4.7.08 | French architect Jean Nouvel is all over the map – both literally, with projects on four continents, and in terms of his design as well. Maybe the diversity of his work is why Pritzker Prize jurors have been slower in recognizing the 62-year-old Nouvel, the 2008 winner, than several of his peers. Unlike, say, previous winners Frank Gehry or Richard Meier, Nouvel has no signature style.

3.24.08 | ASID (The American Society of Interior Designers) joins BIFMA (Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Society) in getting very high marks for their annual conferences. Both events had knowledge presentations that were worth the trip alone (and we are pretty educated to begin with). But if you really want to rock, ASID is the team to go with.

3.10.08 | Our annual Most Excellent Awards represent the selection of officeinsight of those people, organizations and products that we feel have had or will have a long-term impact on workplace design and furnishings and advance the profession of interior design.

3.10.08 | One of the nice things about attending school in a large city is the availability of resources, especially those that relate to your field of study. Last week, we stumbled on to a display at the New York Design Center of the results of the first George Kovacs Lighting Competition, which featured the work of students from Pratt Institute of Design.