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.
Ayse Birsel of Birsel + Seck—the very first speaker at this year's Giants of Design conference in Palm Springs, CA—has designed products we use everyday, such as kitchen utensils for JCPenney and Target, and packaging for Johnson & Johnson. She’s an author and a creative. To get to know what drives Ayse, we tracked down the physical things she likes most—and why.
OFS Brands spoke with Pam Light of HOK about how products within the workplace influence our activities and behavior. Thoughtfully designed active spaces are never truly finished: they evolve with changing workplace needs and trends. To gain insight on how furniture and space planning can support activity based design, OFS Brands interviewed Pam Light, Senior Vice President of HOK.
You know those enviable offices that use design to perfectly communicate what the company inside is all about, without saying a word? You have one woman to thank for that practice: Eva Maddox, the interior designer who developed and coined the concept of branded environments. On February 1, she announced her retirement from Perkins+Will, where she was a design principal.
Billionaire Richard Branson thinks outside the corporate office.
"There are five main places I have worked day-in, day-out over the years, and you will notice that an office is nowhere to be seen on the list," writes Richard Branson in a recent Virgin blog post. "I've never had a proper desk, never worked out of an office, and certainly never clocked in."
The Design Futures Council (DFC) presented Art Gensler with a lifetime achievement award on January 14, 2016, at the organization's Leadership Summit on Design Innovation & Technology. The award was presented by James P. Cramer, cofounder and chairman of the Design Futures Council, and Doug Parker, managing principal of Greenway Group and an honorary senior fellow of the DFC.
HOK announced today that its group board, as part of its planned succession process, has unanimously selected Bill Hellmuth, AIA, as chief executive officer, effective April 19, 2016. Based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, Hellmuth will collaborate with the group board to lead the firm’s design vision, business strategy and day-to-day management. He will continue in his role as HOK’s firm-wide president and design principal for projects in the Washington, D.C. area and worldwide.
The British designer has been selected for his significant contribution to the industry over the past 30 years, during which time he has established himself as an individual who is dedicated as much to the functionality as he is to the aesthetics of the objects he creates. With approximately 600 products to his name, ranging from various furniture pieces to electronics, rendered in a slew of different materials, Morrison’s approach sees him reducing things down to their very essentials without compromising their form.
Haworth, Inc. has appointed Diane Barnes as North American Director of Sales for Haworth Collection. Based out of the company’s New York office, Barnes will be responsible for customer relationships, driving strategy in the North American market and leadership of Haworth Collection specialists.
Matthew Hern has joined HOK Product Design, LLC, as vice president and creative director. He brings more than 25 years of experience in industrial design, creative direction and leadership to this new position.
Ms. Dippre will lead VOA’s efforts to grow and expand VOA’s workplace strategy service line. Ms. Dippre will leverage her expertise in facility benchmarks and research to enrich VOA’s efforts in providing services including workplace strategy, real estate and portfolio analysis, master facility planning, data collection/time utilization studies and evaluation, cultural assessment and change management. Ms. Dippre will be based in VOA’s Chicago office.
Hao Ko is Design Director and Principal at the widely recognized leading collaborative design firm, Gensler. Hao is grounded by the belief that the fundamental role of architecture is to elevate the human spirit and he strives to design beautiful places — ones that are inspirational for life and work and that impact people for the better. Recently, Modelo had the opportunity to learn more about Hao’s unique approach and design philosophy.
Richard Sapper died New Year's eve at the age of 83, his daughter Carola Sapper confirmed in an email to Co.Design. The German-born, Italy-based industrial designer created all manner of products, from household goods to cars, but is arguably best known for being the chief industrial design consultant for IBM and masterminding the first ThinkPad in 1992.
LEO A DALY announced that Irena Savakova has joined its Washington office as Director of Design. In this role she will lead a world-class design team in completing complex architectural projects for a variety of clients.
John Hamilton is the Coalesse Director of Design and leader of the Coalesse Design Group in San Francisco. John shares some of his favorite design inspirations and what he loves about San Francisco in this edition of My Favorite Things.
When, as part of its long-term collaboration with the nonprofit Hazelden Foundation, Hammel, Green and Abrahamson began work on the new Hazelden Betty Ford Center, an outpatient alcohol-and-drug clinic in Los Angeles, the firm knew there was only one woman to lead the job: Alyssa Scholz, principal and director of interior design. After stints at Taylor, Perkins+Will, and Gensler, Scholz came to HGA in 2014, bringing her understanding of user-experience design to the firm’s services in the healthcare sector. She discusses her influences, thoughts on the state of healthcare design, and hopes for the future.
Last year, Design Miami introduced the Design Visionary Award, an honor that recognizes innovators whose contributions propel the globe toward a better future. The 2015 recipient, Yves Behar, is among the world’s most celebrated designers for the progressive ideas he puts to work in all areas of his practice.
Peter D. Greene has rejoined Dauphin North America in the role of Senior VP, Sales & Marketing. He will lead sales, marketing, design & product development for the North America Division of the German manufacturer Dauphin.
Harry Bertoia’s vast output of work spanned everything from sculpture to drawing; jewellery to his “sound sculptures”, as well as his famous Diamond chair. To mark the centenary of his birth, Knoll’s celebrations include the reissue of his plastic side chair. We were fortunate to be able to speak to Harry’s daughter, Celia, to find out more about his art and designs and relationship with Knoll, as well as discussing the legacy of his work.
Flexsteel Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLXS) announces Jim Hlavin has joined the Flexsteel Contract team as the National Sales Manager for the Commercial Office business.
Teknion Studio announced the appointment of Jon Strassner as Vice President of Sales. In this new role, he will be responsible for leading all Teknion Studio sales activities in the United States.
