The environmental sustainability promoting NGO, Redress, has recently launched the R Cert recycled textile clothing standard, a verification standard that aims to educate consumers about the recycling process and the environmental savings ...
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Rokos create playful, sculptural products that behave in unexpected ways. Head designer Jim Rokos explores the physical properties of materials to generate aesthetic, intriguing concepts. Winners of the prestigious 2012 Reddot Design award ...
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GRAFF announced that its Ametis Shower System has won the 2013-2014 Golden A’Design Award for Bathroom Furniture and Sanitary Ware Design. The A’Design Award and Competition targets designers, innovators and companies, and aims ...
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Which product ranges are selling well for manufacturers and why are specifiers buying them? Francis Pearce speaks with a selection of lighting manufacturers to get an idea of what's really going on in the lighting industry "Electric ...
Dwell on Design to be held in New York for the first time from October 9 to 11, anticipating 5,000 attendees at the city’s 82Mercer for a three-day conference and workshop exploring the intersection of the design and contract markets. ...
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Last week, luxury bed and component manufacturer Harrison Spinks was recognised for its innovative spring technology at the National Insider Media – Made In The UK awards. Harrison Spinks competed against eight regional winners to ...
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Leading Lithuanian industrial designers will present a selection of 21st century classics for the first time at 100% Design. The majority of the designs to be featured on the Lithuania Pavilion have been selected from work by the winners of ...
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Hankook's Tiltread and eMembrane were designed and produced in collaboration with University of Cincinnati. Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. announced that its concept tires, Tiltread and eMembrane, were awarded with the International Design ...
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An award-winning multipurpose office chair, designed to meet both functional and ergonomic demands, is the latest addition to the Innovation Showcase at a world-leading furniture technology centre. The Senator Ad-Lib office chair, ...
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The theme of the new products Fiam launched at the 53rd Salone del Mobile this year is irony, a concept as fluid and subtle as glass. Irony is used in terms of ceaseless technological research and experimentation, fuelled by Fiam's absolute ...
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Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology built on ‘GaN on GaN’ (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, says that its SNAP System has received the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2014. ...
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For the 2014 German Design Award, BASF has been honored with a Special Mention in the category communication tools. The company received the international design award for its global trend book "Making Headway", in which BASF designers ...
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Mannington Commercial is a finalist for the Georgia Manufacturer of the Year award. The award is part of a Manufacturing Appreciation Week developed by the Georgia Department of Economic Development and the Technical College System of ...
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Saturday, March 15, 2014: Poltrona Frau’s Grantorino sofa, winner of the 2014 Wallpaper* Design Award, is now available at Internum Houston. Internum Houston is very pleased to share an important acknowledgment of Italian furniture ...
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Canadian Brand Native has launched in India with its SS14 Collection, ‘FADE INTO The BLUE’. The collection is all about neutrals with playful pops, delicate pastels and bright on brights. The Native aesthetics captures a look ...
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