11.26.07 | At the recent OFDA Conference and Exhibition, a small panel of manufacturer representatives answered a number of question about the state of the industry and concerning issues that are currently on the minds of dealers. The panel comprised Franco Bianchi, president and CEO of Haworth, James Keane, president of the Steelcase Group, and Daniel Miller, Executive Vice President of Kimball International and president of Kimball Furniture.

11.12.07 | The headquarters of the IIDA opened the doors to its newly relocated space in The Merchandise Mart with a welcome reception for its members attending Greenbuild. Designed by Envision Design, Washington, D.C., the new headquarters was conceived with the intention of achieving Gold Certification under the LEED-CI.

10.1.07 | How many of us enjoy the morning? I, for one, am certainly not a morning person. I need a long runway to get airborne, so to speak. But there are some things that make waking up easy. For me, the prospect of a powdery winter’s day on my snowboard has me jumping out of bed, as does the prospect of getting on a plane to an unfamiliar place. The unique, the exhilarating, the long-awaited. Another good example of that was the 2007 IIDA Leader’s Breakfast in San Francisco. Thursday, September 13^th was a pretty easy morning, certainly made easier by the prospect of a four-star breakfast.