Oh, Baby by Maria Shollenbarger - 07/01/2008
Hear that someone's pregnant, and certain words will inevitably come to mind. One of them, arguably, is fragile, the adjective Nathalie Vleeshouwer chose as the name for her maternity-wear line. Her clothes are curve-hugging or fitted or revealing, cut from slinky jersey and translucent cotton and silk. More
Indiana Furniture Products Snag Greenguard Certification by Nicholas Tamarin - 08/18/2008
A special finishing technique has earned the furniture manufacturer's Promise, Centennial, Revolutions, and Madera desk and casegoods lines the Greenguard Environmental Institute's certification for indoor air quality.
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The Big Picture by Lawrence W. Cheek - 08/01/2008
Pocked and scarred and showing every one of their 81 years of service, 25 octagonal concrete columns paraded through the raw space that Seattle's R.C. Hedreen Company had targeted for its new office. What to do? Hiding them inside interior walls was out of the question. The 10,800-square-foot second floor seemed to crave open daylight—so precious amid the gang of taller towers that increa...
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O Canada! by David Sokol - 08/01/2008
As they like to say at the Canadian law firm Torys, "We don't moose around." And that goes not only for filing briefs but also for acquiring art. During Canada's recession-plagued 1980's, while other corporate collections folded, Torys continued purchasing the work of contemporary Canadian artists—and displaying it at headquarters in the Toronto-Dominion Centre, a complex built around two...
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Keynote Speakers Announced for IIDEX/NeoCon Canada by Nicholas Tamarin - 07/28/2008
Canada's largest exposition and conference for design, construction, and building management will take place September 25-26 at the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto.
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Gunlocke Debuts Washington, D.C. Showroom by Mairi Beautyman - 07/16/2008
Gensler designed the wood contract furniture manufacturer's new space, which is located only two blocks from the White House.
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On the Move by Nicholas Tamarin - 07/11/2008
Hansgrohe and Trendway announce new CEOs and the U.S. division of Teknion Corporation has a new president. Plus more company and staff news.
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Design Green Penny Bonda, Eco Contributing Editor, August 4, 2008 Green Stars!
Big news! Interior Design announced the 2008 NeoCon Green Stars – 14 produc... More
Design Green Penny Bonda, Eco Contributing Editor, June 27, 2008 New York Treats - and Defeats
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