8.4.08 | On a visit to Steelcase this year, I was a guest at the new JW Marriott hotel in Grand Rapids, and felt quite the prince, and not the less for having a Steelcase Leap chair in my room. Unexpectedly, my day of meetings began the next morning on the 21^st floor of the JW, where I met with Kathy Farquharson, Director, Corporate Sales, Paul Siebert, Director, Corporate Strategy + Brand Development, Frank Graziano, Manager, Advanced Applications, and George Aquino, Manager of the Grand Rapids JW Marriott.

7.21.08 |  Knoll Miami celebrated the opening of its new showroom located in the Wachovia Financial Center, 200 South Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 1700, Miami, FL, on Thursday, July 10, with a reception and open house for members of the design community and corporate clients. Benjamin Pardo, Knoll Design Director, and David Schutte, Knoll Chief Marketing Officer, were both in attendance.

7.7.08 | Everyone dealing with interiors knows Herman Miller. But, rare among contract furniture vendors, Herman Miller is also known by many in the financial community, and, by virtue of the products of Eames, Nelson, Noguchi, Chadwick and Stumpf and others, the company is even known by many civilians.

7.7.08 | Last Wednesday Perkins+Will/Eva Maddox Branded Environments acquired The Environments Group, Chicago, boosting the Perkins+Will Chicago practice to the largest in the firm, in both architecture and interior design.

7.7.08 | One may be surprised to learn that up until last week, Gunlocke did not have a showroom in Washington DC. The wood furniture manufacturer has a naturally strong presence in government design, and the new DC showroom, located two blocks from the White House, seems a particularly appropriate setting to celebrate the newest step in Gunlocke’'s recent and ongoing re-branding efforts.