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CITED:“EVERYONE YOU MEET IS AFRAID OF SOMETHING, LOVES SOMETHING, AND HAS LOST SOMETHING.” —H. JACKSON BROWN

Are you ‘Awair’ of Your Air?

Air quality within a space can be overlooked for a number of reasons, the most obvious of which is that air is invisible. In the design process and facility management functions, air quality advocates must work harder to draw attention to something we can’t technically see. Awair is a company bringing air quality transparency to the built environment. Its products track air quality in the built environment, for those who want more knowledge and control over the quality of the air in their living and work environments.

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Amenities Working Harder at Willis Towers Watson

Access to amenities in the workplace is a big draw for people of all industries. But within an existing workspace that already has many amenities in place, how can design firms rethink those amenities to do more for their client? For the design of its new London flagship offices, the global advisory, broking and solutions company Willis Towers Watson selected architecture, interiors and planning firm HLW. At its offices in the Willis Building in London, the insurance company needed a fresh workspace that would encourage new movement, accommodate a recent merger, and reimagine its tired amenity spaces.

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Concurrents – Environmental Psychology: More Reasons to Get ‘Em Walking

A new era of research related to walking is underway – tying walking at a comfortable, self-determined pace to all sorts of good things happening in our heads. Research has established that walking boosts our mood and the performance of our memory as well as our performance on creative tasks. A new study has even more good things to say about the cognitive benefits of having been for a stroll.

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Omni air quality monitor by Awair. Photos: courtesy of Awair

Awair, the creators of products that track air quality in homes, a couple years ago shrewdly recognized a demand for air quality tracking outside the home. While residential spaces are where we touch down at the end of the day, and where our families spend time during the day and on the weekends, we travel through many more spaces throughout each week.

Transportation routes and vessels, schools, offices, fitness facilities, grocery stores and other retail spaces…what do we know about the air our bodies are cycling through when we occupy these spaces?

Air quality within a space can be overlooked for a number of reasons, the most obvious of which is that air is invisible. In the design process and facility management functions, air quality advocates must work harder to draw attention to something we can’t technically see.

Awair is a company bringing air quality transparency to the built environment. Awair creates products for those who

Are you ‘Awair’ of Your Air?by Mallory Jindra

Omni by Awair

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product designwant more knowledge and control over the quality of the air in their living and work environments, for increased safety, performance and wellbeing.

The company’s mission is to “empower you with the knowledge, motivation and confidence to thrive in your environment.” Awair was founded in 2013 by Ronald Ro, CEO, and Kevin Cho, CTO, and is located in San Francisco, California.

“Air quality is a growing concern for businesses as pressure mounts to conform to WELL, LEED, and RESET building health standards,” notes Awair’s website. “Indoor air quality, which can be 5x more polluted than outdoor air quality, has been linked to the occurrence of allergies, head-aches, inability to focus, and much more. Research from the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health indicates that by improving air quality, businesses can

not only see increases in productivity, but revenue as well by up to $15,500 per employee annually…In a study of a WELL Certified office buildings, well-

ness is the next trillion-dollar industry and Air Health and Safety has the most impact towards being a WELL Certified building.”

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Ronald Ro, CEO and co-founder of Awair

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Awair for residential environments

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product designAwair’s website quotes research

from the EPA regarding air quality in schools: “Over 90% of all K-12 schools are located within one mile of high-ways, exposing 4.4 million children to elevated levels of pollution. Studies show poor air quality in schools can lead to: increased absences and the transmission of infectious diseases, decreased overall health and produc-tivity of teachers, and lower test scores and student performance (~15%)

Awair initially got its start with prod-ucts designed for residential environ-ments, but in 2017 it launched Omni, designed specifically for business.

“Awair developed Omni following a demand from businesses looking to extend the capabilities of Awair’s in-home air quality monitors to their fa-cilities,” reads Awair’s website. “Omni was designed with a more industrial aesthetic, borrowing from the award-winning designs of the original Awair and Glow and has been outfitted for increased accuracy, durability, and reliability. Omni features a touch-sen-sitive LED display, can be mounted on a wall or stand, and includes a battery back-up to prevent loss of data.”

Omni can be used in offices, fa-cilities, schools, hotels, hospitals and many other commercial or institutional environments. The tech linking all of the units together, coupled with an easy-to-use mobile app and a simple dashboard provides actionable insights that enable businesses to take control of the air quality in their spaces, creat-ing healthier, more productive environ-ments for employees, customers and other occupants. Business leaders can access trends and advanced analytics regarding their space at any time.

“Omni’s business dashboard allows for the management of hundreds to thousands of individual Omnis in a facility,” notes Awair’s website. “The dashboard provides analytics of both the building’s overall air quality as well as individual rooms’.

Omni app user interface – onboarding Omni app user interface – main

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product designData history can be easily accessed

and exported, which is especially helpful for building owners aspiring to achieve LEED, WELL, or RESET certification. Customized alerts and notifications can also be set-up for when building conditions fall out of the desired air quality range.”

The company’s operating system software allows things like: real-time displays of office air quality for em-ployees; building automation systems (BAS) integrations; room-by-room building management visualization, seamless connection to IOT devices and solutions; the ability to import external data for enhanced analysis; automating messages to clients and customers; auto-populated reports, and more.

Omni was first piloted by a num-ber of flagship companies, including AirBnb, Google, Stanford University, Levi’s, and many coworking spaces across the world. Some of its notable features include:

>Enterprise-grade sensors that track the key factors of air quality: Tempera-ture, Humidity, CO2, Chemicals, and Fine Dust 

>Intuitive business dashboard that can manage hundreds to thousands of units and deliver notifications, alerts, and analytics on air quality 

>Touch-sensitive LED display>Battery reserve in case of power loss>Wall mountable or stand>2-minute setupAwair is part of a new band of

companies and products that are em-powering people to demand healthier spaces that work hard and smart, by prioritizing knowledge and transparen-cy. This field of products will continue to grow, becoming savvier to client’s needs, and those working in archi-tecture, interior design, and facility management must continue to learn about and work with them. n Awair’s dashboard interface

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Access to amenities in the workplace is a big draw for people of all industries. But within an existing workspace that already has many amenities in place, how can design firms rethink those amenities to do more for their client?

For the design of its new London flagship offices, the global advisory, broking and solutions company, Willis Towers Watson, selected architecture, interiors and planning firm HLW. At the insurance company’s location in The Willis Building in London, the client needed a fresh workspace that would encourage new movement, accommo-date a recent merger, and reimagine its tired amenity spaces.

Over a total of 24,154 square me-ters [259,991 square feet], the newly redesigned offices now feature world-

Amenities Working Harder at Willis Towers Watsonby Mallory Jindra

The staff canteen at Willis Towers Watson in London. Designed by HLW. Photography: Hufton+Crow

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a&dclass amenities in an iconic building in London.

The project’s three key goals:>With the merging of two companies

into one, draw out a fresh workspace that would align both entities for future progress.

>Creating an agile work environment. >Making existing amenities work

harder. “The main challenge of this project

was figuring out how to bring people out of their offices,” said HLW project designer Shizuka Nagaya, in an of-ficeinsight interview. “We focused on creating these spaces to encourage new movement between people and teams and departments.”

“There were a small number of meet-ing rooms and a big open office, but there was nothing in the middle. We wanted to make spaces that would sup-port how each department functioned, and how they were really working.” Gathering spaces for work, socializing, eating and learning

Semi-enclosed breakout space

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Each floor now includes a diverse col-lection of settings outside of a primary workstation to choose from. Open break-out areas, lounge spaces, and small meeting rooms now mix with desking systems to give employees options.

“They already had some great ame-nities onsite, but we thought a lot about how we could upgrade those amenities to work harder,” noted Ms. Nagaya.

The new offices feature a renovated training academy aimed at employee knowledge and growth, completed with size-and group-flexible training rooms, new technology, and a new collaboration space.

HLW reimagined the existing staff canteen, shifting its vibe from “onsite restaurant” to something that would serve as a more inclusive gathering point for everyone. Within the canteen, HLW created lounge pockets and provided screening devices to enable people to easily divide the space if

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a&dneeded, encouraging people to hang out, work and socialize there.

“The canteen was a really great space, and from 11a.m. to 2p.m., it was always packed,” said Ms. Nagaya. “But outside of those hours, it was empty. We wanted to allocate certain areas within the space for functions outside a traditional restaurant scene.”

The project scope also included the refurbishment of the building’s onsite 460-seat auditorium, the largest of its kind in a London-based office. While the basic shape of the auditorium remained the same, HLW created a secondary catch-all space located off the auditorium, put in a new integrated AV system, and brought in newly reup-holstered seating.

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a&dAesthetic focus also shifted in the

new offices.“The office used to be heavily brand-

ed and had tons of bright company colors,” said Ms. Nagaya. “We wanted to tone down that side of things, and subtly bring out other elements. It’s an iconic building in London, and because we were working with the ex-isting envelope of the building, we took inspiration from what surrounds them in the city – patters from the architec-ture, textures and colors and materials from the nearby markets, historical names of the spaces close to them, and the London art scene.”

HLW implemented the newly de-signed workspace alongside a sub-stantial change management effort, working with people from each depart-ment on how to use their new spaces. Every staff department had an oppor-tunity to go through a pilot scheme, providing feedback.

Amenities at Willis Tower Watson fit the company’s new identity and offer its staff new ways of working, playing and learning in the workplace. n

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concurrentsENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGYMore Reasons to Get ‘Em Walkingby Sally Augustin, Ph.D.

The idea of designing “functional inconveniences” into workplaces has been around for a long time. Some of the earliest inconveniences involved how people moved from place to place and circuitous paths were created to the cafeteria or from the parking lot or to the hub where most of the confer-ence rooms were located.

These meandering routes were sup-posed to result in all sorts of people learning about their peers in ways that enhanced collaboration – and there is evidence that people who have more contact with each other are more likely to do high quality work together. Travel-related inconveniences definitely resulted in employees walking further than they otherwise might have.

A new era of research related to walking is underway – and this time research is tying walking at a comfort-

able, self-determined pace to all sorts of good things happening in our heads. Research has established, for example, that walking (just walking, not neces-sarily in nature) boosts our mood and the performance of our memory as well as our performance on creative tasks.

A new study has even more good things to say about the cognitive benefits of having been for a stroll. A press release from the University of California Irvine quotes Michael Yassa, a professor there, who co-lead a study whose findings suggest that, “Even short walking breaks throughout the day may have considerable effects on improving memory and cognition.”

The press release, describing the re-sults of the Yassa co-lead study, states, “Researchers at the University of Cali-fornia, Irvine and Japan’s University of Tsukuba found that even very light

workouts can increase the connectivity between parts of the brain responsible for memory formation and storage. In a study of 36 healthy young adults, the researchers discovered that a single 10-minute period of mild exertion can yield considerable cognitive benefits. Using high-resolution functional magnetic resonance imaging, the team examined subjects’ brains shortly after exercise sessions and saw better connectivity between the hippocampal dentate gyrus and cortical areas linked to detailed memory processing…The neuroscientists found that the level of heightened connectivity predicted the degree of recall enhancement.” This study is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and other researchers participating in the project include Hideaki Soya, Kazuya Suwabe, and Kyeongho Byun.

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concurrentsNow that we know that walking at

a comfortable pace not only supports thinking in all sorts of desirable ways, but actually enhances brain structure, it seems even more important to make the paths to the cafeteria, and parking lot, and conferences rooms NOT as short and direct as they might be and also to design spaces for walking into workplaces, inside and outside, when-ever possible. A path outside might me-ander through natural habitats while an inside route might travel through a gal-lery with occasional artwork, at least in the perfect world. It also seems prudent to provide “shortcut” routes for people with broken legs, etc., who might be “transportationally” challenged.

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“Now You Just Need to Remember to Exercise!” 2018. Press release, University of California, Irvine.

Sally Augustin, PhD, is the editor of Research Design Connections (www.researchdesignconnections.com). Research Design Connections reports on research conducted by social and physical scientists that designers can apply in practice. Insights derived from recent studies are integrated with classic, still relevant findings in concise, powerful articles. Topics covered range from the cognitive, emotional, and physiological implications of sensory and other physi-

cal experiences to the alignment of cul-ture, personality, and design, among oth-ers. Information, in everyday language, is shared in a monthly subscription newsletter, an archive of thousands of published articles, and a free daily blog. Readers learn about the latest research findings immediately, before they’re avail-able elsewhere. Sally, who is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, is also the author of Place Advantage: Applied Psychology for Interior Archi-tecture (Wiley, 2009) and, with Cindy Coleman, The Designer’s Guide to Doing Research: Applying Knowledge to Inform Design (Wiley, 2012). She is a principal at Design With Science (www.design-withscience.com) and can be reached at sallyaugustin@designwithscience.com.

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r-d connectionRESEARCH-DESIGN CONNECTIONWorkplace Design: Psychological Implicationsby Sally Augustin, Ph.D.

Hirst and Schabenland studied the effects of office design on employees’ psychological comfort. A press release Anglia Ruskin University issued related to their research reports that the duo found that, “Employees subconsciously act and dress differently in modern open-plan office environments…[Hirst and Schabenland] over the course of three years analysed the behaviour of around 1,000 employees at a UK local authority that moved from six separate departmental buildings into a…building [that] made extensive use of glass and incorporated large, open-plan offices and collective spaces…[Hirst] said: ‘When changing from a more closed, com-

partmentalised office space to a new open-plan, transparent and fluid working space, office workers were more con-scious of their visibility and often found this unsettling rather than liberating. Women in particularly felt anxious about the idea of being constantly watched, and felt they had to dress in a certain way…[working] in an open space…was seen by some as a chance to dress more smartly and fulfill a new identity.”

In their journal article, Hirst and Schabenland (2018) state that, “The new office encourages an image of the ideal worker which brings together ways of acting and interacting that have been characterized as both mas-culine and feminine – active move-ment and spontaneous encounters, but also intensive face-to-face interac-tion and deep relationship-building.” n

“New Offices Make Us More Image-Conscious.” 2018. Press release, Anglia Ruskin University, https://www.anglia.ac.uk/news/new-offices-make-us-more-image-conscious

Alison Hirst and Christina Schaben-land. 2018. “Doing Gender in the ‘New Office.’” Gender, Work and Organi-zation, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 159-176, https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12200

Sally Augustin, PhD, is the editor of Research Design Connections (www.researchdesignconnections.com). Research Design Connections reports on research conducted by social and physical scientists that designers can apply in practice. Insights derived from recent studies are integrated with classic, still relevant findings in concise, powerful articles. Topics covered range from the cognitive, emotional, and physiological implications of sensory and other physi-cal experiences to the alignment of cul-ture, personality, and design, among oth-ers. Information, in everyday language, is shared in a monthly subscription newsletter, an archive of thousands of published articles, and a free daily blog. Readers learn about the latest research findings immediately, before they’re avail-able elsewhere. Sally, who is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, is also the author of Place Advantage: Applied Psychology for Interior Archi-tecture (Wiley, 2009) and, with Cindy Coleman, The Designer’s Guide to Doing Research: Applying Knowledge to Inform Design (Wiley, 2012). She is a principal at Design With Science (www.design-withscience.com) and can be reached at sallyaugustin@designwithscience.com.

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officenewswireNOTEWORTHY>Fabrice Barthélemy was appointed CEO of Tarkett and Chairman of the com-pany’s Management Board. Mr. Barthélemy has been a member of the Manage-ment Board since 2008 in his role as the Group’s CFO from 2008 to 2017, then as President of Tarkett’s EMEA & Latin America division. Since September 2018, he has also served as interim Chairman of the Management Board. He began his career as an in-dustrial controller with Safran and joined Valeo in 1995 as divisional financial controller in the United Kingdom. From 2000 to 2003, he helped turn around Valeo’s Lighting Division in France, before becoming worldwide finance director of Valeo Connective Systems and, subsequently, finance director of Valeo Wiper Systems. Since joining Tarkett, he has successfully contributed to the Group’s strategy of profitable growth, turning Tarkett into a world leader in flooring and sports surfaces. He contributed to more than twenty acquisitions and was also instrumental

in the IPO on Euronext Paris completed in 2013. During his tenure as President of the division EMEA & Latin America, he demonstrated his ability to lead the Group’s main division in a complex environment. “His widely respected operational and financial expertise, combined with his leadership and his ambitious, yet realistic strategic vision for Tarkett are undeniably the qualities that will be required to undertake the rapid transformation of the Group,” said Eric La Bonnardière, Chairman of Tarkett’s Supervisory Board. “As a strong leader, Fabrice has demonstrated his ability to unite and engage teams to ensure the implementation of our strategic decisions.” Read More

>Mike Smith, President and COO of Stitch Fix and former COO of Walmart.com, joined the Herman Miller Board of Directors and the Audit Com-mittee of the Board of Direc-tors, effective Jan. 16. Mr. Smith has been an innovative leader in the digital and fast paced online consumer sec-tors for more than 15 years, with leadership positions in ecommerce, operations, customer experience and fi-nance. He joined Stitch Fix in 2012 and was instrumental in helping to scale the business from a small start-up to the innovative public company it is today. Prior to Stitch Fix, he was with Walmart from 2003 to 2012, most recently serv-ing as the COO at Walmart.com, where he oversaw all operations for the $5 billion

division. Smith led one of the most successful multi-chan-nel offerings in the industry – Site to Store – which drove half of Walmart.com’s sales. “Mike is a transformational digital leader, and we are pleased to welcome a pioneer of his caliber to our board,” said Herman Miller Chairman Mike Volkema, Chairman. “As we accelerate our focus on being an even more dy-namic and consumer-centric company, Mike’s experience will be incredibly relevant and valuable.” Read More

>Erica Tricco was named regional manager for Knoll’s Phoenix region, succeeding Melissa Regan. Ms. Tricco joined Knoll in 2013 as a senior sales representative in Los Angeles. Since 2016 she has served as the market’s architectural and design manager, bringing her knowl-edge of workplace planning and trademark enthusiasm for Knoll design to Southern California. Known for her laser-sharp focus on gener-ating leads from real estate brokers, project managers and designers as well as her commitment to working closely with our dealers, she has been instrumental in the repositioning of Knoll in Los Angeles since the opening of

its Downtown LA showroom in 2018. Phoenix and Denver are among the nation’s most robust workplace markets where she will leverage her business development skills, commitment to teamwork, and success in Los Angeles with Knoll sales and dealer teams. She will be based out of Denver. Read More

>KI named Bryan Tischer and Chris Griffin its new Re-gional Sales Vice Presidents for its Western and Eastern regions, respectively. Mr. Tischer has been a suc-cessful sales leader within KI for more than 13 years, most recently as Regional Sales Vice President for the Eastern Region. Under his guidance, the region has experienced consistent growth with sales reaching an all-time high in 2018. Mr. Griffin will be stepping into Tischer’s former position. Mr. Griffin joined KI in 2009

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officenewswireand most recently served as National Integrated Sales Manager. Prior to that, he was a key member of the team that helped establish and grow KI’s Inside Sales team. As part of this transition, Peter Goerdt, who served as Regional Vice President of the Western region for 14 years, is retiring. Read More

>Philadelphia-based COFCO, one of the oldest Allsteel dealership in the coun-try, acquired PBI, Inc., a 24-year-old independently owned furniture dealer in An-napolis, MD. On Jan. 1, PBI officially changed its brand name to COFCO and became a branch office serving the Washington, DC metro area. Founded in 1946, COFCO has been one of Allsteel’s major furniture dealers since 1952. Read More

>DIRTT announced enhance-ments to its senior leader-ship team. The organizational changes include a mix of newly created positions, fresh talent and the promotion of long-tenured executives: -Director of innovation: DIRTT co-founder Geoff Gosling, the award-winning visionary behind the design and devel-opment of DIRTT’s solutions, is now director of innovation.

This new position builds on Mr. Gosling’s former role as vice president, product devel-opment. -Chief commercial officer: This newly-created position supports the company’s exist-ing sales efforts and its in-house marketing communica-tion and partner development teams. DIRTT is currently recruiting to fill this role. -Chief operating officer: Jef-frey A. Calkins, a principal of interim management and consulting firm Manufactur-ing Resources Inc. (MRI), will lead the optimization of DIRTT’s manufacturing capabilities as acting COO, while DIRTT recruits to fill this permanent role. -Senior vice president, software development: Mark Greffen, a 14-year DIRTT veteran, has moved into the role of senior vice president, software development. Mr. Greffen has been instrumen-tal to the development and implementation of DIRTT’s ICE® software. -Senior vice president and general counsel: Joe Zirkman joined the company as senior vice president and general counsel. Mr. Zirkman has more than 20 years of experi-ence serving in this capacity with publicly-held companies trading on the NASDAQ, including Carrols Restaurant Group and Fiesta Restaurant Group, and has extensive experience in construction law, mergers and acquisi-tions, corporate governance, securities law and franchis-ing. DIRTT’s former general counsel, Nandini Somayaji, will continue with DIRTT as

associate general counsel. -Senior vice president, talent: DIRTT welcomes Krista Pell into the newly-created role of senior vice president, talent. As an international business leader with more than two decades of experience in human resources and talent management at Ausenco and dms Organization Ltd., Ms. Pell will lead DIRTT’s existing in-house team of HR profes-sionals. -Vice president, sales: Kings-ley Koch, an 11-year DIRTT sales veteran, moves into the newly created position, where he will lead DIRTT’s extensive network of sales representa-tives and partners. In addition to managing and expanding DIRTT’s partner network over the past decade, Mr. Koch was instrumental in several of DIRTT’s largest projects to date. Effective Jan. 15, DIRTT’s chief operating officer, Tracy Baker, and vice president of software development, Barrie Loberg, are no longer with the company. “I would like to recognize the contribu-tions of Barrie and Tracy and thank them for their years of dedicated service,” said DIRTT CEO Kevin O’Meara. Read More

>Engineered hardwood sup-plier Havwoods International plans to open the global brand’s first Canadian show-room in March. The 1,600sf

showroom will welcome de-signers, architects, develop-ers, specifiers, and homeown-ers at its convenient location in the heart of Old Town Toronto’s King East Design District. This district encom-passes thriving businesses, including furniture design stores and product show-rooms. Founded in the United Kingdom more than 40 years ago, Havwoods International sets the benchmark for the highest level of commitment to craft, expertise, and service as a foremost wood flooring and wall cladding company. Havwoods offers over 500 en-gineered hardwood products in stock. “Havwoods Interna-tional has opened showrooms in design districts of major cities across the world such as London, Dubai, Sydney, Rome, Melbourne, and New York City,” said Allan Singh, General Manager of Hav-woods International. “Our first showroom in Canada provides clientele in the Toronto area with convenient access to the brand’s superior quality wood designs for both the residen-tial and commercial markets.” Read More

>The IIDA Foundation part-nered with John J. Nelson Sr., founder and principal of design at NELSON, to further the study of interior design and architecture by students of African-American descent. Through the new

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officenewswireJohn J. Nelson Sr. Legacy Scholarship Fund, recipients will be eligible to receive up to $25,000 in scholarship funds. The fund is open to undergraduate students of African-American descent who are currently enrolled in a U.S. not-for-profit CIDA-accredited interior design or NAAB-accredited architecture program. Financial need will be considered but is not a pre-requisite for the scholar-ship. Submissions opened on Jan. 10, and the application deadline is Feb. 22. Re-cipients will be honored at the IIDA Annual Meeting on Jun. 9. Read More

>LSI Wallcovering changed its name to Versa Designed Surfaces. The new name builds on recognition for LSI’s largest brand, Versa Wallcov-ering, and reflects the holding company’s plans to diversify into other surface treatments for commercial interiors. Based in New Albany, IN, the company is one of the world’s premiere manufacturers of commercial vinyl wallcovering, supplying more than 2,000 products to 60 countries. During its 60-year history, LSI developed a reputation for sustainable manufacturing practices and corporate social responsibility. It helped lead the wallcovering industry’s ef-forts to create its first sustain-ability standard and was the first manufacturer to certify to it. It also developed Second-

Look, the first recycling program for post-consumer wallcovering, which has been honored with five industry awards. Read More

RE-SITED>Adrian Leal joined AIS as the company’s new territory manager for the states of Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. AIS ag-gressively grew its team in 2018, with Mr. Leal being the 16th person added to its field sales team in the past 12 months. He has several years of experience in sales and business development, most recently as the business development manager for Maxon Furniture in the Min-neapolis/St. Paul area. Prior positions included working as an account executive at Work-scapes and as a business development manager for The HON Company. Mr. Leal earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing from St. Ambrose University in Iowa where he played football. He grew up in Chicago and is fluent in Span-ish. He will be based out of Minneapolis. Read More

>Mike Murphy joined Boss Design as Director of Sales, charged with driving sales across North America. In this role, he will be responsible for expanding and consolidat-ing Boss Design’s presence across key market sectors as well as raising brand aware-ness of the company’s exten-sive range of commercial fur-niture. Mr. Murphy has more than 35 years of experience in the contract furniture industry, having spent the last 25 years at the helm of Murphy Associ-ates Inc. – a successful New England multi-line indepen-dent rep firm based in Boston. Read More

>Richard Rudman joined MKDA’s New York office as Managing Director. In addition, Mr. Rudman’s boutique corporate design firm, Rudman Design, LLC will be merged into MKDA. Mr. Rudman has more than 35 years of experience in interior space planning, programming, design and project management. He has worked on offices, showrooms and educational facilities for clients that include Pirelli North America, Inc., Christine Valmy, Inc., e.l.f. Cosmetics, Catalyst, Rent Stabilization

Associates, Karl Lagerfeld and Krizia. Prior to founding Rudman Design in 2012, he was Executive Vice President of New York-based DPM Architecture. Before that, he was Founder and Director of Architecture of a large New York-based design-build firm. While there, he secured large-scale corporate headquarters assignments for Chubb & Son, Rothschild, Inc, The Hertz Corporation, and Weight Watchers Inc. Throughout his career, Mr. Rudman co-designed multiple award-winning projects including the San Antonio Botanical Gardens and worked with internationally prominent de-signers and architects Stanley Tigerman, Tom Beeby, and Emilio Ambasz. Read More

>Trevor Wells joined Ware Malcomb as Studio Man-ager, Science & Technology in the San Diego office. Mr. Wells has more than 20 years of architectural experience, primarily in the Science & Technology sector, but he also has extensive experience in designing commercial office, healthcare, and industrial projects. Over the last de-cade, he has focused his ca-reer on the planning, design,

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officenewswireand construction of scientific research and manufacturing facilities. He specializes in life science laboratories, inter-disciplinary engineering en-vironments, physical science laboratories, biocontainment labs and research facilities, vivaria, clean room environ-ments, and biopharmaceuti-cal manufacturing facilities. As a laboratory planning and design architect, he designs human-centered, sustainable lab environments integrated with the latest technology. Ware Malcomb recently moved into a new, larger office space located at 3911 Sorrento Valley Blvd, Suite 120 in San Diego. The firm has 22 offices across North America, including a second local office at 600 B Street, Suite 2070 in downtown San Diego. Read More

>Julie Wissler was named Distribution Agent for KI’s Utah Territory. In her new role, she will work to provide dealers, architects, designers, and end users throughout the state of Utah with the latest in KI’s furniture solutions. She will market and distribute KI products through her firm, Interior Products Group, a wholesale distributor of fur-

niture products. Ms. Wissler has more than 20 years of experience in the contract furniture industry. Prior to working on behalf of KI, she served as Principal and Area Sales Manager with The Skin-ner Group, a manufacturers’ representative group based in Denver. She has also held marketing and sales positions with Kimball, Knoll, and Hen-riksen Butler. Read More

ENVIRONMENT>Steelcase Inc. released its 2018 Corporate Sustainabil-ity Report. The report high-lights the qualitative results of the company’s commitment to being a responsible corpo-rate citizen in partnership with customers, dealers, suppliers and community partners. Specific highlights from the 2018 report include: -Partnering with The Home Depot: Together, in phase one of a new collaboration, Steelcase, Dekalb Office – an authorized Steelcase dealer – and The Home Depot diverted 290 metric tons of furniture from landfills through reuse, recycling, and charitable donation.

-Donations to Public Thread: Since March 2018, Steelcase has donated 1,000 pounds of unusable scrap fabric to Public Thread, an organiza-tion that designs and makes small batches of sewn prod-ucts from repurposed and upcycled textiles. -Investing in the Community: Steelcase worked with local partners to secure donations of furniture, décor, paint and skilled labor for seven unique bedroom redesigns for The Bridge at Arbor Circle, a safe shelter for young people fac-ing homelessness or consid-ering running away. -Commitment to Volunteering: Steelcase employees around the world continued to serve others by volunteering 92,000 hours since 2015. -Progress toward Environmen-tal Goals: Steelcase remained focused on reducing its global environmental footprint. Since the 2010 baseline, Steelcase has reduced VOC emissions by 82%, water use by 11%, energy use by 21%. Over the last year, Steel-case’s achievements were recognized by leading organizations. Honors include recognition as a Winning “W” Company by 2020 Women on Boards; a perfect 100 score in all categories on the Hu-man Rights Campaign’s Cor-porate Equality Index for the fourth year in a row; a top-30 position as one of the largest 100% Green Power Users in the U.S., according to the EPA’s Green Power Partner-ship; and being named a mul-tinational finalist in the 2018 Circulars Awards, an initiative of the World Economic Forum

recognizing leading compa-nies driving progress towards a circular economy. “Steelcase was founded on a set of values that con-tinue to guide our strategic choices, anchor innova-tion and inform the way we conduct our business,” said Steelcase President and CEO Jim Keane. “We’re reminded every day that the work we do and the decisions we make directly impact our custom-ers, employees and share-holders, and we take seriously the opportunity to leverage our scale and resources for positive, sustainable change.” Read More

EVENTS>IFDA NY on Feb. 4 will present “An Ode to Color” with internationally re-nowned textile and product designer Lori Weitzner. Her presentation will provide a rich, layered perspective on the use and significance of color in our world as she shares insights on how color affects our moods, engages the senses, and how to use

Trevor Wells

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officenewswireit to enhance where we live and work. The seminar will take place at Jacob K. Javits Convention Center dur-ing NY NOW, with coffee & networking at 8:30 a.m. and the presentation from 9:00-10:00 a.m. Ms. Weitzner is the author of “Ode to Color, The Ten Essential Palates for Living and Design,” published by Harper Collins; two lucky event attendees who submit business cards will win a copy via a raffle drawing. Read More

>IFI World Interiors Day 2019 is officially Satur-day, May 25, although celebrations will take place worldwide throughout the entire month of May. This year’s theme is “Designing Spaces, Changing Lives.” An

annual event held globally, IFI WID is spearheaded by the International Federation of of Interior Architects/De-signers to spotlight interior architecture and design and to celebrate the profound impact that designed environments have on our daily lives. It invites design professionals, students, and enthusiasts – along with institutions, governments, and members of the general public – to organize activities and events that bring com-munity members together to explore, learn, discover and create. It encourages all participants to “unleash and playfully showcase Design-ing Spaces, Changing Lives. Anything is possible.” Some proposed explorations:

-Tangible / Intangible -Functional / Innovative -Necessity / Pleasure -Responsibility / Ethics -Power / Empowerment -Surfaces / Divides -Respect / Validation -Tradition / Future The IFI WID 2019 Program Title Sponsor is China-based L&D Ceramics. Read More

>IIDA NY will hold its first-ever Volunteer Fair this Thursday, Jan. 24 at Geiger, 6:00-8:00 p.m. At this inaugural event, members will meet representatives from all of the New York Chapter committees, and learn about volunteer opportunities avail-able for each of the chapter’s events and programs. Casey Baxter and Dale Greenwald, co-Chairs of the Futurist Fo-rum will share their perspec-tive on “A Day In The Life Of A Volunteer.” Read More

>NeoCon 2019 registra-tion, including keynotes and seminars, is now open. June 10-12 at The Mart in Chicago, the 51st edition will unveil the latest products from leading and emerging companies, as well as explore a wide range of timely topics such as human-centric design, the rise of outdoor workplaces, and the intersection of hos-pitality and the office. This year’s keynote speakers are four of today’s most influential designers from around the world: Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch, Founders of Roman and Williams Build-ings and Interiors; Ilse Craw-ford, Creative Director and Founder of Studioilse, Lon-don; and Liz Ogbu, Principal of Studio O. A roster of other leading industry juggernauts will also take the stage as part of the NeoCon 2019 confer-ence program including In-dustrial Designer and Design Strategist Todd Bracher; CEO/Founder of ecomedes Paul Shahriari; Founding Principal Rottet Studio, Lauren Rottet; Founder of Studio O+A, Verda Alexander; as well as Prin-cipal EYP Architecture and

Keynote Speaker: Ilse Crawford - Photo Credit Helen Cathcart

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Engineering, Leigh Stringer, to name a few. As the show continues to expand, NeoCon attendees will have access to numerous floors of design resources. From the perma-nent NeoCon showrooms on 3, 10, 11, and the 7th Floor Exhibit Hall, to the Design Center on 6, 14 and 15, LuxeHome on 1 and an array of special indoor and outdoor installations, there will be no shortage of introductions and innovations to discover across vertical markets including workplace, hospitality, educa-tion, healthcare, government, and residential. Read More

>Pratt Manhattan Gallery’s latest exhibition – “Ambigu-ous Territory: Architecture, Landscape, and the Post-natural” - explores the nature of our relationship to the environment. Open through Feb. 7, it assembles more than forty contempo-rary architects, artists, and landscape architects whose work challenges the division between the built and the natural environment. It looks at how art and design can avail new ways to approach contemporary challenges re-garding the environment, and asks what new worlds, and what new concepts of nature and culture can art and de-sign reveal that other modes of inquiry and knowledge cannot. The exhibition was organized by the A. Alfred Taubman College of Archi-tecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan. Cura-tors include Cathryn Dwyre, Adjunct Associate Professor at Pratt Institute and principal of pneumastudio; Chris Perry, Associate Professor at Rens-selaer Polytechnic Institute and principal of pneumastu-dio; David Salomon, Assistant Professor at Ithaca College; and Kathy Velikov, Associate Professor at the University of Michigan and principal of RVTR. Read More

Keynote Speaker: Liz Ogbu

Keynote Speakers: Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch - Photo Credit Sebastian Kim

Pratt Manhattan Gallery.Ambiguous Territory.pneumastudio, Terra Sigil-lata, 2017. Collage by Cathryn Dwyre. Courtesy of pneumastudio

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RAYMOND JAMES BRIEF 1.7.19 >Kimball International, Inc. plans to announce its second quarter fiscal year 2019 financial results on Monday, Feb. 4 after the close of the market, with a conference call scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 5, 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The telephone number to access the conference call is 844-602-5643 or internationally at 574-990-3014; passcode “Kimball.” The live webcast of the conference call, and an archived replay after the call, can be accessed at www.ir.kimballinternational.com.

>Mohawk Industries, Inc. on Jan. 14 entered into a transi-tion agreement with CFO Frank H. Boykin in connection with Mr. Boykin ‘s previously announced plans to retire from the company. The transition agreement provides that, upon the ap-pointment of his replacement and for a period of twelve months thereafter, Mr. Boykin will remain an employee of the company, providing transition assistance to the new CFO and related sup-port to the financial operations of the company. (SEC Form 8-K filed Jan. 15.) http://ir.mohawkind.com/financial-information/sec-filings/

>Steelcase Inc. announced on Jan. 16 that it has agreed to sell $450.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.125% senior notes due Jan. 18, 2029 in an underwritten public of-fering in which J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated are acting as joint book-running managers. The company intends to use a portion of the net proceeds from the offering to fund the redemption of its 6.375% Senior Notes due 2021, of which $250 million in the aggregate principal amount is outstanding, and related fees and expenses. The company intends to use the remaining net proceeds for general corporate purposes. (SEC Form 8-K filed Jan. 18.) http://ir.steelcase.com/financial-information

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Seeking Independent Rep Group - Upstate New York

Interested in partnering with a leader in the contract furniture industry? The Gunlocke Company is looking for a motivated and experienced rep group of talented professionals that call on the end user, architecture and design, and dealer communities in New York

State. Must have contract furniture sales experience. We are currently interviewing rep groups.

Please contact: Julie May, East Division Manager at mayj@gunlocke.com

A&D Focused Sales and Marketing Position - NYC Area

Here’s what the position entails

> Create and develop new A&D relationships with individuals/firms, with the goal of having them include our products and services in projects

> Offer architects and design-ers training and general product support for speci-fication

> Conducting customer profiles within the A&D community and gathering field data

> Gathering competitive information for analysis and strategic selling efforts

> Assist in binder placement and in utilization for speci-fying our product lines

> Working closely within the A&D community to increase awareness of our product lines and the ben-efits of working with you

> Attending multiple A&D networking groups and events weekly

How will my performance be measured?

> Actualizing existing relation-ships by getting specified on projects

> Customer communication metrics, sales call and travel patterns

> New A&D relationships and binder placement

> Lead and opportunity man-agement

> Reporting metrics

What experience and qualifications do I need?

> Minimum 3-5 years of call-ing on the A&D community in the NYC area

> Minimum 3-5 years overall selling experience in the contract furniture market

> Strong track record of suc-cess in the selling process from prospecting to close of business.

> Mid- market design firm experience a strong plus

> CEU certification for rel-evant trade organizations (AIA/CES, ASID, USGBC) preferred

Aggressive compensation/benefits package commensurate with experience.

Send resumé to furniturejob@gmail.com

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Sales Representative - Baltimore, MD

Momentum Group, a leading supplier of contract textiles, is growing and seeking a new Sales Representative in Baltimore, MD.

If you have the drive and related experience to excel in Contract Textiles Sales, we encourage you to apply!

Qualifications:

> Bachelor’s Degree. > 2-3 years of industry experience in a contract/ commercial market.

> Candidates with experience selling contract textiles or dealer sales persons highly desired.

> IIDA and/or NEWH membership or affiliation desired.

> Must live in Baltimore, MD > Excellent presentation Skills Required.

> Must be computer profi-cient.

Please apply online here

Creative Director - High Point, NC

GENERAL SUMMARY

Serve as the Director for all graphic design and photography projects, in coordination with the Marketing Director. Oversee the Creative Direction for Marketing materials and photography, including creative direction for print and digital ads. Operate as an addition to the Marketing, Advertising, and Design departments helping to coordinate a cohesive creative direction.

RESPONSIBILITIES

> Efficiently manage creative project workflow from in-ception through completion

> Work with outside advertis-ers to coordinate and place print and digital ads

> Oversee the project defini-tion, management, and execution of the email marketing program

> Design and develop sets for photography environments

> Handle daily graphic design requirements

> Help manage photo, video, print, and web assets

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

> Expert in Adobe CC appli-cations (InDesign, Illustra-tor, Photoshop, Acrobat, etc.), SketchUp with profi-ciency in OS and Windows platforms

> Minimum 5 years of directly related work experience

> A clear communicator and excellent listener, who can articulate design decisions and be open to critique

> Detail-oriented with a strong initiative

We offer competitive pay and benefits in an excellent, drug-free working environment.

Davis Furniture is an EEO/AA Employer.

Send Resumé here