5.13.12 | In nature, chaos has two elements, randomness and order. In human endeavors, chaos is what provides the freedom, even the need, to explore and innovate. Without order, however, this freedom lacks traction, a direction, a purpose. At DIRTT, we find Mogens Smed, always interjecting a flood of ideas. Then come his two complementary chiefs, Geoff Gosling and Barry Loberg, entrenched in the rigors of industrial design and software engineering, respectively.
5.13.12 | KI is launching what it considers to be a major advance: Lightline, a pre-engineered, unified, pre-fabricated, modular glass wall solution. Basically, the company has achieved the desired aesthetic features found in a stick-built, butt glazed, storefront, but with a unit that can be fully assembled in the factory, then shipped for a tilt-up installation.
5.13.12 | Last week, officeinsight featured a short piece on Herman Miller activities in New York City. This is not so much a follow up as an emendation and extension. We omitted to mention Tobron as the third pre-existing Herman Miller dealership in NYC. Subsequent to last week’s publication, we visited the Pop Up Shop launching the Herman Miller Collection. What a delight. If you can, visit it. We present some images.
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5.13.12 | The great Jeannie Bochette retired last week and there was quite a humbling turnout at the retirement party for this Queen of Steelcase Good Will, who spread her magical “I’ll get it done” fairy dust for many in this industry and outside of it during her 38 years of service.
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Till Roenneberg and his colleagues tie discrepancies between circadian rhythms and daily responsibilities to obesity, and these circadian rhythm/daily responsibility disconnects (termed “social jetlag”) can arise through lack of exposure to natural light. As our professional responsibilities, for example, the need to be at work at a certain time, diverge more from our biological state, based on our circadian rhythms, we experience more social jetlag. As these researchers describe, “Social jetlag quantifies the discrepancy that often arises between circadian and social clocks, which results in chronic sleep loss . . .
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5.13.12 | In nature, chaos has two elements, randomness and order. In human endeavors, chaos is what provides the freedom, even the need, to explore and innovate. Without order, however, this freedom lacks traction, a direction, a purpose. At DIRTT, we find Mogens Smed, always interjecting a flood of ideas. Then come his two complementary chiefs, Geoff Gosling and Barry Loberg, entrenched in the rigors of industrial design and software engineering, respectively.
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5.13.12 | KI is launching what it considers to be a major advance: Lightline, a pre-engineered, unified, pre-fabricated, modular glass wall solution. Basically, the company has achieved the desired aesthetic features found in a stick-built, butt glazed, storefront, but with a unit that can be fully assembled in the factory, then shipped for a tilt-up installation.
5.13.12 | Last week, officeinsight featured a short piece on Herman Miller activities in New York City. This is not so much a follow up as an emendation and extension. We omitted to mention Tobron as the third pre-existing Herman Miller dealership in NYC. Subsequent to last week’s publication, we visited the Pop Up Shop launching the Herman Miller Collection. What a delight. If you can, visit it. We present some images.
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5.13.12 | The great Jeannie Bochette retired last week and there was quite a humbling turnout at the retirement party for this Queen of Steelcase Good Will, who spread her magical “I’ll get it done” fairy dust for many in this industry and outside of it during her 38 years of service.
5.13.12 | Till Roenneberg and his colleagues tie discrepancies between circadian rhythms and daily responsibilities to obesity, and these circadian rhythm/daily responsibility disconnects (termed “social jetlag”) can arise through lack of exposure to natural light.
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5.7.12 | Kimball Office established its big-league bona fides through the Hum! Minds At Work benching line – introduced in 2008-09. Now it has taken its 2 1/2 years of learning in benching concepts and concerns, as derived from its experience with Hum, and created benching options that would meet a greater range of price points and dovetail with its existing products, notably its Priority wood casegoods and its Xsite system.
5.7.12 | Herman Miller is making a couple of noteworthy moves in the premium New York City market, each with its own distinct flavor. First, Creative Office Pavilion, the largest Herman Miller dealer in North America is opening an office in NYC. Second, Herman Miller is launching its new and expanded Herman Miller Collection through a Pop Up Shop in the City.
5.7.12 | To create further access to the dTank vision – and to kick-start the creative design process – dTank recently launched a free interactive iPad app. This app goes well beyond images of dTank products and projects, and, in the words of the company, constitutes “a virtual Idea Lab” with full-color photos, 3D renderings, image capture capabilities, and in-app doodling tools enable designers to create and share their own custom furniture solutions.
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5.7.12 | The New York School of Interior Design (NYSID) with the Museum of the City of New York (MCNY) hosted a panel of new interior designers and teams at the newly redesigned South Street Seaport Museum. The day-long event was meant to highlight the work of young, up-and-coming designers working in New York and transforming our spaces with new technologies, tried-and-true handcrafting, and a rejuvenated aesthetic.
5.7.12 | New research, conducted by Prof. Zheng Wang and John Tchernev (both from The Ohio State University), sheds new light on why people multi-task: it feels good. The researchers learned “that multitasking often gave . . . an emotional boost, even when it hurt . . . cognitive functions, such as studying. . .”
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