8.11.08 | Colebrook, Bosson, Saunders is a U.K. architecture firms that found a need for ergonomics in the workplace and decided to provide products that filled the bill, or at least some of it. This niche has worked out well for the firm and its partners, Martyn Colebrook, Peter Bosson and Brenda Saunders, and the firm by now has a global presence with offices in the UK, USA, Australia and Japan. From these offices, the firm works through a worldwide network of manufacturers, dealers and distributors, and has installed its products in some of the most high profile international design projects.

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.