Contract furnishings provider, Hightower received multiple awards at NeoCon 2021, including IIDA's 'Best Small Showroom' (under 4,000 sf) and 'Best of Competition' for its newly designed Chicago showroom.
Humanscale welcomes Elizabeth Margles to its Marketing Division in the role of Chief Marketing Officer. Margles comes to Humanscale with twenty years of experience in design, fashion and retail and a background in public relations and advertising.
The exclusive relationship with Kontrol's BioCloud® Technology will provide real-time detection of airborne pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2 to help make workplaces safer as organizations return to the office.
On Wednesday, October 4, the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) announced that Gabrielle Bullock, IIDA, FAIA, NOMA, LEED AP, was appointed as the president-elect for the 2017-2018 IIDA International Board.
Today, Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) unveiled TRUE (Total Resource Use and Efficiency), the new brand identity for its zero waste rating system. The TRUE Zero Waste rating system helps businesses and facilities define, pursue and achieve their zero waste goals through project certification and professional credentialing.
Businesses who are thinking globally as they execute their growth plans and try to build an international presence, may want to replicate a similar working culture in every single location. It is important, however to achieve a balance between reflecting the local market culture and the values and identity of the business itself.
The American Society of Interior Designer’s Interior Design Billings Index (IDBI) slipped 6.3 points to a score of 58.8 in June, but registered its eighteenth straight month in which more than 50% of firms reported an increase or no decrease in design services compared to the previous month.
Randy Fiser, ASID CEO, stated that being the first to achieve both certifications was an honor, but more importantly this highlighted the 26,000-member organization’s commitment to supporting health and wellness in the workplace as well as providing an aesthetically pleasing and functional space. Representing the interior design profession, the successful completion and certification of this space not only demonstrates how thoughtful design matters, but sends a message to other organizations that it can be accomplished at any scale and budget.
The Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA), representing the commercial furniture industry, announces the addition of two industry leaders to their Board of Directors. Peter Martin, CEO at Knape & Vogt and Jeff Thompson, President at Boss Design North America were both elected to three-year terms as Directors.
The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) headquarters office is the first space in the world to achieve both Platinum Level Certification for the WELL Building Standard™ (WELL™) under WELL v1 and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), under the LEED ID+C rating system – the highest recognition awarded by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and the International WELL Building Institute™ (IWBI™). The office space, designed by Perkins+Will, incorporates the most innovative health and wellness design features, and has sustainability as a central philosophy.
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) announced the unveiling of its newly relocated international headquarters sited in an iconic Mies van der Rohe tower at 111 E. Wacker Dr. in the heart of downtown Chicago. The 17,000-square-foot space, with sweeping views of the city and the Chicago River, puts human potential at the forefront. When doors officially open on June 12, the project’s essential design intent will be revealed: that place, people, culture, and brand matter in the workplace.
The American Society of Interior Designers Foundation (ASIDF) announced the recipients of its sixth annual Transform Grant. The annual award, made possible through the support of the Donghia Foundation, funds evidence‐based research projects that investigate the impact of interior design on a particular topic. This year the topic is designing spaces to support well-being for all.
New joint venture will deliver enhanced services and support a broad range of green business tools and programs throughout Canada.
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) is proud to announce Alissa Wehmueller, IIDA, LEED AP, as the 2017 Member of the Year. This award honors an IIDA Member whose commitment to the industry is visibly demonstrated through extensive volunteer efforts and dedication to the IIDA mission of advancing interior design and advocating for its excellence. The IIDA Member of the Year receives $7,500, sponsored by Contract magazine, as well as a complimentary 2018 IIDA membership.
IIDA Executive Vice President and CEO Cheryl Durst discusses the association’s mission and advocacy and what the profession of interior design may look like in the future.
USGBC just dropped its annual list of the Top 10 States for LEED, which recognizes those states leading the way for sustainable building design, construction and transformation in 2016. Together, these states certified 309.12 million gross square feet of space and are at the forefront of the evolving green building movement.
This per capita list is based on 2010 Census data and includes commercial and institutional green building projects that were certified last year.
Go ahead, share the news! Congratulate your state, city and community leaders and let your colleagues and neighbors know how your state did by tagging your Twitter, Facebook and Instagram posts with #Top10LEED.
Without neglecting history or disregarding the lessons learned along the way, design always looks forward. The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) embraces this ethos—gaining wisdom from our past as we charge toward the future of our industry and the association. As the interior design profession becomes more complex and multidisciplinary, it is our job to welcome change, adapt, and support our 15,000-plus IIDA members along the way.
In 2016, IIDA expanded its offerings to commercial interior designers, manufacturers, industry leaders, and students in an effort to fill a need for cutting-edge and worthwhile resources, programming, thought leadership, events, publications, and more. The association commissioned vital research about the industry, publishing the second installment in the acclaimed “Designed Leveraged” series, which makes the case for good workplace design with data and statistics, as well as the first-ever IIDA Compensation Survey and the Economic Impact of Interior Design report.
On Tuesday, October 11, the AIA|DC Design + Well-being Committee hosted a panel discussion featuring Fitwel (facility innovations toward wellness environment leadership). The theme of the night was the health of our buildings, one of the biggest topics in our industry today. Fitwel is a building certification program that takes a deeper dive into the design, methodology, and certification standards that are becoming increasingly more important as the workplace shifts towards enhancing the human experience.
A collaboration between the Center for Active Design, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and GSA, Fitwel aims to be the right choice for your people and your bottom line by positively impacting employee productivity and health through targeted improvements in the built environment. The system has been in development for over five years, and encourages over 60 strategies that range from an openly-visible stair to the policies surrounding healthy food purchasing programs.
The Blitz team was honored with an Interior Architecture Merit Honor award at last week’s AIA Santa Clara Valley 2016 Design Awards for One Workplace’s Headquarters and Showroom. OWP is the largest furniture dealer in Northern California and the single source for Steelcase furniture in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The project consists of 35,000 square feet of office, showroom, and workspace that seamlessly weaves together to redefine the customer and user experience.
With World Workplace 2016 – the biggest annual gathering of facilities and workplace services managers in the world – just having taken place in San Diego, the biggest news to come out the conference was the launch of the define.fm campaign.
The result of the collaboration between IFMA and RICS announced earlier in the year, the campaign spearheads the ambitious goal of the two professional organisations of combining global standards with an extensive understanding of the FM sector, to become a unifying force for facilities management around the globe.
The IIDA revealed winners of its 2016 Healthcare Interior Design Competition, which recognizes outstanding design of healthcare interiors. The competition examines three overarching categories—ambulatory care centers, hospitals, and senior living.
“Now more than ever, designers play a critical role in the healthcare industry, providing evidence-based solutions that contribute to positive patient outcomes, as well as the well-being of caregivers and healthcare workers,” said IIDA executive vice president and CEO Cheryl Durst, a 2016 Interior Design Hall of Fame inductee (special leadership award). “This year’s winning submissions showcase exceptional healthcare design, with an eye toward form, materiality, function, and innovation that is creating positive, healing environments."
This year’s jury consisted of Michelle Clark, senior associate at Rees Associates; Suzen L. Heeley, executive director of design and construction at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; and Lisa Herriott, IIDA, interior designer and project manager at UW Medicine | Harborview Medical Center.
The Best in Competition winner will be announced at the Healthcare Design Expo and Conference on November 13 in Houston, Texas.
A new tool that will help employers create healthier workplaces is getting off the ground.
Fitwel is a health and wellness standard for buildings developed by the CDC, the General Services Administration (the government agency that runs federal office buildings). After testing it in government facilities, it was released to the public a few months ago, with the help of a New York City nonprofit, the Center for Active Design. It’s aimed at helping employers evaluate all the design factors that go into creating a healthy workplace, from proximity to public transit, bike parking, indoor air quality, healthy food access, and stairwell design.
