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edited by Sheila Kim -- Interior Design, 2/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Holiday Cheer

Herman Miller and Geiger employees teamed up with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America to brighten the holiday season for more than 4,000 disadvantaged kids in 15 cities. The initiative, known as We Care, also drew volunteers from design firms in each location…

Urban Legend

Austria's Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation has awarded its biennial art and architecture prize to experimental British architect Cedric Price…

It's Never Too Early

Daniel Liebeskinds or Norman Fosters in training, elementary students at the Petrides School in Staten Island, New York, held their own World Trade Center design competition, judged by local architects and engineers…

Switching Gears

Alfonso D'Elia has resigned as president of Mancini Duffy to become managing principal at the New York office of IA Interior Architects. He will direct the firm's design, management, and marketing activities…

Monuments of Faith

The World Monuments Fund has awarded its annual Jewish Heritage grants to assist in the preservation of 14 endangered synagogues, including a 1535 synagogue in Prague that was damaged by last summer's Elbe River floods…