and without fail the answer was to be “dis-covered” by a manufacturer. Surprise!

And finally, Milan Design Week. Throughout the city companies plan events based loosely on design aspects of their brands. The two most active areas are Brera, a district of the

A panoramic overview of the Salone Satellite devoted to young designers from around the world, who have been invited after a rigorous portfolio presentation. Photo by Andrea Mariani, Courtesy of Salone del Mobile.Milano

The works displayed by the young designers in Salone Satellite run the gamut from fun and artsy to very refined.


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city near the Duomo and Galleria that has long been the location of design oriented shops and restaurants.

During Milan Design Week it’s nearly

impossible to pass down any of the main streets of Brera, as they are full of design week revelers enjoying the shops and the food. Various compa-

nies work hard to promote events in Brera, and they are invariably packed and thereby judged successful.

Zona Cortona is an area of the city

The Naviglio Grande was the most important of the Milan “navigli;” canals that had both defensive and commercial/transportation functions dating to medieval times. Today the Naviglio Grande is the southern border of the Zona Tortona.

Zona Tortona


eventssouth of the center near Porta Genova. When I started going to Milan many years ago, Zona Cortona was a low rent, mostly industrial area where a few architects and designers found cheap rent; not so today.

Probably due to the presence of those design-oriented firms, the area began hosting events while i Saloni were underway. Initially, it had the spark of serendipity and youth that made it a nice counterpoint to the formality and rigor of i Saloni.

And it still maintains much of that youthful exuberance, but the big brands from fashion, the auto industry and other industries trying to boost their design creds have moved in. So while electronic dance music and rap reverberate up and down the streets, you can find Mercedes Benz and BMW hosting events. That said, even after a full day of walking the aisles at Salone del Mobile, it’s fun and refresh-ing to catch the younger vibe at Zona Tortona – while getting ready for an evening at Brera.

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An open meeting lounge and patio with beer garden at Intent Media, designed by JIDK. Photography: courtesy of JIDK

Entirely open, non-hierarchical workspaces will not work for every company. Between company culture and differing job functions, nature of industry and spatial limitations, a flattened approach to workspaces can only truly work for companies that have already embraced a non-hierarchical work style in everything from their core values to daily work functions.

And in a climate of trendy, colorful, coworking-inspired spaces, designers face a challenge in creating a delicate balance between open/inclusive/play-ful and functional/personal/above-and-beyond.

Located near Hudson Square in New York City, the new Intent Media offices,

designed by JIDK, are a great reflec-tion of the company’s achievement as a five-year winner of Best Place to Work by Crain’s New York Business.

Spread across part of an existing building’s ninth floor and all of the 10th, the new offices are open, inclusive and playful – but in a personal way that moves past trendy.

“Intent Media wanted a true open office, but they also wanted everyone to be heard,” said Thomas Juncher, founder of JIDK. “They wanted to maintain a start-up feel, but for a com-pany that has a solid identity and has been around for awhile. The sugges-tions from employees became our light brief that we worked from.”

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Beneath a skylight, visitors and employees enter the new 25,000 square foot space through a reception and waiting lounge. Through a short hallway of meeting rooms, an open workspace with phone booths and

additional meeting rooms leads to an expansive “canteen” space – some-thing JIDK tries to build into as many of its projects as possible.

“In New York City, there are lots of great food options anywhere you go,

said Mr. Juncher. “But if you go out to lunch, it becomes a very singular activ-ity, and not a social function. The focal point of the day is often where the food is, and something like a canteen – it’s an enjoyable way to gather.”

Glass enclosed meeting room and stairway

Glass enclosed meeting room and hallFloor plate center


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Alongside full café and gathering features, the canteen sports a stage, projector, and a set of bright blue steps that acts as tiered seating. The tables are also set on casters for easy preconfiguration.

Visitors will notice right away a love of dogs at Intent Media. While some progressive workplaces across the country welcome employee’s dogs into the office, Intent Media takes this amenity to a new level.

“Dogs have a very special place at the company,” said Mr. Juncher.

In addition to canine-inspired art-work sprinkled on walls and pillows, a large inflatable Koons-esque balloon dog gives reference to the company’s

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CanteenEnclosed phone room


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a&ddog friendly policy. And the seemingly random nomenclature used for meet-ing and phone rooms are actually the names of employees’ dogs.

Employees climb a large birch stair-case up to the main workspace on the 10th floor, designed to accommodate the CEO’s preference for manage-ment sitting alongside staff. There, every employee, including all c-suite members, works in the same size height-adjustable workstation (5-foot by 30-inches).

“If you play with the density, you can create a nucleus of programming activity,” noted Mr. Juncher. “As an ex-ample, the noise levels of some teams, like sales, don’t fit well near developer teams. And we worked buffers into the space between workstations and lounge areas.”

Away from their desks, Intent Media team members can use phone rooms and meeting rooms of all sizes, a standup meeting room, a lounge, lock-ers, three additional coffee kitchens hidden throughout the space, and cozy diner booths with reclaimed wood tops/surfaces.

“The stand-up room is a room lacking chairs and covered in floor-to-ceiling whiteboards, meant for intense war room-like collaborative sessions.”

A long hall leads away from the pri-mary working grounds to connect with an auxiliary wing full of lounge spaces, conference rooms, an additional pantry, and access to a work-friendly roof deck with a beer garden that was requested by employees.

The second level also includes a large space able to take many shapes – lounge, game room, yoga studio – with sweeping views of the Hudson and lower Manhattan, large sofas, bean bag chairs, ping pong table and yoga ac-cessories. This inclusive space, which the former tenant had used as a single expansive corner office with private bathroom, underscores Intent Media’s

Floor plan - 9th Floor

Floor plan - 10th Floor


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a&ddedication to inclusivity and equality.

JIDK and Intent Media studied aesthetic options carefully, eventually making choices that reflect its culture and mission.

JIDK proposed a few areas with full bursts of color spread thoughtfully throughout the space, while leaving the base of the building somewhat

raw, honest and exposed. The poppy color palette signals a playful attitude while also aiding wayfinding. Primary work zones use shades of blue, while breakout spaces for creativity and col-laboration are colored with orange and red carpeting. Tertiary zones, includ-ing the yoga studio/game room, have purple carpeting, meant to encourage

active work. The office also features several spray art murals created by employees.

“A lot of the success of a design relies on a having a great client,” said Mr. Juncher. “Intent Media is a very modern company – and their employ-ees are their product, so it was easy to work with them.” n

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The luxurious penthouse offices of Wm. Zeckendorf, head of the real estate firm Webb & Knapp, designed by legendary architect I.M. Pei. Mr. Pei, who began his career as the in-house architect for Webb & Knapp, will celebrate his 100th birthday this month. Here, the waiting area with view of walled terrace with La Chaise sculpture. Photography: courtesy of Ezra Stoller/ESTO

The world-renowned architect I.M. Pei, whose 100th birth-day will occur April 26, is not known primarily for his design of office interiors. Yet among his earliest notable works were the Midtown Manhattan offices he designed for William Zeckendorf, the colorful head of Webb & Knapp, then the world’s most adventurous and forward-looking developers.

These offices were designed and completed in 1950-1951, when Pei was in his early 30s. This was not, however, a dream commission for him – in fact not a commission at all, since Pei didn’t yet have his own firm. He had started his stellar design career quite unconventionally by signing on in 1948 as Webb & Knapp’s in-house architect. And while these offices were being completed, he was already at work on some of the developer’s suburban office buildings and the Roosevelt Field Shopping Center on Long Island.

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Cylindrical penthouse annex added to Webb & Knapp’s Midtown Manhattan office building -- young associate Harry Cobb serving as a “scale figure.”


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house architect arrangement, his way of ensuring speedy and effective collaboration. As recounted in Carter Wiseman’s book, I.M. Pei: A Profile in American Architecture, Zeckendorf set

out to hire “the greatest unknown ar-chitect in the country.” With the help of a Museum of Modern Art design staff member, he found what he needed in Pei, then a junior faculty member at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design.

Zeckendorf’s offices were a part, though the most dramatic part, of a thorough overhaul of Webb & Knapp’s Madison Avenue office building. Un-der Pei’s direction, the entire building was air-conditioned (by no means standard c. 1950), and the lobby was boldly remodeled, as were com-mon areas throughout. Crowning the renovation were the developers’ offices on the penthouse floor, surrounded by terraces.

For this floor, Pei designed new uninterrupted floor-to-ceiling glass walls, a bit outboard of the structural columns. And inside this glazed enclo-sure, he inserted a cylindrical boss’s office, 25 feet in diameter, with teak paneling up to a circle of glazed open-ings below the hung ceiling. Senior staff members occupied more mod-est offices along the perimeter of the space, with assistants lined up along broad corridors. Photos of the com-pleted state-of-the-art facilities show the standard equipment of the time – typewriters for the assistants, banks of telephones for the execs.

William Zeckendorf’s cylindrical teak-clad office within the office

Private staff office with prominent telephone equipment Assistants’ desks outside staff offices


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A portion of the penthouse’s terrace was enclosed with a story-high wall of figured marble, serving as a backdrop for a La Chaise sculpture – the whole recalling Mies van der Rohe’s land-mark Barcelona Pavilion of 1929.

The pièce de rèsistance of these exceptional offices was the cylindrical penthouse-above-a-penthouse that Pei designed to house Zeckendorf’s private dining room, kitchen, dressing room and bath. This was reached by a cylindrical private elevator whose shaft extended further upward as a brick-clad turret.

Interiors of Zeckendorf’s private office. Note the extensive desk with communications equipment, as well as faceted wall paneling, presumably an effort to break up echoes in the circular space.

Cylindrical elevator to Zeckendorf’s cylindrical private facilities


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architecture division, Pei would go on to design such ambitious develop-ments as the Mile High Center and the Hilton Hotel in Denver, the extensive Southwest Washington redevelopment project, the three million square foot Place Ville Marie office-retail develop-ment in Montreal, the Kips Bay Plaza apartments in New York, and the Soci-ety Hill residential complex in Philadel-phia. The first member of the staff he assembled for these efforts was Harry Cobb, later to become his partner in the still-active firm of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners in New York.

Despite the rare opportunity Webb

& Knapp offered Pei and his even younger collaborators to work at urban scale, the limitation of their projects to multifamily residential and commercial developments was perceived as restricting their profes-sional prospects. In 1960, financial difficulties for Webb & Knapp and the aspirations of Pei and his associates led to the separation of the architects and the developer.

Pei’s subsequent firms would go on to design prominent campus buildings at MIT, Syracuse, Cornell, Princeton and other schools; the Na-tional Airlines Terminal at JFK airport (recently demolished, sadly); the

John F. Kennedy Library and the John Hancock tower in Boston; the Dallas City Hall and One Dallas Centre office tower. Their several museums would include the Everson in Syracuse, the East Building of the National Gallery in Washington, and the extensive redevel-opment of the Louvre in Paris, with its iconic glass pyramid. For his native China, Pei would design the Fragrant Hill Hotel near Beijing and the Bank of China tower in Hong Kong.

Numbering nearly 100, these projects would include some rather grand office spaces, many designed by the Pei firms, but none as audacious as Webb & Knapp’s lavish headquarters. n

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r-d connectionRESEARCH-DESIGN CONNECTIONWays of Discussing Colorsby Sally Augustin, Ph.D.

Think that the ways that cultures discuss colors don’t change? Or that all cultures speak about the color spectrum in the same way? Think again.

An article in the Journal of Vision reports that an analysis of color terms used by modern Japanese speakers determined that they utilized “the 11 basic color categories common to most modern industrialized cultures (red, green, blue, yellow, purple, pink, brown, orange, white, gray and black)…[as well as] mizu (“water”)/light blue, hada (“skin tone”)/peach,

matcha (“ceremonial green tea”)/yellow-green, oudo (“mud”)/mustard, enji/maroon, yamabuki (“goldflower”)/gold and cream…30 years ago, a study of Japanese color categories…did not reveal mizu as a basic color category…[and found] that kusa (“grass”) was a very popular term for yellow-green…kusa has been largely replaced with matcha…there is one tradition that has not changed over the past millennium: the mixed use of green and blue.”

A study of poems written prior to the 10th century indicates that historically “ao (“blue”) was used to name both things that were clearly blue and also things that were clearly green; the same was true of midori (“green”). Even today, modern Japanese people refer to the color of the green traf-fic light, lush green leaves and green vegetables, as ao (“blue”)…in addition to distinct color terms for blue and green, modern Japanese has recently added a new intermediate color term “mizu” for lighter bluish and greenish samples.” n

“The Evolution of Japanese Color Vocabulary Over the Past 30 Years.” 2017. Press release, Tohoku University, http://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/press/evolu-tion_of_japanese_color_vocabulary.html

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 [email protected].

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>Arc-Com Design Studio in-troduced the new upholstery pattern Shift, a study in col-or transformation. Comprised of small squares, a dramatic 40 inch vertical repeat allows for the subtle morphing of one color shade to the next and back again. This visually slow transition from color to color creates a soft undulat-ing sense of movement. Shift explores seven colorways that become visually fascinating in their shade and hue trans-formations. The colorways include orange to red; blue to teal; purple to blue; yellow to orange; grey to blue, yellow to green; and grey to neutral. The vibrancy found in each combination is achieved through the dying process of the natural cotton and rayon fill yarns. It is tested to 145,000 double rubs and stocked with a stain resist fin-ish. Read More

>Fil Doux Textiles enhanced its new Vinylife™ uphol-stery with the addition of Pro-Tech, the company’s proprietary ink and stain treatment. Vinylife brings an unprecedented end-of-life story to vinyl textiles through an inventive produc-tion process that increases biodegradability at the end of its useful life. It is produced with a natural enzyme that reacts to microorganisms found in biologically ac-tive landfills and acts as the catalyst for its decomposition. Microscopic pores make the material breathable, allowing for temperature control and a soft hand. Featuring the same strength and durability as traditional vinyl, Vinylife is phthalate free and exceeds 200,000+ double rubs. Its durability makes it suitable for hotels, commercial, and gov-

ernment projects as well as residential. It is 54” wide and is backed with 100% post-industrial recycled polyester. PRESTIGE, the first collection to be introduced, boasts bold color and thirty-four designs ranging from chic linen looks to exotic animal-inspired textures. Read More

>WallGoldfinger released a new animation of its Arbor reconfigurable tables, and also offered a sneak peak of two new table designs launching soon. While the company is known for its large custom boardroom tables, the market for its smaller Arbor and Summit multipurpose tables has continued to grow. According to CEO John Wall, the two product lines made up 30% of the company’s orders in 2016. The new Arbor anima-tion (see officenewswire post

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for link) is very well done, showing a wide range of configurations of the table, which is renowned for its removable legs and compact storage. The two new tables, coming soon, are Engage and Fuse, both featuring a thin edge, narrow bases, ample leg room, hidden under-table power and data, and match-ing credenzas. Read More

NOTEWORTHY>Cooper Robertson founder Alexander Cooper is step-ping down as partner and shifting his focus to strategic partnerships and special project assignments. His longtime partners, Donald Clinton, John Kirk and Scott Newman now serve as the firm’s managing partners. The changes come at a time of new growth and major project wins for the firm, including the Gateway Arch Museum in St. Louis, a 1,300-acre master plan for Charlotte,

North Carolina’s River District, an 8.5-acre research campus for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and the $1.15 billion M City framework plan in Ontario, Canada, among many others. In addition, other firm leaders have emerged or taken on new roles: Brian Shea heads the urban design practice, and Bruce Davis guides the firm’s cultural practice. This leader-ship team of nationally promi-nent architects and urban designers now serves Cooper Robertson’s expanding client base in established and new markets, as the group also supports new innovations and research. Read More

>Marlene Liriano, a principal and managing director of IA Interior Architects’ Miami of-fice, will be inducted in the IIDA College of Fellows. Ms. Liriano is currently serving as the president of IIDA’s Board of Directors for 2016-2017, and has a long history with the organization. Read More

>David B. Mourning, founder of IA Interior Architects, was named as the recipi-ent of the 2017 IIDA Star Award. This award is given to an individual or organiza-tion that has made significant contributions to the design industry. An architect and in-terior designer for more than 30 years, Mourning worked for several architectural and engineering firms before join-ing Environmental Planning and Research. It was during his seven years at EPR that he developed a love for the interior design practice along with the national contacts that enabled him to found IA Interior Architects in 1984. Under his direction, IA has become the world’s largest employee-owned architecture firm dedicated exclusively to workplace design, with 19 of-fices in the U.S., London, and Asia in addition to an alliance with firms worldwide. He is among the industry pioneers

credited with creating a blue-print for the modern interior design firm. Read More

>Jenny Niemann, president and CEO of Forward Space, an independent Steelcase dealership in Chicago, was nominated for a seat on the Steelcase Inc. Board of Directors. Steelcase share-holders will vote to approve her election to the board at the annual shareholder meeting on July 12. Ms. Niemann previously worked at Steelcase in the areas of marketing, operations, and channel development leader-ship. She moved to Boston in 2011 to lead Red Thread, a Steelcase-owned dealer, and in 2014 became the majority owner of Forward Space. She currently serves on the board of the Chicago Architectural Foundation. Read More

>Allison Puzycki was promot-ed to director of marketing at Svigals+Partners. Previously serving as marketing man-ager since joining the firm in 2011, Ms. Puzycki’s elevation to director follows a spate of recent successful project commissions and completions including Sandy Hook School in Newtown, CT. Her atten-tion to detail and commitment to Svigals+Partners’ mission

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officenewswireand vision also helped raise the firm’s national profile. During her tenure, the firm’s principals presented at top-level industry conferences in keynote roles, and the firm was included in Fast Compa-ny magazine’s list of the “Top Ten Most Innovative Compa-nies in Architecture, 2015.” Read More

>Mac Stopa, founder of Massive Design, was named as the recipient of the 2017 IIDA Titan Award. The Titan Award recognizes significant contributions to the interior design profession by an individual, company, or organization in the field. Mr. Stopa’s clients include Google, Samsung, BMW, MasterCard, Credit Suisse, Viacom and Bacardi-Martini, and he has designed prod-ucts for Mohawk Group, Cappelini, Laminam, DuPont and Milliken. His designs emanate from his fascination with parametrically driven design, organic geometry, modularity, sculptural shapes and digital art. “Mac’s work spans architecture, interior design, industrial design, art and fashion, allowing his multi-disciplinary sensibility to both inspire the industry and deeply influence how spaces

are experienced,” said IIDA Executive Vice President and CEO Cheryl Durst. “With a passion for mathematics, he is leading the way for flexible design that is customized and adaptable to the environment and the end user.” Read More

>ESD (Environmental Sys-tems Design, Inc. captured the Consulting Engineer of the Year award for the sec-ond straight year at the 29th Annual Chicago Commercial Real Estate Awards Dinner. The event brought together more than 1,800 of Chicago’s top architects, brokers, devel-opers, property managers, in-terior contractors, and design professionals to celebrate the outstanding achievements in all facets of the industry and to support the Greater Chi-cago Food Depository, which receives all the proceeds from the dinner. ESD’s mHUB proj-ect also won the 2016 Special Achievement award during the awards dinner. ESD’s High Performance Buildings Group provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire-pro-

tection and fire alarm services along with confirming IECC code requirements for the building on Chicago Avenue. The non-profit is Chicago’s first innovation center focused on physical product develop-ment and manufacturing. Read More

>Salone del Mobile.Milano’s 56th edition, held Apr. 4-9, hosted 343.602 attend-ees from 165 countries. More than 2,000 exhibitors on display between Salone Internazionale del Mobile, the International Furnish-ing Accessories Exhibition, Euroluce, Workplace3.0, and

SaloneSatellite highlighted industry innovation and talent from across the globe. Read More

>Teknion Corp. opened its new Los Angeles showroom. Designed by Vanderbyl De-sign and on track for LEED-CI Platinum certification, it reflects the company’s latest vision of the workplace. The 8,650 sq.ft. space (804 m²) is situated on the 41st floor of the Ernst & Young Plaza, providing clients with an accessible location in the city’s burgeoning downtown. It is framed by windows on three sides, offering visitors panoramic views of the Los Angeles skyline to the Pacific Ocean. An abundance of natural light flows into the airy space, which is devoid of columns. Upon entry, visi-tors first step into a spacious lounge area. The lounge is bisected by the Teknion Community Table, creat-ing a central “hearth” area that extends the full depth of the showroom. Warmed by natural wood flooring and millwork, the elegant space serves multiple functions,

Mac Stopa ESD president Kurt Karnatz, surrounded by the ESD team, holds the Consulting Engineer of the Year Award

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supporting collaborative and touchdown workstyles. From the hearth, visitors are directed either right or left to experience Teknion’s latest thinking about workplace design. The south side of the showroom illustrates a casual, modern approach to the work environment, employing a playful color palette and a variety of Teknion products in an open, fluid landscape. In contrast, the north side exhibits a more conservative approach with a formal look and feel, plus a lounge area with built-in video display. Teknion’s architectural glass wall systems divide offices and conference rooms while maintaining a sense of trans-parency and accessibility. The showroom also features a display of Luum Textiles’ extensive collections and product finishes, incorporat-ing a large work/storage table that provides a useful surface on which to lay out fabric and finish samples. Throughout the showroom, Studio TK product is also displayed to create dynamic social spaces. Read More

>Teknion presented the 2017 International Platinum Dealer Award to Integrated Design Solutions Puerto Rico principals David Rodriguez and Marlen Diaz. Announced a the recent Teknion Dealer Conference in Mexico, this is the third consecutive win for IDS Puerto Rico. Read More

>USG Corp. received the ‘Lean Six Sigma Deploy-ment of the Year’ from the American Quality Institute as part of its annual Lean & Six Sigma World Conference. Now in their second year, the Lean & Six Sigma Excellence Awards recognize organiza-tions across a variety of indus-tries for outstanding process improvement programs that drive efficiencies, increase profitability, and improve customer experience. USG implemented Lean Six Sigma in 2010 to improve profitabili-ty, strengthen capabilities and increase continuous improve-ment awareness. High-per-forming employees undergo extensive training to become LSS leaders, or “Belts,” who oversee the planning and execution of LSS projects and

play an instrumental role in their successful deployment. To date, USG has trained more than 375 Belts and 5,500 employees to support its LSS efforts, which it says have achieved more than $250 million in hard savings. Read More

RE-SITED>Gayle Shand joined Carn-egie as vice president of sales. Ms. Shand has almost 20 years of industry experi-ence, most recently as a sales executive at Interior Design Media. She is passionate about design, branding and collaborating with the design industry. Read More

ENVIRONMENT>Humanscale announced several new sustainabil-ity initiatives. As the first company to achieve full Living Product Challenge certifica-tion with not one, but two products, it is also a founding member of the Net Positive Project, which brings together sustainability leaders across industries to promote a net positive impact as a worthy and achievable goal. In ad-dition, Humanscale aims to be the first manufacturer in the industry to have Health Product Declarations for all products, and it has part-nered with WeSpire to provide each employee with content and inspiration to take action and impact social and envi-ronmental outcomes beyond the workplace. On Apr. 22, the company is hosting an Earth Day event in its New Jersey manufacturing facility to demonstrate its commit-ment to sustainable design and manufacturing and to educate the local community.

Teknion LA Showroom – Community Table

The successful and dynamic team at IDS Puerto Rico, proudly display-ing its Platinum Awards and banners for 2015, 2016 and 2017. L-R, middle row: Jullymar Jimenez (standing), Maria Villanueva, Yaleska Cruz, Ana Morales, Keyla Vega, Jose David Lebron, Marlen Diaz, David Rodriguez, Joseline Vazquez, Miriam Ramy and Carla Falu. L-R, standing at rear: Hector Natal, Victor Montes, Arturo Pellerano, Benny Quiñones. The dog’s name is Olivia.

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As it noted in its press re-lease, “In an age when every company has a sustainability page on their website and greenwashing is common, Humanscale reminds con-sumers that the importance is not what a company says about sustainability, it’s what they’re actually doing.” Read More

>BIM software developer Vectorworks, Inc. invites local businesses and vol-unteers in Howard County, Maryland to positively impact the community by participating in a cleanup. The cleanup will take place on Thursday, Apr. 20 at 11:00 a.m. at Vectorworks, 7150 Riverwood Drive in Columbia, MD. “Vectorworks software helps designers create beauti-ful, sustainable buildings, gardens, grounds, campuses, communities and more,” said Tania Salgado-Nealous, the company’s vice president of human resources and opera-tions. “As part of our compa-ny’s mission to transform the

world through great design, we believe in taking care of our surroundings to ensure that they are sustained for the years to come. Earth Day is a great time to bring people together through the pres-ervation of our environment, and that’s why we wanted to reach out to other businesses nearby, so we could work together for the betterment of the community.” Read More

PROJECTS>OTJ Architects designed four of the 10 projects rec-ognized in a recent feature in Inc. magazine about of-fices in the Washington, DC area with the greatest “wow” factor and coolest perks. These include:

-The headquarters of tech-nology company Alarm.com includes an oxygen room enclosed in glass, with bench seating, living plant walls, specialized air quality, lighting that changes to mimic the out-doors, and a 350-gallon pond.

-The American Gaming Asso-ciation office include a huge sports ticker in the reception and conference areas, slot machines in the break room,

and a large poker table in one of the conference rooms.

-Booz Allen Hamilton’s In-novation Center emphasizes sophisticated audio-visual technology such as smart boards, digital displays and advanced video conferencing, plus lab spaces including a “Maker Space” for team col-laboration on prototyping.

-At the National Restaurant Association’s offices, a sculp-tural staircase leads visitors to a state-of-the-art conferenc-ing facility complete with a kitchen studio where celebrity chefs have performed cook-ing demonstrations, plus an outdoor roof deck that accommodates up to 500 guests. Read More

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>Stantec completed the interiors for Fort Lauderdale-based Valley Forge Fabrics, the global leader in hospital-ity upholstery fabrics. The 73,000 sq.ft. space boasts the largest performance textile archive in the world with more than one million items, a state of the art fabric-testing labora-tory and in-house seamstress and printed fabric produc-tion areas. “Valley Forge is a household name within the hospitality industry and they pride themselves in creating beautiful, welcoming spaces in the world’s top hotels, said interior designer Barbara Savage, senior associate at

Stantec’s Miami office. In this new space, we’re giving their staff the same experience.”

The family-owned company is passionate about their heritage. The Valley Forge brother/sister management team puts their employees first and wanted to give them a new space that would improve their general wellbe-ing in every sense. Stantec created an inspiring, creative and healthy environment for the company’s employees. With a neutral base palette, the company’s fabric is show-cased as the interior’s star and delivers a sense of place.

Grays and whites are offset with pops of fuchsia, red, orange, purple and peacock colors throughout the open work areas, conference rooms and offices.

“We wanted to design a visu-ally appealing and inspiring setting, as well as a functional environment, because at the end of the day, Valley Forge employees need a space where they can do their best work,” added Savage. “We implemented playful elements including an indoor soccer field and slide, while also in-corporating custom designed standing work counters with space to roll out fabrics.”

Design Details include:

-Fabric tubes used as design feature in reception area and conference hall

-Bold, continuous stripes of color that begin on the wall and carry across the floor, carpet, and any element that lies in its path – including the restroom

-Chairs upholstered with “Chandelier” fabric – a nod to Valley Forge’s first printed vinyl fabric

-Ottomans representing Valley Forge’s trademarked Hueste-ria color palette are used as a décor item throughout the space

-Yoga room, gym, locker rooms, quiet room and soccer field on the second floor mez-zanine

-Custom designed standing work counters that provide space to roll out fabrics

The LEED Silver certified space features recycling and redistribution bins to safely dispose of items like corks, batteries, and electronics that employees bring from home. Read More

>Ware Malcomb announced that construction is complete on the first phase of the new Atlas at Carlsbad campus in Carlsbad, CA. It comprises a trophy steel and glass two-story office building and a single-story 135,000 sq.ft. R&D/creative building. Ware Malcomb provided architec-tural design services for the project.

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officenewswireto transform the existing 260,000sf building into two separate buildings totaling 235,000 sq.ft. of office and R&D space. The beams of the original building were kept intact to allow the transfer of lateral loads from the new of-fices to the warehouse build-ing and diaphragm. The office building utilized metal stud framing while the warehouse employed a concrete tilt-up design. Moment frames were also used in the office build-ing to create large openings into the Paseo.

Ware Malcomb selected a large format, ultra-thin porcelain tile to be applied over the existing granite to transform the aesthetic of the existing office building. Ware Malcomb collaborated with LdG Landscape Architects to enhance the entries in the Paseo amenity area that separated the existing Alpha and Beta buildings.

Ware Malcomb designed the exterior corners of the Beta Building to integrate with the Paseo and office building. Some of the Paseo amenities included an outdoor amphi-theater, barbeque area, out-door seating, shade sails and an outdoor café. The design also included the design and installation of a perforated Ferrari fabric with a graphic pattern inspired by the Carls-bad Flower Fields mounted on the Beta Building.

“This project definitely required some out of the box thinking to meet Atlas at Carlsbad’s need to create two separate buildings from

one existing structure,” said Tiffany English, Principal of Ware Malcomb’s San Diego office. “We created a unique, functional design solution drawing inspiration from the local Carlsbad community.” Read More

EVENTS>The ASID New York Metro chapter is partnering with ICFF® to bring educational programing to the ICFF NYC 2017 show floor, May 21-24. The CEU accredited programs will tackle a new theme each show day, with several sessions and some of the biggest names in design set to present, moderate and share insights with the design community. Programming themes include:

-Promoting Your Brand – Sunday, May 21

-S#*t Designers Need to Know – Monday, May 22

-Starting a Career in Interior Design– Tuesday, May 23

-Designers Tell All – Wednes-day, May 24 (Public Day)

“We are fortunate to have a very talented pool of Design-ers, Industry Partners and Students as members of the New York Metro chapter,” said Glenn Gissler, presi-dent of the New York Metro Chapter of ASID. “This is an opportunity for us to show-case our thought-leadership and design expertise on one of the world’s biggest stages – ICFF. As we work within the industry ourselves, we

understand the issues and challenges and hope that our programing will offer insightful knowledge to the community at large.” Read More

>Hausman Communications is participating in a profes-sional development event, “Above the Noise - Building Buzz through Collaborative PR,” at Steelcase in NYC this Thursday, Apr. 20, 5:30-8:00 p.m. Architectural Record editor Joann Gon-char will moderate a panel with AEC leaders Leo Argiris (ARUP) and Tony Sclafani (NYCCOC) and PR gurus Tami Hausman (Hausman LLC) and Brien McDaniel (FXFOWLE) to discuss how a collaborative approach to PR can help build buzz and greater success for design firms. Read More

>IIDA NY on Wednesday, Apr. 19 will host a Mentor-ing Round Table: Unfiltered Advice for Young Design Professionals. Taking place at West Elm Workspace NYC, 6:00-8:00 p.m., it is intended for young design professionals with 1-3 years of experience who have questions about what’s next in their career. The event will rotate groups of young designers with industry leaders in a round table set-ting where they can ask any questions that come to mind, for example:

-How do I ask questions in my firm without looking inex-perienced?

-What are typical hours one should expect to work at a firm?

-What is expected of me this early in my career in regards to knowledge and skill sets?

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>IIDA NY Chapter Rochester City Center on Wednes-day, Apr. 19 will present a discussion of the 2012 rehabilitation of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Boynton House in downtown Rochester. Located on East Boulevard in the heart of the Historic District, the Boynton House is

one of the few original Wright homes to still function as a private residence. A stunning example of Wright’s Prairie School architectural style, the 1908 structure has been extensively and meticulously restored on both the interior and exterior. Wednesday’s event, which will include hot hors d’oeuvres and an open bar, will take place at Roch-ester Institute of Technology’s James E. Booth Hall, Room 2765. It starts at 5:00 p.m. with a product showcase from the event sponsors – Thos Moser, Tile Wholesalers of Rochester, Shaw Contract Group, Milliken, Landscape

Forms, Knoll, and Inte-rior Resource Group. The presentation on the Boynton House begins at 6:15 and will include representatives from the lead restoration firm Bero Architecture, project inte-

rior designer Daryl Gronsky, Director of the Landmark Society Wayne Goodman, Jim Liebel of Fingerlakes Wood-works, and Boynton House owner Jane Parker. Read More

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businessBUSINESS AFFAIRS>HNI Corp.’s first-quarter fiscal 2017 results conference call is scheduled for this Thursday, Apr. 20, 10:00 a.m. Central Time (11:00 a.m. Eastern). The earnings release will be issued on Wednesday, Apr. 19 after market close. http://investors.hnicorp.com/

>Interface, Inc. plans to hold its annual meeting of share-holders on Tuesday, May 16, 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time, at the Overlook III Conference Center in Atlanta, GA. The agenda includes election of ten members of the Board of Directors; approval, on an advisory basis, executive compensation; an ad-visory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on execu-tive compensation; and ratification of the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as the company’s independent auditors for 2017. Shareholders of record at the close of business on Mar. 10, 2017 will be entitled to vote at the meeting. Proxy materials are available at http://interfaceglobal.com/Investor-Relations/SEC-Filings.aspx

>Kimball International, Inc. plans to announce its third-quarter fiscal 2017 financial results on Wednesday, May 3 after the close of the market, with a conference call scheduled for Thursday, May 4, 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The telephone number to access the call is 844-602-5643 or internationally at 574-990-3014; passcode “Kimball.” The live webcast of the call, and an archived replay after the call, can be accessed at www.ir.kimball.com

>Knoll, Inc. plans to report its first-quarter 2017 financial results on Monday, Apr. 24 after market close, with a confer-ence call scheduled for Tuesday, Apr. 25, 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The call will include slides; participants are encouraged to listen and view the presentation via webcast in the Inves-tor Relation section of Knoll’s website, where a replay will be archived. The call may also be accessed by dialing (844) 778-4138 (North America) or (661) 378-9550 (International); Passcode 677 2833. An audio replay will be available through May 2 at (855) 859-2056 (North America) or (404) 537-3406 (International); Passcode: 677 2833. www.knoll.com

>Mohawk Industries, Inc. plans to issue its first-quarter 2017 earnings release on Thursday, Apr. 27, with a confer-ence call scheduled for Friday, Apr. 28, 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. To participate in the call, please dial 1-800-603-9255 (US/Canada), 1-706-634-2294 (Int’l), or 1-253-237-1879 (Int’l); Conference ID 5364682. To listen online, please visit the Investor Information section of Mohawk’s website. A replay of the call will be available until Friday, May 28 both online and via telephone at 1-855-859-2056 (US/Canada) or 1-404-537-3406 (Int’l/Local); Conference ID 5364682. www.mohawkind.com

>USG Corp. has scheduled its conference call and webcast to discuss first quarter 2017 results on Thursday, April 27, 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time (8:00 a.m. Central Time). This call and webcast, as well as accompanying presentation materials, may be accessed via the Investor Relations section of USG’s

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TECHNOLOGY>Allseating debuted SpecAll™, an online seating configura-tor which enables designers to customize and price seat-ing, realizing the final result instantly. Its interface uses real photography and has an extensive database of interchangeable elements to generate unlimited design scenarios. An intuitive tool designed with the next generation in mind, the mechanism provides a top to bottom custom experience, showcasing each and every variation available per chair – from arm styles to base configuration. Each of the tool’s settings, including an uphol-stery setting that allows designers to upload and apply fabric swatches from any manufacturer, ensure that the product created is the correct product for the designer’s vision. Read More

>Steelcase dealer Tangram Interiors is now authorized to re-sell Microsoft Surface Hub as a part of the Microsoft partner network. Tangram is one of 12 Steelcase dealers in the U.S. and Canada with this authorization. They are part of a larger collaboration between Steelcase and Microsoft, announced last month, to develop a range of technology-enabled spaces to help organizations foster creative thinking and better collabora-tion. “The dealers offering the Surface Hub to customers are in a unique position to support businesses that want to empower employees, inspire ideas, and accelerate innovation,” said Joel Zwier, Steelcase’s Smart and Connected Strategic Partnerships Lead. “Together with Steelcase and Microsoft, Tangram will help organizations thoughtfully integrate place and technology to encourage creative behavior at work.” Read More

>BIM software developer Vectorworks, Inc. released the Chinese version of its Vectorworks 2017 software line. The line includes includes Vectorworks® Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Designer and Fundamentals. Part of a worldwide rollout starting with the English release in September 2016, the Chinese language is the final installment to join other lan-guages, including Dutch, French, German, Japanese, Polish, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese and Spanish. To demonstrate the new technology features of Vectorworks 2017, Mad Macs Technology Distributions Limited, the Vectorworks distributor in China, is hosting a series of free events in major Chinese cit-ies throughout April and May. Read More

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