Archive for June, 2011

Redesign your home with the furniture and accessories you have
Winston-Salem Journal
The shape of the room helps to determine furniture placement. For example, a U-shaped furniture configuration is a common design technique used in square-shaped rooms that feature a fireplace or other central focal point. Here, the furniture is usually

Latest Kinect hack – a virtual reality interior designer that lets you try
NEWS.com.au
Thanks to the invention of four students at the University of Queensland, your days of gruelling furniture shopping may be over. The students have developed virtual interactive interior design technology that allows users to project life-size,

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'Tales' designer Douglas Schmidt lets space speak
San Francisco Chronicle
I'd see stuff that might not work with the show but was a nice piece of furniture, so I'd buy it. On floor space: There is a gigantic Chinese rug in the living room. It's like 20 feet long. It was a major piece of scenery from a show when I was the

Green home design evolves
OCRegister
Newspapers, design and general interest magazines regularly run green content. For three years Vanity Fair devoted an entire issue to green, until its publisher concluded that most people get it. Furniture manufacturer and pioneering designer Maria Yee

Marco sells office furniture division
St. Cloud Times
Northern Business Products deals with office supplies sales, contract furnishings and design services. The group has eight locations throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin. “We look forward to investing in and growing the St. Cloud market,” Mike Farrell of

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New York Times
An Artist Who Makes Much Out of Very Little
New York Times
It stretches from the glorious frugalities of Shaker furniture and Amish quilts to the sleek orthodox Minimalism of Donald Judd's box sculptures and Agnes Martin's horizontal-stripe paintings. And it also accommodates the modest, plain-spoken

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At home: A hands-on approach
New Zealand Herald
I don't believe furniture should be instantly recognisable; it's not what we aim for. As [English product and furniture designer] Jasper Morrison says: "There are better ways to design than putting a lot of effort into making something look special.

Cooper Lighting and Cooper Controls Products Honored for Design Excellence
MarketWatch (press release)
The ADEX Awards are the largest awards program for product design of furniture, fixtures and finishes marketed to the design trade. This year, the number of companies that entered the ADEX Awards increased by more than 22 percent, making it the most
Cooper Lighting and Cooper Controls Products Honored for Design ExcellencePR Newswire (press release)

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Cooper Lighting and Cooper Controls Products Honored for Design Excellence
PR Newswire (press release)
The ADEX Awards are the largest awards program for product design of furniture, fixtures and finishes marketed to the design trade. This year, the number of companies that entered the ADEX Awards increased by more than 22 percent, making it the most

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AVTEQ Announces A/V Friendly Conference Tables and Communications Pedestals
TMC Net
The new product offers design-conscious options for storing equipment out of sight in multi-functional boardrooms. It incorporates all of the needed electronics and multimedia equipment within the furniture. The furniture will eliminate the black

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