Neil Frankel: The New Academy & Haworth...

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Neil Frankel: The New Academy & Haworth Scholars

Neil Frankel is a man of refi ned sensibilities, and uncommonly able to gen-tly articulate his penetrating insights about architecture and design tangibly, in his projects and practices, but also verbally, in a way that indicates that his work must have a deep connection to the real world in which we live.FULL STORY ON PG.3

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Turnstone at Cranbrook

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Working with the A&D Community and end users has its benefi ts beyond sales: invitations to many cool events. But few have been as rewarding as participating in the Navy’s new “Green Showcase,” which was dedicated on January 16th. FULL STORY ON PG.16

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The CWP is an off-campus facility located in Chicago’s Merchandise Mart that serves as a residential, educa-tional incubator each school semester for twelve select graduate and senior students from UW-Milwaukee’s Gradu-ate School of Architecture and Urban Planning. The focus of this experi-ence is to investigate the relationship between “social research and design excellence,” or more to the point, the relationship between the design of the built environment and human responses and activities

offi ceinsight visited Mr. Frankel in Chicago to learn more about these ex-citing developments in A&D education.

OI: What spurred your move to create the Center For Workplace Perfor-mance?NF: For some time, I’ve been inter-ested in the fact that the design brief has not been evolving. Walking down the halls of architecture and interior design schools across the country, the students are doing the exact same problems that I did when I was a stu-dent. They look different, but they’re essentially addressing the same formal questions, and there’s something

“gratifi cation,” and became the Fit-zhugh Scott Endowed Chair in Design Excellence at the Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

In his professorial role, Mr. Frankel, indeed, cannot suppress the thread of his rough and ready Bronx heri-tage that runs through his career of innovation and iconoclasm. One of only fi ve fellows of both AIA and IIDA, and a senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council, Mr. Frankel was the sole recipient of the American Institute of Architects Students (AIAS) Educa-tion Honor Award in 2005. From his perch on this elevated, small plateau, Mr. Frankel could not resist the urge to explore, to cut a new path to the future. So, in 2006, Mr. Frankel and Ms. Coleman enlisted Haworth to team with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to create the Center for Workplace Performance under Mr. Frankel’s directorship.

Neil Frankel: The New Academy & Haworth Scholarsby Brad Powell

Neil Frankel is a man of refi ned sensi-bilities, and uncommonly able to gently articulate his penetrating insights about architecture and design tangibly, in his projects and practices, but also verbally, in a way that indicates that his work must have a deep connection to the real world in which we live.

One might not, at fi rst contact, im-mediately recognize that, beneath his elegant and sophisticated deportment, and that of his designs, lies the heart of a biker from the Bronx. But that is the case, and it has become increas-ingly evident since this Hall of Fame (Interior Design magazine, that is) architect and pioneer interior designer ended his illustrious position, leading the architectural interior practice of Skidmore, Owing & Merrill, Chicago. Shortly thereafter, in 2000, Mr. Frankel and his wife and business partner formed the independent studio, Frankel + Coleman, for the practice of design, journalism and, as they say,

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may know, is largely absent from un-dergraduate pedagogy, regardless of what the schools tell you.

OI: Why?NF: A large part of it is that students don’t engage in research until the Ph.D. level, and there are only a hand-ful of Ph.D. design programs in our country.

More generally, design education has not signifi cantly expanded beyond the issues that were the concern of the Beaux Arts Academy. Research and new information revises the questions asked, the direction of goals and the metrics of accomplishment. The fact is, we’re not ambitious enough. We need to expand the value equation of design.

OI: What was Haworth’s interest in this?NF: One could suggest it’s about taking the long view in relationship de-velopment or that they are just being benevolent. I think they like the idea that they are sponsoring bright, ambi-tious young people who can make a difference. We are training people who

OI: And when was this? NF: We started the discussions about four years ago, and we formulated a strategy. We decided to do this in Chi-cago. I handpick twelve students per semester, and the students relocate to Chicago for the semester. Faculty members from the Ph.D. program, which includes research techniques and methodology, teach my students these skills. Signifi cant social research or even research in general, as you

wrong with this. In an age where you have access to infi nite informa-tion, why isn’t all the available social research informing the design brief? This is true of both the profession and the academy, the design brief is not getting richer in aspiration or goals.

OI: Is that because architects provide most of the instruction in interior design schools? NF: No, not at all. It’s because there are low expectations as to the role of the designer. Whether it’s an architect or interior designer, the idea is that we’re simply making basic shelter – keeping the rain out, keeping the room from blowing down, or getting ten people into an accounting department. That expectation does not include con-necting social research with design. So I took the issue to Haworth, who is a client of ours, and made a pro-posal: each semester, I’ll gather twelve bright students, graduate and seniors from our program at the University of Wisconsin School of Architecture and Urban Planning, with a view toward investigating the connection between social research and design, in theory and practice. Haworth supported the idea.

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participation; they want to have a posi-tive effect on the world. They are very receptive to an infl uential new way of doing things.

OI: Have you found variations in ob-jectives among students? I can imag-ine a student with a very fi ne-arts inclination saying that they’d rather not go into research-based design. NF: Well, I have the luxury of being able to handpick the students, and I pick those who want to do this be-cause they like the idea.

Each semester, the groups form a tight community. We take them from Milwaukee and immerse them in the Chicago design community, which is an extraordinary opportunity for a young designer. They’re con-nected to the best offi ces in the city, and practically every night the twelve students are attached at the hip, going to design lectures, exhibitions and openings. In a sense, it’s not a usual academic schedule because they’re spending ten to twelve hours a day in the academic schedule, in addition to a rich, varied after-hour experience. They have to be extremely ambitious kids.

OI: How have they reacted to the course?NF: They’re zealots; they believe this is going to change their life. And I hope that they will spread the message in the fi rms they go to work for.

OI: Describe some of your curricu-lum.NF: The design studio is the constant; the course content changes each semester. We teach fi fteen hours of credit, total. I teach a six-hour credit design studio each afternoon. The other nine hours of seminar credit are taught by faculty who come from Milwaukee on alternate half days each week. As an example, last semester we taught urban design as it relates to

age of information, how can that re-ally be suffi cient? I’m not saying that personal experience and intuition are not important, but it’s severely limiting if that’s all you’re working with.

Design education has not signifi -cantly expanded beyond the issues that were the concern of the Beaux Arts Academy.

OI: Did you prepare a design brief for your program?NF: Yes, we did. Our strategy was very experimental. The idea of having stu-dents defend their design recommen-dations with research was intriguing to Haworth. It sounds immodest, but I’ve have to say it: the kids that came through our program last year got the best jobs with the best fi rms, at the best pay.

OI: How do the students you ap-proach receive this idea? NF: The students are excited about it. In some ways, I think they wonder if their work is important enough, if ar-chitecture and design is a big enough platform for their ambitions and moral compass. They’re interested in ethics, in the environment, and in global

are not just going to accept the given or status quo. Haworth is interested in this idea and in supporting progress in design.

OI: Did it fi t in to something Haworth was doing at the time?NF: I think most of the major manu-factures all invest in some area of social science. They’re interested in workplace performance and organi-zational architecture. Dick Haworth, Jeff Reuschel, Jay Brand and the whole Haworth Ideation Group are very involved with the students by hosting design juries, workshops and round table discussions.

We teach the students to conduct research and to defend their design strategy based on that research .The students’ drawings look like literature, including footnotes. They aim for design excellence, and their footnotes tie it all to the research on which the design is based.

The design community tends to work from experiential information or by intuition. If you ask a group of designers to design a restaurant, they will often start the project by think-ing of restaurants at which they had pleasurable experiences. But in this

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were charged to examine the role of a Jewish institution in the city of Chica-go, given the current geopolitical situa-tion and the issues arise from having a Jewish institution inside a community with a large Muslim base. Students were instructed to create a purpose or intention, the only constraint being that it had to be for all people of all ages. They had to keep the fence of the property, but within that they had total freedom to change the section and plan; in effect, they could reinvent the interior to support this culture.

OI: Is the point to adapt and use social science research methodolo-gies or is it to research social science fi ndings and apply them, or both?NF: It’s applied research in order for the students to address the design problem using the information that they get from their investigation and research.

OI: How does this differ from your long experience as a designer?NF: Traditionally, client engagement has been more focused on data pro-cessing, dealing in headcounts, room counts, room purposes, and other pragmatic issues. Now, some cultural issues are being addressed, but the

dealt with the subject of system-atic observation, the construct of the questionnaire or interview, and, the third, the issue of value equations, how people establish values. Students con-duct either fi eld research or literature search and then they apply it to the specifi c design problem that they’re working on, recognizing that there are dozens of research techniques that social scientists employ. Over the course of a semester we’ll exercise three of them, and next semester three more; over time we build a resource of research techniques and fi ndings.

The projects use real-life examples. In a previous semester, CBS was building a new headquarters in Block 37 of downtown Chicago. In addition to the organizational architecture and sectional, spatial and material inves-tigations, the students were asked to reinvent the culture of broadcast media. Interestingly, to many of the students the CBS logo was a symbol of censorship, the one eye representing the only way to see the world. Each student reinterpreted CBS’s culture and created a design to support the new culture.

In another semester, we looked at another new building, the Spertus In-stitute for Jewish Studies. The students

interior architecture, focusing on how the knowledge of urban design can teach you to look at interiors differ-ently. The notion of communities being at the heart of both of these disciplines becomes clear.

We borrowed the language of urban design, calling corridors streets, and open areas are like plazas or squares. The students translate that knowledge into their designs. The complexity of a street, in terms of its layers of usage and its amenities, shows up in the students’ drawings. They really do look like urban experiences; the notion of community is clearly at the heart of both of these disciplines.

OI: Where are classes held?NF: As part of the Haworth’s spon-sorship, it provides an independent location of thirty-fi ve hundred square feet in the Merchandise Mart for our studio and research base, where we are able to capitalize on the resources of various manufacturers.

OI: Let’s talk about your studio: what kind of projects do you assign? Is there a specifi c thrust or purpose behind it?NF: Each semester, the design project is unique. It focuses on behavioral ob-jectives and identifi es at least three re-search methodologies and techniques. With the exception of solo-authored six-hour design charrettes, all projects are three-person team-based (since three children have to learn to play nicely together).The structure teaches students with comparable design skills the absence of hierarchy in negotiating the politics of design.

Semester-long projects are subdivid-ed into three groups, and each group applies a different research technique. Over time, we are building an anthol-ogy of various techniques so that we can have a resource that describes the results of each technique and related information. One semester students

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body’s interested, and they’re anxious to see the kids that are coming out of this experience. When the students graduated last December, they all landed their fi rst preference job. We trained them to understand that it’s not about getting a job, it’s about getting the job you want. They all ended up in fabulous fi rms and they entered in interesting areas. One of my students, who had no urban design background, is at SOM’s urban planning studio; she just wanted a bigger platform to work from. From that point of view it’s very encouraging.

OI: And how have your academic col-leagues looked at this?NF: I think they know from the excite-ment of the students who participate and those who want to participate that this is an extraordinary experience. The faculty and the school are glad that somebody’s doing it. When we were fi rst planning this, I was, and still am, the exception, living in Chicago with the other faculty in residence in Milwaukee. An early concern was whether I would be able to fi nd faculty who would commute to Chicago to teach the remaining nine hours. Now we’ve got a waiting list of faculty who want to participate.

It’s a different kind of educational experience in other ways. We have a one-room schoolhouse; all twelve stu-dents take all the same courses and hear everything at exactly the same time. I attend all the other faculty seminars and act as the connective tissue to support the integration of all course material. This is unlike the se-lective system in education, where the students are not always in the studio or in a class with the same students. This way everyone is on the same page; as a result, we don’t hesitate to carry on a discussion in the afternoon that began in the morning class. It’s a very high performance studio experience.

see it in education and in healthcare. I have some skepticism about that as a process. The act of design is intended to be a research interrogative. There is a difference when the designer is part of the investigation, as opposed to just being the recipient of it. The research process provides the designer op-portunities for perceiving subtleties and nuances that are almost never transcribed in the handoff package.

I also want to rid us of the notion that it’s the client versus the designer. There’s a pathology in both the acad-emy and profession to the effect that, if the client would just get out of the way, the designer could get their job done. But that’s not what I mean at all. I’m simply talking about aiming for design excellence. Not adequate design, not pragmatic design, but critical design that is both inventive and grounded. That represents the difference that we are trying to achieve.

OI: Is your program having a magnet effect; is word getting around?NF: The Chicago community is certainly galvanized about it. There is a lot of willingness from high-profi le signature designers to sit on the juries and host student juries in their offi ces.

Whenever we talk about it, every-

space plan is still pretty much the end-all, as opposed to a design driven by aspiration, concepts, or intention.

With our program, the pragmatic side still exists, but students are gain-ing a basis for challenging the tradi-tional design direction given by the client. In working with direction, we want them to bring an added value to their services by showing that there are other ways of getting information that may not now be within the compass of the facility manager or the client’s team.

We don’t intend to turn students into social scientists. Our objective is that they become literate enough to un-derstand the language and to provide design leadership.

OI: But it does raise the very interest-ing question of where the boundaries of interior design lie. Why shouldn’t social scientists be doing this research and handing the results to interior designers? It’s in interesting phenomenon that it’s interior design that is often the discipline bringing this investigation to the workplace.NF: I’ve been in a lot of situations where the people who do programming hand their work off to the people who do the physical design; you particularly

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NF: Circumstance. I joined the School of Architecture and Planning at UW-Milwau-kee to introduce a studio focused solely on interior architecture. This evolved from there. (The interiors schools are else-where in the UW system.)

Interestingly, I’ve tracked my graduates over the past eight years I’ve been teach-ing, and 42% of the kids who have come through our introduction to interior archi-tecture end up in the interior architecture studios within their fi rms, even though they have limited education in interior de-sign. These young architecture students have found this work so interesting that they chose it as a career objective.

OI: With your experience in interiors, why did you chose to teach in an archi-tectural school rather than an interior design school? NF: My professional career has always been centered within the context of an architectural fi rm. I have a lot of confi -dence in the rigor of architectural educa-tion, and also in the notion of teaching from a macro to a micro point of view. I feel that there really isn’t a big distinction between architecture and interior design; the distinction lies between the practice of architecture and interior decorating. And unfortunately, we aren’t raising the perception of the value of decorating.

The differentiation between interior design and interior architecture is imagi-nary, in my mind, though I know there are all kinds of politics around that. There is certainly a unique body of knowledge in interiors that differentiates it from the body of knowledge of architecture, but you should celebrate the similarities as much as you do the differences.

I’m comfortable with the notion that the manipulation of building systems is part of the subject of interior architec-ture. The command of the subject of structures and of mechanical systems supports the freedom to be more in-ventive with the manipulation of space. I have been in a program where the training is inclusive of those subjects,

building. Every one of them says that it would be a corporate headquarters.

The point is that business schools are training their elite graduates to see themselves as corporate leaders. They’re not in a school building; the fi nishes match those of the Fortune 100 companies. They dress and behave corporately, and its clear that they’re being mentored for ownership. We try and do the same thing in our program.

OI: Have you received feedback from your graduates after some experience on the job?NF: Entrance into the profession is not seamless. Practice usually cannot satisfy the expectations placed in the academy unless the intern and the practice alter the value equation. Are we good managers having smart young professionals doing routine clerical drawings?

But our students form a very close network and the graduates are involved in the subsequent semes-ters. For example, Cindy and I host spaghetti dinners at our loft for the new students and past graduates. The students have a chance to share their thoughts about the program. It’s an ongoing dialogue. We also do a round-table that brings the previous gradu-ates in to talk about their successes and disappointments.

OI: What do the have to say?NF: They discuss the compression of fees and project time. They lament the minimal value placed by clients on strategic thinking in comparison to the urgency to occupy a space. They en-courage the other students to be bold and assertive in their performance in the offi ce, and they share information about the good bars in Chicago.

OI: Why are all of your students from a school of architecture rather than from a school of interior design?

OI: Was it diffi cult convincing the school to give credit for this program?NF: Everyone recognized that this would be an amazing opportunity. We refer to it as the “UWM Overseas Program in Chicago.” It provides an extraordinary cultural experience. The Chicago design community is also extremely generous to these students. The school realized the advantage of our students having access to some of the most innovative fi rms in Chicago, sharing their strategies, tactics and resources. Haworth’s sponsorship has endowed 75 students in the fi rst three years, a vision into the future power and potential of the design community.

OI: What do you feel the students are bringing to their jobs that they might otherwise not, and are the fi rms recep-tive to their new skills and perspec-tives? NF: They have confi dence as individu-als and designers because they’ve been learning to articulate their ideas orally and graphically, which is very much a part of this program. As David Kelley at IDEO is known to say, “As a leader, people who agree with me are of no val-ue; I want to hear people who disagree with me.” These students are gaining the confi dence to disagree with the leadership of the fi rms they’re entering. Not in an arrogant way, but because they have something substantial behind what they’re saying.

OI: Is there room in professional prac-tice for these new methodologies, or is it just something that’s very helpful to a designer that has the skill?NF: Because of their training, our stu-dents aim to work only in places that receive this well. They are educated to think of themselves as leaders. I take my students to the Raphael Vignoli-de-signed University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and ask them what they would think the building was if they didn’t know it was an academic

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and I brought 24 UW-Milwaukee stu-dents on a semester-long study -rip to Milan, Italy. Adam and Mike are now creating fi lms for some of this coun-try’s most infl uential design fi rms.

We’re also beginning to write about our experiences with some examples of the work. It’s time to put together an anthology on what’s been accom-plished, the infl uence of research on the design proposition, and the social side of learning.

OI: How do you plan to shape this story when it’s presented? NF: First, we will present the concept and its goals, then discuss the ob-stacles the students will have in trying to make a difference with this work. We will also discuss how you measure the success of the program.

OI: What are your thoughts on those two subjects, the obstacles and metrics?NF: The metrics must be strategies for measuring the outcomes of this mar-riage of new knowledge and design excellence. The goal is to demonstrate that this thinking makes a difference and with that comes an increase value for the design process.

As for obstacles, the main barrier is the inertia in the professional com-munity, and the constraints that are placed on today’s fi rms in terms of time and compensation. This type of work isn’t going to be free. It’s a ques-tion of whether fi rms will be able to see themselves differently and see this as part of the equation. It requires a para-digm shift, which is always diffi cult.

I hope that, as these students gain appreciation in their new positions and as the program gains increased vis-ibility, this program will create a model that other schools and practices can adopt. The goal here is to be infec-tious, and to see the design com-munity performing with an expansive ambition.

and symbolism we have in our court system really have any meaning for the people who are now part of the legal system? Or do these icons and images belong to a time that has passed?

One of our projects one year had to do with the exhibition and transfer of information; the students researched the differences of how we take in information. It has clearly changed my ideas of how information should be presented. I’m continually learning from and with my students.

OI: There’s work being done in the San Diego area, the Salk Institute I believe, about neuroscience and architecture. Is there anything of that in your program or in your thinking that’s been interesting or helpful?NF: I think it’s going to be an extraor-dinary boost to the value equation of design, but it’s currently at such an early stage that it’s hard to put your arms around the application other than knowing that they’re investigating the right neighborhood. It’s certainly a good idea to make students aware that this work is going on and to encourage them learn from it as it moves forward. The diffi cultly is that the translation, the way it’s being expressed, at this time is hard to understand, particu-larly with a view toward application. But, the community should be really excited about all of this neuroscience work that is relevant to us.

OI: What is being done to document your work?NF: We have complete electronic doc-umentation of the students’ research application and design strategies. We completed two twelve-minute fi lms on the work of this past two years, done by two former students of mine who now see design through fi lm. The fi rm, Spirit of Space, formed by Adam Goss and Mike Marianek, started a business creating fi lms for the design commu-nity. They studied with me when Cindy

and I think it has a positive effect on the way you approach a project.

OI: What have you learned in fi ve semesters of teaching your special course?NF: I’ve had some amazing revelations about the way humans respond to things. I learn from the students about issues of social attitudes, and I con-tinue to learn about the contradictions between what are perceived as proper design responses and actual human responses. That has caused me to adjust my thinking about the subject.

OI: In what way?NF: Things like the relationship between axes of vision and that of memory; elevating the importance of the exit as opposed to only thinking about entry; how memory is served by the design experience, and what makes something memorable. And I’m fascinated with the issue of whether our design icons are relevant to all fi ve generations now in the workplace. For example, do the kinds of iconography

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Mr. Rubino has been named Geiger’s Vice President of Seating

supplier for the high-design end of the contract market, being able to rapidly produce high quality mortise and tenon joinery for frames instead of the less-durable but easier dowel connectors.

“We’ve pushed the envelope tech-nologically at Ruskin. We’ve caught up with the highly skilled traditions of 100 years ago – and we’re doing it in a competitive way,” said Mr. Rubino. Ruskin will continue providing its

Geiger Acquires Jay Rubino & Ruskin Industriesby Brad Powell

Geiger International, a contract industry wood products leader and a subsidiary of Herman Miller, has acquired Ruskin Industries, Hickory, NC, a specialty wood manufacturer. Ruskin is a neighbor of HBF in Hicko-ry, so it is not surprising that Geiger’s president of 20 months, Steve Gane, formerly president of HBF, was tuned into this small, but pioneering, com-pany.

Founded by Jay Rubino, Ruskin is rooted in old-world wood craftsman-ship with 21st century technology. Mr. Rubino, in fact, spent his early years learning and practicing woodworking craft, later graduating from the NC State Engineering and Wood Sci-ences, and subsequently working at David Edward and later Cabot Wren. where he eventually become the VP of Manufacturing of Hancock and Moore, the $100 mil parent company of Cabot Wren.

CNC machines seem to be every where now, and have been for several years. But, Mr. Rubino was not satis-fi ed with the rather limited dimen-sions that were employed, basically three. So, he convinced software companies and CNC manufacturers to extend their capabilities to more closely mimic that range of the hu-man hand, bring to the market some of the performance of highly skilled craftsman at mass market product rates and cost.

Since 2000, Ruskin has provided its special skills as an OEM manu-facturer to several of the well-known names in the contract furniture industry, as well doing specialized work for Steinway, creating histori-cally accurate reproduction of piano legs fashioned 100 years ago. Ruskin has also been a valued wood frame

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companiesand Table Operations, responsible for, among other things. the former Brickel existing chair manufacturing operations at Lake Mills, WI. To us, this signals Geiger’s increased interest in the seating business, not surpris-ing given Mr. Gane’s accustomed scope of product during his tenure at HBF. And with the Herman Miller chair technology to draw upon, Geiger should be a very tough competitor in the lounge, conference and multi-use seating area.

Despite the setbacks in the econ-omy, Geiger is ready to rock and roll, and deliver some funds to the bottom line. Of note, Andy Geiger (nephew of John Geiger) has rejoined the com-pany as VP of Manufacturing after 12 years leading Bernhardt contract casegoods operations; prior to that Andy Geiger spent 15 years learning and heading up casegoods manufac-turing at Geiger under the tutelage of his uncle. In addition, Mike Milligen, Director of Product Marketing, fi nally has some strong horses to help him deliver products at a greater pace. Among them is Manuel Saez who, as a consultant, is Head of Design; al-though Mr. Saez, former design leader at Humanscale, also has his own de-sign shop in NYC, he dedicates most of his time to Geiger and in charged with showroom design and branding leadership, a paradigm set for Her-man Miller by the late George Nelson, and now, Susan Lyons for textile de-sign. Mike Donahue, EVP, continues to lead Sales and Marketing, Tonette Barrett is VP of Internal Sales Opera-tions, Wendell Jacobs is Director of Finance and Supply Chain, and Patty Berg leads Human Resources

Mr. Gane expressed his great pleasure with his new team, and his enthusiasm for being at Geiger and working with Herman Miller. And the team, it couldn’t be happier to have a wood guy who speaks the language at the helm.

RUSKIN CHAIR FRAME

JAY RUBINO


companiesDesks Does Dietiker

Desks, Inc., the 52-year-old Chicago Knoll dealership led by Jim Ford and Greg Erasmus, is always on the lookout for something additional to give it an edge. Sure, it has some of the most marketable offi ce products – Knoll, Vitra, HON, DIRTT, Davis, Stylex, Keilhauer, and more – and some of the frosting for the cake with Knoll Studio and Agati. With this line up, the company has annual sales reaching to $40 million, and is consistently ranked by Crains Chicago Business as one of Chicago’s top privately held corpora-tions.

A mature, fi nancially stable offi ce furniture resource representing over 200 of the furniture industry’s fi nest manufacturers and employing over 40 industry professionals, Desks has now formed a strategic alliance in the Mid-west with Dietiker USA, a subsidiary of Dietiker Switzerland. With this agree-ment, Desks has become the exclusive dealer for the Dietiker products in the Chicago metropolitan area.

Dietiker designs, produces and markets chairs, including multi-use and lounge seating, and tables, all of which have an international elegance with a high degree of comfort. Since its establishment in 1878, Dietiker Switzerland has become a factor in international design. Working with renowned designers, it has produced in the last decades numerous design classics and product innovations. Di-etiker relies on the production location of Switzerland because, it says, “this site guarantees reliability, punctuality and quality workmanship. The site also promotes innovation where traditional and high quality woodworking skills are combined in an ecological way with innovative technologies and new materials.” DIETIKER AT DESKS


companiesDesks Inc. has been an offi ce envi-

ronment dealer since 1956 serving the Chicago business community. Desks Inc. retains many of the Fortune 1000 of Chicago as its clients along with a rich history of partnering with the Chi-cago Architectural/Design community.

The Desks sales teams will support the sales and promotional efforts of Sheridan Contract, which represents Dietiker Switzerland to the Design and Architectural community in the as-signed territories.

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Miller and Knoll had the competition cornered until Mr. Massey spotted several Turnstone pieces. A fan of the Scoop stool and Alight ottoman, Mr. Massey chose to bring Turnstone’s mid-market products into the design mix.

“We developed a great synergy working with Bill, and that’s what really got the ball rolling,” said Kirt Mar-tin, Director of Design at Turnstone. After detailed discussions, Mr. Martin and his team worked closely with Mr. Massey on designing the home offi ce

many design accolades ranging from Best of NeoCon for its Tour system, to the Chicago Athenaeum Good Design Awards for the Pet Lounge and Scoop stool, giving it a distinction that only a select few – at any price point – can boast.

When Bill Massey, the architect in residence at Cranbrook Academy of Art, was furnishing the interior of his American House last year, he under-standingly gravitated toward the iconic designs of modernist masters. High end manufacturers such as Herman

Turnstone at Cranbrookby Jean Lin

Turnstone is a quirky small company with a powerful big brother, Steelcase. Its niche in the Steelcase lineup is an offering of lower-price-point products to small businesses whose inter-est in design is often constrained by their budgets. The Turnstone answer, “smart design and good value.”

Good design at a great value is, as we have often heard, a common claim among mid-market manufacturers. After all, no one is going to advertise “mediocre design for low prices.” But Turnstone’s claims are backed up by

THE AMERICAN HOUSE AT CRANBROOK BY BILL MASSEY


companiesin the Cranbrook house. Together, the team developed a custom designed Turnstone system for the space.

“Seeing our products in a residential application reaffi rmed our beliefs that our designs should have second and third lives beyond our original target of offi ce application,” said Mr. Martin. “This is a refl ection of the intuitive design that we are always working towards.”

Along with the custom-developed home offi ce, the Cranbrook project is home to Turnstone’s Scoop stool, Alight ottomans and a new seating option called Humma, which will be introduced at this year’s NeoCon World Trade Fair in Chicago.

Who would have expected to fi nd a mid-market workplace furniture manu-facturer furnishing a project of one of the most prestigious design schools in the country, sitting in the company of icons such as Eames and Bertoia? When asked why he thinks Mr. Massey was drawn to Turnstone, Mr. Martin said “One of our key design philoso-phies is that our furniture is there to complement the architecture. It’s not blatant or in your face, but blends into the background, highlighting the people and space around it.” INTERIOR WITH SCOOP STOOLS ON BOTTOM RIGHT

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and lighting options prior to deter-mining which products best meet their requirements for their work space application. The continued partnership between Navy Region Southwest, GSA and vendors of sustainable offi ce products will aid in preserving the environment for future Generations.”

In addition to the usual big four systems manufacturers and doz-ens of other suppliers, the NAVFAC Southwest Design Team also installed Southern California-based Peter Pep-per products: clocks, recycling cen-ters and trash receptacles round out an impressive build out. Kip Pepper, Vice President of family owned Peter Pepper Products commented, “We are delighted to be part of the Re-gional Sustainable Interior Showroom showcasing sustainable offi ce fur-niture and fi nishes. We understand the many challenges in specifying, procuring and promoting buildings that are environmentally responsible, profi table and healthy places to live and work, while preserving our natu-

information to assist in streamlining their purchasing processes, while satisfying multiple-vendor bid and green procurement requirements.

Located in Downtown San Diego and next to the Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum, the showroom is conveniently accessible to mul-tiple military installations as well as other government agencies and local companies involved in the San Diego Regional Sustainability Partnership. Lisa Hexom, IIDA, NAVFAC Interior Design, said, “We are mandated to design to LEED Silver for our new construction projects; and it’s so ex-citing to have the same emphasis on sustainability for FF&E now with the support from our Navy leadership.”

Rear Admiral L.R. Hering issued a prepared written statement be-fore the event with an invitation on letterhead from the Department Of The Navy. “The Sustainable Interior Showroom demonstration area was designed to allow end users the opportunity to ‘test drive’ furniture, fl oor coverings, wall applications

U.S. Navy Greenby: Steve Francis

Working with the A&D Community and end users has its benefi ts be-yond sales: invitations to many cool events. But few have been as re-warding as participating in the Navy’s new “Green Showcase,” which was dedicated on January 16th.

San Diego is now home to the Department of the Navy’s fi rst Sustainable Interior showroom. The showroom was developed by the Navy Region Southwest in partner-ship with General Services Adminis-tration vendors to assist the Navy in developing an environmentally green showcase at minimal cost with maxi-mum impact. It supports the Navy Southwest’s endeavor to achieve zero net waste by 2025.

The space, which showcases sustainable offi ce furniture and interior offi ce fi nishes, consists of a demonstration area and product library displaying sustainable choices for products commonly required for building interiors. In the showroom, visitors can examine and test sus-tainable products as well as gather

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eventsgreen buildings including Port Huen-eme Building 850, a new USGBC LEED Silver project, Clean Transpor-tation & Fuels, Cultural Resources including 17,000 archaeological sites and nearly 400 historic buildings and Natural Resources as the they Re-gion manages 43 endangered spe-cies and are committed to recycling & waste reduction and improving air quality.

Steve Francis is the Principal of a Southern California based rep group and is also a video journalist. He has produced dozens of videos from industry events and hosts them on his streaming media website www.steve-francis.com . You can reach Steve by e-mail at [email protected] .

lege to not only be able to give back to our military in this specialized way, but also an exciting opportunity be a part of this concerted environmental effort with its lasting global implica-tions. “

The Navy Region Southwest has a footprint that covers six states on 1.5 million acres. The Navy Environ-mental Department and the Navy Region Southwest claims in a written brochure that the “Navy energy conservation and alternative energy development has reduced the electri-cal use in California 25% below 1990 levels despite a 5% increase in the square footage of our buildings.” The pamphlet tells about the many proj-ects and initiatives including energy conservation, water conservation,

ral resources for future generations. This showroom will certainly enable the visitors to do just that.”

Local dealers and contractors do-nated manpower and time including San Diego’s legacy Parron Hall Of-fi ce Interiors. Parron Hall President, Jim Herr, added “The complete transformation of a plain, uninterest-ing, government-issue work space into a stunningly designed showroom that boldly pronounces all that is possible with green technology in the offi ce furniture and building industry is unquestionably a tribute to the in-genuity and creativity of the NAVFAC SW design team. For Parron Hall to have been able to donate goods and services to this showpiece is truly an honor for us. We consider it a privi-


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iceberg, but it does give the sense that there are lots of local (within 500 miles) options for coatings.

Something to consider in hot, sunny climates is the new Infrared Refl ective (IR) paint that eliminates heat gain. Originally developed for the military, these coatings have all kinds of applica-tions wherever heat gain is an issue (roof top equipment, exposed metal and siding). Paint using these pigments encourages the use of dark colors with-out the fear of adding to the heat island effect or the simple unpleasantness of touching a hot surface. If IR coat-ings might be the solution for a current project, try contacting Paul Bethke at TAVCO Chemicals at 949-770-7666 or www.tavcochem.com. They manufac-ture IR pigments that can be added to almost any manufacturer’s base.

For those who prefer something other than the customary latex acrylic concoctions, there are milk-based, clay-based, and soy-based products. Check out www.earthpaint.net or www.akagreen.com for starters.

of the big guys: Benjamin, Sherwin, Lambert…but now that I am in my dot-age, I like to stay closer to home and be serviced by local boys.

When I was growing up in New Jer-sey, Dutch Boy, www.dutchboy.com, had its manufacturing facility along the Raritan River near Perth Amboy but now most of its products are made in Greensboro, NC. Back in Massa-chusetts, I had an extended, almost exclusive, relationship with California Paint (www.calprocorp.com); it was a hop, skip and a jump to its factory in Cambridge before it moved up to Andover. Here in Phoenix (Tempe, actually) I fi nd Dunn-Edwards: www.dunnedwards.com. Frazee Paint (www.frazee.com) is in San Diego. In Orlando, Florida, there is Color Wheel Paint: www.colorwheel.com; in Vancouver, Canada, it’s General Paint: www.generalpaint.com; Parker Paint www.parkerpaint.com is in Tacoma, Washington; and Kwal Paint www.kwal-paint.com hails from Denver. These represent only the tip of the local paint

Chapter Eighteen: Paintby Kathleen Vick, ASID

Sometimes the superfi cial is all that matters; especially when it comes to paint. And, quite frankly, I have a thing for paint. It is not the smell of napalm in the morning that thrills me; it’s the smell of liquid latex acrylic. I some-times think that I only go through all of these design, construction and techni-cal shenanigans just so I can have some surfaces to smooth color on. I fi nd it to be one of the most sensual, satisfying aspects of what I do. And now, at long last, my renovation has reached the point where I can paint.

I cut my teeth, as it were, on oil-based lead products and suffered from violent migraines whenever I was exposed to fresh paint. I can attest to the benefi ts of low VOC coatings; I haven’t had a migraine from paint exposure (except for alkyd urethane) in years. The EPA regulations and advances in the coatings industry have made a profound improvement to my own quality of life.

Over the years I have had a series of deeply satisfying affairs with each

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eco-issuesBut paint is only part of the story.

What it is applied to is the other part. During the course of my demolition I was horrifi ed to observe the quantity of gypsum wallboard that went into the dumpster; there was no escaping the landfi ll for that old stuff. And I got to thinking about other possibilities. Years ago, my fi rst job out of college was with an architectural fi rm in Utica, NY, where I had an apartment. One night I happened to be studying the ceil-ing in my living room and was taken with how smooth and perfect it looked (there’s not much else to do in Utica, trust me). Upon further inspection I realized the ceiling was not plaster at all; it was canvas; canvas stretched taut and seamless, approximately 12’ x 16’. I have always wondered if that might point to other plaster or plaster-like products.

Alas, the old gypsum wallboard in our house was replaced with new gyp-sum wallboard, and lots of it; literally hundreds of 4x16x 5/8” sheets were delivered and installed. In moisture prone areas (kitchen and bathrooms), we have Georgia Pacifi c’s Dens Armor Plus, a certifi ed Green-Guard product. The Dens line of wallboard is covered with a fi berglass mat instead of paper. This surface allows the product to score a perfect “10” on the ASTM D 3273 test for mold resistance. Dens products are slightly pricier than typical gypsum wallboard, which, covered with paper (recycled, non-sterile paper) and held together with starch, provides a perfect platform for mildew if moisture is ever introduced. (Information about the full line of Dens products can be found at www.gp.com.)

All that being said, with eager an-ticipation, I slip on my elbow protector and get ready to get back to painting; I have to have the entire interior done in two more weeks. Primed and 2 fi nish coats. Wish me luck.

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chair of the same name designed by Ross Lovegrove and introduced at NeoCon several years ago. Ooops!]www.BoConcept.com

>Bretford Manufacturing, Inc., Franklin Park, IL, will preview three mobile cart designs at FETC 2009 and TCEA 2009. The company will be at the FETC booth #1035, January 21-24, at the Orange County Conven-tion Center, Orlando, FL, and at the TCEA booth #509 at the Austin, TX, Convention Center, February 2-6. - The Intelligent Laptop Com-puter Cart, which comes in a 20-unit model with horizontal storage and a 30-unit model with vertical storage, incor-porates a “Power Manage-ment system,” which charges laptops simultaneously, turns on color-coded LED lights to

PRODUCT INTRO>BoConcept introduces the ONE chair designed by Anders Nørgaard. The chair won a Red Dot award based on criteria such as degree of innovation, functional-ity, ergonomics, longevity, ecological compatibility and clarity of function. Now the chair has received a Good Design award, from The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and Metropoli-tan Arts Press Ltd. One was originally given its name, as it was noted that the legs and seat visually appear to be one unified piece, as opposed to other shell chairs whose four legs are mounted directly into the shell of the seat. [Ed. Note: Bernhardt has registered the trademark One for its

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ton, TX, and Washington DC. Prior to the launching of her fi rm in May, 2008, Ms. Rottet was principal-in-charge of DMJM Rottet, a subsidiary of AECOM Technology Corporation. Her honors include Designer of the Year awards from Inte-riors and Contract maga-zines, induction into Interior Design magazine’s Hall of Fame, and appointment to the American Institute of Ar-chitect’s College of Fellows. Recent appointments to the fi rm include–Stuart Laff, a real estate ex-pert who now heads Rottet Studio’s consulting arm–Richard Riviere, design principal and longtime Rottet colleague in Los Angeles–Kelie Mayfi eld, Houston design principal and lead designer for ArtisDavid Davis, a hospitality expert. Among the fi rm’s fi rst proj-ects to be completed was the new offi ce design for Artis Capital Management, led by YouTube investor Stuart Peterson. http://www.rottetstudio.com/team.html

with virgin polyester staple fi bers or other eco-friendly products. www.repreve.com

NOTEWORTHY>Neal Corbett was promot-ed to healthcare principal at HDR Architecture, Boston. Mr. Corbett will be responsible for strength-ening HDR’s architecture practice in the Northeast. Mr. Corbett, board certifi ed by the American College of Healthcare Architects, has been a project/client manager with HDR for four years and has over 23 years experience in all phases of healthcare design. He is an active member of the Ameri-can Institute of Architects and its associated Academy of Architecture for Health. http://www.hdrinc.com

>Lauren Rottet new archi-tecture-and-interiors fi rm, Rottet Studio, has opened and offi ce in San Francisco, CA. Other offi ces are in in Los Angeles, CA, Phoenix, AZ, New York, NY, Hous-

>Durkan introduced The Bella and Trace of Lace carpet collections for hospitality interiors. In-spired by the landscapes of Tuscany, the Bella Collec-tion features rows of fl owers mingled with artistic swirls. Bella is available in 17 patterns: two borderless cor-ridor patterns, two medal-lion insets, eight broadloom patterns, two design borders and three four-door rugs. Trace of Lace, ala couture lace on Europe’s fall runway shows, features elusive traces of lace, fading in and out of fl owers. Trace of Lace comes in 19 patterns: three corridor patterns, three me-dallion insets, nine broad-loom patterns, two design borders and two four-door rugs. http://www.durkan.com

>Unifi , Inc., Greensboro, NC, launched REPREVE polyester stable fi ber. The staple fi ber is made from 100% recycled materi-als for use in spun yarns; patterns include Open-End, Ring, and Jet Spun. The new product is designed to provide a reliable recycled staple fi ber source that can be used as a “drop-in” replacement for fabrics and products currently made

remind users what the cart is doing and even turbo charges a specifi c bank of computers for quick use.- The Presenter’s Assistant for Learning (PAL) Cart supports everything needed to make a successful presentation. A side pull-out shelf supports and secures a data projector, while the top shelf can hold a document camera, and the standing-height pull out shelf is ideal for use with a laptop. - The NETBOOK32 Mini Computer Laptop Cart in-cludes two shelves with eight compartments per shelf, to hold up to 32 netbooks. Its 32-outlet UL electrical system has an automatic timer/char-ger unit to charge all netbooks using one circuit. Formal demonstrations on all three carts will take place at both shows. Attendees who view one of these demonstra-tions and have their badges scanned will be entered in a drawing to win a $250 AMEX gift card. Two gift cards will be awarded at each show. The new cart designs will be avail-able in the fi rst half of 2009. http://www.bretford.com

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set-up combinations. Each RHOMBII training table meets or exceeds the ANSI/BIFMA strength and safety and RHOMBII components are both recyclable and manufactured using re-cycled materials. http;//www.bretford.com

>Corporate design work is not dead; consider the $1.2 million offi ce redeco-ration by former (as of last week) Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain. A New York antiques dealer special-izing in English furniture, Clinton Howell, put these expenditures into perspec-tive, however. Quoted in a Bloomberg report on the story, Mr. Howell noted that the antiques Mr. Thain pur-chased will probably hold their value over time and in fact may have been a wise investment for the company. Considering the magnitude of the company’s $56 billion in losses from subprime loans and the credit crisis, outrage over the $1.2 mil-lion spent on the offi ce

the design industry remains in a steep downturn. AIA reported the December ABI rating was 36.4, up from the 34.7 mark in Novem-ber (any score above 50 indicates an increase in bill-ings). The inquiries for new projects score was 37.7. Ac-cording to economist Kermit Baker, the inability to get fi nancing for construction projects is a key reason for the poor economic condi-tions.

>Bretford Manufacturing, Chicago, IL, announced that its RHOMBII train-ing tables are available for order. The reconfi gurable tables, available through Herman Miller North American dealerships, will begin shipping February 1.The RHOMBII tables help educators and business professionals make the most of their usable space. With optional built-in power, easy mobility and the ability to nest tightly when stored, the RHOMBII training tables offer hundreds of

roots conferences, and the National Organization of Minority Architects. Board Vice Presidents are Chris-topher Chwedyk, The Code Group, Donna Robertson, the Illinois Institute of Tech-nology, and Brett Taylor of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP. http://www.aiachicago.com

>AIA’s semi-annual Con-sensus Construction Fore-cast expects nonresidential construction spending to decrease by 11% in 2009. The survey of the nation’s leading construction fore-casters predicts that com-mercial projects including offi ce buildings and retail establishments will see the most signifi cant decrease in activity. On the positive side, prices have dropped for key construction commodities such as steel, gypsum prod-ucts, lumber, and cement. http://www.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek08/0711/0711b_con-sensus.cfm

>APG Offi ce Furnishings purchased Design Ele-ments, a Herman Miller dealer in Memphis, TN. APG Offi ce is a certifi ed Herman Miller dealer with offi ces in Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Dayton, OH. Design Elements now will be led by new owner and President Connie Goins and will operate as APG Design Elements. http://www.apgof.com

>The Architecture Bill-ings Index moved up only modestly, signifying that

>Dr. Suzanne Scott was honored with the Keith Hooks Volunteer Excellence Award. Dr. Scott was rec-ognized for her 20 years of contribution to the Council for Interior Design Accredi-tation (CIDA). Most recently, Dr. Scott chaired the CIDA Standards Committee, lead-ing the three-year project to revise accreditation standards. She currently is serving her fi rst term as accredited program repre-sentative on CIDA’s Accredi-tation Commission. CIDA established the Keith Hooks Volunteer Excellence Award as a legacy to former Direc-tor Keith Hooks whose 20+ years of volunteer leader-ship impacted thousands of students in CIDA-accredited programs. www.accredit-id.org

>AIA Chicago announced its 2009 Board of Direc-tors. Grant Uhlir will serve as the chapter’s President and Walter Street III was named President Elect. Mr. Uhlir is currently a Principal with Gensler, where he is director of architecture for the fi rm’s Chicago offi ce. He is active in AIA Chicago, previously serving as Presi-dent Elect, Vice President of Sponsorship, and Director. Walter Street III will succeed Mr. Uhlir as President in 2010. He served as Treasur-er of Chicago AIA in 2008. Mr. Street is an architect at Johnson & Lee, Ltd. and is an active participant in the National AIA Grassroots legislative conferences, the Illinois Prairie Grass-


Prevention Among College Students, and Priorities for Child-Friendly Environ-ments.http://www.asid.org/design-knowledge/research/Infor-meDesign.htm

>Neptune is the planet with the longest year. One year on Neptune equals 165 earth years. (We wonder how that affects aging.) Mercury is the planet with the shortest year. One year on Mercury equals 88 earth days.

>One growth area in New York City’s depressed real estate market is the emergence of business centers offering short-term leases on furnished offi ce space. The New York Times reported last week that the number of these centers, also known as executive suites, continues to grow. In Manhattan alone, there are 60 to 65 centers operated by 25 compa-nies generating annual revenues now estimated at $100 million. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/21/business/21suites.html?_r=1&ref=business

>Ted Moudis co-sponsored the Capuchin Food Pan-tries annual “Doodle For Hunger” event at Tavern on the Green. “Doodle For Hunger” is a celebrity art auction consisting of signed original works by artists, athletes, entertainers, politi-cians and business icons. The event raises money and awareness for those who

not designed properly, large areas of glazing and large amount of space may create challenges for controlling temperature, glare, and energy consumption.- The case study on Ther-mal Comfort in Japan’s Public Spaces analyzes how variations in tempera-ture and thermal comfort infl uenced the use of a public square and park in an urban area near Tokyo, Japan. It found that Urban planning, design, and qual-ity of life can be improved by increasing designers’ knowledge about outdoor thermal comfort. (Really! I guess that follows from the long-standing knowledge that the quality of life can be improved by increasing designers’ knowledge about indoor thermal comfort.)- The Evoking Surprise in Product Design case study analyzes the use of visual-tactual incongruities (i.e., contradictory visual and touch information) in prod-ucts that surprise the user. It found that products and environments designed to be surprising may be more memorable and engaging and may create opportuni-ties for market differen-tiation. (We knew that. Sit down in the Wegner Papa Bear chair (Steelcase’s Coalesse); you will note the pleasant surprise the mo-ment your hand touches the fi ne woodwork at the end of each arm. We are glad that it has been proved, though.)Other studies include: Gender Dictates Layout of M’zabite Home, Smoking

special section of the Febru-ary 2009 issue. http://www.cubellis.com

>Herman Miller was named to the list of “100 Best Companies to Work For” in America. Compiled by FOR-TUNE and Great Place To Work For Institute, Herman Miller, ranked 89th and is one of three Michigan-based companies to appear on the list and the only representa-tive from the offi ce furniture industry. It is the fourth time Herman Miller has appeared on the list, having previously been included in the 2008, 1999 and 1998 rankings. The “100 Best Companies to Work For” report may be found in the publication’s February 2 issue and online at http://www.fortune.com/bestcompanies

>Humanscale’s Diffrient Work Chair was heralded the Best Task Chair at Orgatec in the December/January issue of onoffi ce, a British workspace design magazine. The, chair, which features a combination of simplicity, performance and environmental sustainability, will make its U.S. debut at NeoCon 2009, June 15-17. http://www.humanscale.com

>InformeDesign released several research summa-ries:- The Atrium Design case study evaluated the indoor environment of a large atrium while it was still be-ing designed using physical and computer modeling. The study concluded that if

is like complaining that “somebody failed to turn on his blinker before driving into a train,” he added. Yeah, good thinking Clint. The $1.2 million (including a $1,400 plus trash can and an $87,784 area rug) also pales in comparison to the $3-4 billion that Mr. Thain paid in 2008 bonuses just before Merrill Lynch’s acquisition by the Bank of America and before its $15 plus billion in 4th quarter losses was revealed. It sure makes us proud to be a tax-payer. (Jerk!) Still, decorator Michael Smith should be in someone’s hall of fame for making over $800 grand to do the work, easily besting the$230,000 Mr. Thain’s driver apparently made last year. (I love these fi nance guys; they are so egregious!)

>Cubellis was recognized at the Store Design Awards and at the Retail Store of the Year design com-petition. The company was selected by the Retail Design Institute for its work with Timberland Apparel, licensed by Philip Van Heu-sen. The project received “Innovation in Leadership” in the “Special Awards” category and “honorable mention” in the Showroom Category. Winners of Retail Design Institute’s interna-tional Store Design Com-petition will be featured in the February 2009 issue of VMSD and on their website, www.vmsd.com Chain Store Age’s Retail Store of the Year design competition will honor the winners in a


positions with Kimball International’s Lodging Divi-sion, Epic Furniture Group and the Contract Division of Brown Jordan International. Bryan Ashley International manufactures custom case-goods and seating for the hospitality industry. http://www.bryanashley.com

ENVIRONMENT>The Environmental Lead-ership Program selected 18 environmental leaders from the New England Region for a year-long fellowship program. Aimed at enhanc-ing the capacity of the en-vironmental movement, the new ELP Fellows represent the cutting edge of environ-mental thought, policy, and action. Two of the 18 ac-cepted applicants represent the state of Connecticut. - Cindy Chang is a Graduate Student at Yale School of Management & Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. She is the co-founder and Board member of Conscious Consuming, a Boston-based non-profi t that seeks to increase awareness of the impact of buying decisions on our health, happiness, and environment.- Nia Rhodes Jackson is the Executive Director of the Friends of the High School for Environmental Studies, an environmental education non-profi t in support of the nation’s fi rst environmental high school. http://www.elpnet.org/abou-tus.php

with a major US manufac-turer in London, Mr. O’Brien comes to the company with 25 years experience. http://www.creativeoffi cepavilion.com

>Kimberly Patriarca was hired by Innovative Offi ce Interiors, a Teknion dealer. She will serve as the new Di-rector of Sales & Operations. Ms. Patriarca began her career as a designer/speci-fi er and has spent the last 7 years leading commercial and institutional initiatives for Rhode Island-based offi ce furniture dealers. Although Innovative Offi ce Interiors is currently located in Exeter, the company plans to open a Providence offi ce and showroom in the next 12-18 months. http://www.innovativeoffi ceinteriors.com

>Robert L. Price joined Bryan Ashley International, Pompano Beach, FL, as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Mr. Price has over 25 years experience in the hospital-ity and contract furniture industries holding similar

>Jennifer Graham was named A&D Market Man-ager for Knoll, Chicago. Ms. Graham joins Knoll with a B.F.A. in Interior Design from Kendall College of Art and Design. She has a com-bined professional tenure of design implementation and strategic selling that spans 15 years of experience in the commercial furniture in-dustry. http://www.knoll.com

>Anne Helmick-Lyon joined Allsteel Inc. as a Govern-ment Account Manager. Based in Austin, TX, Ms. Helmick-Lyon will lead busi-ness development activities for state, federal and local government agencies. Most recently, Ms. Helmick-Lyon worked as an independent sales representative for contract furniture dealer, Johnson Simon Resources. http://www.allsteeloffi ce.com.

>Shawn O’Brien was hired by Creative Offi ce Pavilion, Providence, RI, as Busi-ness Development Manag-er. COP is the nation’s larg-est Herman Miller dealer. Most recently employed

hunger. This year’s event was hosted by Ernie Anastos of Fox 5 News, and one of the guests of honor was Ro-sanna Scotto, also of Fox 5 News. http://www.tedmoudis.com

RE-SITED>Paul Bennotti was named Director of Marketing for Victor Group, Saint-Georges, Quebec, Canada. Mr. Bennotti, a veteran of the textile industry with more than 20 years of experience in marketing, will oversee and direct Victor’s worldwide marketing and communications efforts. Prior to joining the fi rm, Mr. Bennotti’s career included senior marketing positions at G3 Technology Innova-tions LLC, Interface Fabrics, Inc., and BASF Corporation. http://www.victor-group.com

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lectric Colorado also will fur-nish and install the conduit for telecommunication and security systems. http://www.EMCORGroup.com

>HDR Architecture, Inc., along with HOK Sport and DLR Group, designed the new Omaha Baseball Stadi-um. The stadium, which will serve as home to the NCAA College World Series for the next 25 years, is located within the downtown enter-tainment district and will be built primarily of metal, brick and glass. A metal canopy atop the ballpark’s seat-ing bowl will provide shade and a modern architectural element. Omaha-based DLR Group has designed 40 ballparks and HOK Sport has designed 150 ballparks across the country. Stadium features include an open, 360 degree walk-around, wide concourse, team clubhouses, and 24,000 seats with increased seat width and tread depth. The ballpark is scheduled to open in the spring of 2011. http:/www.hdrinc.com

energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, in-door environmental quality, and innovation and design process.http://www.coalesse.com

>Teknion Corporation an-nounced that it now has 50 employees that suc-cessfully attained LEED Accredited Professional certifi cation. Teknion has more than doubled its number of LEED accredited professionals in the past year. The company also has sponsored training ses-sions in its showrooms in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the United Kingdom. http://www.teknion.com

PROJECTS>EMCOR Group, Inc. subsidiary, Dynalectric Colorado, received a contract from Colorado State University, Pueblo, CO. The company will be responsible for the precon-struction and construction of electrical systems. Dyna-

is able to provide funding and technologies to school systems without impact-ing their budgets. Project EverGREEN School’s fi rst project is scheduled for Clark County, NV in the lat-ter part of this year. http://www.kanepiinnovations.com

>Knoll was recognized by Construction Communi-cations for two projects scheduled to receive a Building of America Award. Knoll provided sustainable furniture to The Goucher College Athenae-um-RMJM Hillier and U.S. Census Bureau Headquar-ters-Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP projects. Both were selected as a Green Building Success Story in Construction Reviews’ East-ern Seaboard Edition.

>Offi ce Depot was pre-certifi ed at the LEED Gold level for its prototype for new store construction. The company also received the same level for its fi rst green store, which opened last summer in Austin,TX. Offi ce Depot was one of the fi rst 14 companies, and the only offi ce products fi rm, to enlist in the LEED Portfolio Program pilot for pre-certifi cation. http://www.offi cedepot.com

>Steelcase brands, Coa-lesse and Designtex were awarded LEED Gold Certi-fi cation for their Chicago, IL, showroom. The areas of focus that led to LEED cer-tifi cation included sustain-able sites, water effi ciency,

>Herman Miller was certi-fi ed as a U.S. EPA Smart-Way Transport Partnership carrier. The SmartWay Transport Partnership is a collaboration between the U.S. EPA and the freight industry to challenge companies to improve the environmental performance of their freight operations. It predicts that by 2012 ground freight transporta-tion will consume over 45 billion gallons of diesel fuel and produce over 450 million metric tons of carbon dioxide. Herman Miller’s local fl eet travels an estimated 40-mile radius between Holland, Grand Rapids, Rockford, and Muskegon, to company fa-cilities and suppliers. http://www.hermanmiller.com

>Kanepi Innovations will partner with Clean Green Energy to enhance the Project EverGREEN Schools program. Clean Green Energy is a collection of renewable energy gener-ating technologies. Toward that goal of energy conser-vation, Kanepi Innovations offers the Intu! system, a wireless technology canopy within the ceiling grid. Intu! utilizes light fi xtures as a vector to create a mesh-network in the ceiling allowing the end-user to have complete control of lighting, HVAC, compres-sors, conveyors, M2M, and other energy-using sys-tems. With assistance from Clean Green Energy and Kanepi Innovation, Proj-ect EverGREEN Schools

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Killen Auditorium. 66 Fifth Avenue, NYC, 6-8 pm. Six-teen students in the BFA Ar-chitectural Design program traveled to Bangkok for a workshop with students at Chulalongkorn University. Inspired by Felix Guat-tari’s The Three Ecologies, students were challenged to create a new form of archi-tecture that addressed the psychological, social and environmental dimensions of Bangkok’s canal-side villages. The studio experi-mented with new methods of drawing, mapping and modeling, including the creation of an archive of digital video footage. On view are short video pieces alongside three-dimensional models and design render-ings. http://www.newschool.edu/eventlist.aspx

WE STAND CORRECTED>In the last issue of offi ce-insight we incorrectly iden-tifi ed Allsteel’s website. It should have said: http://www.allsteeloffi ce.com.

>In the last issue of offi ceinsight we incor-rectly announced last year’s winner of the Designer of the Year award for the upcoming Design Awards on January 30. This year’s DOY award recipient has not been publicly announced. It is kept confi dential until the breakfast.

Grosser, “Forecasting the U.S. Ceramic Tile Market,” and GK Naquin, “Estimat-ing 101 - Do You Know Your Cost?” http://www.coverings.com

>Humanscale will hold a reception to honor John Cary and John Peterson, champions of Public Archi-tecture and the pro bono design movement. Festivi-ties take place January 30, 6-9 pm at the Humanscale Showroom, 11 East 26th Street, 8th fl oor, NYC. Founded in 2002 by archi-tect John Peterson, Public Architecture is a national nonprofi t organization that promotes and facilitates pro bono architectural and de-sign services for worthwhile public projects. Through The 1% program, Public Architecture challenges ar-chitecture and design fi rms to commit a minimum of one percent of their billable hours to pro bono service. To date, nearly 500 fi rms nationwide have pledged to complete 200,000 hours and $20 million in pro bono services annually. [email protected]

>Parsons The New School for Design presents Bang-kok: The Architecture of Three Ecologies. The lec-ture and reception on Janu-ary 30 will be at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, Anna-Maria and Stephen

NYC, will present, “Ad-vanced Course: Signifi cant Changes to the New 2007 Florida Building Code.” The program, held on Feb-ruary 4, 8:30-11:30 am, is an interactive fi lm screening of a DVD followed by the completion of a workbook and a quiz for CES credit. The purpose of the course is to introduce the key differ-ences in the technical provi-sions in the 2007 Florida Building Code, Building and the 2007 Florida Building Code, Residential Code. The program is organized by AIA New York Chapter Member Services in cooperation with AIA Florida. http://www.aiany.org/calendar

>Coverings 2009 will present a newly developed “Surviving 2009” series of educational sessions. During the conference and expo, April 21-24, at the McCormick Place, Chicago, IL, a menu of 11 seminars will be dedicated to teaching show attendees strategies and tactics for riding out the current economic storm. Topping the sessions is marketing guru and keynote speaker, Jonathan Trivers, who will discuss: “Trend-scape 360: Today’s Retailers Must Understand Cus-tomer Changes and Industry Changes.” Other present-ers include James Dion, “Creating a ‘Sell’ Room, Not a Showroom,” Donato

EVENTS>The 9th Active Communi-cation International Confer-ence comes to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, March 11-13. The confer-ence on Adding, Updating and Expanding Upscale Hospital Facilities and Pa-tient Services will highlight the latest trends, best case studies, hand-on experi-ences, and strategies from America’s top hospitals fea-tured on the U.S. News & World Report List and from other organizations. http://www.acius.net/Conferences/ming?view=overview&id=107

>The AIA 2009 National Convention and Design Exposition will take place April 30-May 2, 2009. Join the AIA at the Moscone Center, 747 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, and explore this year’s conven-tion theme, The Power of Diversity: Practice in a Complex World. Attendees can choose from hundreds of continuing education ses-sions and professional tours that focus on globalization of practice, new values in design, the reassertion of the architect’s role in society, sustainability, and the resulting new values in design. http://www.aia.org/ev_conv_aia_09

>The Center for Architec-ture, 536 LaGuardia Place,

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Sales Representative Houston, TX

As a Sales Representative (Manufacturers Representative), the ideal candidate will have a successful background of fi ve or more years in outside sales.

The Sales Representative will be a mature, polished professional who has excellent communication skills, comfortable speaking with many different levels of people. He/She must possess a solid foundation in using technology to communicate, and will have strong organizational and time management skills, as well as outstanding new business devel-opment skills. This professional will excel in a very entrepreneur-ial, yet team based environment that rewards focused, result oriented individuals.

Please email resume to [email protected] or call Searchwise Consultants 800.923.5003. All resumes are held in confi dence.

Independent Sales Representative Florida. Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana

Halcon Corporation is the leading manufacturer of executive offi ce casegoods, conferencing, seating, and custom millwork solutions. Located in Southeastern Min-nesota, the company manu-factures 100% in-house with hand-selected wood veneers and solids. We are seeking experi-enced individuals or organizations to join an award winning team in the following areas: Florida. Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana region.

Over 30 years of manufactur-ing and award winning designs have produced a loyal customer base that relies upon the product quality and service they receive. Halcon is committed to total cus-tomer satisfaction, from concept through post-installation, on every project, whether it is a single offi ce or the largest and most prestigious build-out.

Halcon’s dedicated Project Man-agement Team is here to assist you with all the Quoting, Pricing, and Drawing support required to assure your clients total customer satisfaction. Award Winning De-signers, Award Winning Products, and you, make an Award Winning Team!

If you are excited about expand-ing your offering, please contact our Vice President of Sales, Paul DiLaura @ 507.533.9106 or send an e-mail to [email protected]

Sales Representative South Florida

TEXTILE & WALLCOVERING SALES - South Florida Carnegie, a leading innovator in the textile and wallcovering fi eld, has an opening for a Sales Repre-sentative in South Florida.

Seeking an established multi-line rep or organization with experience calling on the A&D community. Experience in textile and/or wallcovering sales is preferred. The Carnegie line is extensive including wallcoverings, upholsteries, window fabrics, pri-vacy curtains, and panel fabrics. If you have a strong appreciation for the design industry, this is a prime opportunity to join this esteemed company and cultivate relationships with top notch A&D fi rms in this territory.

Please forward your resume to Debbie Blackwelder, VP of Sales: [email protected]

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businesscontact Marshall H. Bridges, Vice President and Treasurer, at 563-272-4844; or Kurt A. Tjaden, Vice President and Chief Financial Offi cer, at 563-272-7400; or by fax at 563-272-7655.

>Knoll, Inc., announced that it will report fourth quarter and full-year 2008 fi nancial results on Thursday, Feb. 5. The conference call is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time the same day. The call will include slides; participants are encouraged to listen to and view the presentation via webcast at http://www.knoll.com. To access the webcast, go to “About Knoll” and click on “Investor Relations.” The con-ference call may also be accessed by dialing 866 788-0543 (North America) or 857 350-1681 (International); Pass-code 24084635. A replay of the webcast can be viewed by visiting the Investor Relations section of the Knoll corporate website. In addition, an audio replay of the conference call will be available through Feb. 12, 2009 at 888 286-8010 (North America) or 617 801-6888 (International); Pass-code: 91954945.

>OFS Brands, Inc., announced that it will close its Plant 8 casegoods assembly plant in Huntingburg, Ind., by the end of March. Of the 71 employees affected by the closure, some will transfer to other facilities and others will be of-fered job search assistance. The family-owned company’s corporate headquarters remains in Huntingburg.

BUSINESS AFFAIRS>Herman Miller, for the second year in a row, made For-tune’s list of “100 Best Companies to Work For,” released last week. Giving the company a ranking of 89, the magazine cited Herman Miller’s success in minimizing layoffs through its “generous voluntary separation package.” Since announcing its enhanced severance package in November, the company received far more volunteers than it anticipated, reporting last week that 1,000 positions have been eliminated. Most of the layoffs are in Zeeland, Holland, and Spring Lake, MI. Cuts have been made through layoffs, buyouts or job elimination. Herman Miller continues to employ nearly 4,000 people in western Michigan. Herman Miller ranked 96th on Fortune’s 2008 list, when it was noted that 23% of its workforce had been with the company 20 years or more. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2009/full_list/

>HNI Corp. scheduled a conference call to discuss fourth quarter and year-end fi scal 2008 results on Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. To participate in the call, please dial 1-800-230-1074. A live webcast of the call will be available on HNI Corporation’s website at http://www.hnicorp.com (under Investor Information - Webcasts). A telephone replay of the call will be available from Wednes-day, Feb. 18, 12:00 p.m. (Central) through Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009, 11:59 p.m. (Central) at 1-800-475-6701 - Access Code: 982540. If you have any questions, please

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>Bluelounge introduced a new dark wood color version of its integrated charging station The Sanctuary. Priced at $149.95, the unit can charge a cellphone, iPod, PDA, and headset simultaneously, as well as provide a storage space for small items such as credit cards, keys, etc. It includes a universal cellphone charger compatible with more than 1,500 electronic devices. http://www.bluelounge.com/press-release-thesanctuary-darkwood.php

TECHNOLOGY>New Infoscitex Corp. spinoff IST Energy Corp. last week unveiled the Green Energy Machine (GEM), a waste-to-energy conversion system that uses gasifi cation instead of incineration to produce electricity and heat from a building’s non-recyclable trash. About the size of a shipping container and designed for large offi ce buildings and commercial fa-cilities, the unit can process up to three tons of trash daily. IST estimates that reduced waste disposal and energy costs will offset the GEM’s $850,000 purchase price within an av-erage of three to four years depending on the user’s waste

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