'HopeFlows' Campaign to Support Breast Cancer Awareness Month

By Sari Graven

"Aging in Place" is a major opportunity for interior designers. It is also one of four ASID platform issues (and the final one I'll discuss in this column, after covering legislation, education and sustainability). We can make a difference in this arena. While many organizations are nibbling around the edges of aging-related design … Read the full article … »

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Lamin-Art

Lamin-Art presents Crisscross, one of six finishes offered for specification on all 50 Pearlescence solid colors. Featuring a tactile grid of fine intersecting lines, Crisscross ads visual interest to any interior application while minimizing fingerprints and smudges. Crisscross is recommended for vertical or light-duty applications.

Visit www.pearlescence.com to explore the colors and finishes, create your very own combinations, read case studies on projects featuring Pearlescence, request samples, and much more.

'HopeFlows' Campaign to Support Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Through its "HopeFlows 30 Minutes at a Time" campaign—an initiative designed to raise $250,000 for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation—GROHE America is taking action in support of its employees who have been personally affected by cancer.
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Madrid Receives Prestigious Green GOOD DESIGN Award
Founded by architects Eero Saarinen and Charles and Ray Eames, GOOD DESIGN awards the best of the best design in terms of visionary products and environments. This year, Green GOOD DESIGN Awards were given to the city of Madrid, and products, designs, ideas, buildings, and urban planning projects from more than 31 nations.
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Urban Green Expo Deemed a Success
Young architects and designers got a look at the new Manhattan headquarters of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates at a recent Emerging Professionals event that was held to kick off the 2010 Urban Green Expo in New York City.
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Kimball Office Receives Key Environmental Awards
Kimball Office's manufacturing facilities in Post Falls, Idaho, and Jasper, IN, are being recognized for implementing exceptional environmental strategies that strive to eliminate or minimize pollutants before they are generated.
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nora systems Inc. Goes Mobile with nora on the go

Architects and designers now have quick and easy access to product and application information with nora on the go, the new Blackberry smartphone application from nora systems Inc. The app provides a full view of the nora^®product line, by market segment and specific application, with performance specifications and single-click sample order options. Architects and designers can compare color options while creating their own unique flooring solution right on their BlackBerry.

For more information, visit www.nora.com/us/bb4.

October 12, 2010

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Italian stone and tile manufacturer GranitiFiandre has expanded its NewStone product line with the addition of the Belgian Blue Collection.
Gunlocke introduces the Olla seating collection—a fresh, contemporary option for conference, guest and swivel seating.

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To Market™ In Motion

"To Market™ In Motion" presents Unicork^®, a flooring product that is manufactured from the bark of cork trees—a centuries old material where no trees are destroyed in the manufacturing process. Available in a variety of textures—from natural organics to metallic colored finishes—Unicork has exceptional physical properties, including acoustical and thermal insulation, durability, resistance to mold and mildew, naturally hypo-allergenic, and is easy to clean. Unicork is a green, renewable and natural resource.

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