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CITED:“TRUE FRIENDSHIP CAN AFFORD TRUE KNOWLEDGE. IT DOES NOT DEPEND ON DARKNESS AND IGNORANCE.” —HENRY DAVID THOREAU

2018 Year In Review Welcome to the 2019 edition of officeinsight, and to our 2018 Year in Review. We hope you’re rested and recharged after the holidays – we certainly are! – and are ready to embrace a new year of design chal-lenges.

At the start of each year, our Year in Review special issue offers a month-by-month panoramic view of the previous year – “the latest developments and trends in workplace design, as reported in the pages of officeinsight.”

But first, the Addies! We open the issue with the 2018 Addie Awards – a newer tradition at officeinsight “whereby we honor our advertisers with a light-hearted competition. The Addies show off the year’s best in officeinsight advertising design – as in, ‘most popular with our very random jury for whatever fancy.’”

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For nearly three decades Brad Powell railed against design awards because the juries and their respective credentials, as well as the criteria for judging, were rarely public; he com-plained that design awards are merely a “popularity contest.”

In 2014 I wanted to find a way to re-ward advertisers who create memorable ads and also to potentially stimulate all advertisers to try to improve the quality of their ads, considering that our readers are primarily “visual aesthetes.” I also wanted to honor Addie Powell’s unseen hand in building officeinsight. While I agree with Brad as it relates to design awards won by virtue of soliciting votes via email blasts – we agree that they’re basically meaningless – when it comes to advertising, a popularity contest among readers of a publication may be the best possible measure of success!

So I came up with “The Addies”The jury consists of subscribers to

officeinsight along with our own staff and my 16 year-old daughter, Maddie, who has definite opinions on almost everything! The members of the jury, so far, have all been invited to participate by me with an eye toward reflecting the make-up of our readers.

For the benefit of transparency and to assuage Mr. Powell, here are the criteria I circulated to the jury:• No criteria; other than your own

likes and dislikes.• Pick the five ads you like the best• Rank those 5 in the order you like

them - 1 to 5.I assign number values to each

juror’s list of top five as follows: 10 pts for #1, 8 pts for #2 and so on. Then I total the points for each ad from all the jurors. In case of a tie, I reserve the

tie-breaker vote to myself. The point winner wins.

This year we had more than 75 unique ads. The winning ad received votes from the most jurors as well as getting the highest numerical score. (Sort of like win-ning the popular vote and the electoral college vote. Wouldn’t that be novel!)

This year we had more than 100 different ads. The winning ad received votes from the most jurors as well as getting the highest numerical score. (Sort of like winning the popular vote and the electoral vote!) In the following pages, the winners of the 2018 Addies appear as they were ranked; first place appears first, and so on.

If you’d like to be on the jury for 2019 send me an email.

Bob Beck

And the winners are…

The 2018 Addiesofficeinsight Ad Design Awards

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2018 YEAR IN REVIEW2018 was a year to remember in the United States – one of high social and political tensions, divisive viewpoints, commanding calls to action, and as a result of all of those things, a perpetual search for human respite. For designers of the built world today, opportunities to shape those places in which humans find respite are plentiful.

Biophilia, sustainable design, and designing for resiliency and for human wellbeing all continued along a fast-track. But 2018 was the year designing for social equity found its voice. Designers are now being asked to consider how their spaces account for the emotional, physiological, mental and social needs and rights of inhabitants.

2018 saw more market cross-pollination than ever; it was a year full of acquisitions, movement, and intriguing strategic partnerships. Designers took on a more nuanced view of residential themes – we’re still trying to find a good substitute for that cringeworthy “resimercial” term – and continued to blend hospitality and retail design strategies into the workplace. All of these market segments share one common goal: to create a distinct experience.

Contract clients asked for alternative workspaces, and for designers to strike a balance between open plan offices and private spaces – there is no “one size fits all.” And clients and designers alike directed more attention to and recognition of the newest generation in our workforce – Generation Z.

We experienced a growing Nordic influence, as reported in our “Scandinavian Storm” feature by Allison Room [8.13.18]. But designers’ color palettes continued to expand from reliable neutral or pastel-based varieties to include schemes that speak directly to their clients, regardless of trend reports.

Our look back at the past year also regretfully includes the passing of officeinsight Founder Brad Powell, on July 10, 2018, at the age of 76. He had retired in 2014 but contin-ued to serve as Publisher Emeritus, contributing occasional features and giving ongoing feedback to our team. His loss

was an unexpected shock to us, but we continue to carry out his mission: Giving voice to those who create workplace design and furnishings.

Our chronological review does not include all of the exceptional interiors projects we featured throughout 2018; instead, we’ve compiled them in list form here at the top, and we encourage our readers to revisit these stories for inspiration and ideas by searching for them on our website: >Denver’s Stop for a Bite of Culture: The Food Hall at Zep-pelin by Zeppelin Development and Dynia Architects began [1.22.18]

>Natural Structures + Refined Residential: A Tech Invest-ment Firm in San Francisco’s Presidio by Feldman Archi-tecture [1.22.18]

>Luxe Amenities in Shared Public Spaces: Gaedeke Group by lauckgroup [2.5.18]

>A Study of Light & Material in Seattle: Substantial by goCstudio [2.26.18]

>Storytelling and Branding: Creating “Moments” in Fi-nancial Services in Chicago: Société General by Ted Moudis Associates [3.5.18]

>Condé Nast and Pitchfork Come Under One Roof in Chicago’s Merchandise Mart, by GREC Architects [3.26.18]

>Modern West at CoBiz Financial in Denver, by Gensler [4.16.18]

>Make Life One Long Weekend: Tommy Bahama HQ in Seattle by SkB Architects [4.30.18]

>Microsoft Envisions the Future: Innovation lab in Red-mond, WA, designed by Studio O+A [5.28.18]

>The Associated Press’ New NYC Headquarters by TPG Architecture [7.2.18]

>A Historical Revival: The Robert Redford Conservancy for Southern California Sustainability and Bernard Biological Field Station by Carrier Johnson + CULTURE [7.16.18]

>Spotlight: Custom Workstations and Tech Integration at Juno Therapeutics by Tangram Studio [7.16.18]

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Associated Press Headquarters by TPG Architec-ture - Central stair

Associated Press Headquarters by TPG Architecture - Memorial Wall of Honor

Cisco Meraki by Studio O+A - Phone booths

CoBiz Financial by Gensler

Condé Nast/Pitchfork Chicago - Entryway

Condé Nast/Pitchfork Chicago - Kitchen and dining

Condé Nast/Pitchfork Chicago - Pitchfork art and layout studio

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Gaedeke Group by lauckgroup - Informal lounge with ping pong table

orest City Headquarters by VOCON - Retreat rooms

Glassdoor Chicago by Valerio Dewalt Train Associates - open office

Glassdoor Chicago by Valerio Dewalt Train Associates - Glass-enclosed conferencingGaedeke Group by lauckgroup - Open lobby

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Microsoft Envisioning Center by Studio O+A - Light cues Microsoft Envisioning Center by Studio O+A - Entrance

Robert Redford Conservancy at Pitzer College by Carrier Johnson + CULTURE - Outdoor classroom

Presidio VC by Feldman Architecture - Reception Hungry Man Productions by FreelandBuck Archi-tects - Furniture stand-Ins

Societe General by Ted Moudis Associates - Steel hanging staircase

Substantial by goCstudio - Lounge The Tennis Lounge at Midtown Athletic Club in Chi-cago, designed by Venus Williams' V Starr Interiors

Princess Máxima Center childrens oncology hospital by MMEK' - Light filled learning and play experiences

Princess Máxima Center childrens oncology hospital by MMEK' - Screening privacy and hangout space

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The Shop at The CAC by Eskew+Dumez+Ripple - Com-mon space beyond the reception_SaraEssexBradley

The Shop at The CAC by Eskew+Dumez+Ripple - Commons_NeilAlexander

The Shop at The CAC by Eskew+Dumez+Ripple - Rooftop patio_NeilAlexander

Tommy Bahama Headquarters by SkB Architects - Glass-enclosed Conference

Tommy Bahama Headquarters by SkB Architects - En-trance from elevator lobby

Tommy Bahama Headquarters by SkB Architects - Open gathering space near reception

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>Meet Me in St. Louis: The Renewal and Expansion of Eero Saarinen’s Gateway Arch Park and Museum by Cooper Robertson [7.30.18] >Game of Cubes for Hungry Man Productions by Freeland-buck Architects [8.13.18]

>San Diego Airport DAZZLEs with High-Tech Public Art by Ueberall International with E Ink Prism tile technology [8.20.18]

>Glassdoor Comes to Chicago’s Fulton Market District, by Valerio Dewalt Train Associates [9.10.18]

>Venus Williams’ V Starr Interiors at the Midtown Athletic Club in Chicago [9.24.18]

>The Shop at CAC in NOLA by Eskew+Dumez+Ripple [10.1.18]

>Real Estate Company Forest City Embraces the Third Place in Cleveland, by Vocon [10.8.18]

>Round Two for Cisco’s Meraki, by Studio O+A [11.5.18]>How Does an Eco-friendly Footwear Startup Scale Up

to its First Major Space? Allbirds HQ in San Fran, by MBH Architects [12.3.18]

>A New Way to Treat Children’s Oncology: Princess Máxima Center in the Netherlands, by experiential design firm MMEK’ [12.10.18] We also posted tons of press releases and other projects on officenewswire throughout the year; these may be searched and viewed by subscribers and non-subscribers alike.

Environmental psychologist Sally Augustin, Ph.D., in ad-dition to her weekly Research Design Connections report, continued to contribute a wealth of insights through her Concurrents – Environmental Psychology column. Topics in 2018 included:

- Humans Staying the Same as Everything Else Changes [1.15.18]

-Just Like Retail? [1.29.18]-Considering The Clean-Up [2.5.18]-Jack Donaghy is Right About Workplaces [2.12.18]-Consider A Day-in-the-Life of a Space [3/5/18]- Swedish Death Cleaning First, Chunking Second [3.19.18]- Nonverbal Messaging, Alive and Well, and in the New York Times [3.26.18]

-Lessons From Airplane Work [4.16.18]-Chipmunks All [5.7.18]- Research Support for Workplace Design Practices [5.21.18]

- Talking About Science (And Other Important Stuff) [5.28.18]

-Linking Architecture and Behavioral Economics [7.2.18]- An Important Lighting Resource: RPI’s Lighting Research Center [7.9.18]

-Silent Conversations [7.30.18]-Users Will Prevail [8.6.18]

-State of Work Resource [8.20.18]-In View: Repercussions [9.10.18]-Refuges at Work [9.17.18]-Future Workplaces, Future Humans [10.1.18]-Healthy Nudges => Healthy People [10.15.18]-What Sorts of Spaces are “Workplaces”? [10.29.18]-Animal Friendly Offices, Again [11.12.18]-New Conference a Success – And a Model [11.26.18]- Tight and Loose Cultures – What Designers Need to Know [12.3.18]

Cheers to 2018, and to another great year for the inspiring A&D and workplace furnishings communities in 2019!

JANUARY>AIA’s 2018 Gold Medal award went to James Stewart

Polshek, and Snow Kreilich Architects received the 2018 firm award. -While based in New York City, Mr. Polshek hails from Akron, OH, and has retained a characteristic Midwestern pragmatism – simply designing the best buildings for their purposes and sites. He and the partners he assembled reach beyond narrow functionalism, however, to ensure that their buildings complement the structures and spaces around them. The Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock has a distinctive form that is highly assertive yet integral to the riverfront park developed for it. The Earth and Space Center wing that his firm added to New York’s Museum of Natural History gracefully introduces a kind of planetary imagery to the institution’s odd mix of stolid structures.

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Mr. Polshek established his own firm, James Stewart Polshek Architect, in 1963, and was Dean of Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preserva-tion from 1972 to 1986. His firm name evolved through several iterations to become The Polshek Partnership at the time he retired from active practice in 2005. In 2010 the office, headed by Polshek’s long-time partners, adopted the collective name Ennead Architects. -Minneapolis-based Snow Kreilich Architects was founded in 1995 by Julie Snow, who was joined later by partner Matt Kreilich. Diverging from the demographics typical of their profession, the firm maintains a staff of which 50% are women or members of minorities. In a different area it has defied centuries-old conventions by banning all-night design “charrettes.” Committed to a healthy life/work balance, Snow Kreilich has proven that outstanding architecture can be produced during regular business hours. With an output that varies in scale from single-family houses and transit stops to a metropolitan ballpark, the office has made especially notable contributions to the nation’s border facilities at ports of entry in Warroad, MN, and Van Buren, ME. [1.15.18]

>IIDA released the results of its Educators Roundtable held in October 2017 at Milliken. The report, titled “The State of Interior Design Education: Wellness. Well-Being. Diversity. Social Responsibility,” reveals the issues the ar-chitecture and design fields are grappling with in recruiting and properly developing talent. Focusing on the prevalent traits and attitudes of young Gen Z and Millenial practitio-ners, it addresses ways to: -Explain the profession better -Use accessible language -Be proactive about recruiting from new places -Work with (rather than rail against) the Gen Z mindset -Be tech-flexible -Embrace soft skills [1.15.18]

>Marc Layne was appointed President of Arc-Com. Mr. Layne, who grew up on the periphery of the family-owned company since he was a young boy, joined the executive management team at Arc-Com in 2016. Previously, he spent two decades as an investment banker for Bear Stea-rns, J.P. Morgan and most recently, RBC Capital Markets, where he left as a Managing Director. “The Arc-Com family business started in 1972 and I am thrilled that Marc will continue our position as a leading resource of exceptional textiles and wallcoverings,” said Founder and CEO Jeff Layne. [1.15.18]

>The Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation launched a new website on pioneering women architects. The website presents historically significant women practitioners and serves as a special collection within the Dynamic National Archive of Women in Architecture. [1.15.18]

>Boston-based Dyer Brown opened its second office, located in Atlanta and focusing on the Southeast region. The firm, founded in 1969 as John Chouteau Dyer Archi-tects, will celebrate 50 years in business in 2019 with a growing roster of projects across the U.S. [1.15.18]

>Jasper Group purchased a 1.2 million sf facility in Or-leans, IN formerly operated by Paoli. Jasper Group opened its doors in 1929 as Jasper Seating Company, making school and office chairs in Jasper, IN. As demand increased and the product offering diversified, the company evolved its brand platform, acquired additional manufacturing space, and en-tered new markets. Jasper Group is now the parent company of four brands with more than 1,000 employees. [1.15.18]

>Knoll, Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Muuto, the Copenhagen-based designer and provider of affordable luxury furniture, lighting and accessories. Founded in 2006 by Peter Bonnén and Kristian Byrge, Muuto, which means “new perspective” in Finnish, has grown into a global brand. “Muuto is a ‘resimercial’ design-driven, creative Scandinavian brand representing global

The gender diverse staff of Snow Kreilich Architects

Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation.Ada Louise Huxtable, one of the pioneering women architects featured on BWAF’s new website

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style for the workplace and home,” said Knoll President and CEO Andrew Cogan. “We have been tracking their explosive emergence on the workplace and residential scene in both Europe and North America for some time now.” [1.15.18]

>DIRTT on Jan. 2 announced changes to its senior management team and Board of Directors: Michael Goldstein joined the company as Interim President and CEO, and Peter Henry joined as Interim CFO. Mogens Smed moved into a new role as Executive Chairman from his previous position as CEO. Scott Jenkins, who held the roles of President, Interim CFO, and Director, departed the company. Steve Parry, Chairman of the Board, transitioned to the role of independent Lead Director. [1.15.18]

>ASID completed a full spectrum of pre- and post-occupancy research on its new Washington, DC headquar-ters. The research shows how workplace design positively influences health, wellness, employee satisfaction, and work performance. In partnership with Cornell University, Delos, and the Innovative Workplace Institute, ASID studied the impact of innovative workplace design on behavior and performance, how spatial design supports organizational goals, and the impact of design on human, organizational, and environmental sustainability. [1.15.18]

>Humanscale, a charter member of the Next Wave Initiative, is working with like-minded businesses and organizations to convert plastic ocean waste for product development and manufacturing. The company became part of the initiative after forming a partnership with Bureo, a California-based company which repurposes plastic fish-ing nets from the ocean for the development of products such as skateboards and sunglasses. Together, after both companies achieved Living Product Challenge certification in 2016, they began collaborating on a Humanscale chair built with ocean plastics from Bureo’s fishing net recycling program. [1.15.18]

>officeinsight Editor Mallory Jindra presented a collec-tion of influences workplace design will contend with in 2018, collected from all corners of the industry. Barry Richards, President of IIDA NY and Principal and Studio Leader at Rockwell Group, shared his take on the issues at hand, and Steelcase shared seven emerging forces in workplace design that it anticipated in 2018. Disruption and unrest in 2017 propelled people to ask for more balance, authenticity, a sense of community and the blending of seemingly opposite qualities –maximalism/minimalism, na-tive/global, and cultural/science-driven:

Knoll: Muuto

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-Holistic design geared for company culture -Designing for smart cities -A premium on self-expression (Pantone’s 2018 color of the year made a much bigger splash than 2017’s Greenery generated. Ultra Violet, a mystical, supernatural blue-based purple, speaks to a collective urge to use color and design for bold self-expression.

-The casualization of everything -A more balanced conversation in both wellbeing & sustain-ability Steelcase’s seven emerging forces in workplace design: -Celebrate Communities -Global Inspirations -Techno-craft -Biophilia 2.0 -Diversity of Materials -Designing with Data -Digital Tribalization [1.22.18]

>IFI celebrated the latest city to adopt the IFI Interiors Declaration: Zürich, Switzerland. Since its initial adoption by the IFI global community in 2011, the Interiors Declara-tion has now been adopted and proclaimed by 126 cities and nations around the world. [1.22.18]

>IIDA hosted its 21st Annual Industry Roundtable, engaging a group of some of the industry’s top leaders for a discussion on topics relevant to the interior design pro-fession. “The Business of Design,” the overarching theme of this year’s meeting, encouraged participants to think not only about their own businesses and teams, but the ways in which design impacts the cultures and ultimately, the bot-tom lines of their clients. [1.22.18]

>The AIA 2018 Honor Awards for architecture, interior architecture and regional/urban design recognized 16 projects selected by the jury from more than 500 entries. Of this stellar 16, one was chosen in both the architecture and urban design categories: the Chicago Riverwalk, a ma-jor accomplishment in both disciplines by Chicago’s Ross Barney Architects. Other architecture winners included The Broad museum in Los Angeles, boldly shaped by the New York firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro, in association with Gensler; the New United States Courthouse, also in L.A. designed by the venerable Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Fire Station 92 in Mercer Island, WA by the Miller Hull Partner-

ship; the Washington Fruit & Produce Company Headquar-ters in Yakima, WA by Graham Baba Architects; and the Audain Art Museum in Whistler, BC, by Patkau Architects. Interior Architecture Honors went to San Francisco offices of Square, Inc. by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson; the University of Washington Station in Seattle’s Sound Transit system by LMN Architects; Reeds Spring Middle School in Reeds Spring, MO by Dake Wells Architecture;The Chinatown Branch of the Chicago Public Library by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill; and a live-work environment for a photographer by Desai Chia Architecture. Officeinsight contributor John Morris Dixon reviewed the collection of winning designs. [1.29.18]

>FXFOWLE, the architecture, interiors and planning firm, celebrated its 40th anniversary by becoming FXCol-laborative. The firm rolled out a well-timed rebrand and announced a move from its Chelsea NYC headquarters to downtown Brooklyn into a new building of its own design. The 34-story mixed-use tower, developed by JEMB Realty Corporation, is slated to open in 2021. FXCollaborative has signed a 15-year lease as its anchor tenant for 40,000 square feet on floors seven through nine; the move is planned for 2022. [1.29.18]

>Kimball International, Inc. announced new Presidents of National Office Furniture and Kimball Hospitality: -Kourtney Smith suc-ceeds Kevin McCoy as President, National Office Furniture. She will continue to serve as a Vice President of Kimball International, Inc.

Honor Awards: The Chicago Riverwalk, designed by Ross Barney Architects. Photo by Kate Joyce Studios

Kimball International: Kourtney Smith, the new President of National Office Furniture

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-Kathy Sigler succeeds Ms. Smith as President, Kimball Hospitality. With this promotion, Ms. Sigler will now also serve as a Vice President of Kimball International, Inc. [office-newswire announcement 1.29.18; follow-up feature after 2½ months on the job ww4.23.18]

>Knoll opened the Knoll Home Design Shop in Los Angeles. Designed by L.A.-based Johnston Marklee, in collaboration with Knoll design director Benjamin Pardo, and interior space by Barbara Reimelt, NinetyNineGroup, the new 4,000sf space captures the modern spirit of Knoll, focusing on creative lifestyle inspiration for Los Angeles na-tives and its international audience alike. [1.29.18]

FEBRUARY>officeinsight contributor Stephen Witte shared the

most current knowledge and design trends in ceramic tile. Designers across the globe are using tile in their projects for its versatility and beauty, and these finished projects reveal a lot about how the material can be used. [2.5.18]

>Steelcase unveiled SILQ™, a new chair featuring high-performance polymer material that emulates the qualities of carbon fiber at a mass market price. This material, combined with the sensuous curves of the design,

allows SILQ to respond to natural movements of the human body without the mechanisms typically required in high-performance seating designed for the workplace. [2.5.18]

>John Czarnecki, Editor in Chief of Contract magazine since May 2011, accepted the position of Deputy Direc-tor and Senior Vice President of IIDA. Mr. Czarnecki has more than 20 years of experience in commercial design and architecture. At Contract, he oversaw the magazine’s print and online content and presented the annual Interiors Awards and Best of NeoCon awards, and also served as the national chairman of the 2014 AIA National Convention. Prior to Contract, he was senior acquisitions editor of architecture and design at John Wiley & Sons, an associate editor at Architectural Record magazine, and editor in chief of Crit, the na-tional journal of the American Institute of Architecture Stu-dents. [2.5.18]

Kimball International: Kathy Siegler, the new President of Kimball Hospitality

Ceramic tile trends.The Grand Carpet collection from Marazzi prints antique Persian carpet imagery on porcelain stoneware slabs for endless diverse patterning

Steelcase: SILQ

John Czarnecki

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MINDSETMindset has the power to shape the actions we take and help us recognize what needs changing. Knowing that we need to change is one thing, knowing how to change is entirely different. This year’s 360º explores outside influences on our thinking, how we’re wired, what’s happening around us, and what our future may challenge us to do. It’s our mindset that gives us the ability to change.

2019BIFMA Leadership ConferenceScottsdale, ArizonaJanuary 28 – 30, 2019

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>The Contract 2018 Interiors Awards breakfast in New York City gathered together industry friends and notables to honor its Designer of the Year, a new Design Legend and winners of awards, by virtue of specific projects, in 15 categories. Designer of the Year went to Allessandro Munge, global design leader and principal at Studio Munge in Toronto, and Joan Blumenfeld was made the newest member of the Contract magazine Design Legend cohort. [2.12.18]

>officeinsight Editor Mallory Jindra provided a com-prehensive summary of presentations by the exceptional speakers at the BIFMA 360 Leadership Conference. Held at the end of January in sunny South Beach, Miami, the conference’s theme “YOU: Leadership, Reputation, Creativ-ity” provided insights into how leaders can harness their individual strengths to achieve their leadership goals. -Keynote Speaker Marshall Goldsmith Educator, Coach, Author, and Leadership Expert made the point that ego and pride are the source of most of our challenges in leadership, not to mention in life in general.

-Ken Schmidt. Brand Visionary most known for his role as the director of communications for the Harley-Davidson Mo-tor Company, hit on the human need for validation; we need to feel good about ourselves. -Gabor George Burt. Author and Strategist one of the cre-ators of the Blue Ocean Strategy, spoke about harnessing creativity, and how businesses might separate themselves in a VUCA World: a world of volatility, uncertainty, complex-ity and ambiguity. -Laura Kane. Chief Communications Officer, Public Rela-tions Society of America, Inc., spoke on how your corporate story drives your reputation. -Deborah Wince-Smith. President & CEO, Council on Com-petitiveness, presented an eye-opening session for the sheer breadth of issues she addressed. “We are in the middle of a data tsunami, a data revolution that will open up new worlds,” she said. “We’ve entered an Age of Illumination.” -Jane Hallinan, Interior Designer, Perkins Eastman, and Alissa Wehmueller, Principal, Helix Architecture + Design treated audiences to the designer’s perspective: “The interior design industry does not have the quantity of interior design leaders it needs. People become reps, go to work for dealers, get into facility management, and other career paths. We need to foster our own future through career mentorship” -Todd Simmons. Vice President, Brand Experience & Design, IBM, spoke on “Designing Decisions” – and the alignment between design and business decisions – walking the audience through his body of work as a series of case studies. [2.12.18]

>Mallory Jindra also presented an overview of the tiny house movement, an architectural and social movement that advocates for living simply, in small homes. Until the last few years, tiny house stereotypes have been mainly of the hippy-hipster life style, with interiors tending to the purely Scandinavian or more obscure and funky DIY cir-cumstances. But tiny dwellings are beginning to break out of this box and broaden their scope in demographics and aesthetics. [2.19.18]

Contract Interiors Awards breakfast: (Standing L-R) Cynthia Kracauer, Robert Krone, John Czarnecki, Amy Tanenbaum, Karen Donaghy. (Seated L-R) Joan Blumenfeld, James Kerrigan, Cheryl Durst, David Sprouls, Alessandro Munge, Grace Zeppilli

BIFMA 360 Leadership Conference: Keynote Speaker Marshall Goldsmith & Mark Rhoades of ESI Ergonomic Solutions

The Tiny House Movement.Saltbox, part of the Designer Series of Clayton Tiny Homes, presents a new way of experiencing tiny house dwellings

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>officeinsight contributor John Sacks shared a review of the 2018 Stockholm Furniture and Lighting Fair. The show is beautifully manageable in size, and though the showground area is smaller than at other major exhibi-tions, it still takes a long time to cover the show properly because almost all of the exhibitors have beautiful displays of the highest quality products. There are few other markets like this in the world; Scandinavian companies tend to be started and run by designer architects with somewhat differ-ent sets of values, and manufacturers in the region tend to design and manufacture to very high standards. [2.19.18]

>officeinsight contributor Amanda Schneider of Con-tract Consulting Group highly recommended Adam Grant’s new book, “Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World.” Mr. Grant, an organizational psychologist, Wharton professor, and author of three New York Times bestsell-ing books, has been recognized as one of the world’s 10 most influential management thinkers and Fortune’s 40 under 40. His broad, brilliant thoughts can translate to new opportunities for original thinking in the A&D and contract furnishings industries. [2.19.18]

>officeinsight contributor John Morris Dixon reviewed Postmodern Design Complete, 2017, by Judith Gura. The new book, with an exuberant celebration of the Postmod-ern movement, documents PoMo’s accomplishments – some famous during its heyday, some relatively unknown. [2.26.18]

>Peter Carey, a resource librarian and founder of Streamline Material Resourcing, offered insights into the shifting relationships between designers, vendors and reps. The A&D community depends on their manufacturer representatives to keep them up to date with changes in products. And for architects and designers, it is no longer just about learning what’s new in the industry; it’s increas-ingly becoming about what products and materials have changed and why. [Where the Rubber Hits the Road - 2.26.18; and follow-up feature, The Quest for Quality Time with Designers, 4.16.18]

>Fuse Alliance and Starnet Worldwide Commercial Flooring, the two largest organizations of commercial flooring contractors , held their first joint task force meet-ing. The meeting took place at Surfaces in Las Vegas. While the group discussed a wide variety of topics, the task force ultimately decided to focus on the two biggest challenges facing flooring contractors today: recruiting and training labor and concrete moisture issues. [2.26.18]

>Mannington Commercial celebrated the opening of its new showroom in Atlanta. Designed by the Dallas office of Corgan, the showroom is slated to receive Fitwel® certifica-tion later this year. The historic, nearly 15,000sf Mannington Commercial Design Center is located in Stockyards Atlanta, an adaptive-reuse project that has transformed industrial-age space into new commercial, residential, dining, and shopping space [2.26.18]

>Salone del Mobile.Milano, announcing the program-ming for the 2018 edition (Apr. 17-22) also unveiled its first-ever Manifesto. Showcasing the connection between Milan and Salone, the document is a tribute to the city, supporting Milan and demonstrating the show’s history as a hub for creativity and innovation. [2.26.18]

Stockholm Furniture Fair: Reindeer moss wall paneling from Nordgrona

Multiple vendor presentation at Bjarke Ingalls Group

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MARCH>HOK Product Design was spun off and reborn as

Rainlight, LLC, a freestanding industrial design company. officeinsight Publisher Bob Beck got the scoop from Susan Grossinger, Senior Vice President of HOK Product Design, and Yorgo Lykouria, its Creative Director. [3.5.18]

>Knoll introduced HiLo - a “seat” that keeps you on your feet - by Seth Murray and Brett Recor + Box Clever. Small, simple, and innovative, this playful and ergonomic perch aims to change the way you reach for a quick seat. [3.5.18]

>Inscape Corp. reported that it was advised orally that West Elm, a brand of Williams-Sonoma, Inc., intended to terminate its partnership with Inscape effective Jun. 29. The two companies entered into an agreement in 2014 to create the West Elm Workspace with Inscape collection. [3.5.18]

>officeinsight contributor John Morris Dixon reviewed the new book “100 Buildings 1900-2000”, produced by The Now Institute. It presents 100 built projects essential to a young architect’s education, according to a sampling of the world’s most respected architects, including Tadao Ando, Steven Holl, Richard Meier, Cesar Pelli, Zaha Hadid, Sir Richard Rogers, Moshe Safdie, Robert A.M. Stern, Robert Venturi + Denise Scott Brown, Tod Wil-liams + Billie Tsien, and Thom Mayne. [3.12.18]

>IIDA SoCal, Los Angeles City Center chapter, hosted its inaugural Designwalk L.A. This event was conceived to allow industry peers to reconnect and stay updated on the newest industry products and innovations. Since WestWeek has long since faded as a relevant contract market event, there hasn’t really been an opportunity for the L.A. commer-cial design community to have a NeoCon-like experience and see the industry’s newest offerings. officeinsight L.A. correspondent Harriet Morgan chronicles the night, which showed off downtown L.A.’s re-emergence as Southern California’s center for commerce AND design. [3.12.18]

>officeinsight Editor Mallory Jindra shared the stories of three entities pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in design and the built environment: 100 Resilient Cities, Hip Hop Architecture Camp and Bionic. -100 Resilient Cities, created and financially supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, helps cities around the world “become more resilient to the physical, social, and econom-ic challenges that are a growing part of the 21st century.”

Rainlight partners Susan Grossinger and Yorgo Lykouria. Photography courtesy of Rainlight Studio.

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-The Hip Hop Architecture Camp™ is a one-week intensive experience “designed to introduce under represented youth to architecture, urban planning, creative place making and economic development through the lens of hip hop culture. -Bionic, by installing a startup ecosystem, is giving large companies everything they can’t quite do anymore, back to them. Services include pairing companies with Bionic’s entrepreneurs-in-residence, who introduce the methods, tools, and technologies of lean entrepreneurship; installing a governance structure for senior leadership called a Growth Board, which enables executives to manage a portfolio of early stage startups like a venture capitalist would; and mov-ing executives from operator mode to creator mode, which is critical for lean to scale inside an enterprise. [3.12.18]

>The 2018 Pritzker Prize went to 90-year-old Balkrishna Doshi, the first Indian so honored. The citation from the Pritzker jury recognizes his particu-lar strengths by stating that he “has always created architecture that is serious, never flashy or a follower of trends.” John Morris Dixon, in his report on the award, noted that unlike some Pritz-ker laureates, such as last year’s Spanish partnership of Aranda, Pigem and Vilalta, Mr. Doshi will not be suddenly rocketed out of obscurity by the prize. He has been earning well-deserved respect internationally for much of his 60-plus years of practice and teaching. [3.19.18]

>officeinsight contributor Peter Carey shared his thoughts on the search for a win-win in the value engi-neering process. “These days, avoiding value engineering is like avoiding the flu; one way or another, you are going to come into contact with it,” he noted. “It’s no surprise that everyone is averse to risk when large sums of money are on the line, but balancing good design with anticipating real-time pricing and availability, along with an intelligent, thoughtful response, is part and parcel of being a success-ful architect or interior designer today.” [3.19.18]

>The Architecture and Design Film Festival (ADFF) returned to Los Angeles for its second West Coast edition following its inaugural event in 2014. Held annually in New York since its founding in 2008 and expanding world-wide, ADFF celebrates the creative spirit driving architecture and design by presenting a curated selection of films, panel discussions, and other interactive experiences. officeinsight contributor Murrye Bernard shared the the history of the festival and reviewed its 2018 L.A. edition. [3.26.18]

>Furniture designer Joe Ricchio, who teaches the Furniture Design class at California State University Long Beach, appealed for support of the Ricchio Design Retreat. This program takes students to various design and educational venues each year. From 2004 to 2010 Mr. Ricchio took students to Milan, Italy for Salone del Mobile, and 2013 began taking students to Chicago for NeoCon. “It is clear to me that these travels have greatly enhanced the students’ education and life experience,” he said. “Our trips have always been funded by donations from clients, design professionals and friends. I am looking for others of like mind to help support our efforts.” [3.26.18]

>Newmark Knight Frank, a leading commercial real es-tate advisory firm, published a new research report on the latest emerging trends in Workplace Strategy practices. Focused on New York City law firms and technology compa-nies, the 1Q 2018 report compares Workplace Strategies of the past, present, and future. According to NKF, “Technol-ogy companies are the innovators of Workplace Strategies. They trend about ten years ahead of other industries, asking questions and experimenting with solutions, many of which become mainstream.” [3.26.18]

2018 Pritzker Prize winner Balkrishna Doshi. Photo courtesy of VSF and the Pritzker Architecture Prize

Centre for Environmental Planning & Technology, Ahmedabad, India, by 2018 Pritzker Prize winner Balkrishna Doshi. A funnel shaped entrance is designed to direct the breeze through the building. Photo courtesy of VSF and the Pritzker Architecture Prize

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APRIL>Looking at the new spring 2018 textiles, officeinsight

Editor Mallory Jindra identified the latest trends in this segment. Newest introductions from Designtex, Carnegie, Luna Textiles, HBF Textiles, Arc-Com Fabrics, Maharam, and Camira revealed some common – and uncommon – threads, including: -Reconciling digital and natural worlds (think coding) -Tactility and imaginative textures -Combining luxury and durability, and -Using cutting-edge technologies to bring new materials and processes to the market. [4.2.18]

>officeinsight con-tributor David Lasker previewed Toronto-based industrial design firm Fig40’s newest products launching in 2018. These included Cache, a high-density stacking chair designed for Groupe Lacasse; desktop divider panels designed for Symmetry Office made of a felt lookalike – PET recycled from soda bottles; a table collection for Tuohy and two concrete lines for Nienkamper: Cern Accessories and the Perplex Bench. [4.2.18]

>Teknion Corp. entered into an alliance with Gus* Design Group, a Toronto-based designer and maker of Gus* Modern contemporary residential furnishings suited to contract settings. Gus* Design Group designs and makes “soft-contract” furnishings; its Mid-Century Modern upholstered seating, accents, and accessories are defined by simplicity, elegance, and classic forms. [4.2.18]

>The 2018 edition of Pratt Career Night marked its 15th consecutive installment. Hosted at the Cappellini Showroom on Wooster Street in New York City and led by Pratt interior design professor Jon Otis, the event gathered together soon-to-be graduates and professionals in the field for a exceptional night of interaction and exchange. [4.9.18]

>Carnegie Fabrics unveiled Dimensional TPO, a collec-tion of new deep-embossed environmental high perfor-mance TPO wallcoverings developed using 3D printing tech. The collection is a big step forward in achieving texturized TPO, something that has always been hindered by technology and production costs. [4.9.18]

>Alan Peters, of Savills Studley’s Austin office, attend-ed South by Southwest Interactive and shared insights into trends that will impact how companies and people in-teract with their physical work environments in our future. Held in Austin every spring, SXSW is a curated collection of speakers and demonstrations covering the latest in technol-ogy, entertainment, and culture. The 2018 edition included a presentation about Generation Z, commonly defined as those not old enough to remember September 11, which is likely to expect more amenities than previous generations, as well as daily feedback rather than the nearly obsolete an-nual performance review. Another talk on employee engage-ment noted that 70% of Millennial employees are actively

Spring 2018 textiles: Digital Bloom by HBF Textiles

Fig40 partners Terence Woodside and Lee Fletcher in their Toronto studio, with a Metronome table designed for Nien-kamper. Photo by David Lasker

Pratt Career Night: (L-R) Alison Snyder, Pratt Interior Design Chair; Diane Barnes, NA Sales Director Haworth Collection; Jon Otis, Pratt Professor, Michele Neptune, Honoree, Pratt Grad & Director of Sustain-ability at HLW; Ike Cheung, Workplace Strategist at Haworth & Pratt Adjunct Professor

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searching for a new job at any one time, and 60% plan to stay with an employer three years or less, making office space an increasingly important driver for recruitment and retention. Technology-augmented spaces, activity-based design, and biophilia are also trending. [4.9.18]

>Humanscale introduced the Smart Ocean chair, an inventive adaption of the legendary Diffrient Smart chair that incorporates almost 2 lbs. of recycled fishing net ma-terial. Sourced from Bureo, an emerging venture developing innovative solutions to prevent ocean plastic pollution, this is the first tangible product of its new partnership and marks the first product available to purchase from the consortium of companies under the NextWave initiative. [4.9.18]

>ASID named the recipients of the 2018 ASID National Awards: -Ken Wilson, Interior Design Principal at Perkins+Will’s Washington, DC office, is the 2018 Designer of Distinction. -Jane Rohde, Principal and Founder of JSR Associates, Inc., is the 2018 Design for Humanity winner. -Paul Scialla, Founder of the International WELL Building Institute™, is the 2018 Design Innovation winner. -Tamie Glass is the winner of the 2018 Nancy Vincent Mc-Clelland Merit Award. [4.9.18]

>IIDA named four IIDA members to be inducted into the IIDA College of Fellows: -Nila Leiserowitz is a design leader and managing principal of Gensler’s North Central Region, overseeing the business development for four offices. -Clive Wilkinson is an architect, designer, writer and strate-gist with expertise in the application of urban design think-ing to interior design. -Sascha Wagner is president and CEO of Huntsman Archi-tectural Group. -Frederick Schmidt serves as the Interior Design Global Leader at Perkins + Will, [4.16.18]

>The three winners of the 2018 Salone del Mobile.Mi-lano award were Mazalli for CC-Tapis, Magis and Sanwa. In Mazalli’s presentation of “rugs made to be stroked” at the International Furnishing Accessories Exhibition, traditional craftsmanship met art to create a suggestive and captivat-ing atmosphere. Magis, at the Salone Internationale del Mobile, created “a small ideal city” inspired by the work of Andrea Palladio, with clear references to other great visionary Italians, with iconic products alongside new ones. Sanwa’s stand at Euro Cucina presented a clean, minimal-ist oasis that allowed the products to speak for themselves. A “Lifetime Award” was presented to Maurizio Riva of Riva 1920. Other noteworthy attractions during Milan Design week included the Living Nature exhibition sponsored by the Salone; Forms of Movement by Nendo; and Into Marble, a design for Marsotto edizioni’s exhibition space, also by Nendo. [4.23.18]

>Herman Miller debuted Cosm, its new seating line de-signed by Berlin-based Studio 7.5, at Salone del Mobile. The company’s Milan exhibition, titled “For You Everyone,” showcased the many variations of Cosm. Visitors were invited “test drive” Cosm’s Auto-Harmonic Tilt™, designed to instantly provide balanced support and movement cor-responding to the user’s body, posture, and seated position. [4.23.18]

Elon Musk at SXSW 2018

Humanscale: Smart Ocean chair Salone del Mobile.Milano.Mazalli for CC-Tapis.Photo by Luca Fiammenghi

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>During Milan Design Week, Tecno used its prime location to herald its 2017 acquisition of Zanotta. Just as Tecno is a highly regarded brand in the contract and office markets, so Zanotta is a unique and highly credible brand in the modernist residential and hospitality markets. The combination of the two brands gives Tecno a highly competitive offering as a platform for growth in international markets. officeinsight Publisher Bob Beck revisited how Tecno formed, and what its future might hold. [4.30.18]

>Also at Milan Design Week, nendo introduced a series of five zippers it designed for YKK Fastening Products Group. YKK came to nendo with a design brief that would turn the concept of a zipper inside out and upside down – reimagining what it is, what it can do, and what it looks like. Each of the five new “zippppper” designs is a study in form and function, and a testament to disruptive design: -01: Zipper that crosses -02: Zipper with gaps -03: Zipper to fasten three elements -04: Zipper to seamlessly fasten around -05: Zipper with a rotating motion [4.30.18

>Salone del Mobile.Milano organizers, in their official post-show recap, reported a total of 434,509 attendees, in six days, from 188 different countries. This represents a 17% increase compared to the 2016 edition, which fea-tured the bien-nial kitchen and bathroom exhibitions, and a robust increase of 26% compared with the 2017 edition. [4.30.18]

>HNI announced the retirement of Stan A. Askren, the promotion of Jeffrey D. Lorenger as President, HNI Corp. and the election of Mr. Lorenger to the HNI Board of Directors. Mr. Askren informed the Board he expects to retire as CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors no later than Dec. 31, 2018. Mr. Askren’ s announced retire-ment along with Mr. Lorenger’s promotion were part of a long-planned and orderly succession process. Mr. Lorenger joined HNI in 1998 and has held multiple executive level positions including as President, Office Furniture; President, Contract Furniture Group; President, Allsteel; Vice Presi-dent, Sales and Marketing, The HON Company; and Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for HNI Corp. [4.23.18]

>IIDA NY held its 10th Annual Sustainable Quilt Auc-tion, where proceeds benefited Free Arts NYC. This local organization empowers underserved youth through art and mentorship programs to develop their creativity, confidence, and skills to succeed. Creators from TPG Architecture, Perkins+Will, Gensler, and IA Interior Architects among others, donated one-of-a-kind quilts aligning with this year’s theme of “Connection.” [4.23.18]

Milan Design Week.Forms of Movement by Nendo. Photo by Takumi Ota

Herman Miller: Cosm

Tecno’s Milan offices in the Porta Garibaldi Excise Buildings in Piazza XXV Aprile, built in 1826. The complex consists of two identical build-ings facing one another across the piazza

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>Ted Moudis Associates’ 2018 Workplace Report revealed that employee experience is now the primary driver for com-panies redesigning their workplace. The data showed that the square footage per seat for activity-based working projects rose 14 feet for a total two-year gain of 18 feet. The square footage for all offices overall kept steady at 165 per seat. Ac-cording to TMA, this confirms that the limits of office density have been reached, and the focus is on the employee experi-ence. Additionally, the study found that more seats overall are being dedicated to alternative types of seating. [4.23.18]

MAY>KI CEO Dick Resch arranged to transfer 100% owner-

ship of the company to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan. He made the announcement as the Green Bay-based employees of KI assembled for one of their regular Town Hall meetings. The ESOP, a trust fund that owns the compa-ny, will enable all U.S. based full-time KI employees to earn shares in the ESOP as a pre-tax part of their compensation, spreading company ownership to all employees and insur-ing that KI will continue to be in Green Bay. The reaction of those in the audience grew from big smiles and handshakes to a rolling standing ovation as the news began to sink in. And as Mr. Resch departed the podium he was greeted with hugs and warm gratitude. [5.7.18]

>Knoll, after nearly five decades as a focal presence in the Merchandise Mart, announced that it is relocat-ing to Chicago’s Fulton Market district. The company leased 24,000sf of showroom and office space in Shapack Partners’ new 811 Fulton building at the corner of Fulton Market and Halsted Street. Construction was nearly com-plete on the 70,000sf, seven-story building. As a presti-gious anchor tenant, Knoll will occupy the entire sixth and seventh floors and part of the fifth floor, and will also enjoy crown signage on the building exterior. [5.7.18]

>In a two-part series, officeinsight contributor Stephen Witte transported us into the swirl of post-Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico, seen through the eyes of architect Gonzalo Ferrer. Part 1 showed the preparation for the storm, the storm itself, and weeks of survival mode. Part 2 explored the island’s unique utility struggles, the airlift of supplies arranged by individuals and private groups, and the early days of Mr. Ferrer’s design practice in the wake of the storm. [5.14.18, 5.21.18]

IIDA NY.Sustainable Quilt Auction

Dick Resch shaking hands with some of the new owners of KI

Flooding from Maria carried away and destroyed this home in Jayuya, located in Puerto Rico’s mountainous region.FEMA photo by Eliud Echevarria

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>The International Living Future Institute widened its scope to include the Living Food Challenge. Introduced by Living Future Institute creator Jason McClennan at the Insti-tute’s keystone unConference in Portland, OR, the new LFC Pilot addresses a food’s cradle-to-plate impacts. [5/14/18]

>Living Future unConference attendees also had the opportunity to tour the Lloyd EcoDistrict, a “living laboratory for sustainability, pioneering collaborative community-scale solutions for social and environmental health.” Located in the North and Northeast sections of Portland, OR, the Lloyd District was a neighborhood with a commercial identity and not much else – until now. Urban renewal displaced existing communities and brought in a hodgepodge of buildings that include the Oregon Conven-tion Center. The EcoDistrict organization brings together “residents, organizations and businesses in Lloyd to edu-cate, set goals, aggregate resources, and catalyze action” to reverse negative urban planning effects and incite positive ones. The tour offered an all-encompassing experience of the EcoDistrict’s green roofs, bike lanes, water treatment systems, LEED buildings, and more. [5.14.18]

>Bob Schneider, CEO of Kimball International, Inc., informed the Board of Directors of his plans to retire on Oct. 31. Mr. Schneider, who has been with Kimball Interna-tional for 30 years, was named CEO and Chairman in 2014 and successfully guided the company in its transition to a single-class public company following the spinoff of Kimball Electronics. [5.14.18]

>ASID named its 2018 Fellows and Honorary Fellows. The 2018 ASID College of Fellows Inductees were Dwane G. Adle, owner of Comprehensive Design Group, Inc., in Royal Oak, MI; Barbara Cash, President and CEO of RIM Design LLC in Anchorage, AK; Kaye Christiansen-Englert, President

and Director of Design of Design Plus, Inc., in Salt Lake City, UT; Ellen Fisher, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of New York School of Interior Design; Charrisse Johnston, Principal and Co-Founder of StudioSALT, a new architecture and design firm with offices in Los Angeles and Cape Town, South Africa; Mary G. Knopf, Principal at ECI in Anchorage, AK; Emily Walser an in-home designer for Smith&Noble. Honorary Fellows Inductees were Dak Kopec an Associate Professor in Master of Healthcare Interior De-sign program in the School of Architecture at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Debra Levin, President and CEO of The Center for Health Design. [5.14.18]

>IIDA named Dina Griffin as winner of this year’s Star Award and Janice Feldman winner of the Titan Award. The Star Award recognizes the contributions of a design prac-titioner or firm that have significantly impacted the interior design profession. The Titan Award recognizes outstanding service to the Interior Design profession by a product de-signer, manufacturer, or other industry-related professional. Dina is president of the Chicago-based firm Interactive Design Architects (IDEA). Janice Feldman is founder and CEO of JANUS et Cie. [5.14.18]

>Haworth marked 70 years in business with events on May 10 and 11 at its global headquarters. Dick Haworth, Matthew Haworth and Michigan Lt. Governor Brian Calley offered celebratory remarks, and the evening concluded with fireworks. Activities included new product previews and NeoCon introductions; manufacturing tours; office tours of Haworth’s working showroom; and a gallery showing 70 years of prototypes and concepts for the office of the future. [5.14.18]

Lloyd EcoDistrict in Portland, OR. Top - Pollinator Bikeway, Bottom - Intersection Mural Project. Photos courtesy of Lloyd EcoDistrict

Haworth 70th anniversary celebration

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>At USG Corp.’s 2018 annual meeting of stockhold-ers May 9, stockholders voted overwhelmingly against all four directors that the company had up for election for a three-year term to expire in 2021. This was the recom-mendation of Gebr. Knauf KG, which had initiated a “Vote No” campaign on USG’s director nominees after USG rejected Knauf’s proposal to acquire the company at $42 per share. Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway also sup-ported Knauf’s “Vote No” campaign. USG and Knauf began negotiations regarding the potential sale of the company. [5.14.18]

>Herman Miller expanded its technology offerings through its new Living Office Settings, created in partner-ship with Crestron. Genesis, Logitech, Robin, and Whitlock. Part of Herman Miller’s introduction of Workplace Services into its contract business, it is part of a toolkit to improve all aspects of the work environment. For U.S. customers, Her-man Miller works with Whitlock to offer full lifecycle media collaboration services. For Canadian customers, Herman Miller is partnering with Genesis, a national collaboration firm focused on Connected Experiences – how people use and adopt technology in their spaces. Herman Miller and Crestron solve calling, conferencing, collaborating, and presenting challenges so the experience of meeting is more intuitive and productive. Robin makes it easier to find and schedule the right room with the right tools. [5.14.18]

>In advance of NeoCon, Rob Kendal of virtual reality tech firm Yulio Technologies shared trends that he was observing in furniture showroom design: -Showrooms as Serene Spaces. Minimalism and negative feelings about consumerism are driving a trend to relax and get in touch with the environment; white palettes and greenery help to achieve this atmosphere. - Showrooms as Experiences. Beautiful architectural environ-ments and on-trend colors are core to what furniture show-rooms offer, creating a sense that the buyer is having an up-to-the-minute experience and not just making a transaction. - Showrooms that Let You Try Before You Buy. With virtual reality, clients can be in any place, even a room or office that doesn’t exist yet. VR can allow commercial furniture dealers to have an infinite showroom space, or to fill entire spaces with various configurations of their furniture lines and give buyers a greater sense that they have tried out your solution in their space before making the purchase. [5.21.18]

>Save A Sample! reported that its design firms raised a record breaking $14,000 for design school work study scholarships during its 2018 recycling drive. For the recy-cling drive’s 19th celebration, which took place at Milliken’s NYC showroom, prizes for “top boxers” were donated by Bernhardt Design, Eurotrend, Humanscale, JSI, Lane Office Furniture, Leland International, and Pallas Textiles. Nadine Rachid, Center for Active Design, shared a compelling presentation entitled “Promot-ing Health through the Built Environment.” Save A Sample! also honored six design firms and one furniture dealer with longevity awards, symbolizing at least ten straight years of participation: BKSK Architects LLP, Empire Office, Gensler, HOK, Mancini Duffy, Ted Moudis Associates, and TPG Architecture. [5.21.18]

>IIDA SoCal held the 30th edition of its gala Calibre Design Awards event at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. Circle of Excellence Honorees were Stanley Felder-man and Nancy Keatinge, partners at Felderman Keatinge & Associates based in Culver City, CA. [5.28.18]

>Kimball unveiled its newest showroom in the heart of Atlanta’s design district. Located in an award-winning Westside development, the 7,500sf showroom honors the Kimball heritage while showcasing the co-mingling of tech-nology and craft that has defined the brand for decades. Kimball enlisted architecture firm ai3 to create a tailored experi-ence for designers and their clients. The firm set out to celebrate Kimball’s past, present, and future, embracing the company’s heritage as a former piano manufacturer. Design elements were inspired by the inner workings of a piano. [5.21.18, 5.28.18]

>Mark Richey Woodworking purchased the WallGoldfin-ger brand. The renowned corporate furniture maker’s cus-tom work and product lines are now part of a new division of Mark Richey called WallGoldfinger Furniture that launched on May 22. Based in Newburyport, MA, Mark Richey Wood-working has been offering the highest quality architectural woodworking in corporate offices, performing arts centers,

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museums, academia, and more for 37 years, including the last 13 years in a 130,000sf, state-of-the-art factory that focuses on reducing its carbon footprint through the use of biomass heating created from burned waste wood and both wind and solar energy. WallGoldfinger, which has been in business for 47 years, officially began producing furniture for the contract market in 1984 and had risen in the industry as the premier custom table manufacturer and the maker of successful reconfigurable table lines, namely Arbor and Summit. [5.28.18]

JUNE>John Morris Dixon reviewed the winners of Cooper

Hewitt’s 2018 National Design Awards. As the design arm of the Smithsonian Institution, the Cooper Hewitt Museum confers annual National Design Awards in ten categories, covering just about everything American designers can ac-complish. The criteria are stated as “excellence, innovation and enhancement of the quality of life.” Winner in the ar-chitecture category was Weiss/Manfredi, especially notable for projects that integrate buildings with landscape, art, and infrastructure. Winner in the interior design category was Oppenheim Architecture + Design, which was founded in 1999 by Chad Oppenheim and is based in Miami with offices in New York and Basel. Landscape Architecture winner was Mikyoung Kim Design, which blurs the bound-aries between landscape architecture and environmental art. Lifetime Achievement winner was graphic designer Gail Anderson. [6.4.18]

>officeinsight Publisher Bob Beck traveled to High Point, NC, to preview Davis’s new product portfolio set to debut at NeoCon. “Design is a Choice”, and the team at Davis continues to choose product design in particular. Of 11 new products, German designers Markus Jehs and

Jürgen Laub (Jehs + Laub) designed 10. Dante Bonucelli, respected Argentine/Italian architect and founder of Avenue Architects, designed the 11th. [6.4.18]

>For the fifth consecutive year, the IIDA Design Ex-change, known as DEX, did not disappoint. The event continues the tradition of creating a round table platform that fosters “parallel design industries in NYC to discover unique crossroads with each other, unlocking unexpected moments of inspiration.” Hosted by The Durst Organiza-tion at its scenic 4 Time Square location, the night carried the anticipation of an enriching evening of broadening the dialogue could be heard louder than the bustle of Time Square below. Designer Kelsey Paul recounted the experi-ence. [6.4.18]

>IWG, the parent group of workspace companies including Regus and Spaces, shared a new global study that found that 70% of employees work at least one day a week outside the office. In what it said was the largest-ever poll on flexible working attitudes, IWG surveyed more than 18,000 professionals from a range of different industries in 96 countries. More than half (53%) of professionals re-ported working remotely for half of the week or more, while 11% work outside of their company’s main office location five times a week. [6.4.18]

>NeoCon 50 organizers, in their post-show summary, reported record attendance and increased volume over the duration of the show. “Breakthroughs in the fields of sus-tainability, materiality, integrated technology, and acoustical performance were some of the top trends seen throughout the show,” they noted. “An overall commitment to a softer, more comfort-based approach to workspace design was evident…. A marked yet diverse focus on wellbeing in the workplace also took center stage. From privacy solutions to

Mark Richey Woodworking and WallGoldfinger

The Davis Team (L.to R) Rob Easton, VP Design and Development, Ericka Saurit, Creative Manager, Danny Davis, President, Brian Davis, Product Development Engineer, Jeffrey Rosner, VP Marketing and Sales, and in front, Ashley Williams, Director of Customer Relations.

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biophilic design, workplace solutions exhibited a people-centric approach.” [7.2.18]

>Contract magazine’s Best of NeoCon 2018 competi-tion recognized 83 products by 60 companies in 39 categories. The honors included 37 Gold Awards, 35 Silver Awards, eight Innovation Awards, and five Editors’ Choice Awards for a total of 86 awards including Best of Competi-tion. Keilhauer won Best of Competition with Untucked, Gold Award winner in the Lounge Furniture Collections cat-egory and Silver Award winner in Furniture Collections for Collaboration. Award-winning individual Untucked pieces included 141, Gold Award winner in Seating: Benches, and Orign, Gold Award winner in Seating: Conference.Steelcase and its subsidiaries won six awards. ICF Group was a big winner with five awards. Teknion and its subsidiaries also won five awards. Andreu World won four awards. Knoll and KnollTextiles together received four awards. Tarkett sub-sidiaries won three Gold Awards. Herman Miller together with subsidiaries Nemschoff and Geiger won three awards: Companies winning two awards each included Allermuir, Davis, HNI (Allsteel and Gunlocke), Humanscale, Mohawk, Nucraft, Shaw Contract and SitOnIt Seating. [6.18.18]

>IIDA named Steelcase Best of Competition winner in the IIDA/Contract Magazine Showroom and Booth Design Awards at NeoCon. The company’s Chicago WorkLife show-room, newly expanded and redesigned by Shimoda Design Group, was the winner in the Large Showroom category. The Small Showroom winner was Scandinavian Spaces, designed by Ghislaine Viatas. The Large Booth winner was Stance Healthcare, designed by Suzanne Fawley; and the Small Booth winner was Meadows Technology Group. [6.18.18]

>The officeinsight team once again presented our Delights of NeoCon feature. Delights of NeoCon is a special edition of officeinsight in which our team gets the chance to dive into all of the things we found at the show to be exceptional – products, showrooms, people, details, and innovations that rose above and beyond the massive sea of interiors to shine brighter than the rest. [6.25.18]

>Sven Govaars and Dean Strombom, one of our favorite partnerships in the design biz, have each year at NeoCon debuted a new seminar full of insights from their work together at Gensler. We were very happy to learn that their partnership would continue as Mr. Govaars had recently left Gensler and joined Steelcase as Principal, Applied Research + Consulting. Their seminar this year was “Take

NeoCon

Best of NeoCon Best of Competition winner.Untucked by Keilhauer

Steelcase showroom, designed by Shimoda Design Group

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Aim…A Quiver of Strategy Tools.” It was departure from the usual case studies or quoting a lot of statistics and second-ary research. Instead, they presented a clear approach and design tools for engaging clients to rapidly surface, evaluate, and implement design strategies with successful outcomes “If you keep doing the same thing you will more than likely get the same result – hence – our theme of arrows in the quiver,” said Mr. Govaars. “What if you could use your arrows differently?”Govaars and Strombom presented a “pe-riodic table of tools and resources” giving attendees a sense of how things come together, and how a design team goes about picking out what tools they need. [7.2.18]

>officeinsight contributor Stephen Witte attended the 2018 IIDA Student Design Charette at NeoCon and re-ported on it from beginning to end. In its seventh year, this

annual happening delivers a capstone-like event to a hand-picked group of participants culled from 3,200 student IIDA members. This year’s crop of 60 students, educated by 53 design schools, were randomly distributed among 12 teams, given a design problem and five and a half hours to solve it. In a one-of-a-kind opportunity, the teams then presented their solutions to a jury of four design luminaries, seeking the winning honors. [7.23.18]

>Herman Miller, Inc. announced that it was leading a group of investors to acquire Maars Living Walls. Under the terms of a preliminary agreement, Herman Miller would acquire 48% of Maars equity for $6 million with an option to acquire a controlling interest over time. [6.18.18]

>Herman Miller, Inc. also acquired a 33% equity inter-est in Nine United Denmark A/S (HAY) and acquired the rights to the HAY brand in North America. HAY is a leader in ancillary furnishings in Europe and Asia, and active in both the contract and residential furnishing markets. [6.18.18]

>Interface agreed to acquire Nora Systems, a global leader in performance flooring and worldwide share leader in the rubber flooring category. [6.18.18]

>Steelcase and West Elm were finalizing the details of a new partnership. The two companies plan to design, manufacture, and distribute new workplace solutions in West Elm’s signature modern aesthetic. [6.18.18]

>Steelcase also announced acquisition of Smith System Manufacturing Co., manufacturer of high quality furniture for the preK-12 education market. [6.18.18]

>Interface® was the first global flooring manufacturer to declare that all of its products – including all carpet

Sven Govaars & Dean Strombom present their seminar - Take Aim - A Quiver of Strategy Tools

IIDA Student Design Charette.Team 7 finalizing their presentation as Ryan Ben, the day’s showrunner, cues teams with minutes remaining. Image by Chris Dilts

IIDA Student Design Charette First Place Award, Team 7.Maha Hani Alamri, The George Washington University; Madeline Bechtel, Colorado State University; Carolyn Martino, Southern Illinois University, Carbon-dale; Dai Jimenez, East Carolina University; and Jesus Guerrero, The University of Texas at San Antonio. Image by Chris Dilts

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tile and luxury vinyl tile – are carbon neutral across the entire product lifecycle. The company is now offering its Carbon Neutral Floors™ program as standard to every customer, at no extra cost, to help them meet their own sustainability goals while also allowing them to reduce the emissions impact of their projects or spaces. Interface esti-mates it will offset 400,000 metric tons of carbon emissions in 2018 as part of the program, equivalent to the carbon absorbed annually by nearly half a million acres of forest. [6.18.18]

>ASID named its 2018 National Honors recipients. The National Honors recognize outstanding service to the Soci-ety, its chapters, and the design community. Educator Med-alist: Jan Merle, ASID Florida South Chapter. Medalist: C. Dianne Etheredge, ASID Texas Chapter; Benjamin Hunting-ton, ASID New York Metro Chapter; and Rosemarie René, ASID Texas Chapter. Industry Partner Merit Award: Martin Hershbein, Industry Partner Representative of Robert Allen Duralee Group, ASID Florida South Chapter. ASID Chapter Community Service Award: ASID Minnesota Chapter, People Serving People – The ASID Minnesota Chapter designed a classroom space for children who reside at a homeless shelter to get help with homework, do arts and crafts, read with volunteers, and have group meetings. Lifetime Award: Lisa Henry, ASID Colorado Chapter; Barbara Marini, ASID Florida West Coast Chapter; Bernadette Upton, ASID Florida South Chapter; and Donna P. Vining, ASID Texas Gulf Coast Chapter. [6.25.18]

JULY>Jeffrey D. Lorenger

became the new CEO of HNI Corp. following the retire-ment of Stan A. Askren as CEO. This transition is part of a long-planned and previously communicated succession process. Mr. Askren will re-main Chairman of the Board of Directors until his retire-ment from the Board, which is anticipated no later than the end of the year. As part of this succession process, Mr. Lorenger was appointed President, HNI Corp. and a Direc-tor of the Corporation on Apr. 20. [7.2.18]

>officeinsight Publisher Bob Beck traveled to Human-scale’s manufacturing facility in Piscataway, NJ, to meet with its sustainability team. Noting that only two products so farhave achieved the full “Living Product” Certification

from the International Living Future Institute, and both of those products are by Humanscale, he sought the answer to two questions: What does it mean to the company and to the company’s customers? And how did they do it? He was fortunate to be able to sit in on a team meeting led by Humanscale’s Sustainability Officer Jane Abernethy, who was joined by Alexander Tselepis, Sustainability Coordinator, and Luke Zhou, Lead Sustainable Materials Specialist. “As I listened to the back and forth in the meeting, I thought I’d found the answer to my ‘what does it mean?’ question. It struck me forcefully, that no matter what level of certifica-tion Humanscale has achieved, it has organized a high-functioning leadership team of very intelligent professionals to work full time on sustainability.” [7.9.18]

>The architect honored by the 2018 Praemium Imperiale Awards was France’s Christian de Portzamparc. Sponsored by the Japan Art Association, the Praemium Imperiale stands only a notch behind the pinnacle Pritzker Prize. Its honors, intended to recognize “lifetime achieve-ment in those art categories not covered by the Nobel Prizes,” are conferred on stellar achievement in five areas of the arts: Architecture, Painting, Sculpture, Music, and Theater/ Film. Mr. Portzam-parc’ breakthrough to worldwide prominence was the Cité de la Musique in Paris, a complex of performing halls and teaching facilities completed in 1995. He is known mainly for the virtuoso shaping of building forms and spaces – the characteristics behind the “star-chitecture” of recent decades by such designers as Gehry and Hadid. Our report on the Praemium Imperiale awards, written by John Morris Dixon, also covers the winners in the other four categories. [7.16.18]

Jeffrey D. Lorenger

Christian de Portzamparc. Photo courtesy of Praemium Imperiale

Philharmonie Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, 2005, by Christian de Portzamparc

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In Loving Memory Bradford J. Powell 1941-2018

It is with profound sadness that we announce the un-expected death of Brad Powell, Founder and Publisher of Officeinsight, on Tuesday, July 10, 2018.

Brad was a wonderful husband, father and grandfather. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Addie Reid Powell, their son Adam Reid Powell, his wife Renee, and three grandchildren Kaden, Silas and Willow. Brad and Addie also shared their love with their beautiful Newfoundland dogs, Chef, Oso and Mr. Blue (who recently passed away).

Brad was born in 1941 and grew up in Janesville, Wis-consin. He studied at the University of Wisconsin where he also played the trumpet in the University of Wisconsin Marching Band. He met his beautiful wife Addie while there, and they married in September 1966.

Following graduation, he spent three years as a Lieu-tenant in the Army before enrolling in the Law School of Boston College where he received his law degree in 1972. Admired for his writing skills, he was made Editor of the Law Review. Upon graduation, he and Addie moved to New York, and Brad became a transactional lawyer at the New York office of White & Case. He later chose to open his own law practice, but admitted to friends that he was not happy practicing law.

In 1989, Brad decided to leave the law profession be-hind and join George Kordaris, a friend from the commer-cial furniture world, as a partner in a start-up publishing enterprise – and thus was born officeinsight. While George focused on business development and building relation-ships with designers and manufacturers, Brad used his ex-ceptional writing skills to write the stories, edit and produce the weekly faxed newsletter that focused on workplace design and furniture manufacturing.

The energy and courage it took to make the leap to a new enterprise was further challenged when George decided, in 1995, to return to his prior life in the furniture manufacturing industry, allowing Brad to take over as the sole owner of officeinsight, but without much industry knowledge or connections of his own. Addie became the office manager, keeping the business side of operation running smoothly.

Never afraid to take risks, Brad used his charmingly iras-cible personality, unique sense of humor and well-honed writing skills to build and maintain a wide network of relationships throughout both the design and manufactur-ing sides of the industry, “giving voice to those who create workplace design and furnishings.”

Over the next several decades as technology permit-ted, Brad grew and evolved officeinsight from a weekly fax newsletter to a digital magazine and website.

In 2014, Brad decided to retire, and sold officeinsight but continued to serve as Publisher Emeritus and often contributed feature articles on topics to which he was de-voted. He took a scholarly approach to workplace strategy and was fascinated with the research being done by leading design firms and furniture manufacturers. Be-cause of his unwaver-ing, if sometimes criti-cal, support of the role interior de-sign plays in the lives of all who work in offices, Brad was made an honorary Fel-low of ASID. [7.16.18]

Mr. & Mrs. Bradford J. Powell

Brad Powell

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>dancker acquired the assets of U.S. Business Interi-ors. USBI is a Steelcase furniture dealer headquartered in Capitol Heights, MD, will begin doing business as dancker immediately. [7.16.18]

>officeinsight contributor Peter Carey attended First Look 2018 at the New York Design Center – one of those rare events that make the biggest city in America feel like a small town. Unlike NeoCon, First Look is about fitting contract furnishings into the New York City context of the market, not all across America. And in typical New York fashion, it is condensed into one four-hour night, extremely well catered, and typically one of the best-attended local A&D events of the year. Food, friends and fun make for a memorable evening of networking and perusing new prod-ucts. This year, the 14th annual First Look, was no excep-tion for the 1,300+ design professionals filling the halls of 200 Lexington Avenue. [7.23.18]

>Knoll rang the closing bell Jul. 17 at the New York Stock Exchange in honor of the brand’s 80th Anniversary. Knoll Chairman, President, and CEO Andrew Cogan struck the gavel, joined by Jim Byrne, NYSE Head of U.S. Listings. ““The DNA that Hans and Florence left is strong and has endured,” said Mr. Cogan. “Today, Knoll reflects Hans’s remarkable ‘salesmanship’ with a commitment to the best in design from Florence.” [7.23.18]

>officeinsight Publisher Bob Beck sat down with Her-man Miller CEO Brian Walker for an interview at NeoCon in June. Earlier in the year Mr. Walker had announced his intention to retire at the end of August 2018, contingent on the Board of Directors having settled on his replacement. Mr. Walker became the President and CEO in July 2004 when he took the reins from his predecessor as CEO and the current Chairman of the Board, Michael Volkema, and much has changed since 2004 – both in the industry and at Herman Miller. [7.30.18]

AUGUST>E Ink continued its push into architectural and design

markets in 2018 with new partnerships and applica-tions. An innovator in electronic ink technology, E Ink is the definition of an industry disruptor, and it’s made good on its promise to deliver a truly new experiential product designers can actually use. This year, from its 7th floor Exhibition Hall booth at NeoCon, the company debuted a series of special vignettes, each showing a unique application of E Ink Prism’s fully programmable capabilities. Its countless possibilities also present an equal number of challenges in product devel-opment testing for E Ink and its partners. [8.6.18]

First Look 2018. Photo courtesy of NYDC

Knoll Chairman, President, and CEO Andrew Cogan (center) struck the gavel at the closing bell of the NYSE Jul. 17. Photo by NYSE E Ink’s NeoCon 2018 booth

Brian Walker and Bob Beck at the Herman Miller NeoCon 2018 Show-room. Photo by Jeff Beck

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>The Quiet Mark product standard developed by the U.K.-based Noise Abatement Society launched in the U.S. in collaboration with the Good Housekeeping In-stitute. The standard aims to helping reverse the damage people are experiencing through the negative impacts of sounds. “We’re raising the agenda that the sound design of something is just as important as its visual appeal,” said Quiet Mark founder Poppy Szkiler. “We’re encouraging manufacturers to spend more on sound R&D in the design process. Ms. Szkiler is a third generation member of her family’s campaign to heal our soundscapes. Her grand-father, John Connell, OBE (Order of the British Empire), founded the Noise Abatement Society in 1959, and her mother, Gloria Elliott, OBE, has been the chief executive of the Noise Abatement Society for over 20 years and is also a Quiet Mark co-founder. [8.6.18]

>Empire Office launched a new division, Fabricate by Empire Office, specializing in custom millwork solutions for commercial office, retail and hospitality spaces. Ap-plications and solutions include custom-designed and built cabinets, shelving, banquettes, stadium seating, reception desks, feature walls and areas for lounge and collaboration. To launch this new division, the NYC-based dealer has hired an experienced team of professionals led by Jonathan Kes-sler and Stan Judovits. [8.6.18]

>Trendway Corp. opened a new Washington, DC show-room. The opening of the 6,000sf showroom marked the completion of a move from its former DC showroom, which the company occupied for more than seven years. Trend-way’s design team collaborated with DC-based OTJ Archi-tects to complete the project. [8.6.18]

>The IIDA NY Facilities Forum is now the Futurist Forum. The name change was made to align the forum with its mission to provide a venue for surfacing new ideas and issues impacting interior design. Its August event, “Embrac-ing Disruption,” focused on current trends in real estate,

technology, and social media that will continue to shape our physical world and inform what comes next. [8.6.18]

>officeinsight Publisher Bob Beck caught up with Ice-landic textile artist Bryndis Bolladottir, designer of Unika Vaev’s new sculptural acoustic solutions Lina cylinders and Kula spheres. Her new designs meet specific criteria: “simple and impressive at the same time, have novel and even playful functionality, feel natural to the senses and pleasing to the eye.” Ms. Bolladottir has developed simple guidelines, based on the role of diffusers and absorbers in sound management, that allow for significant creativity in the placement of the products in a space. [8.13.18]

>New officeinsight contributor Allison Roon of Contract Consulting Group explored the “Scandinavian Storm” that struck contract interiors in 2018. Evident throughout the halls of the Merchandise Mart during NeoCon, the heavy Nordic influence was a notable overarching design principle present in brands like Source International, Herman Miller, naughtone, and the more obvious Scandinavian Spaces. More subtle underlying influences were also present through colors, materials, and furnishings throughout all the show floors. The younger generation wants an office that models an authentic, sustainable attitude and a design style that reflects a more home or hospitality-like feel with some visual breathing room. And by definition, Scandinavian design principles of an open, airy, neutral and natural, less-is-more approach logically insert themselves into this end goal. [8.13.18]

Quiet Mark

Artist and textile designer Bryndis Bolladottir with Unika Vaev acoustic product Kula

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>Interface on Aug. 7 completed its acquisition of nora systems. Previously majority owned by investment firm Intermediate Capital Group, nora systems is a global leader in performance flooring and worldwide share leader in the rubber flooring category. Interface closed the deal via a stock purchase transaction valued at approximately $400 million. [8.13.18]

>Herman Miller introduced its new President, CEO and member of the Board of Directors, Andi Owen. She succeeds Brian Walker, who announced in February that he intended to retire by the end of August. Ms. Owen joined Herman Miller after a 25-year career at Gap Inc., where she most recently served as Global President of Banana Re-public, leading 11,000 employees in more than 600 stores across 27 countries. [8.20.18]

>BIFMA submitted comments to the Office of United States Trade Representative on Aug. 17 in opposition to the Admin-istration’s proposed 25% tariff on China sourced fur-niture and components/parts. A public hearing was scheduled at the U.S. International Trade Commission on the proposed tariff, which is in addition to an initial 25% tariff on specific Chinese products that went into effect in July. [8.20.18]

>officeinsight con-tributor Stephen Witte sat down with young Brazilian designer Guilherme Wentz during NeoCon. Sossego, one of the 6th floor show-rooms open to NeoCon at-tendees in June, is home to the creations of Mr. Wentz, who shared his story leading to his recent success and his design ethos. Mr. Wentz explained that what he is trying to do is a mix of what it means to be a designer from Brazil and an entrepre-neur leading a global brand. “It is a tricky thing, trying to be simple, but not too simple – to find the balance,” he said. [8.27.18]

>The Center for Active Design introduced guidelines to improve civic life. Its new publication “Assembly: Civic Design Guidelines” presents “evidence-based strategies to create public spaces and buildings that lay the foundation for a robust civic life – inspiring greater trust, participa-tion, stewardship and informed local voting.” The toolkit is primarily intended for public sector leaders’ use, but the guidelines and strategies included carry just as much benefit for anyone who designs, builds, manages, studies or advocates for great public spaces. [8.27.18]

>officeinsight Editor Mallory Jindra presented a two-part series on new developments in wood materials with potential for an expanded role in design and construction. Part one provided an introduction to the topic from Think Wood – an industry-funded organization presenting the latest in wood innovation and research. Part two dove into the world of mass timber – what it is, how archi-tects and designers can use it, its advan-tages and industry barriers, and a few of the most recent mass timber project concepts by Perkins+Will, DLR Group, Hickok Cole and CRÈME. [8.27.18 and 9.3.18]

Scandinavian influence.Herman Miller at NeoCon 2018

Andi Owen. Photo by Mitch Ranger

Guilherme Wentz

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SEPTEMBER>m.a.d furniture, in a new partnership with Steelcase,

will now supply furniture under the Steelcase umbrella in China, Hong Kong, India, and Singapore. The company was created in 2010 by U.K. native Matt Cole and New Zealander Dan Given who spent 15 years building furniture product for big box brands in Asia. Mark Daniel, creative director at m.a.d., came aboard two years after the company was founded. Based in Chicago, he and his firm had been de-signing largely for retail clients like Crate & Barrel and CB2. The original intent of m.a.d. was to create a furniture brand that would bring simple, modern forms to the modern urban dweller at an affordable price. Now, with customers like WeWork and the new partnership with Steelcase, the brand has wheels and isn’t slowing down. “Eight years ago, we were aiming for the retail market,” said Mr. Cole. “Over the last six years, our customers have been steering us to hospitality, and in the past two years, toward the office.” [9.3.18]

>officeinsight Publisher Bob Beck provided an analy-sis on the effects the Trump trade tariffs will have on the workplace design and furnishings industry. But first, he treated us to a history lesson on trade tariffs – quite an intriguing read! [9.3.18]

>Wilkhahn introduced the AT office chair featuring the company’s patented “free-2-move” system with Trimen-sion®. Developed in conjunction with researchers at the German Sport University Cologne, it provides automatic weight adjustment in three dimensions – users simply sit down, adjust the seating height and the chair does the rest. The suspension system maintains the body’s center of gravity. Unlike other ergonomic chairs on the market, the AT offers backrest height options, automatic weight adjust-ment and a 10-preset system that adapts to personal levels of comfort, adjustable-height lumbar support feature and a wide range of models, designs, and features. [9.3.18]

>BuzziSpace opened its first New York showroom. Located in the heart of Manhattan’s Flatiron District, the 2,400sf location features a full range of the brand’s original acoustic solutions, furnishings and lighting. The hybrid space will also serve as an office for the company’s New York operations, housing its regional sales and business de-velopment team under the leadership of Genevieve Lemire, National Sales Director at BuzziSpace. [9.3.18]

>The International Journal of Workplace Health Man-agement published “Stand Up to Work,” a study assess-ing the health impact of adjustable workstations. Funded by the ASID Foundation’s Transform grant, interim study results were announced on the ASID website last year. The final published study presented evidence that sit-stand desks are linked to increased productivity, better mental concentration, and improved overall health in employees who used sit-stand desks over a 12-month period. [9.3.18]

>Tarkett signed an agreement to acquire 100% of Lexmark Carpet Mills. Headquartered in Dalton, GA, Lex-mark produces high-quality carpet, primarily for the North American hospitality segment. It is a well-recognized brand among leading hospitality chains, and in recent years, the company has extended its product range to address the

m.a.d. co-founders Matt Cole and Dan Given and creative director Mark Daniel

Wilkhahn.AT office chair

BuzziSpace NYC showroom

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residential market. Lexmark achieved around $120m of sales in 2017, employs 460 people and operates one plant in the U.S. [9.3.18]

>ASID joined the Alliance for National & Community Resilience, the resilience subsidiary of the International Code Council. Representing ASID on the ANCR Board of Directors is Bryan J. Soukup, hired recently as ASID’s new VP of Government and Public Affairs. Mr. Soukup, who previously served as Director of Resilience Initiatives and as a registered federal and state lobbyist for the International Code Council, was ANCR’s founding-Executive Director from 2016 to 2018. [9.3.18]

>Janice Carleen Linster, Principal and Design Leader at DLR Group, provided insight into the nuances of the design of modern legal offices. Driven by continuous devel-opments in technology, heightened awareness of employee well-being, advances in sustainable practices, the pursuit of knowledge sharing, an expanded generational workforce, and the rising impact of real estate costs, today’s law office differs from its predecessors of 20 years ago, 10 years ago, or even five years ago. [9.10.18]

>Tarkett expanded its North America accessories production capacity through the purchase of a 70,000sf building adjacent to its existing Chagrin Falls facility in Auburn Township, OH. This several million dollar invest-ment is intended to increase production capacity for the company’s Johnsonite branded vinyl resilient wall base and finishing borders. The current Chagrin Falls manufacturing site operates on 100% renewable energy and uses a closed-loop process water system – processes which will be carried over to the new manufacturing location. [9.10.18]

>Th3rd Coast Media Solutions launched its foray into the furniture industry at NeoCon 2018 with extended reality (XR) experiences for Trendway and Haworth. The Trendway AR Office Builder, an iOS and Android app which allows sales representatives and customers to pre-visualize Trendway’s furniture solutions with AR, was launched at NeoCon 2018 for attendees to test within the show floor. Haworth’s NeoCon 2018 Virtual Reality Experience provided those who couldn’t attend the trade show an opportunity to explore the workplace environments that aim to foster

creativity, nurture culture, and support well-being. The physical showfloor, led by award-winning architect and interior designer Patricia Urquiola, was solidified in virtual reality through high-resolution 360-degree photo and video, so that users can obtain insights about Haworth’s product offerings. [9.10.18]

>Within the short span of three weeks global flooring company, Tarkett announced a major acquisition, the launch of what it sees a major advance in the durability of its LVT products, and four new product lines that incorporate that advance. Tarkett’s growth strategy has been based on a healthy combination of organic growth and acquiring brands that fill gaps in its product offering. officeinsight Publisher Bob Beck visited the company’s North American headquarters in Solon, OH. “As I walked through the entrance doors, what appeared to be a path of flowers led up to a giant 10-foot high screen with ‘Welcome Robert Beck’ on it, and I was greeted by what must have been every person in the building, cheering and clapping. It was fantastic, discombobulating, embarrass-ing yet extraordinarily fun. In a few seconds it was over and the crowd was gone – back to work, but I was left there feeling most welcome and musing on how the tradition of such a

Carlson Capital in Dallas, designed by DLR Group. Photo by Nick Merrick

Th3rd Coast Media Solutions.Haworth VRE

Tarkett: Welcome screen at Tarkett North America HQ

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welcome could have arisen in a busy company headquarters, wondering if it made the employees who greeted me as happy as it seemed to; as happy as it made me.” [9.17.18]

>If the 4th Living Product Expo, hosted by the Inter-national Living Future Institute in Pittsburgh had one message, it’s that the Living Product Challenge is finally gaining traction and entering the common nomenclature of architecture, design, and manufacturing folks. This year at the Living Product Expo, attendees were greeted with intriguing keynotes and panels, a perfectly sized trade show floor, fun parties and seminars that open the door for frank discussion and practical, real-life use in the field. [9.17.18]

>One of the poplar seminars at ILFI’s Living Product Expo was titled, “Can PVC be a ‘Green’ Product?: The Evolving Story of Polyvinyl Chloride.” The only sensible answer to the seminar’s title question is no; PVC achieves very few green chemistry principles, and its detrimental effects to both human and environmental health and safety have been extremely well-documented for decades. The short answer for why it continues to be a leading material in many applications is its cost/performance ratio. It costs less and performs better than more sustainable options, and the market (in our world, builders, architects, and interior designers) aren’t demanding better, safer alternatives. [9.24.18]

>Steelcase expanded its relationship with Danish design company Bolia, now making the Bolia collection available in the Americas and Asia Pacific. Building on their successful collaboration in Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Steelcase planned to offer an exclusive curated collection of Bolia designs, including sofas, armchairs, and tables, to customers in North America before the end of 2018 and in Asia Pacific in early 2019. [9.17.18]

>DIRTT Environmental Solutions Ltd. announced on Sep. 10 that founder and executive chair Mogens Smed has left the company. In January 2018, Mr. Smed agreed to cease acting as CEO and to undertake a new role as execu-tive chair as part of the company’s decision to implement a transition plan for senior management. In that role, his re-sponsibilities narrowed to focus on increased DIRTT partner support, sales, and business development, and to support the management transition plan. As part of the transition, previously acting lead director of the board Steve Parry was appointed as chair of the board. Of the decision to part ways with Mr. Smed, Mr. Parry stated, “We acknowledge the enormous contribution Mogens has made since founding DIRTT, and this was a very difficult and carefully considered decision by the board. However, Mogens has not adequately performed the agreed assigned duties, requiring the board to align management resources to begin building a more col-laborative, adaptable and responsive team that creates the ability to successfully scale the business.” [9.17.18]

>In a separate press release issued Sep. 10, DIRTT named Kevin O’Meara as CEO and director of the board. Mr. O’Meara, 53, has had a highly successful 30-year business career, including the last 20 years in construction-related industries. Most recently he worked as an advisor to several blue-chip private equity firms. Prior to this, he was the Presi-dent and CEO of Atrium Corporation, North America’s largest vinyl and aluminum window manufacturer. [9.17.18]

>AIS reopened its newly renovated Washington, DC showroom. Designed in partnership with Boston-based A&D firm NELSON, the 4,044sf space honors the iconic neoclas-sical architecture and the patriotic color palette of Washing-ton. [9.17.18]

>DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS hosted its largest and most successful Picnic By Design to date, raising $57,000 to grant to HIV/AIDS organiza-tions across the country. Nearly 300 people filled the Via-com Terrace and Lounge, overlooking Times Square, to view and bid on more than 20 Broadway-themed picnic baskets from celebrated talents within the New York metro design community. [9.17.18]

>Sherwin-Williams named Cavern Clay SW 7701 as its 2019 Color of the Year. A warm terracotta color with ancient, elemental roots, Cavern Clay is a nod to midcentury modern style, but with the soul of the American Southwest, which together create the desert modern aesthetic. [9.17.18]

Tarkett: Illusion designed by Jhane BarnesCITED: “ISN’T IT FUNNY HOW DAY BY DAY NOTHING CHANGES BUT, WHEN WE LOOK BACK EVERY-THING IS DIFFERENT?” – C.S. LEWIS

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>Kate Kerpchar joined BFI as President and CEO. She succeeds Daniel F. Morley, who joined BFI in 1984; becoming President in 1997 and CEO in 2016. Under his leadership the firm achieved significant growth and now employs over 75 people in three offices as one of the largest office furniture planning dealerships in the NY/NJ metro-politan area. It celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2018. Ms. Kerpchar has more than 17 years of business management ex-perience, most recently as the owner and founder of Lotus Rose Industries LLC, a certified women-owned project management and consulting firm that specializes in tenant representation for corporate office relocations and renova-tions. [9.17.18]

>Herman Miller signed a four-year electricity supply agreement with Constellation to power its Spring Lake, MI manufacturing locations with 100% renewable energy. The agreement leverages the Constellation Offsite Renew-ables (CORe) retail offering — designed to increase access to renewable energy for commercial and industrial custom-ers. Constellation, an Exelon company and leading retail energy supplier, will provide the power from the Harvest II wind project in Elkton, MI, which is managed by Exelon Generation. [9.17.18]

>Celliant®, a genuinely innovative fiber that recycles and converts radiant body heat into infrared energy entered the commercial interiors market. Textile designer Nicole Casey developed the woven construction of Celliant fibers working collaboratively for several years with Celliant inventor Hologenix and later with the Stinson Studio to bring the idea to the market. The fiber is loaded with a potent mix of 13 thermo-reactive minerals that actually has FDA ap-proval as medical device and wellness product. Upholstery collections featuring Celliant are now available from both CF Stinson and Designtex. [9.24.18]

>Steelcase Inc. acquired Orangebox Group Limited, a UK-based designer and manufacturer of furniture for the changing workplace. This acquisition provides growth-driven organizations around the world with an even broader range of furniture designed to boost collaboration at work and provides Steelcase with an engine to acceler-ate innovative product development in Europe and around the world. Born in 2002, in the village of Hengoed, South Wales, Orangebox created a concept they call “Smartwork-ing” – solutions designed to foster collaboration and change cultures, while improving efficiency. [9.24.18]

OCTOBER>Archtober 2018 – A Preview

In its eighth year, the Archtober festival took over NYC in the month of October to gather together A&D leaders and newcomers – and everyone in between – to participate in experiences that show the very best of what’s possible through exceptional architecture and design. Hosted and organized by the Center for Architecture and more than 60 partners across the five boroughs of New York City, the events included building tours and lectures by design ex-

Sherwin-Williams 2019 Color of the Year - Cavern Clay

Celliant recycles and converts radiant body heat into infrared energy. Image courtesy of Celliant.com

Archtober 2018. Photo courtesy of the Center for Architecture

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perts, architecture-themed competitions and parties. “There are quite a few design-related shows and festivals in New York – NYCxDESIGN, held in May, includes architecture but is really design at large,” said Benjamin Prosky, Executive Director of AIA New York and the Center for Architecture. “We wanted to create something more specifically concen-trated solely on celebrating architecture.” [10.1.18]

>Trendway Corp. was recognized by the National Vet-eran Business Development Council as the 2018 Veteran Business of the Year. NVBDC is the nation’s leading third-party certification program for veteran-owned businesses. [10.1.18]

A new, important exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City uncovered the previously uncharted architecture of Yugoslavia. During the years 1948 to 1980, the now splintered nation of Yugoslavia was

producing impressive design at all scales, of which many of us were unaware. While the Modern movement of those Cold War years was celebrating achievements in the “free world,” we detected virtually nothing of distinction occurring in the Communist countries. In officeinsight, John Morris Dixon highlighted the delightful, unexpected moments of MoMA’s show, called “Revelation at MoMA: Toward a Con-crete Utopia: Architecture in Yugoslavia, 1948-1980,” and on exhibit through January 13, 2019. [10.8.18]

Leading up to its 2018 NeoCon show, Coalesse an-nounced its new partnership with Sagegreenlife, a leader in the design and manufacture of interior and exterior living green walls. Coalesse now carries Sagegreenlife’s Verdanta collection, a line of self-contained, free-standing living walls and moveable partitions designed in collabora-tion with Gensler’s product design team. The new alliance signals Coalesse’s intent to dig deeper into biophilic design and offer its customers a direct link to living wall options, carving an easier path to living walls at work. [10.8.18]

Trendway Chairman and CEO Don Heeringa. Photo courtesy of Trendway

Miodrag Živković. Monument to the Battle of the Sutjeska. 1965–71, Tjentište, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Photo- Valentin Jeck, commis-sioned by The Museum of Modern Art, 2016

Installation view of Toward a Concrete Utopia- Architecture in Yugoslavia, 1948–1980, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, July 15, 2018– January 13, 2019. © 2018 The Museum of Modern Art. Photography- Martin Seck

The Verdanta Collection of living walls by Coalesse and Sagegreenlife. Photo courtesy of Coalesse

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>ASID partnered with Herman Miller and NeoCon to launch the Outcome of Design Awards. Designed to celebrate the power of design, these awards will recognize projects that successfully illustrate that “Design Impacts Lives” through the data-driven results of three primary criteria: design solutions and details, occupant experience, and research-based results. Uniquely, the program engages the client, looking beyond the sole perspective of the design team. Clients will have the opportunity to share valuable insight on project goals, successes, and occupancy experi-ences. Finalists will be invited to share their projects at the first-ever ASID Outcome of Design Conference in Chicago, March 21-22, 2019. [10.8.18]

>Knoll, Inc. celebrated the opening of the Knoll Japan Tokyo showroom. Knoll Japan is a joint venture between two of Japan’s leading furniture industry companies – Itoki Corp., among the largest manufacturers and distributors serving businesses throughout Japan, and inter.office, a prominent, high-design furniture distributor in the market. [10.8.18]

>Be Original Americas hosted panel discussions on the topic of tariffs and their impact on the design indus-try in Mexico City (Friday, Oct. 12) and San Francisco (Thursday, Oct. 16). In March, the Trump administra-tion announced proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum causing material prices to rise and supply to shrink. The United States is the world’s largest importer of steel with top sources being Canada, Brazil, and Mexico. According to a report by the United States Department of Commerce, in year-to-date 2018 (through June), the U.S. imported 16.2 million metric tons of steel. Steel and aluminum are used in the construction of a number of building components, furniture, and products. The tariffs have generated an increase in production overhead by increasing the costs of materials needed for production and creating a shortage

of said materials thus affecting architects, designers, and manufacturers across the design industry. AIA released a statement regarding the negative impacts: “The Administra-tion’s announcement of new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports threatens to drastically increase the prices of many building materials specified by architects. These metal products are some of the largest material inputs in the construction of buildings. Any move that increases building costs will jeopardize domestic design*.”

>The 2018 Radical Innovation Awards took place in early October at the New Museum in New York City. Now in its 12th year, its intent has remained the same: “Radical Innovation welcomes big ideas for the guest experience – from inside and outside of hospitality, from any country, and from professionals and students alike. Our criteria? Show us what the hotel environment can be. Radical Innovation challenges the hotel industry to elevate the guest experience by calling for new ideas in design and operations.” Said Radical Innovation founder John Hardy, “These ideas are going to get to market. It’s not just an awards show – we’re finding real concepts that we can execute and are execut-ing. They’re going to make a difference over time in what’s

happening in the market.” [10.15.18]>The Flirt Collection, designed by David Ritch and

Mark Saffell of 5D Studio, for Arcadia, won a Gold Award in the 2018 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) competition run by the Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA). The Flirt Collection is only the latest award-winning product designed by Ritch and Saffell. Their first IDEA Gold was for the Kart Chair, which went on to win Bronze in the Design of the Decade competition. In addi-tion, they’ve designed Best of NeoCon winners for multiple companies. [10.15.18]

Knoll Japan opens Tokyo showroom

Outdoor water therapy pods at Le Colline Incantate, a winning project of the 2018 Radical Innovation Awards, by Network of Architecture. Photo courtesy of Radical Innovation

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>Christopher M. Baldwin is the new COO and President of Knoll Office. Effective Oct. 8, he is responsible for sales, marketing and manufacturing operations for the broad range of Knoll workplace lines and services. He reports to Knoll Chairman and CEO Andrew Cogan. Mr. Baldwin most recently served as the President – Kitchen and Bath Americas for Kohler Company, where he led strategies to outperform global and regional competitors for this multi-billion-dollar business. [10.15.18]

>Stickbulb opened its first-ever showroom in NYC’s booming Long Island City neighborhood. Designed by RUX Studios – the founding creative team behind Stickbulb – the gallery is part of a 10,000 sq.ft. space with a design studio and production facility all under one roof. The building’s industrial details, textured terracotta walls, and weathered wooden floors have been offset with the brand’s sleek, mod-ern LED fixtures, as well as its award-winning, grand-scale Ambassador sculpture. [10.15.18]

>officeinsight Publisher Bob Beck visited Studio TK’s Clayton, NC facility, checking in with the new company’s president, Charlie Bell and all things Studio TK. Studio TK was built from the ground up by Mr. Bell and Teknion’s David Feldberg, aimed at developing a brand with a high-design level and building a critical mass of well-designed solutions for casual, social communal spaces in the com-mercial sector. Since making its public debut at NeoCon 2013, the company has evolved into a happy hybrid of part-nerships with European companies and products designed and developed by Studio TK. [10.22.18]

Flirt Lounge installation demonstrating the more relaxed posture of us-ers. Arcadia won an IDEA Gold award for its Flirt design

Christopher M. Baldwin, the new COO and President of Knoll Office. Photo courtesy of Knoll Office

Stickbulb's new showroom is gallery, studio, and production facility combined

A view of the Studio TK's Chicago NeoCon showroom with Cesto poufs and Bevy tables. Photo courtesy of Studio TK

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>Airbnb for the office and other non-residential spaces does exist – in a company called Splacer. Splacer is a mar-ketplace where people can list, discover and book spaces for any number of creative, entertainment or business pursuits. But the tech and design theory behind Splacer’s platform make it a much savvier kind of sharing platform we haven’t seen before. Splacer’s new partnership with an ar-tificial intelligence firm has the potential to change the way we look and understand the space around us. [10.22.18]

>Sculpture in the Great Outdoors at PepsiCo. Our American museums include a number of notable outdoor sculpture displays. One of our finest collections of outdoor

works is not at a museum, but in the extensive, handsomely landscaped terrain surrounding the PepsiCo World Head-quarters in Purchase, New York, a not-so-distant suburb of the big city. officeinsight contributor John Morris Dixon explored the Garden’s history and its collection of 46 sculp-tural works. [10.22.18]

>BIFMA announced its support for upholstered furni-ture flammability legislation based on California Technical Bulletin 117- 2013. U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the Safer Oc-cupancy Furniture Flammability Act (SOFFA) on Oct. 4. Senate Bill 3551 is legislation that would require the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to adopt Califor-nia TB 117-2013 as a federal flammability standard. TB 117-2013 outlines performance standards and methods for testing the smolder resistance of cover fabrics, barrier materials, filling materials, and decking materials used in upholstered furniture. It was endorsed by a broad coalition of stakeholders, including AHFA, BIFMA, firefighters, fire scientists, environmentalists, and consumer groups. BIFMA believes the SOFFA legislation would prevent a patchwork of differing flammability requirements in 50 states and multiple municipalities. [10.22.18]

>Interface opened its new global headquarters in Mid-town Atlanta. Base Camp, as named by employees, incorporates design features that benefit employees and the environment. Developed and designed in partnership with JLL, Perkins+Will, MSTSD and Parkside Partners, the 40,000sf headquarters takes into consideration elements of sustainability, well-being, and biophilic design to offer employees, customers and partners a modern, convenient, healthy and collaborative environment to learn, work, play and refresh. It also functions as a living showroom for Inter-face’s extensive line of flooring collections. Targeting LEED v4 Platinum certification. [10.22.18]

>Kimball signed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all the assets and assume certain limited liabilities of David Edward, headquartered in Baltimore, MD. David Edward is a premier designer and manufacturer of contract furniture, sold in the healthcare, corporate, edu-

A "Greenhouse Loft", available to book through the space-sharing platform Splacer. Photo courtesy of Splacer

The sculptural garden at Pepsico World Headquarters buildings in Purchase, NY, seen through Isamu Noguchi’s stone Energy Void.Photo courtesy of PepsiCo

Interface's new global headquarters Midtown Atlanta. Photo courtesy of Interface

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cation and premium hospitality markets, primarily in North America and the Middle East. Its product portfolio consists of classic and contemporary designs, focused primarily in the seating, tables and ancillary furniture categories. David Edward will continue to operate independently, selling through its existing network of independent reps and au-thorized dealers. The company employs approximately 170 highly skilled craftspeople. [10.22.18]

>Organizers of the 2018 Salone del Mobile.Milano Moscow, in their post-show report, said that the 14th edition “exceeded all expectations.” Target predictions were confirmed, with 19,542 professional attendees (+9.1% compared with 2017), while press and communication operator numbers were up 32.3%. [10.22.18]

>officeinsight contributor Amanda Schneider explored the industry’s most valuable trends in her piece, “Align-ing the Workplace to Trends that Attract and Retain the Best Talent.” “Today we operate in a complex workforce

landscape, full of talent acquisition and retention worries. Employees are looking for a fulfilling job with competitive pay, work-life balance, flexible hours, workplace wellness programs, office spaces designed to inspire collaboration and comfort – the list is never-ending. As we look to define a workplace environment that is conducive to the growing list of needs from today’s workers, what trends are most impor-tant, and how do we align with them?” Ms. Schneider made the case for: igniting a sense of community in a remote workforce, designing spaces that encourage movement, and designing for the hackable workspace. [10.29.18]

Momentum Group Acquired D.L.Couch, Eykon and TRI-KES. “Uniting these powerhouse companies has advantag-es for all stakeholders. Combined revenue of $200 million will create significant scale and the opportunity to bring unique product innovations, new technologies and best-in-class operating processes to the market.” [10.29.18]

>BuzziSpace and Haworth joined forces to answer the increasing demand for smart acoustic solutions in work environments and flexible spaces. While BuzziSpace con-tinues to serve existing partnerships as an open line brand, a curated portfolio of BuzziSpace products will officially be added to the Haworth Collection globally in early 2019. “As a shareholder, Haworth will support and encourage the independent development of the BuzziSpace brand, as well as all affiliated brands,” said Franco Bianchi, President and CEO of Haworth. [10.29.18]

NOVEMBER>Kristine (Kristie) L.

Juster is the new CEO of Kimball International, ef-fective Nov. 1. A member of the Kimball International Board of Directors since April 2016, she succeeds Bob Schneider, who previ-ously announced his intent to retire as CEO and Chair-man effective Oct. 31. Ms. Juster was a Global Execu-tive at Newell Brands, where during her tenure there she held the role of CEO/ Presi-dent of the Home Décor Segment with design-driven brands Levelor and Kirsh; the Culinary Lifestyle Segment with Calphalon, a premier brand known for design innovation; and the Global Writing Seg-ment, with a wide variety of market leading brands includ-ing Sharpie and Expo. [10.29.18]

Salone del Mobile - Milano Moscow, 2018 Master Class

Opened in April 2018, the Scout Community is a curated collection of creatives, misfits, and out-of-the-box thinkers.Scout Community was featured in a top 2019 trends piece by Amanda Schneider. Photo courtesy of CCG

Kristine L. Juster was announced as the new CEO of Kimball Inter-national. Photo courtesy of Kimball International

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>Orgatec 2018 was a fantastic success. Held every other October in Cologne, Germany, the show is very much alive and kicking. It was a different story two years ago, with many ready to write it off as an anachronism. So why was 2018 so successful? The exhibitors – 760 of them – put on a great show. officeinsight contributor John Sacks offered an expert review of the show, the trends, the companies and their products. [11.5.18]

>2018 IIDANY’s Color Invasion, the biggest annual celebration and charity event in New York by and for interior designers, was a fantastic success again this year. The Color Invasion is a consistently ambitious, ecstatic and over-the-top night of imagination, dress-up, dancing, networking and reconnecting with old friends. This year’s iteration of Color Invasion had a theme of Deco Follies – a celebration of the Gilded Age, the roaring 20s, and Art Deco. [11.5.18]

>Herman Miller introduced its new research partnership with Leesman, a global business intelligence tools aggre-gator. Hosting a tour research events, including one at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, Herman Miller announced the partnership as part of the biggest research effort in com-pany history, intended to evidentiate Herman Miller’s Living Office approach to workplace design. Leesman’s global workplace benchmarking tool, called the Leesman Index, is an impressive example of big data actually being gathered and analyzed for use, set to become the largest data pool for rating the employee workplace experience. [11.12.18]

>While at Orgatec, officeinsight Publisher Bob Beck conducted an interview with Guiliano Mosconi, the CEO of Tecno. Mr. Mosconi took over the company seven years ago, restoring its rich heritage of launching new and unique products to the market. The new Aura Lounge by Rainlight and the Linea “micro architectural system” by Zanon Ar-chitetti Associati, were introduced at the show. [11.12.18]

>USGBC, the International Code Council, ASHRAE, and the Illuminating Engineering Society on Nov. 8 released the 2018 International Green Construction Code. The IgCC is a model code that has wide applicability for incorpo-rating resilient, high-performance green building strategies

The German company Ophelis' stand at Orgatec 2018. Photo courtesy of John Sacks

IIDANY's 2018 Color Invasion, themed Deco Follies, was a celebration of the Gilded Age, the roaring 20s, and Art Deco. Photo by Johnny Wolf

Herman Miller and Leesman, a global business intelligence tools aggregator, introduced its partnership in the largest research effort by Herman Miller in the history of the company. Photo courtesy of Herman Miller

The Tecno Stand at Orgatec 2018. Photo courtesy of Tecno

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into building codes to improve the standards of living for people in communities across the globe. When pursuing LEED certification in jurisdictions that adopt the IgCC green code, USGBC will allow project teams to be recognized in LEED for their compliance to select IgCC measures. [11.12.18]

>According to CBRE’s new 2018 Tech-30 report, the technology sector is driving the North American office market. This annual report measures the tech industry’s im-pact on office rents in the 30 leading tech markets (based on job growth) in the U.S. and Canada. Technology compa-nies based in the top four tech headquarters markets – the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, Boston and New York – are expanding into new markets, creating more demand for office space and driving office rent growth in the beneficiary markets. [11.12.18]

>Dodge Data & Analytics released its 2019 Dodge Construction Outlook, a mainstay in construction industry forecasting and business planning. The report predicts that total U.S. construction starts for 2019 will be $808 billion, staying essentially even with the $807 billion estimated for 2018. [11.12.18]

>Configura wrapped up its 11th annual CET Designer User and Developer Conference in October at the De-Vos Convention Center in Grand Rapids, MI. This year’s conference saw record-breaking attendance, drawing 527 people from various industries and from around the globe. [11.12.18]

>We visited BDNY 2018, the 9th edition of the Bou-tique Design New York (BDNY). BDNY is one of the leading trade fair and conferences for hospitality design profes-sionals in North America. Presented annually by Boutique Design at New York City’s Javits Center, BDNY has been

ranked among the fastest-growing trade fairs in the U.S. for the past five years. BDNY 2018 attracted more than 8,000 design professionals and presented more than 750 booths featuring furniture, lighting, wall coverings, fabric, acces-sories, artwork, flooring, finish materials, bath and spa, and tabletop accessories. And this year in particular really felt like BDNY hit a stride of its own and has been able to differ-entiate itself from the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF). officeinsight contributor Peter Carey reviewed the show. [11.19.18]

>The 2018 edition of the Greenbuild Interna-tional Conference and Expo touched down in Chicago. Hosted by the USGBC and Informa Exhibitions and billed as the world’s larg-est conference dedicated to sustainability in the built environment, its wings have grown just as the sustain-ability movement itself has grown. Greenbuild welcomed 33,000 visitors and local Chicagoans to Chicago’s McCormick Place Conference Center with an extremely timely theme – “Human By Nature: The Intersection of Humanity & The Built Environment.” The past five years in particular have seen the sustainability con-versation expand its reach into more holistic sustainability visioning, planning and execution, and the Human x Nature theme speaks directly to that shift. Speakers included Amal Clooney, the well-known British human rights lawyer and humanitarian, and Carmen Yulín Cruz, Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Greenbuild’s flawlessly executed “Human x Nature” theme sought to bridge the sustainably built environment that the USGBC works tirelessly towards, with people, and the natural human rights they have, including climate justice. [11.19.18]

>materialsCAN (Carbon Action Network) launched Nov. 13 at Greenbuild 2018 in Chicago. materialsCAN is a group of sustainability leaders in the built space that want to bring attention to the importance of embodied carbon. It includes members of the building industry that are primed to act on the prioritization of embodied carbon in building materials – Interface (flooring), Gensler (design), Skanska (construction), Armstrong (ceilings), CertainTeed (insula-tion) and USG (wallboard). The group aims to provide those

Kettal booth at BDNY 2018. Photo by Peter Carey

Amal Clooney, the British human rights lawyer and visiting professor at Columbia Law School, served as the opening plenary speaker at Greenbuild 2018. Photo courtesy of USGBC

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who own, lease, design, or construct spaces with educa-tion and tools to better understand the carbon footprint of their projects, specifically through measuring the embodied carbon of specified materials. [11.19.18]

>LEED for Cities & Communities Expanded. During Greenbuild 2018, the USGBC announced that the STAR Community Rating System, which offers certification for sustainable communities, will be fully integrated into USGBC’s own LEED for Cities and LEED for Communities programs. During the conference, we met with Vatsal Bhatt, Director of Cities & Communities at USGBC, to learn more about the programs. LEED for Cities and LEED for Com-munities proport to engage people at the intersection where smart cities meet sustainability. Launched two years ago as a pilot program, the certifications intend to provide third-party verification of the current performance of built-out cities and communities. [11.19.18]

>Steelcase unveiled the west elm Work Collection. Planned for availability (exclusively through Steelcase and west elm dealers) in the U.S. and Canada in mid-December, the portfolio includes a wide range of co-developed prod-ucts inspired by residential design and manufactured to withstand the wear and tear of the office. [11.19.18]

>Inscape opened its new Washington, DC showroom, located on the 11th floor at 1090 Vermont Avenue NW. Flooded with natural light and offering views of the historic downtown core of Washington, D.C., the space is designed to embrace Inscape’s furniture designs and creates an

inspiring environment. Drawing inspiration from the concept of biophilia – humans’ inherent need to connect with nature – natural elements highlight the furniture vignettes connect-ing the spatial experience. [11.19.18]

>Jane Abernethy, Humanscale Chief Sustainability Officer, became a 2018 win-ner of the Women in Sustainability Leader-ship Awards. The award program, presented by the magazine Green Building & Design in partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council and Halstead/ MetroFlor, recognizes women achieving a posi-tive impact on the world through efforts in sus-tainability. At Humanscale, Ms. Abernethy implemented a Design for Environment Program in 2012. She knew it was important to make decisions about sustainability as early as possible to allow greater flexibility in the design process, to instruct material decisions, and to avoid the use of harmful materials and chemicals. The program made sustainability an integral part of the design process. She continues to work to implement numerous programs to make design and manufacturing a more sustainable enterprise and to help Humanscale achieve its goal of having a net positive impact on the environment. Her work in these efforts includes R+D, partnerships and community engagement. She also implemented the Sustainability Champions program at Hu-manscale. Sustainability champions expand and enhance

materialsCAN (Carbon Action Network) launched Nov. 13 at Green-build 2018 in Chicago

Steelcase- west elm Work Collection

Inscape Opens New Washington, DC Showroom

Jane Abernethy, Humanscale Chief Sustainability Officer, was honored as the winner of the 2018 Women in Sustainability Leadership Awards. Photo courtesy of Humanscale

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sustainable culture across company offices and locations, implementing practices to reduce waste, source sustain-able resources and inform and engage other employees. [11.19.18]

>theMART in Chicago last week announced that it had achieved both Fitwell Certification and Gold Level LEED Certification. The first project to be awarded Fitwel Certifi-cation for both owner and tenant occupied spaces, totaling 4.2 million sf, theMART is also the largest building to date to receive Fitwel Certification. It also represents the first certifi-cation achieved under Fitwel’s Multi-Tenant Whole Building Scorecard for workplaces. [11.19.18]

>The built environment is increasingly becoming smart – the separate pieces of our buildings as well as the people within them are being linked together through the cloud, integrated facility systems, and a constantly evolving tech landscape. But are our smart buidings secure? In an officeinsight feature, we explored how the Internet of Things offers more environmentally friendly, human friendly, cost effective spaces that are changing the way we do everything – live, play, work, socialize. But smart buildings are introducing their own new, critical challenges in security. Are the smart spaces architects and interior designers create protected from exterior attacks? Read the story here. [11.26.18]

>Tile Trend Report: The Top 7 Tile Trends for 2019. A handful of events set the stage for defining trends in the world of design each year. Cersaie – the international exhibition of ceramic tile and bathroom furnishings – is one such tradeshow, where over 100,000 designers, installers and buyers travel to Bologna, Italy each September to learn about cutting edge products and technologies in the tile industry. In officeinsight, Kristen Coleman, Vice President

at Novità PR, presented seven of the biggest tile trends as seen in the hundreds of new collections from Ceramics of Italy member manufacturers at the 36th edition of Cersaie: systems, tile play, lunar marble, the blues, big patterns, neu surfaces, and tradition. [11.26.18]

DECEMBER>Designtex and Crypton celebrated Crypton’s 25th

anniversary and its foundational partnership with Design-tex with the new Designtex 5×5, A Crypton® Collec-tion. The special collection paid homage to art, design, technology, performance, and two pioneering leaders in the contract textile industry. It featured five contemporary artists from around the world, whose work was translated into five patterns in five colorways each, digitally printed onto Crypton-backed upholstery textiles at Designtex’s state-of-the-art digital printing facility in Portland, ME. The featured artists include: Arturo Guerrero (Line Variations), Elizabeth Atterbury (Social Dance), Ellie Malin (Five Cities), Kapitza (CrissCross), and Phillip David Stearns (BitDrift).

Photo courtesy of theMART

Tile Trend Report - Top 7 Tile Trends for 2019. Fap Ceramiche by Lumina, demonstrating new surfaces and textural innovations. Photo courtesy of Ceramics of Italy

Tile Trend Report - Top 7 Tile Trends for 2019. Sicis by Vetrite Gem Glass, demonstrating obscure marble full of color and character or digi-tally manipulating the look of natural stone. Photo courtesy of Ceramics of Italy

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“While the visual impact of this collection is outstanding, the inspiration behind the collection adds even more. 5×5 is a celebration of these two companies and the women behind them – Susan Lyons, president of Designtex and Randy Rubin, co-founder of Crypton – two innovative veterans in the industry who share a rich and successful history. Under their leadership, both Crypton and Designtex have had a tremendous impact on contract textiles and contract design as a whole.” [12.3.18]

>We got to know Poppin, the workplace furniture and supplies manufacturer that has seen explosive growth in its short history. With punchy office furnishings and customer-friendly buying, Poppin, is driven by the simple, yet powerful belief that “everyone, everywhere deserves to work happy.” It entered the contract furnishings market in early 2015 with hopes of simplifying the ordering process, minimizing costs, and dramatically reducing delivery times for offices of all sizes. Its meteoric growth indicates its suc-cess in doing all of the above. [12.10.18]

>Sandow Acquired Contract Consulting Group and rebranded as ThinkLab. CCG, a market research and strategy firm specializing in the contract interiors segment, will now exist under SANDOW, the parent company of Interior Design magazine. As part of the acquisition, CCG will be relaunched as ThinkLab, a division of SANDOW that will “leverage Interior Design Magazine’s extensive reach to key product specifiers to track trends, validate new product concepts, understand new product categories, and explore emerging markets,” notes the acquisition press announce-ment. “This information will be translated into actionable data through newsletters, infographics, monthly webinars, whitepapers, CEUs, as well as customized research and consulting work with private clients. Following a deep pas-sion around industry process evolution and brand experi-ence, the division will also conduct interactive regional research events, informative workshops, and speaking engagements.” [12.3.18]

>IIDA released its inaugural IIDA Index, an analysis of economic health for the commercial design industry. The Index, developed with Designer Pages, was created to enable commercial design and architecture firms to assess competitive positions, identify market trends, and analyze

Designtex 5×5, A Crypton® Collection. Photo courtesy of Designtex

Poppin opened its new Boston showroom, its fourth in the U.S. in October 2018. Photo courtesy of Poppin

Poppin CEO Randy Nicolau. Photo courtesy of Poppin

The IIDA Index, developed with Designer Pages, is a new indicator of economic health for the commercial design industry. Image courtesy of IIDA

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new business opportunities based on project scale, geogra-phy, and market sector. The results compare project starts in 2017 to 2016, based on responses from participating firms in 74 offices and nearly 11,000 of their projects across the U.S. According to the report, the commercial interior design industry experienced moderate to steady growth in 2017 compared to 2016, with an overall index of 59 in the U.S. In officeinsight, Peter Carey shares his insights on the new resource. [12.10.18]

>Scandinavian Spaces and partner brand Materia introduced functional furniture designed for the everyday creative: Mr T, Point, and Lean In. -Mr T is a graphic, minimalistic stool featuring a vertical tube that meets a

horizontal seat – offering a sharp shape with soft edges. A collaboration with designers Ola Giertz and Roger Duverell, it was designed for the user to sit up straight, explore a ca-sual lean, or straddle the stool. It is offered at two different heights and when artfully arranged creates an environmen-tal landscape that encourages conversation and interaction. -Point, by furniture designer and interior architect Fredrik Mattson, offers a private, enclosed workspace for the open office floor plan. Available in a variety of sofas and easy chairs – the product can be selected with a high back, side panels, tops, and outlets to allow for a sound absorbent escape. -Lean In enables users to lean while standing up. Artistically designed by Kaja Solgaard Dahl, the product is mounted to the wall to allow users comfortable, soft sup-port. The functional furniture is ideal in areas with limited space and provides an innovative solution when creating an interactive environment. [12.10.18]

>The Pantone Color of the Year 2019 is PANTONE 16-1546 Living Coral, an “animating and life-affirming” shade of orange with a golden undertone. Sociable and spirited, it welcomes and encourages lighthearted activity and symbolizes our innate need for optimism and joyful pursuits. [12.10.18] n

The 2018 Year in Review was compiled by veteran office-insight editor Susan Avery and editor-in-chief Mallory Jindra.

The Pantone Color of the Year 2019 is PANTONE 16-1546 Living Coral

Scandinavian Spaces - Mr T, Point, and Lean In. Photo courtesy of Scandinavian Spaces

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r-d connectionRESEARCH-DESIGN CONNECTIONTreadmill Desks: Cognitive Effectsby Sally Augustin, Ph.D.

Zhang and colleagues investigated the effects on cognitive performance of working at a treadmill desk. They tested executive function (specifically, inhibition, updating, and task shifting) when people were sitting, standing and walking at a treadmill desk at two different speeds (a self-selected speed averaging 2.3 kilometers/hour and a faster one averaging 3.5 kilometers/hour). For more on executive function, read this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_functions. The Zhang-lead research team report that the “accuracy of [the updating] task

in self-paced walking was significantly lower than that in sitting condition…and in standing condition…But there was no difference in accuracy of [updating] task between self-paced walking condition and faster walking condition…walking at an active work-station had a selective impact on the three components of executive func-tion, in which Updating was impaired to a certain extent while Inhibition and Shifting were not affected. Since Updating is highly correlated to the working memory, it is indicated that active workstation use might be more compatible with non-working memory-intensive tasks.” Working memory is reviewed here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_memory. n

Zhanjia Zhang, Bing Zhang, Chunmei Cao and Weiyun Chen. 2018. “The Effects of Using an active Workstation on Executive Function in Chinese College Students.” PLoS One, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197740

Sally Augustin, PhD, is the editor of Research Design Connections (www.researchdesignconnections.com). Re-

search Design Connections reports on research conducted by social and phys-ical scientists that designers can apply in practice. Insights derived from recent studies are integrated with classic, still relevant findings in concise, powerful articles. Topics covered range from the cognitive, emotional, and physiological implications of sensory and other physi-cal experiences to the alignment of culture, personality, and design, among others. Information, in everyday lan-guage, is shared in a monthly subscrip-tion newsletter, an archive of thousands of published articles, and a free daily blog. Readers learn about the latest research findings immediately, before they’re available elsewhere. Sally, who is a Fellow of the American Psychologi-cal Association, is also the author of Place Advantage: Applied Psychology for Interior Architecture (Wiley, 2009) and, with Cindy Coleman, The Design-er’s Guide to Doing Research: Applying Knowledge to Inform Design (Wiley, 2012). She is a principal at Design With Science (www.designwithscience.com) and can be reached at sallyaugustin@designwithscience.com.

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Seeking Independent Rep Group - Upstate New York

Interested in partnering with a leader in the contract furniture industry? The Gunlocke Company is looking for a motivated and experienced rep group of talented professionals that call on the end user, architecture and design, and dealer communities in New York

State. Must have contract furniture sales experience. We are currently interviewing rep groups.

Please contact: Julie May, East Division Manager at mayj@gunlocke.com

A&D Focused Sales and Marketing Position - NYC Area

Here’s what the position entails

> Create and develop new A&D relationships with individuals/firms, with the goal of having them include our products and services in projects

> Offer architects and design-ers training and general product support for speci-fication

> Conducting customer profiles within the A&D community and gathering field data

> Gathering competitive information for analysis and strategic selling efforts

> Assist in binder placement and in utilization for speci-fying our product lines

> Working closely within the A&D community to increase awareness of our product lines and the ben-efits of working with you

> Attending multiple A&D networking groups and events weekly

How will my performance be measured?

> Actualizing existing relation-ships by getting specified on projects

> Customer communication metrics, sales call and travel patterns

> New A&D relationships and binder placement

> Lead and opportunity man-agement

> Reporting metrics

What experience and qualifications do I need?

> Minimum 3-5 years of call-ing on the A&D community in the NYC area

> Minimum 3-5 years overall selling experience in the contract furniture market

> Strong track record of suc-cess in the selling process from prospecting to close of business.

> Mid- market design firm experience a strong plus

> CEU certification for rel-evant trade organizations (AIA/CES, ASID, USGBC) preferred

Aggressive compensation/benefits package commensurate with experience.

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