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A Cutting Edge Anchorman: NBC 7’s New San Diego Digs

After 15 years in downtown San Diego, NBC 7 recently moved to a new energy efficient headquarters facility with state-of-the-art broadcast technology. The broadcast station’s previous space was something similar to the ones often visited by passersby along the street in NYC; people could look in through the glass and see the broadcast happening in real time. But downtown San Diego wasn’t producing the desired interactions, and some of the layout was being underutilized. Designed by Carrier Johnson + CULTURE, this new NBC 7 space gives us a peek into how cutting edge media teams work, and how a “traditional” news profession can grow and maintain its spot on the media landscape.

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OFS Brands is a privately held, family owned business in which three generations of the family are actively involved. Talk to any family member about what’s important about the business, and two words come up repeatedly: people and wood. Not market share or net profit or any of the financial ratios, but people and wood. officeinsight Publisher Bob Beck pulls back the curtain on how one company makes the most of its brand acquisitions and partnerships, both old and new.


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Entryway to NBC 7 San Diego. Photography: courtesy of Carrier Johnson + CULTURE

After 15 years in downtown San Diego, NBC 7 recently moved to a new energy efficient headquarters facility with state-of-the-art broadcast technology.

Designed by Carrier Johnson + CULTURE, this new NBC 7 space gives us a peek into how cutting edge media teams work, and how a “traditional” news profession is growing and maintaining its spot on the media landscape.

The broadcast station’s previous space was something similar to the ones often visited by passersby along the street in NYC; people could look in through the glass and see the broadcast happening in real time. But downtown San Diego wasn’t producing the desired interactions, so some of the layout was being underutilized.

The new NBC 7 is situated on a hilltop location that al-lows for better satellite relay signals, and its spatial design better connects its many departments.

“Many people might think that the studio is the center of a television news station,” said Stuart Fromson, senior associ-ate designer at Carrier Johnson + CULTURE. “But the news desk is really the center of the universe in this space, not the studio. All things revolve around this editorial news desk.”

The 52,000 square foot facility uses 117 miles of Ethernet and TV cable along with 13.6 miles of electrical cable.

“In this world, timing is critical and news cycles can hap-pen incredibly quickly,” said Mr. Fromson. “It’s very fluid from a functional standpoint. I’m amazed at the amount of technology infrastructure this space can hold.”

All of this tech is fed by a 200-KW rooftop solar system, a 250-KW natural gas fuel cell that emits low-carbon electric-ity, and a low-energy HVAC system using outside cool air.

Alongside the latest broadcasting technologies, NBC 7’s new space is centered around a few simple, but significant

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a&dgoals: achieving a connected corporate culture, and creating a comfortable, inspiring workplace for its 140 employ-ees. The new offices feature an open environment with meeting spaces integrated into the open floorplate and just five or six private offices.

While an open environment wasn’t a huge change for NBC 7 staff and the staff was accustomed to working that way, the design team helped the news station restructure the placement of some of its teams in order to help related teams collaborate better.

The ground level includes spaces for all teams that participate in the news function, including a central command center with the main assignment desk; open plan benching for the network’s

Assignment desk in news room

Exterior and interior meeting space


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pool of reporters, producers and other team members; and two studios and all studio support spaces, including editing rooms for audio and video, and makeup and wardrobe/dressing rooms.

An independent firm provided the set designs for the two studios, but Carrier Johnson + CULTURE developed the studio acoustics and acoustics of the large open meeting space adjacent to the studio. The building’s location falls along a flight path to the local airport, so special attention was paid to the acoustics for times when a plane would fly overhead during on-air time.

To join the first floor with the second, the design team cut a 40-foot diameter opening in the ceiling of the first floor and then constructed a new stairway between the two floors. On the second floor are spaces for the finance and accounting, marketing and creative Private office

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Kitchen and dining / work lounge


a&dservices, human resources, and ad-ministrative support teams.

Workstations are more traditional upstairs, and the top floor also includes a spacious kitchen and breakroom that serves as a large gathering space as well as a work lounge for visiting staff. The kitchen also includes camera equipment that the staff can use to turn the space into a set for a food segment.

Due to the introduction of new, more stringent lighting codes, Mr. Fromson noted that firms today are mandated to work with daylighting as much as pos-sible. Carrier Johnson + CULTURE’s design capitalizes on natural daylight-ing with high ceilings, skylights and large windows with long views.

LED lamps are plentiful, and much of the space is outfitted with sensor-driven automatic shades that adjust electric lighting based on whether the room is being used or not.

Natural light fills the space, but

the NBC Universal brand also comes through in the station. A neutral gray carpet tile and wood-slatted partitions and ceiling serve as a base for pops of wall color taken directly from NBC’s colorful logo.

“We pulled the colors right out of the NBC peacock,” said Mr. Fromson. “At first, we started a little more toned down, but they really wanted it to be brighter and more closely related to those original NBC colors. They were very comfortable with color.”

The walls of the new NBC 7 are splashed with TV after TV – Mr. From-son notes the facility has more than 100 – in every corner, bathrooms, makeupand dressing rooms included. To softenthis cascade of digital screens, CarrierJohnson + CULTURE designed a centralring of monitors that helps define thevertical space between the two floors.

The project also presented unique challenges related to security and

infrastructure. “Security was a very big issue. They

want their space to be open and invit-ing, but it also needs to be very secure.”

Employees are secure from a bal-listics standpoint, and the site was also restructured to accommodate secured parking for all employees, integrated entrances for both employees and the public, and a back entrance for news vans with satellite dishes.

This new media building is hopefully an indication that television news is evolving in a healthy way. Media land-scapes are unique to each city, and what works for New York City might not be the best fit other cities around the country.

NBC 7 San Diego is a place where modern reporters and producers can do work that is often heavily criti-cized – report the news of its city and surrounding areas as accurately and completely as possible, with the best technology available. n

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Entry to the OFS Showroom at NeoCon 2016. Photography courtesy of OFS Brands

While OFS has been involved in the workplace furnishings industry for only 30 years, the sense of heritage imbued in its current leadership goes back at least 135 years to a time when previous generations were manufacturing wooden covered wagons.

Some branches of the family tree have been making fur-niture for more than 80 years and on both his parents’ sides of the family, president and CEO Hank Menke says they have been in the furniture business for at least 50 years; residential at first and then office furniture 30 years ago, when as the young leader of the organization, he didn’t like what he saw happening to the residential industry and piv-oted from producing residential furniture to office furniture, renaming the company OFS

The thing Mr. Menke saw in the residential industry that he didn’t like was the trend of moving the manufacturing to

OFS Brands - Where Heritage Underpins the Futureby Bob Beck

OFS Brands is a privately held, family owned business in which three generations of the family are actively involved. Talk to any family member about what’s important about the business, and two words come up repeatedly: people and wood. Not market share or net profit or any of the financial ratios, but people and wood.

At 91, Phyllis Menke, the first of the aforementioned three generations, plays an important role in the company. She greets visitors to its headquarters in Huntingburg, IN, as well as many of the visitors to the NeoCon showroom each year. In her greeting to the Huntingburg campus, she talks about the company’s connection to wood and shares her memo-ries of planting trees on what was a sustainability project before the word sustainability was in the common lexicon – the company tree farm her father started out of concern for conservation and for access to wood in perpetuity.


companiesChina. He was committed to keeping his employees employed. “Our most important asset is our people,” is a cliché that spills off the lips of execu-tives easily, even as they are planning to move whole departments overseas, but when any of the Menke family says it, you can believe it.

In a recent interview with Ryan Menke, senior vice president, sales and marketing, he said ”The great thing about being family owned is that we are able to take the long view and do what we think is best for the business and for our 1,700 employees, and that has always been good for the family.”

Applying that long term thinking to growth, over the years OFS has evolved into OFS Brands through the acquisi-tion of companies that complemented the parent in one way or another.

Buying Carolina Furniture gave OFS access to the healthcare market, buy-ing Loewenstein brought access to the hospitality sector and Highmark filled a void in the company’s ergonomic seating offering.

But while access to markets was a factor in the acquisitions, Ryan Menke says, “We start with people first. That’s our brand in a word, ‘people.’ You look at other companies out there, and if you think of their brand in a word, it may be design or research or mar-keting, but we’ve always thought the word that best describes our brand is people. And that drives our decision making.

“Our most recent acquisition, Highmark, has an outstanding product portfolio that fills a gap in our product offering, but most important to us was

the people that came with it; the new talent and the new relationships. And the relationships in this instance are really from around the world. This week, we’ve had folks in from England and Australia working on new product designs, and those relationships came with the Highmark acquisition.”

Hank Menke, President and CEO of OFS Brands. Photo by Jeff Beck for officeinsight

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As an outside observer, I think it’s important to draw a distinction between companies that integrate ac-quisitions in a positive way, honoring and learning from the people in the acquired company and those com-panies that for a variety of reasons, including overreaching financial goals, or worse, management arrogance, never actually reap the potential ben-efits of the transaction. It seems that OFS Brands, even in the choice of its name falls into the former category.

According to Ryan Menke the key to getting the most out of an acquisi-tion is listening and being empathetic but obsessively asking “Why?” It is this essential respect for people’s perspective that allows a company

to build upon what it has acquired instead of shrinking it.

“John Phillips, our new VP of design development, came to us through the Highmark acquisition, and his design background in the auto industry has brought us a lot of new ideas and per-spectives. We’ve also asked many of our distribution partners what they are seeing in their businesses and what they need.”

Not all new people, relationships and ideas have come to OFS through acquisition. Says Mr. Menke, “Over the years we’ve been fortunate to work with some very talented thought leaders in the industry, from Pam Light and John Duffy to Primo Orpilla, Daniel Korb and more recently Brian Graham.

Brian Graham’s Aptos for OFS. Flexible and adaptable across a broad range of applications.

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companies“I believe if you are truly empathetic

and you’re keenly interested in what people are saying, you’re going to be more pragmatic and you’re going to arrive at different and better results long term.”

Listening to people and being empathetic doesn’t mean not making changes. In fact, Mr. Menke says, “All the asking why and the discussions and responses have led us to reorga-nize my team to get a hyper-focus on solutions to settings regardless of our various brands. We understand that our clients are looking for solutions for various work settings and we need to tune our business with that under-standing. Qove work-lounge by Q Design for OFS

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companies“So in a major shift, we’ve taken

Stan Gray, who has done a fantastic job with our Carolina brand, and made him VP of brand experience across all the brands. He now has responsibil-ity for insuring that every touch point between the company and our various audiences conveys our brand value proposition consistently.”

Being open and empathetic can also bring rewards from unexpected places. While engaged in philan-thropic work in the community, Mr,

Menke met Joe Deetz, president and CEO of Visual Magnetics, an innova-tive company making “wide format magnetic materials.” The two struck up a friendship that has blossomed into the partnership that produced the printed super-graphic that was magnetically attached to the front wall of the OFS NeoCon showroom as well as the magnetically attached shelves shown at the show. The potential for cooperation and product development seems great with development plans

underway for quick-change magneti-cally attached wall coverings of every-thing from dry erase material to fabric and veneer.

Access to capital as a result of a history of success, long-term think-ing, and being people centered and empathetic are all favorable indicators of the future success and wellbeing of the company and its 1,700 em-ployees. OFS seems poised for more growth and even better results in the future. n

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The lighting industry is seeing change on a tremendous scale. Energy conservation goals have manifested in new lighting code standards across the country – from California’s Building Energy Efficiency Standards for resi-dential spaces to New York’s Energy Conservation Construction Code and its impact on commercial buildings.

While the sustainability end goals of these initiatives is positive and super important, lighting manufacturers are stumbling through these often-complex standards, understandably so, to try to make high quality products that comply.

We spoke to Ann Schiffers, senior VP of USAI Lighting, about the chal-

lenges lighting designers and manu-facturers face in creating new products that provide interior designers with the finest quality lighting that also com-plies with new stringent lighting code requirements.

ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1 is known as the benchmark for commer-cial building energy codes in the U.S.

“This standard provides the mini-mum requirements for energy-efficient design of most buildings, except low-rise residential buildings,” according to the standard’s ashrae.org website.

“It offers, in detail, the minimum energy-efficient requirements for design and construction of new build-ings and their systems, new portions of buildings and their systems, and new systems and equipment in existing buildings, as well as criteria for deter-mining compliance with these require-ments. It is an indispensable reference

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Ms. Schiffers discussed the five big-gest changes to lighting control require-ments, detailed below. In a nutshell, these changes are dedicated to saving energy by turning off or reducing lights and plug-load equipment more quickly when unnecessary or not in use. The new standards also added a tabular for-mat to its own literature to help clarify the specific lighting control require-ments by space type, which will make it easier for architects and designers to understand the requirements.

>Respond sooner to unoccupied spaces. Previous versions of Standard 90.1 allowed lighting in a space to remain on for up to 30 minutes after the last occupant left. The new code

trims the amount of time that a lighting system can illuminate an empty space by one-third, requiring that lights be automatically reduced or shut off within 20 minutes after occupants have left. Select vacancy sensors with a 20-minute time delay to satisfy this energy-saving addendum. (Occupancy sensors are sensors that turn lights on when a space is occupied; vacancy sensors cue lights to turn off when you walk away.)

>Automatically reduce plug loads in more spaces. The growing energy consumption by equipment (comput-ers, printers, etc.) at the receptacle is garnering more attention in the energy code. While Standard 90.1-2010 required automatic receptacle control in private offices, open offices and conference rooms, ensuring that

devices did not draw power in these spaces when unoccupied, Standard 90.1-2013 has expanded the role of automatic receptacle control and now requires rooms that are primar-ily used for printing and/or copying, breakrooms, classrooms (other than computer classrooms) and individual workstations to be outfitted for recep-tacle control as well.

There are two additional changes to the receptacle control requirements that are important to note. Occupancy-based turn-off is required within 20 minutes of a space becoming unoc-cupied, instead of the 30 minutes allowed by Standard 90.1-2010. In addition, controlled receptacles must be visually marked to allow users to differentiate between controlled recep-tacles and those that are not.

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>Automatic daylighting control is now required in secondary areas. Automatic daylight-responsive con-trols are now required deeper into the floorplate. Daylighting controls must be in secondary sidelighted areas where the combined controlled power in the primary and secondary daylighted areas is above 300 watts (W). Although the combined wattage of primary and secondary sidelighted areas is con-sidered in determining where control is necessary, the code requires that the primary and secondary areas be controlled separately.

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a&dof the space. Standard 90.1-2010 recognized this type of space and reduced its energy use by requiring that lights be automatically turned partially off within 30 minutes of the space becoming unoccupied. The partially off functionality was further defined as light levels being reduced by at least 50%.

Standard 90.1-2013 requires that more spaces be equipped to turn partially off and mandates this functionality in stairwells, corridors, classroom laboratories, some lobbies, small storage areas, library stacks and

warehouses. The requisite time delay has also been reduced to 20 minutes, instead of 30.

>New tabular format. Standard 90.1-2013 now includes a table that summarizes the minimum lighting con-trol requirements by space type. The goal was to make the lighting control requirements in Standard 90.1-2013 clearer and easier to understand in the hopes that it would improve compli-ance and be easier to enforce.

In lighting design, color rendering index, or CRI, is super important; CRI is a measure of the ability of a light

source to reveal the colors of various objects realistically or “naturally” in comparison with an ideal or natural light source.

The advent of LEDs provided people with a highly energy efficient light option, but the original LEDs were an awful, ugly royal cobalt blue color. And manufacturers have worked hard to develop LEDs with better CRI and many color quality options.

“In recessed lighting, architects always want the most lumens and highest quality light out of the smallest aperture possible.”

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that produces the light when elec-tronically connected. To alter the light’s color quality and produce a moredesir-able white light color, lighting com-panies started applying a phosphor coating to their chips.

Ms. Schiffers notes that lighting manu-facturers define much of their success,

or failure, based on the chip manufac-turer they choose to work with and the phosphor recipe they use. And just like anything else, they get what they pay for.

“We have a very high quality chip and a very high quality phosphor recipe that we make ourselves. Other manufacturers can beat our price, but the quality suffers.”

Lighting codes are making assump-tions about people’s (clients and specifiers) opinions and preferences in lighting. While trying to figure out how to comply with the codes and still offer customers lighting options they actu-ally want, some manufacturers have gone out of business or now struggle with long lead times.

But, lighting codes are providing the lighting industry with valuable stan-dards that were missing before.

“The real information is scarce, especially in what companies print on their product boxes,” said Ms. Schiffers. “Not everybody is printing the same information. There are no standards in place, and manufacturers can mislead customers.”

For example, many manufactur-ers list the “forced lumens” of a light on their box. Also referred to as raw lumens or total lumens, the term “forced lumens” describes the “total light output from the source.” But the more accurate measure of light output in many lighting products is “delivered lumens,” which describes how much useful light a light fixture can deliver to a given area, taking into account “lu-men loss” – which includes things like lighting reflection within the fixture and lighting that is blocked or redirected by the fixture housing.

Ms. Schiffers says the U.S. Depart-ment of Energy is working to level the playing field, and the next iteration of standards will likely come out some-time in 2017. These standards will be more refined to accomplish energy efficiency alongside high quality color standards.

Even though the codes have gone and are going through trial-and-error changes, Ms. Schiffers says she sees it as a good thing.

“The codes are changing and becoming more balanced. They’re learning more about color quality and how to work with it, which is a good thing.” n

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r-d connectionRESEARCH-DESIGN CONNECTIONPlace People and People Peopleby Sally Augustin, Ph.D.

Some of us are more attentive to the people around us and others to the place we’re in. McIntyre and Gra-ziano report that, “Individuals differ in how they deploy attention to their physical and social environments…we conducted two studies to explore

the links among attentional processes and interests in people and things…Outcomes from both studies sug-gest that attention and motivational processes are linked to differential interests in physical and social envi-ronments.” This McIntypre/Graziano study indicates, for example, that “place people” and “people people” reporting on previous experiences will focus on different aspects of the same situation. n

Miranda McIntyre and William Graziano. “Seeing People, Seeing Things: Individual Differences in Selec-tive Attention.” Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, in press.

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

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NOTEWORTHY>OFM President Blake Zal-cberg was named to Wood-working Network’s 2016 Wood Industry 40 Under 40 list. Selected by a team of editors at Woodworking Net-work, the annual award rec-ognizes industry profession-als who are having a major impact on their business, the manufacturing field and the

community as a whole. Under Mr. Zalcberg’s leadership, the family-run company based in North Carolina recently opened four new distribution centers in California, Kansas, Pennsylvania, and Washing-ton state; pioneered office and school furniture featur-ing built-in charging stations with AC outlets and USB ports; and partnered with fabric companies to dramati-cally expand custom-design options, among other things. Mr. Zalcberg serves as the chief visionary and marketer of the company. He regularly travels to China, Taiwan and Mexico to meet with manu-facturers working on OFM product lines. His writings on educational and workplace design can regularly be seen in the Huffington Post and industry-focused publications. Read More

>Lane Office and DIRTT on Aug. 9 rallied the commer-cial construction industry’s top influencers together for the Build Better Breakfast at Arno Ristorante in the Gar-ment District of NYC. Laura Jamer, Director of Global Part-nerships at DIRTT, spoke on behalf of DIRTT’s revolution-ary new construction method, stating that “it effectively solves the problems that have been tolerated as unfortunate, but necessary in construc-tion.” During her presentation, Ms. Jamer explained DIRTT’s speed, cost certainty, clean construction and future flex-ibility. Despite having heard of DIRTT, many were unaware of its dramatic reductions in onsite labor overhead and scheduling. She went on to discuss that with conventional construction, 70% of costs are spent on labor and 30% on materials. Utilizing “The DIRTT Approach” reverses this ratio. This means that, not only will installation save time and money, the space will be a high-quality, adaptable investment. Read More

>The Museum of Design At-lanta launched Design Club, a free membership program for kids ages 0 to 17. Kids who join Design Club will be joining a network of more than 1,500 young designers, most of whom are in the metro-Atlanta area, but some of whom live as far away as Chicago and Rome, Italy. MODA’s Design Club offers each member and one accompanying adult unlimited free admission to the museum’s exhibitions, newslet-ters with design challenges,

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>Regus, a global provider of flexible workspace solutions, shared research indicating that Corporate Social Respon-sibility (CSR) is a key issue for the American workforce. Of almost 13,341 survey respondents, more than half (58%) reported it is important to them that their employer is involved in charity work, and a significant 47% said that when presented with two equal jobs, they would give preference to the more charitable company. Key findings from American respondents:

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officenewswire-20% would like to be better informed about other team’s charitable activities and CSR.

-30% of respondents think firms in their sector should be more involved in CSR and charitable giving (42%).

“Businesses should grasp this willingness to contribute to society and ensure that their workers know about charity and CSR projects, and are offered the opportunity to get involved directly,” said Regus Executive Vice President Jeff Doughman. “Workers who are aware of their company’s philanthropic activities are more likely to feel fulfilled and motivated by their work. In addition, charitable initiatives create opportunities for man-agement and employees to team up and work together.” Read More

>Studio-Tag is a new interac-tive showroom in NYC that focuses on supporting de-signers through every phase of their creative process. It offers a curatorial approach targeted towards commercial,

corporate, and hospitality interiors – bridging quality, design, and relevant pricing for these sectors. One part modern boutique hotel lounge and one part collective think tank, the studio is the brain-child of its three founders: Emma Robson, Jon Offerman and Devon Rausch, who bring years of experience working within every sector of design – construction, architecture and interior design, furniture selection and space planning. It is conceived to be a turnkey solution, working with design-ers from the conceptual design phase and assisting in selecting suitable prod-ucts while considering the designer’s design brief and layout as well as client needs, creating a truly customized design solution. The studio represents 13 international and local manufacturers, and very product offered is on display, including acoustic paneling, lighting, blinds, rugs, architectural glass, cus-tomized steel solutions and a wide range of auxiliary Euro-

pean furniture from manu-facturers that include Verpan, Hay, Johanson, Slalom, Polarmoss, Pedrali, Framery, Opiary, Donar, Creative Touch Rugs, Tagwall, Greenwall and Verde. One of Studio-Tag’s noteworthy capabilities is an approach developed exclu-sively for the Studio by its in-house art director, Anna Abbruzzo, which offers clients the opportunity to work with artists to translate works of art into customizable, functional installations that are both contextual and respond to the allocated art budget. The idea is to apply artwork (of the cli-ent’s choice) to architectural elements such as walls and glass partitions. Ms. Abbruzzo currently works with various known contemporary artists such as painter Irene Neal (whose work is exhibited cur-rently at the Studio), and pho-tographer David Wittig whose images have been seamlessly integrated into the Tagwall architectural glass wall envi-ronments in the showroom.

The 6,200 sq.ft. showroom is located in the historical Plant building near Times Square, which has been a source of collaboration, energy, and purpose ever since legends like John Lennon and Jimi Hendrix recorded some of their iconic hits in the Record Plant Studio. Read More

>Teknion recently recognized its top international dealer, Integrated Design Solutions based in Guaynabo, PR, with a Platinum Award. This is the second consecutive year that Integrated Design Solutions has earned top honors. David Rodriguez and Marlen Diaz are the principals of IDS. Read More

RE-SITED>Clarice Cawood joined Nemo Tile as the company’s first ever director of na-tional accounts. She brings more than 16 years of tile industry sales experience to

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The Integrated Design Solutions team in its Puerto Rico showroom. From the left, back row, standing: Marlen Diaz, Hector Natal, Jose Da-vid Lebron and David Rodriguez. Front row, seated: Joselyn Vazquez, Maria Villanueva, Ana Morales, Victor Nales, Benny Quinones, Yaritza Ramos, Miriam Ramy and Jullymar Jimenez. The dog in the photo is Olivia and she is a Weimaraner.in its Puerto Rico showroom


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officenewswirethe newly established posi-tion. An expert at building relationships and anticipating clients’ needs, Ms. Cawood’s role will expand Nemo Tile’s distribution outside north-eastern United States for the first time. Having previously worked at well-known indus-try names such as Graniti-Fiandre and its distributor, TransCeramica, where she led national accounts and worked with in-house designers and architects at key clients including Wendy’s, Marriott, Porsche and Macy’s, Clarice will leverage her expertise to bring Nemo Tile to major commercial brands in new locations across the U.S. Read More

PROJECTS>The CetraRuddy-designed office building under con-struction on 15th Street in Manhattan will be the trendy Meatpacking District’s tallest building when completed. Developed by Boston-based Rockpoint Group, the 18-story, 130,000 sq.ft. building features more than 8,000 sq.ft. of outdoor terrace space — a rarity for an office

project, and indicative of the movement of residential amenities into the commercial sector. The 270-foot high tower also connects to 85,000 sq.ft. of office and retail space in renovated buildings on 14th Street. About that height distinction: Plans were filed before zoning ordinances changed in the Meatpack-ing District, limiting heights to 130 feet. With that extra 140 feet, occupants will have quite a view. Read More

>HDR designed the new building for the School of Materials Science and Engi-neering at UNSW Australia (The University of New South Wales). It officially opened in July with a ribbon-cutting ceremony presided over by top officials from UNSW and

the state of New South Wales. The MSE building, also known as the Hilmer Build-ing, houses Australia’s highest ranked materials and physical science research institute and highlights UNSW’s reputa-tion as one of the world’s top universities.

HDR, the lead laboratory architects and engineers were selected with Grimshaw, head design consultant, and TTW and Steensen Varming, principal consultants, based on the team’s elegant design competition proposal, which married the precise functional and servicing requirements of physical and chemical science laboratories with the need for enhanced interaction between researchers, aca-demics, and faculty members.

“The MSE Building includes laboratories that require the critical isolation of vibration, acoustics, electromagnetic and radio frequency interfer-ences as well as accurate control of temperature and humidity in the laboratory environments,” stated HDR Principal and Senior Vice President Ahmad Soueid. “Our comprehensive design team worked closely with UNSW as we applied the best design, planning and engineering practices of relevant projects from across the globe. The result is a fully integrated design that pro-vides many features for future flexibility and an adaptable laboratory scheme that will accommodate the dynamic changes in material sciences research and applications of materials technologies.”

The MSE Building has also been designed to celebrate “science on display” with abundant research and collaboration space. The laboratory spaces make up the core of the facility and are transparent wherever possi-ble, revealing the work of the researchers within. Surround-ing the labs is a habitable “skin” consisting of meeting rooms, offices and breakout spaces designed to encour-age knowledge sharing.

“We have created the new planning typology to evoke the best work from inspired individuals. The architecture’s primary purpose is to enable innovation and insight in research that sets new prec-edents globally. Invention and creativity arises through the

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officenewswireintersection of many people,” shared Grimshaw Partner An-drew Cortese. “The porosity of the planning approach for the laboratory environment allows for activities to occur in con-nected ‘research neighbor-hoods and academic forums’, stacked both horizontally and vertically across the building, allowing interaction across all levels, all departments and all research programs.” Read More

>MKDA completed the new U.S. headquarters in Stamford, CT, for Tradition Energy, one of the world’s largest full-service energy consulting firms. The firm relocated from 680 Washing-ton Blvd. to 9 West Broad St., to support its rapid growth and changing efficiency and technology needs. The concept for the 22,450 sq.ft. penthouse space was conceived to achieve three objectives: one, support the firm’s substantial infrastruc-ture needs; two, brand the

full-floor office and showcase energy efficient LED lighting to reflect the energy business; and three, create an open lay-out within a private workplace with multiple group pods.

“The result is a beautiful workplace that reinforces the energy firm’s visual brand and mission, and provides the appropriate balance of openness, collaboration and privacy,” said MKDA Manag-ing Director and Director of Design Julia Lindh. “The high performance office also meets the firm’s functional needs.”

The workplace houses an ex-ecutive office wing with a pri-vate boardroom and restroom that is near a 62-person open trading floor and pantry. The low profile raised trading floor allows power and computer cables to run underfoot, cre-ating adaptability despite the heavily wired environment. Private offices with glass walls at the perimeter allow natural light to reach the interior.

The workplace also comprises a 1,500 sq.ft., 50-person disaster recovery center to support Tradition Energy’s New York office in the event of a catastrophe; a 1,200 sq.ft. terrace that has been subdivided for multiple uses; and additional work areas with low profile workstations and breakout areas.

MKDA added a new full-sized core restroom and renovated the others.

“This was a complex assign-ment that required our team to work hand-in-hand with the client and engineer,” added Ms. Lindh. “In addition to the raised trading floor and core restroom, we installed rooftop generators and backup IT equipment that required the floors to be reinforced with structural steel beams hung from the roof. As a result, Tradition Energy now has a state-of-the-art workplace that will carry the firm through fu-ture expansions and potential crises.”

MKDA designed the elevator lobby and reception area with

dark wood paneled walls cut with striking vertical bands of light to create an immediate brand impact. A curved fea-ture wall behind the custom wood and marble reception desk sets a soft, natural tone for linear lights, the firm’s logo and colorful nature-themed artwork. Light porcelain stone tiles cut a pathway through common areas to a pantry that borders the terrace and provides opportunities for al fresco dining. The entire workplace is enhanced with accents in the corporate blue color. Read More

>NELSON Chicago complet-ed the new Horizon Pharma offices in Lake Forest, IL. Horizon Pharma retained the interior design services of NELSON to promote, en-hance, and further develop its business brand. Moving from a previous location spanning five floors in various suites, the client wished for a new space that would allow for proper departmental adjacen-cies while accommodating future growth and promoting synergy amongst employees.

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officenewswireUtilizing an open office con-cept, the NELSON team cre-ated various breakout spaces, giving employees the constant ability to engage and com-municate. Examples include a full service cafe, a game room, and multiple meet-ing spaces. Additionally, the client’s brand and mantra are re-emphasized in the form of bright signage and graphics throughout the space to cre-ate a sense of cohesion.

Consultant time frames for drawing deliverables were aggressive, so the NELSON team held multiple working sessions to aid in effective communication and coordina-tion. They also quickly adjust-ed plans to represent updated departmental repositioning throughout the duration of the project. Construction was completed in 12 weeks due to speed, management, and decision making. Read More

EVENTS>AIA New York Chapter re-vealed its much-anticipated Archtober 2016 Building of the Day lineup on the rede-signed and just-launched Archtober website. For 31 days, Archtober hosts invited tours of the latest architectur-al highlights in the city’s five boroughs. These tours are daily lunchtime guided visits to New York City’s most no-table built spaces – some led by the architects themselves. Examples for Archtober 2016 include:

– 520 West 28th St. (a new work by the late Zaha Hadid): Oct. 24

– The Lowline (an underground park by Raad Studio): Oct. 2

– Sanitation Garage & Salt Shed (by Dattner and WXY architecture + urban design): Oct. 11

– St. Patrick’s Cathedral (new-ly renovated and reopened): Oct. 19

– Hudson Yards (the huge midtown development): Oct. 28

The website http://archtober.org is the best way to hear about scores of activities, talks, tours, walks, shows, films, installations and exhibitions on offer this year, thanks to 50-plus participating orga-nizations. Festival attendees should check in periodically for updates, as most events and tours have limited availability and fill up fast. A large number also follow the festival on Twit-ter: @Archtober. Read More

>Poland’s Culture.pl exhibi-tion at the first London Design Biennale, Sep. 7-27, will feature an imaginative concept entitled Cadavre Exquis: An Anatomy of Uto-pia. Conceived and curated by Maria Jeglinska and Klara Czerniewska for the Polish Pavilion, the installation will tackle the Biennale’s question “How can design and innova-tion make the world better?” Founder of the Warsaw-based Office for Design & Research, Ms. Jeglinska is renowned for her work in design and culture and believes that in today’s world, research can trigger and generate new

solutions. Ms. Czerniewska is an art historian, writer and curator. Deeply compelled by art and design, she has co-curated exhibitions across Poland. Borrowing from the form of the surrealist word association game, the exqui-site corpse, Cadavre Exquis invites the viewer to act as a co-creator of a proposed nar-rative, examining how the 21st century creates space for new utopias as it reflects on the numerous crises and failures of modernist social, political and urban projects from the previous century. By assum-ing the role of the wanderer, visitors will face the choice between their own path towards an idyllic utopia or a disturbing dystopia. Whether their vision will be positive or negative will be up to them. The journey examines ques-tions relevant to the current era and the collective search for a new utopia. Does the age of diversity allow space for idealist uniformity and totality? How can Utopia be designed? Is it possible to de-vise an algorithm to generate a utopian future?

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officenewswirethirty countries across six continents. A talented roster of international creatives and industry insiders will explore how design and innovation can make the world better with the event’s guiding motif, Utopia By Design. All partici-pants, including the world’s most influential museums and cultural institutions such as Cooper Hewitt, Smithson-ian Design Museum (USA), the Triennale Design Museum (Italy), and the Victoria and Albert Museum (UK), among many others, will develop thought provoking installa-tions that ponder the concept of utopia and the impact of design. Read More

>The Detroit Creative Corri-dor Center (DC3) on Thurs-day, Sep. 8 will host Drinks x Design and a Design Crawl to celebrate Detroit securing its UNESCO City of Design sta-tus. Beginning at 5:30 p.m., guests (21+) are invited to be the first to experience the Skyy Vodka Lounge, a pop-up space located on the first floor of 1505 Woodward Ave., be-fore embarking on a self-guid-ed tour of some of Detroit’s most iconic design studios. The celebration will begin at One Woodward Avenue, the first skyscraper designed by Minoru Yamasaki, then will be followed by two more destina-

tions, including the debut of Detroit Lives!, a new studio space at the one-time home of the Detroit Stock Exchange. This will be the first time the studio is open to the public since its $150,000 renova-tion. Next, guests will visit dPOP! located in a 132-year-old vault beneath downtown Detroit’s Chrysler House, which dPOP!’s designers have scavenged and repurposed into one of Detroit’s hippest commercial design studios. After visiting all locations, guests can return to the Skyy Vodka Lounge to collect a prize. Participation is free and open to the public, but regis-tration is required. The event precedes DC3’s sixth-annual Detroit Design Festival, Sep. 21-25, a citywide celebration of design, which has attracted more than 100,000 people. This year, the festival’s theme is “Designing Detroit’s Future” and will feature a Design Summit to kick-off the vision-ing process for the initiative. Read More

>IFI’s 2017 World Interiors Day, officially designated as Saturday May 27, will be celebrated the entire month of May with the theme “Interior Design for Gen-erations.” WID is an annual global event initiated by IFI to highlight interior architecture/

design and related exper-tise. It offers designers the opportunity to engage with, plan, and share openly with their communities, cities and countries by actively demon-strating the merits and impact of designed spaces and how they impact the quality of our everyday life – regardless of gender, generation, race, practice, culture or condition. In less than 15 years of its ex-istence WID has continued to grow and expand, becoming the preeminent celebration of Interiors that it is today. With the theme of “Interiors Intelligence”, WID 2016 took place throughout the globe with markedly rich and diverse activities. The 2017 theme focuses on the future, addressing questions such

as: As life expectancy con-tinues to rise and there are wider age ranges, what does it mean to design for genera-tions? Do our Interiors belong to a specific time and place? What happens when we add the generational factor to the equation? Read More

>The retrospective exhibition “nendo: looking through the window” opens Saturday, Aug. 27 at the Taiwan De-sign Museum in Taipei City and runs through Oct. 30. Nendo will show 91 collec-tions – more than 200 pieces – in the 1,420 square meter venue. Housing six different galleries, the architectural structure sits on the grounds of a former tobacco factory. Read More

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businessBUSINESS AFFAIRS>The American Institute of Architects reported the July Architecture Billings Index score was 51.5, down from the mark of 52.6 in the previous month. This score still reflects an increase in design services (any score above 50 indicates an increase in billings). The new projects inquiry index was 57.5, down from a reading of 58.6 the previous month. The design contracts index was 51.8 up from 49.7 in June.

“The uncertainty surrounding the presidential election is causing some funding decisions regarding larger construction projects to be delayed or put on hold for the time being,” said AIA Chief Economist Kermit Baker, Hon. AIA, PhD. “It’s likely that these concerns will persist up until the election, and there-fore we would expect higher levels of volatility in the design and construction sector in the months ahead.”

Regional three-month moving average ABI was highest in the South (56.9), followed by the Midwest (50.1), Northeast (49.3), and West (49.2). By sector, multi-family residential scored highest (55.2), followed by institutional (50.7), mixed practice (50.5), and commercial/industrial (50.3). http://new.aia.org/press-releases/15956-architecture-billings-index-moderates-slightly-remains-positive

>HNI Corp. Senior Vice President and CFO Kurt Tjaden plans to present Aug. 23 at the Invest Minnesota 5th Annual Investors Conference in Minneapolis, MN. The event is hosted by the CFA Society of Minnesota. Mr. Tjaden’s presentation is

scheduled for approximately 2:30 p.m. Central Time. Associ-ated presentation materials will be available Aug. 22 on HNI’s website (under Investors – News Releases and Events) at http://www.hnicorp.com.

>Michael A. Dunlap & Associates, LLC unveiled the results of its quarterly MADA/OFI Trends Survey, which measures the current business activity of the commercial furniture industry and its suppliers. This survey was completed during the month of July 2016 and marks the 48th Edition since the survey started in the summer of 2004. The survey establishes an Industry Index Number to quantify where the industry is currently performing. For example, an index of 100 means that things “couldn’t be better”, an index of ONE is “absolutely the worst” it can be, and an index of 50 means it is neutral; no change “up” or “down”.

The July Overall Survey Index is 56.03 compared to an almost identical October 2015 Overall Index of 56.05. The 48-survey average for the overall index is 54.82. The highest recorded Index was 59.72 in July 2005 and the lowest was 41.45 in April 2009 during the bottom of the recession.

“The industry continues to grow steadily,” Mike Dunlap com-mented. “The smaller to mid-sized companies are growing faster than the Top Five. The Overall Index is strong and is defi-nitely above the 54.82 survey average. 2015 was the best year we had seen in well over a decade and we remain confident that 2016 will be even better.”

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Interface 17.1 15.4 18.2 19.1 22.5 25.2 -33.9% 4.2%

Kimball 12.1 11.4 11.4 9.8 9.9 11.9 -6.5% 3.6%

Knoll 25.6 24.2 21.9 18.8 21.9 25.9 -1.9% 1.8%

Leggett 52.5 50.8 48.5 42.0 42.1 49.7 -4.0% 0.0%

Mohawk 210.2 189.4 192.4 189.4 189.0 193.2 -2.2% 3.2%

Steelcase 14.3 13.6 14.9 14.9 18.6 19.7 -29.9% 0.1%

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businessThe July 2016 survey highlights are:

-Gross Shipments Index rose from April to 58.95 after an all-time record of 64.33 in January 2016 and 59.33 in October 2015. The 48-survey average is 57.94. The strong Order Back-log Index of 63.33 increased from 58.06 in April. The 48-sur-vey average is 57.03.

-The Employment Index retreated to 53.42 from 54.24 in April and a strong 57.00 in January. The 48-survey average is 52.40. The Hours Worked Index of 57.78 dipped slightly from 58.28 in April and compares to 57.50 in January. The 48-sur-vey average is 55.65.

-Capital Expenditures slipped slightly to 56.49 from a nice bump to 61.25 in April 2016. Tooling Expenditures dipped to 55.68 from 57.19 in July. These compare to the 48-survey averages of 55.62 and 55.97.

-New Product Development fell to 61.32 from 63.03 in April 2016. The 48-survey average is 63.47. “This has been one of our strongest indexes, but it has been declining,” noted Mr. Dunlap.

-The July 2016 Raw Material Costs, 46.49 is a significant de-cline and is probably a correction to the very high index values of the past five quarters. The April 2016 Index was 53.33. Five of the past five quarters are all above 50.00 and the 48-survey average is 45.06.

-Employee Costs also worsened to 44.74 from April’s 47.81 and January’s 46.55. The 48-survey average is 46.67.

-The Personal Outlook Index is 62.37, up from 61.82 in April and 61.03 in January, but down from October’s 64.67. The all-time high was 66.40 in July 2016. The 48-survey average is 58.08.

Mr. Dunlap further stated “The high Gross Sales, Order Back-log, and Personal Outlook are indicators of the current strength of the industry. The shifts in Employment Levels and Hours Worked index values are indicative signs that hiring new em-ployees might be keeping up with demand and is still not being offset by less overtime.

“The decreases in Capital Expenditures and Tooling Expendi-tures are quite small when comparing them to their 48-sur-vey averages. The New Product Development index is still of significant concern and we will monitor this puzzling trend very closely. Both manufacturers and suppliers continue to report similar experiences.

“The sharp drop in the Raw Material Cost Index appears to be a market correction in the prices of commodities like fuel, steel, copper, and plastics. It’s actually was ‘deflation’ scenario that is typically good only for a short period. Yet it beats index values in the upper 30’s and lower 40’s.

“The Employee Cost index value is not unusual and is slightly better than the 48-survey average.”

Mr. Dunlap added, “Although there are signs of softening, I am delighted to see the strength of the Personal Outlook Index.” It’s a purely emotional question but we put a lot of value on this content.”

The most frequently cited perceived threats to the industry’s success are the economy, some materials costs, healthcare costs and exchange rates. Healthcare costs are the most commonly cited concern from respondents since this survey process was started in August 2004.

As always, Mr. Dunlap thanked the respondents with this comment. “Almost 67% of the responses come from execu-tives who are the Chairman, CEO, COO or President of their organizations. I am always extremely grateful for their partici-pation and support. Their suggestions and recommendations are extremely helpful to the performance and content of this unique survey.”

“Three out of ten Index values have improved and seven have declined, but these are simple corrections in the industry’s performance. Only Materials and Employee costs are below the ‘50’ level. We maintain the opinion that the industry will continue to grow steadily during mid-2016 and probably into 2017.”

The July 2016 MADA / OFI Trends survey was sent to more than 700 individuals involved with office furniture manufactur-ing and suppliers from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America and from companies ranging from more than $1 Billion in sales to less than $10 Million in sales. The survey repeats in October 2016. Read More

TECHNOLOGY>Configura named Lauren Adams CET Designer User of the Month for August. A long-term and knowledgeable CET Designer user, Ms. Adams is also a presenter at Configura’s 9th annual CET Designer User Conference, to be held Oct. 18 – 19 in Grand Rapids, MI. Her session on Installation Drawings at the conference will draw on her experience in the commer-cial interior design profession.

Ms. Adams has used CET Designer for six years and particu-larly likes creating renderings, as the process takes her back to her design roots. After finishing her undergraduate education at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, she began her career at a furniture dealership. She moved to Dallas after getting married and is now director of design at Dallas-based The Spencer Company.

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One thing she loves about design is having the ability to change a space: “I love the process of taking a space from a raw, unfinished shell to the final finished design. The end result is incredibly rewarding,” she said.

Using CET Designer from start to finish has simplified her work and made her more efficient. She creates drawings, render-ings, quotes and even holds live client presentations in CET De-signer. She continually finds more shortcuts and features that make day-to-day work easier.

Her best CET Designer trick and most recent discovery is the “bump” feature in Material Lab. “It’s been a game changer. It really makes fabrics and finishes come to life,” she said.

Clients and coworkers alike share Lauren’s love for CET Designer. The ability to show and manipulate a 3D model live is – using her own words – huge. “With the new Virtual Reality Extension, it’s only going to take our client experience to the next level,” she said.

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>NFS Technology Group, providers of Rendezvous room booking software, entered a collaborative partnership with Crestron®, a leading global manufacturer of integrated tech-nology for automation, control and management. Rendezvous and Crestron Fusion® Cloud, a leading cloud-based enterprise management system, seamlessly combine to create a truly connected workplace environment and end-to-end solution. Crestron Fusion Cloud enables technology managers to globally monitor, manage, and control room devices, as well as display meeting details inside and outside the scheduled room. It also enables them to collect device and room usage data so they can make informed, intelligent decisions to improve workflow.

With this joint solution, employees can find a meeting space, book the room and catering, set-up lighting, control tempera-ture, lower window shades, and bring remote offices into the meeting by video conferencing seamlessly for a timely start. Crestron scheduling touch screens just outside the room enable them to instantly see room status, book the room, or release it if unused (requires occupancy sensor). Adding the Crestron PinPoint™ app provides employees with a personal, mobile, dynamic scheduling tool; contextual information enables them to book spaces based on where they are, what they’re trying to do, and with whom they are working.

Rendezvous features:

-Efficient Management: book the room anytime and anywhere, select audio/visual, video conferencing, desks, car parking and catering if desired.

-Meeting Changes: if meeting time changes, Rendezvous auto-matically makes adjustments and notifies participants and ser-vice providers. If meeting ends earlier than scheduled, Rendez-vous automatically releases the room for someone else to book.

-Integrate with Outlook/Exchange: Ensures time-critical calendar management with constantly updated staff and meeting data.

-Management information: So you know how your space is used and can make informed real estate decisions.

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Crestron Fusion Cloud and Crestron control systems features:

-No-touch startup: Enter a room and the meeting begins – lights on, displays on, personalized welcome message on the room display. One-touch video conference controls allow users to easily join in.

-Convenient scheduling capabilities: Scheduling panel outside the room provides room status, time, and ability to book the room on the spot or release it back into inventory if it’s unused.

-Global device management: Proactive monitoring and man-agement of your global network of rooms and AV devices in a single location.

-Automated space management: Room is automatically reset for the next group when participants exit. (Requires occupancy sensor.) Read More

>Stallworth Enterprises launched DesignAsBuilt.com, a cloud-based product search and sourcing software tool for the building industry. Its web database offers a comprehen-sive and vetted virtual product library where architects, interior designers, contractors, facility managers, and engineers can search through more than 15,000 top manufacturers’ catalogs and contacts in the hospitality, healthcare, retail, institutional, commercial, and residential segments of the industry. Its user-friendly interface allows subscribers to easily organize and track their products. The website contains more than 7,000 refer-ence books, codes and standards along with information on management services and systems, and a consistently updated listing of local sales representatives. DAB is said to be the first digital platform that allows users to search through code-specific products, including sustainability certifications, such as LEED, LEED v4, and energy.gov. The specifications and searches can then be saved in the professional’s own library and shared across their office’s and company’s library. This al-lows for seamless communication and tracking of products for projects all over the world.

Manufacturers that join DesignAsBuilt.com have daily control over everything listed, from individual products and collections to named sales representatives. Companies can login and update all of their information so that building professionals are accessing the most accurate and up-to-date content for projects. With the ability to update their profiles with a simple click of a button, manufacturers can save a countless amount of resources that would have been spent printing and delivering new materials to firms across the country.

With more than 30 years of experience organizing and maintain-ing materials and reference libraries for some of the building industry’s most respected firms, including HOK, Arup, Perkins + Will, and San Francisco Department of Public Works, Stall-worth Enterprises Founder Rachel Stallworth gained extensive insight into the way building professionals source products and manufacturers for projects. More importantly, she noticed that technology utilized by the AEC community was advancing, but the methods they used to source products was not. Beyond this, the new generation of designers and architects, unfamiliar with paper catalogs, were looking to unvetted sources on the web. Rachel addressed both these issues by creating a simplified, digital platform that appeals to the younger generation while con-necting them with professional, reputable manufacturers.

Ms. Stallworth established her first database, tradesources.net in 1999. Offering a comprehensive collection of products, manufacturers, and resources, tradesources.net was the industry’s first digitized source for reference materials that were previously only available in paper catalogs and directories. DesignAsBuilt.com picked up where tradesources.net left off, bringing an expanded database of information to a cloud-based platform that allows for secure, simplified, streamlined sharing between individuals, offices, and company libraries.

Manufacturers can create profiles on DesignAsBuilt.com free of charge, so that they can regularly update and maintain their profiles. Manufacturers looking to have a larger presence on the site can pay between $3000 and $5000 to feature their catalog on the site’s “Quick Look Library”. Seen on each AEC user’s homepage, the company’s logo will be featured on a binder in a virtual bookcase that subscribers can easily click on to be taken directly to the manufacturer’s online catalog.

For AEC industry members, a $1000 per seat, one-year sub-scription; or a $1900 per seat, two-year subscription with Desi-gnAsBuilt.com will provide access to all of the site’s features limited only by the number of seats purchased with simultane-ous access to the site. Both user-friendly and detail-intensive, DesignAsBuilt.com is bringing the AEC community into the 21st century with its state-of-the-art features and vetted industry knowledge. Read More

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Textile Designer - Orangeburg, NY

Arc-Com is a premier supplier of contract textiles and wallcovering.

The Arc-Com Design Team creates and introduces innovative and high performance textile products for the corporate, hospitality, healthcare and institutional markets. We are looking for a creative Designer to work on product development. We are located in Orangeburg, N.Y. (15 minutes North of the GW Bridge).

Position Requirements:

> Foundation knowledge of the contract industry

> Ability to create and modify artwork digitally is essential

> CAD experience, spe-cifically Photoshop & Illustrator.

> Excellent Pattern and Development skills.

> Strong color sense. > Experience in woven tex-tiles and fabric construc-tions.

> Knowledgeable with test requirements. Flammabil-ity, Crocking, Colorfast-ness, and Abrasion.

> Experience working with contract textile mills.

> Excellent follow-up and communication skills.

> Strong organizational and analytical abilities.

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Marketing Professional/Experienced - Orangeburg, NY

Arc-Com is a premier supplier of contract textiles and wallcovering. We are located in Orangeburg, N.Y. (15 minutes North of the GW Bridge).

The Arc-Com design team creates and introduces innovative and high performance textile and wallcovering products for the corporate, hospitality, healthcare and institutional markets. We are looking for a marketing professional who has knowledge of the contract design business—a creative person who has a common sense of how to “go to market” with new product.

Position Requirements:

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> Knowledge and experience in presenting a pristine image of a company’s vision – from packaging to presentation

> Good color and design sense is essential

> Working with professionals

to create a qualifying CEU for our Design clients in the A&D Community

> Provide strategic direction for promotional materials and advertising

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> Knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, and Social Media platforms

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> Travel with sales staff to market new product to the A&D community

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> Participate fully in profes-sional societies and activi-ties related to the commer-cial textile and wallcovering industry

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Inside Sales - Chicago

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We need a sales person who is great on the phone and can handle the sales process from introduction through

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Independent Rep Groups - U.S. and Canada

Dani Leather is building a Brand and a Sales Team. We are looking for talented Independent Reps/ Groups with great relationships, solid line packages. Textile or leather experience is a plus.

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> Your talents include:• A Solid Work Ethic• Sales Calls• Engaging, Entertaining

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