9.12.05 | Mark Strauss has been the publisher of Interior Design magazine for eleven years, several lifetimes in the arena of interiors trade magazines. Yet he is still going strong, and the magazine continues to grow in strength. Now, he is setting the magazine’s– and his – footprint firmly in the nascent economic soil of the awaking development behemoth, China. We stopped by his office the other day to learn more about this new initiative.

8.22.05 | Rose Tourje, CID, formerly head of procurement and Sr. Associate at DMJM Los Angeles, along with her partner Andre Gueno, a seasoned construction executive, formed a new firm, PSC, (Procurement Strategies Consulting, Inc.) working within the Architectural and Design Community consulting clients on new, existing and repurposed assets; the later, before it reaches the landfills.

8.22.05 | Dr. Pete discusses Conference Rooms, "green," sales reports, and customer decision making.

8.15.05 | The New York Times the tourist hub named after the pre-eminent New York newspaper, can be added to the expanding list of companies that has learned firsthand the benefits of building “green.” As Jan Berman (President, MechoShade) explained, the new Times headquarters is expected to reduce energy use by 50%. Maybe more.

8.15.05 | We have all kinds of coaches for sports, why not for life. Enter HBF. Recently HBF/HBF Textiles brought some tools for life for architectural and design professionals at an interactive coaching event at the HBF showroom in the New York Design Center, NYC.

8.15.05 | After a recent round of nearly a dozen educational seminars, I found that, all too frequently I read “too many numbers” on the feedback cards of designers. I ask myself, “Don’t they know there is more to good design than just being visually appealing?”

8.15.05 | M-C 5255-01: Fire retardant textile - Flame retardant, compostable, environmentally sound upholstery fabric. Composed of the renewable cellulose fiber 46-48% ViscoseFR™ and 52-54% wool.