5.26.08 | Configura. The word rolls off the tongue as easily as the images nimbly flow from the fingers with its impressive presentation and specification software, CET Designer. As indicated in a previous issue (officeinsight 5.5.08), Configura (NeoCon Booth 7-7046) appears to be in a head-to-head race with the similarly facile with Ice Business Solutions’ ICE java tool to win the hearts, minds and imaginations of dealers, designers and clients.

5.5.08 | Project/product rapid prototyping and specification software we be an indispensable tool for manufacturer-dealer sales people and interior designers within the next five years. This software represents a great leap forward from the current dealer specification tools and now equips dealers and interior designers to collaborate to most effectively present to clients their project capabilities.

10.8.07 | As the virtual world expands, people and businesses are hustling to find their footing, and get a grasp of what it all means in the “real world.” Networking websites that started with creating an online profile, describing yourself and your interests seem antiquated now that there are virtual worlds that allow users to create an entire identity in a 3D virtual world and social networking site. Second Life is one such world that has exploded in popularity in the past year.

10.2.06 | What’s an interior designer, and what do interior designers do?

These are a couple of the questions that ran through my mind as I participated in an introduction to Polyvision’s new Thunder presentation, learning and collaboration product. More to the point, I asked myself whether interior designers would be interested in this product that officeinsight declared to be the most important product introduction at NeoCon 2006.

10.3.05 | One good idea, effectively implemented, pays for a trip to a trade event – and even for a subscription to officeinsight. Here is one we pulled from a seminar at the recent NeoCon East: Interior Technologies.