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Aluminium Series by Sebastian Scherer
January 26, 2012
Ligne Roset and Alcantara to offer 20% Trade Discount
January 26, 2012
Ligne Roset announces that from February 1 – 29, 2012, the company will be offering a 20% discount to the trade on any Ligne Roset product upholstered in Alcantara fabric.
Ligne Roset: Confluences
Alcantara is an innovative, luxurious material that is the result of a unique and proprietary technology. It combines aesthetics, functionality and durability to create a fabric that defies classification; it is breathable, washable, soft and comfortable, ideal for application in the hospitality, contract, or healthcare industries. The Alcantara promotion will be available through Ligne Roset’s network of showrooms and dealers through February 29. For a full list of retailers, visit www.ligne-roset-usa.com.
IIDA Presents Global Perspective to Architects and Designers in Dubai
January 26, 2012
Global demographics and technology have drastically changed architecture and design over the last 10 years. According to Cheryl Durst (Hon. FIIDA), Executive Vice President and CEO of the IIDA, a younger world and social media are transforming how people think about their relationships to work and the office environment must respond accordingly.
Ms. Durst was presenting to a group of senior architects and designers in Dubai on January 24 as part of a dmg :: events industry gathering. As organiser of The Office Exhibition 2012 and the Index International Design Exhibition 2012, dmg :: events invited the US-based professional association to deliver a global perspective on the business of interior design and what this means for practices in the Middle East.
“Worldwide, design is responding to a youth culture,” said Durst. “The world is getting younger and the youth are more visually literate than their older counterparts. Lighting and colour are design priorities; as is speed. This demographic consumes their information in 15 second newsfeeds. Design must not only look great, it must function quickly.”
While architects and designers have always been trained to create spatial environments in the context of the end user’s experience, IIDA says the influence of design in commercial environments is more pervasive than it has ever been.
As the official knowledge partner for The Office Exhibition 2012, IIDA will return to Dubai later this year to deliver design seminars during the show, taking place from 15-17 May at the Dubai World Trade Centre.
ASID Introduces Educator Partner Membership
January 26, 2012
As part of an ongoing commitment to support and advocate interior design education, the ASID has introduced the Educator Partner membership. This membership category is open to full-time and adjunct interior design educators in post-secondary accredited programs who possess a professional background in interior design or a related specialization such as fine art, industrial art or historic renovation.
The Educator Partner membership provides educators with the tools to help facilitate interior design education and job placement through access to the ASID network, career development tools, industry surveys and leading research. Educator Partner member benefits also include access to archived ASID student design competitions to use for curriculum development, student-specific ASID webinars and industry resources such as the Society’s annual “Interior Design Environmental Scanning Report,” and sustainable design resources including REGREEN and the “ASID Guide to Ecolabels.”
