Design legend Niels Diffrient is set to speak at Design for Humans, a forum on user-centered design hosted by the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum on Thursday, February 25, 2010. Winner of the prestigious National Design Award, Diffrient will appear with other National Design Award winners and finalists who have been recognized for their contributions [...]
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Humanscale Takes Home Four GOOD DESIGN Awards
January 4, 2010 – 11:22 am
Humanscale’s Diffrient World Chair, Element LED task light, Diffrient Technology Light and M2 monitor arm have won GOOD DESIGN awards from the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. The oldest competition of its kind, GOOD DESIGN has evaluated entries based on innovation, form, materials and construction, concept, function, utility and aesthetic appeal since 1950. [...]
Humanscale and Artemide Announce Partnership
November 18, 2009 – 8:53 am
Ergonomic work tool manufacturer Humanscale, and Italian lighting company Artemide have formed a partnership that gives Humanscale the exclusive rights to distribute the new LED version of Artemide’s iconic Tolomeo task light to the U.S. contract market. The partnership is a coup for both companies — Humanscale stands in the U.S. contract market as a [...]
Humanscale’s Design Smart Seminar Continues
November 2, 2009 – 3:30 pm
Humanscale’s Design Smart Seminar series continues in November with two educational sessions: Directions for Change in the Design of the Workplace and Public Architecture and the Power of Pro Bono Design. In “Directions for Change in the Design of the Workplace” on November 10, 2009, in New York City, Andrew Laing, Ph.D., will explore how [...]
