10 Design Tools We Are Thankful For

We asked the participants of Mannington Commercial’s Design Local initiative to tell us what design tools they’ll be giving thanks for on Thursday.

As we all gear up to stuff our faces full of turkey in a couple days, we thought we'd pose the following question to a few people we've come to know intimately in the past few months--participants in Mannington Commercial's Design Local events: "What design tools are you most thankful for?"

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First Open Standard Format for Reporting Content and Hazards in Building Products Launched

After more than a year of development, green building industry leaders today officially released the Health Product Declaration (HPD) Open Standard Version 1, an open standard format for reporting contents and chemical hazards in building products. The announcement was made by the Health Product Declaration Collaborative, a new non-profit membership group that will manage the HPD Open Standard.

NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) is pleased to announce new global design education offerings being developed in collaboration with two internationally recognized leaders in design: Domus Academy in Italy and Media Design School (MDS) in New Zealand.

The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA), the organization that defines, teaches, and promotes best practices in design-build, awarded Fentress Architects and Hensel Phelps Construction Co. an Honor Award for Alaska Airlines, LAX Terminal 6 Renovation in the category of Rehabilitation/Renovation/Restoration.

How can you tell one strand of wool from the next? Grace Jeffers gives us a breakdown of sheep breeds and check out a recap of the Design Local Washington D.C. design challenge.

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The Affina Collection by KI is an extensive seating and table collection designed by Paul James and Dan Cramer. The line includes guest, multiple, modular, lobby, patient, bariatric, recliner and sleepover seating, as well as occasional tables, casegoods and pediatric seating.

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