Healing Property
Craig Kellogg — Interior Design, 5/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Dubai Mall Medical Centre
Bloomingdale’s, Giorgio Armani, and Catherine Malandrino aren’t the only major imports at the Burj Khalifa, the 2,600-foot-tall United Arab Emirates tower formerly known as the Burj Dubai. On the third story, health care based on a Western model is offered at the Dubai Mall Medical Centre, an NBBJ-designed alternative to local public options.
Whether circumstances call for an echocardiogram, a capped tooth, or a touch of Botox, traffic is heavy and truly multicultural: local elites rubbing shoulders with expats from Asia, Europe, and the U. S. To avoid an “airport lounge” feeling, senior lead designer Karen Eskandari explains, her team prepared a mood video exploring the sensory aspects of a visit to the medical center. What would it smell like? How would a door handle feel? (more…)
Herman Miller Ardea
The Ardea light has earned both Gold and Silver honors from the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), while the Twist LED task light earned dual Bronze awards. The products and their respective awards across multiple categories secured a place for Herman Miller among the top corporate winners for 2010 and also for the past five years, with 8 awards in total during the period.
2010 marks the 30th year of the annual design competition, which recognizes design excellence in products, ecodesign, research, strategy, packaging, interactive design, and concepts. The IDEA awards are sponsored by the Industrial Designers Society of America and held in collaboration with the Henry Ford Museum and media sponsor Fast Company Magazine. Herman Miller’s Ardea and Twist lights were selected among 1900 product entries from 29 countries. (more…)
Thrive Portfolio from Herman Miller
Feel Better. Work Better
Herman Miller’s research-based ergonomic products makes it possible for people to thrive. Described as Total Ergonomic Solutions, Herman Miller rolls out the Thrive Ergonomics Portfolio to better organize their health-positive line of products and help guide clients in their proper use. With their acquisition of UK-based Colebrook Bosson Saunders, Herman Miller rounds out their ergonomic product offerings to make people safer, happier, healthier and more comfortable.
Check out the new Thrive Portfolio for yourself at http://www.hermanmiller.com/Thrive-Portfolio
Campo Chair from Kimball Office
JASPER, IN (May 2010) — For those in the market for task seating, Kimball(R) Office interstuhl(R) is offering a new, ergonomic and affordable option, with many of the same features found in higher-end office seating. Campos(TM) allows employees from all corners of the office to experience the comfort found when intuitive controls integrate with simple design. The line will debut in June, in the Kimball Office Chicago showroom, during the week of the NeoCon World’s Trade Fair.
“Campos revolutionizes the expectations of traditional task seating by including many of the same luxury features found in other Kimball Office interstuhl seating products, and not currently available in the general task chair market,” said Jeff Fenwick, Vice President and General Manager at Kimball Office. “Campos combines solid quality with a light aesthetic, to provide the market with a budget-friendly, sustainable task chair.” (more…)
Lutron Capri
The trove includes the original “dimming device” that launched a lighting-control revolution.
Laura Fisher Kaiser — Interior Design, 5/7/2010 12:00:00 AM
Few inventors can say they revolutionized interior lighting, cut energy consumption, and made people look and feel sexier—all with a single device.
Joel Spira can.
He’s the inventor and developer of the dimmer switch—the iconic gold knob that has graced countless dining room walls since the 1960’s. In a special ceremony on April 29, the chairman and founder of Pennsylvania-based Lutron Electronics donated a trove of materials related to the company’s 50-year history to the electricity collections of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, DC.
Appropriately, the chandeliers were dimmed in a private reception suite of the museum as the 83-year-old Spira officially signed the deed of donation. Spira then recounted how he got his start designing missile control switches during World War II. He turned the guest bedroom of his apartment in New York into a workshop, and by 1961 he’d perfected the dimming prototype. Until then, such devices were clunky and mechanical; Spira’s was electronic, reliable, and could fit inside a wall box. More..
United States Green Building Council
Nicholas Tamarin — Interior Design, 4/30/2010
A new report by the United States Green Building Council and national energy, housing, environmental, and real estate organizations is sounding the alarm on America’s building stock while citing the many ways in which the Obama Administration can step up on the energy efficiency and sustainability of America’s multifamily and commercial buildings.
Entitled “Using Executive Authority to Achieve Greener Buildings: A Guide for Policymakers to Enhance Sustainability and Efficiency in Mulitfamily Housing and Commercial Buildings,” the study concludes that the current presidential administration has the unprecedented ability to use over 30 existing federal programs worth $72 billion to enhance efficiency in commercial buildings and multifamily housing with no new legislation needed. (more…)
- The HON Company Introduces Huddle™ Multi-Purpose Tables
Reported by eFurniture for Office Furniture & Design on 2/18/2010
Muscatine, IA – February 9, 2010 – Gone are the days when meetings were held in traditional conference rooms. In today’s office, work happens everywhere – in training rooms, project rooms, large offices – and more often than not, in an impromptu spot where two or three people want to quickly put their heads together to solve a problem. To provide the ideal solution for the today’s office, The HON Company is pleased to introduce the new Huddle™ collection of multi-purpose tables. These thoughtfully designed tables feature smart design, flexibility and a choice of base, edge and finish options to meet the needs of smart, agile businesses. (more…)
- KI Furniture Helps Medical center
Reported by eFurniture for Office Furniture & Design on 2/10/2010
GREEN BAY, WI (Feb 2010) – Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland, WA., recently completed a $7.8 million expansion to its River Pavilion that houses the new Don & Lori Watts Pediatric Center. The new children’s department offers a higher level of care to pediatric patients, allowing local children who have cancer to receive treatment locally, instead of having to travel. Following research into best practices in children’s hospital design and patient-centered care, Curtis Group Architects LTD (Dallas, TX) chose furniture from KI to help create a welcoming and comforting environment for sick children and their families. (more…)
Corporate Environments OFDealer Profile
Corporate Environments has been profiled in the January 2010 issue of the OFDealer eZine from OFDA. The article, written by Alicia Ellis, discusses what tools and techniques we are using to expand our products and business offerings to our current and future clients in a down economy. You can read the issue in pdf version here
- New Hon Logo 2010
First Mark Alteration in More Than 40 Years
New Logo Reflects The ‘New’ HON
Smart, Proactive, Responsive and Ready to Serve
Muscatine, Iowa – January 6, 2010 – For some time now, there has been a “buzz” in the office furniture industry… reflecting the direction of the second largest office furniture manufacturer, The HON Company. (more…)
