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British With a Twist: Saatchi & Saatchi by Jump Studios

Taking the best of a client company’s history and previous space and injecting it into a new one can breathe new life into the attitudes of employees while providing them a sense of home. Saatchi & Saatchi, one of the oldest and most established global communications and creative advertising agencies in the world, selected architecture and interiors firm Jump Studios to design its new home, situated in the heart of London’s legal district. The Saatchi & Saatchi project – featuring an open reception concept, a historic pub, and a mad man approach to bespoke aesthetics – embodies meaning of creating a sense of home in a new place, well executed and dashingly British to boot.

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Seebo & IBM Partner for Simple Smart Product Development

How do smart products get made? The process of transform-ing traditional products into smart ones is a major challenge for manufacturers, which can be attributed mostly to lack of tools and knowledge, as well as the expense involved. About a month ago, Seebo and IBM announced an exciting new partnership to bring together the Seebo platform and IBM Watson Internet of Things (IoT) – a partnership that will help put smart product development within reach for more companies.

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Concurrents – Environmental Psychology: Recognizing Differences

Not all employees have the same job descriptions, but at many companies you’d never know that from the individual workspac-es made available to them. This week, officeinsight columnist Sally Augustin discusses how design can work harder and better when each worker has a core work area – whether they’re doing tactical or strategic work – that supports their efforts to do their job well.

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An open reception concept at the new London headquarters of Saatchi & Saatchi, a global communications and creative advertising agency. Photography: courtesy of Jump Studios

Taking the best of a client company’s history and previous space and injecting it into a new one can breathe new life into the attitudes of employees while providing them a sense of home.

Saatchi & Saatchi, one of the oldest and most established global communications and creative advertising agencies in the world, selected architecture and interiors firm Jump Stu-dios to design its new home, situated in the heart of London’s legal district on a large corner site at 40 Chancery Lane.

After more than 40 years at its former offices at 80 Charlotte Street in Fitzrovia, Saatchi & Saatchi was looking to bring the spirited sense of home at 80 Charlotte Street into the design of its new workspace, a 100,000 square foot, seven story blank canvas. Jump Studios won the project with its “British with a twist” theme underpinning the design approach.

“In our pitch, we talked about British artists who have similar spirit,” said project architect Andre Nave. “It’s not ever day that a client allows you to use Rachel Whiteread’s Ghost House, Grayson Parry pottery and Paul Smith suits as inspiration for their headquarters. And the fact that we were trying to wave their culture to them really pleased them.” 

Entering through a landscaped courtyard, employees and guests will walk the same stone steps from the 80 Char-lotte Street entrance and see the famous Saatchi & Saatchi motto, “Nothing is Impossible,” an exploding statement in large steel letters affixed to a fifth floor entertainment terrace. Inside, the original “Nothing is Impossible” motto located at the old office was brought to the new building, on view in the reception.

British With a Twist: Saatchi & Saatchi by Jump Studiosby Mallory Jindra

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Once inside, employees and guests encounter the heart of the design: an open reception concept intended to feel less like a formal reception and more like the middle of the bustling agency itself.

“Saatchi & Saatchi wanted guests to feel as if they are stepping directly into the agency, not a holding reception before the real thing,” noted Mr. Nave, in the project description. “They were keen to subvert the traditional office in multiple ways like this.”

The new reception is casual, collab-orative, open and quirky, a social hub inviting visitors to blend with employ-ees as soon as they arrive.

In addition to a café bar, Jump Stu-dios found space in the reception to re-open Saatchi & Saatchi’s in-house Charlotte Street pub, The Pregnant Man, named after the agency’s cel-ebrated 1970 campaign for the Family Planning Association.The open reception concept features a café

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lenging aspects of the design, be-cause they wanted a coffee bar in the reception as well,” said Mr. Nave. “We needed to make sure the placement of the two areas made sense and worked well together.”

In its former Charlotte Street location, The Pregnant Man was open only to Saa-tchi & Saatchi employees and clients. At the new Chancery Lane location, Jump Studios extended its open reception concept to the new Pregnant Man pub, making it entirely open to the public.

The ground floor also holds a main stair and a dreamy, large- scale lighting design by renowned industrial designer Ingo Mauer suspended from the second floor ceiling. Reflective steel tiles cover a void, and can adapt to changing conditions by changing to lower or higher positions.

The Pregnant Man pub, an in-house pub carried over from the old Saatchi & Saatchi office and re-opened to the public on the ground level of the new location

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floor plate, and we knew we wanted to do a stair on one,” noted Mr. Nave. “For the other two, we wanted some-thing creative and different.”

On the working floors above the ground level reception, Jump Studios conceived of a “living room” space for employees at the center of each floor, filled with flexible seating and common areas. Around 570 employees are then situated in open plan neighborhoods, in teams of two or four, with just six or seven executives in enclosed offices.

Jump Studios worked closely with Belgian furniture design company Bulo to create bespoke desks and shelving units for workstations, designed within a modular system and featuring writ-able and pin-able panels for brain-storming and collaborative work. The design team also developed bespoke

pink leather booths, “encased in pre-cast concrete and walnut tables aside data and power connection points,” to give employees flexible collaborative space on each floor.

The “British with a twist” motif in-spired workplace aesthetics, in every-thing from bespoke herringbone Bolon flooring in the boardroom to wainscot

paneling upholstered in houndstooth cloth lining office walls.

Jump Studios focused its use of col-ors, materials and patterns, bespoke lighting, furniture, flooring and fin-ishes, to catch attention and provoke reaction, and to distinguish neighbor-ing areas for certain activities without the need for partitioning.

A dreamy, large- scale lighting design suspended from the second floor ceiling, by renowned industrial designer Ingo Mauer

Suspended from the second floor ceiling, reflective steel tiles cover a void, and can adapt to changing conditions by changing to lower or higher positions.

Main stairway

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“There’s a bit of a mad-man con-cept to it, with the color palette, and furnishings,” noted Mr. Nave. “There’s mid-century and modern, Danish furniture and British furniture.”

Boardroom with bespoke herringbone bolon flooring

Upper floor collaborative living room spaces

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Jump Studios had to solve for was the use of lighting in conjunction with how the ceiling was designed. The ceiling was built to serve as a coolant for the spaces below, designed much like a heated flooring system, but the op-posite; the ceiling chills the air.

“There was a lot of coordination in making the lighting work with this very unique ceiling,” said Mr. Nave. “Any change we made to the programming meant we had to refigure the lighting to accommodate this ceiling.”

“Jump Studios’ work also extended to the neighboring Tooks Court, a 19th century building that was retained as part of Derwent London’s re-develop-ment at 40 Chancery Lane,” noted the project description.

Jump Studios helped maintain and extend an existing façade over the two buildings, creating an atrium. The Tooks Court building will be the new home of Fallon London, a creative agency owned by Publicis Groupe, owner of Saatchi & Saatchi.

The Saatchi & Saatchi project embodies the meaning of creating a sense of home in a new place, well ex-ecuted and dashingly British to boot. n

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Seebo, a development platform smart products. Images: courtesy of Seebo

How do smart products get made? Turning everyday ob-jects, from coffee machines to bikes, office furnishings to luggage and anything else you can think of, into smart ob-jects is an advantage most industries can no longer ignore.

Using the Internet of Things (IoT) to build “smart” quali-ties into a product helps a company infuse more value into it, thus offering its customers more value. It’s a priceless thing to be able to give customers, particularly while operat-ing in a landscape where new product releases are happen-ing more rapidly than ever before.

But, the process of transforming traditional products into smart ones is a major challenge for manufacturers of any industry, with furniture and other office products being no exception. This challenge can be attributed mostly to lack of tools and knowledge, as well as the expense involved.

Enter Seebo, a development platform for smart products. Seebo provides companies who want to enter the smart product market a full suite of tools to do so:

>IoT Creator: a visualized product planning adapted to IoT. “Transform your ideas into impactful product concepts. Ideate, design, model and unlock hardware and sensor solutions. Reveal hardware prices in real-time.”

>Developer Center: “Everything you need to accelerate time to market – SDKs, Dev Kits, connectivity, APIs, virtu-alization, app & firmware code libraries and out-of-the-box integration.”

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>Marketplace: 360˚ coverage for your IoT needs. “Complete skills and resources through our ecosystem and marketplace, partner with third parties and source leading IoT providers offered by the Seebo platform.”

Seebo purports to reduce develop-ment costs, cut time to market and simplify IoT development.

Through one platform, Seebo helps companies “orchestrate smart product planning-development-integration to elevate product and speed time to market.”

“The world is changing,” notes the Seebo website. “We give manufactur-ers the competitive edge to transform business models and boost ROI through smart products. We offer

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companiesmanufacturers an integrated hub for product planning, development and integration adapted to overcome the unique challenges of building smart products.

“Seebo is the IoT development platform that makes it easy to develop smart, connected products. The SaaS platform empowers everyone from small startups to enterprise customers, experts or not, to get smart products to market quickly, efficiently and cost-ef-fectively. Seebo simplifies the complex process of going smart by offering a set of innovation and functional design tools, a smart hardware engine, fore-casting tools, cloud and app integra-tion, IoT simulation and a third-party marketplace.”

About a month ago, Seebo and IBM announced a partnership to bring together the Seebo platform and IBM Watson Internet of Things (IoT).

“The complexity of developing smart products – including parallel soft-ware, firmware and hardware design, alongside new design and production considerations – often deters manu-facturers from pursuing innovation through IoT,” read a press announce-ment introducing the partnership. “The addition of IBM’s Watson IoT Platform alongside Seebo’s SaaS platform helps to address these obstacles. The col-laboration gives manufacturers access to tools to help build smart products

quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively as well as out-of-the-box connection with the cloud.”

“The combination of hardware and app simulators, alongside the Cloud in-tegration, empowers developers to build and test software independent of hard-ware, reducing the resources needed during smart product development.”

The partnership signals a deeper in-tegration of industries coming together to explore new technologies and new ways of making products. n

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ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGYRecognizing Differencesby Sally Augustin, Ph.D.

Not all employees have the same job descriptions, but at many companies you’d never know that from the indi-vidual workspaces/workplaces made available to them.

At most organizations, some employ-ees are mostly doing work that doesn’t require too much concentration; they’re completing what might be called “tacti-cal” tasks. Maybe these workers have been doing the same sorts of things for a long time, for example, or whatever they’re asked to do just isn’t “focus-intense.” Many employees doing starter jobs have tactical responsibilities.

People can do tactical work well when they’re in a more open space, shared with their co-workers. When they’re tucked away, out of contact with others, tactical employees tend to, in every-day terms, “zone out.” When our work doesn’t require much concentration, our work environments shouldn’t provide too much acoustic or visual screening.

Other employees generally need to concentrate on the task at hand; that’s how they add most value to their employer. They are doing strategic

thinking and when they loose their train of thought, their performance suffers. People in R&D departments or com-ing up with new ways of accomplish-ing things spend a lot of time doing strategic thinking. Toiling away in a soundproof, windowless box is creepy and not good for anyone or their work, but people who need to focus on their work need to be able to block most of the audio and visual distractors that fill modern offices.

Workplaces for all of the focusing folks are often discussed more exten-sively than those for tactical workers when a new workspace is being devel-oped – but they shouldn’t be. People doing tactical work are key to an orga-nization’s success. If they can’t do their jobs well, checks start to bounce, etc.

Frequently an organization ultimately decides on the same basic workspace for all – an open “status-free” zone with concentration pods tucked in here and there, perhaps with no assigned chairs. Being able to make choices about where to work (in other words, having some control over their workplace expe-

riences) gives people a positive psycho-logical boost; but for people to work to their full potential, something more than just choice is required.

Design works harder and better when each worker has a core work area – whether they’re doing tactical or strategic work – that supports their efforts to do their job well. And for optimal memory function, people doing strategic work need to be able to return to the same seat for day after day until a project is finished.

Workspace-task alignment signals respect for employees and the contribu-tion they make, and people do amazing things when they feel valued.

Think individual workspaces don’t matter much because we live an age where collaboration is all that really counts? A lot of collaborative work is done alone, before and after meetings take place. n

Sally Augustin, PhD, a cognitive sci-entist, is the editor of Research Design Connections (www.researchdesigncon-nections.com), a monthly subscription newsletter and free daily blog, where recent and classic research in the social, design, and physical sciences that can inform designers’ work are presented in straightforward language. Readers learn about the latest re-search findings immediately, before they’re available elsewhere. Sally, who is a Fellow of the American Psycho-logical Association, is also the author of Place Advantage: Applied Psychol-ogy for Interior Architecture (Wiley, 2009) and, with Cindy Coleman, The Designer’s Guide to Doing Research: Applying Knowledge to Inform Design (Wiley, 2012). She is a principal at Design With Science (www.designwith-science.com) and can be reached at sallyaugustin@designwithscience.com.

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r-d connectionRESEARCH-DESIGN CONNECTIONLight Color and Mental Effort Intensityby Sally Augustin, Ph.D.

Lasauskaite and Cajochen linked mental effort intensity and light color. The team “tested effort-related cardiac response under four lighting conditions

and found that it decreased with color temperatures [i.e., as light got bluer]. Thus, blue-enriched light in offices and schools might…preserve resourc-es during cognitive activities.” n

Ruta Lasauskaite and Christian Cajochen. 2016. “Influence of Lighting Color Temperature on Mental Effort.” Psychology of Architecture Conference (December 4-5, Austin, TX) Program, p. 26.

Sally Augustin, PhD, a cognitive sci-entist, is the editor of Research Design Connections (www.researchdesigncon-nections.com), a monthly subscription newsletter and free daily blog, where recent and classic research in the

social, design, and physical sciences that can inform designers’ work are presented in straightforward language. Readers learn about the latest re-search findings immediately, before they’re available elsewhere. Sally, who is a Fellow of the American Psycho-logical Association, is also the author of Place Advantage: Applied Psychol-ogy for Interior Architecture (Wiley, 2009) and, with Cindy Coleman, The Designer’s Guide to Doing Research: Applying Knowledge to Inform Design (Wiley, 2012). She is a principal at Design With Science (www.designwith-science.com) and can be reached at sallyaugustin@designwithscience.com.

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PRODUCT INTROS>Arc-Com’s newest uphol-stery pattern, Crystal, aims to capture the beauty of crystals. Consisting of flat fac-es with sharp angles, crystals are commonly recognized by their shape. There are seven geometric forms from which crystals are formed including rectangles, triangles, squares, hexagons, rhomboids, trapezi-ums, and parallelograms. Pat-tern Crystal fuses all of these different geometric shapes into a dynamic mid-scale multicolored pattern. It is comprised of 100% polyester, including heathery polyester in the fill that mimics the look of wool. Read More

>FLOS introduced Serena, a new lamp by Patricia Urqui-ola. The collection includes floor-standing, table, appli-que, and branch-like suspen-sion versions. It was designed to be equal parts sculpture and light source. Its rounded leaf-shaped reflector evokes the pistil of a flower. With a natural and light movement, the dynamic reflector can be directed to obtain an intense, precise, reflected light. The structure of the lamp reduces the LED source’s visual im-pact while still providing the user with the best of comfort and superior quality lighting technology. Serena is offered in copper, black nickel, or aluminum finishes with a

black base. “Serena is a light that wants to fit in,” said Ms. Urquiola. “Neither brash nor imposing, it is domestic by nature. It is lightweight and plays with the diffusers, re-flecting or allowing the light to pass through. It is pure, calm, dry, light and flexible. It is inspired by the natural world, by leaves of different shapes and colors.” Read More

>The HON Company un-veiled Ignition 2.0, the next generation of its Ignition seating collection. Created in partnership with Deisig Design, Ignition was first introduced in 2009 as an all-in-one seating solution to support every body type, work style and office activity. Enhancements in Ignition 2.0 include the addition of multi-directional ilira®-stretch mesh on a refined frame for a more responsive sit, new molded seat foam, four new controls, and an optional easy-to-install adjustable lum-

bar support. The improved frame design is now available in both Black and Titanium to complement the five color selections for ilira®-stretch mesh. A knocked down (KD) version of the task chair with patent-pending Quick Connect arms offers slimmer packaging, allows it to reach a lower price point. “Contem-porary trends are focused on a leaner, sleeker product design language,” explained designer Wolfgang Deisig. “The beauty of Ignition 2.0 is in its simplicity. We created a more graceful chair that will dynamically move with you and provide an even better fit, no matter what the workday brings.” Read More

>Landscape Forms intro-duced the GO Outdoor Table, a new platform for outdoor activity. It offers a large work surface (nine feet long and 30 inches wide) with access to data and power on or off the grid, and an optional canopy

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with lighting. GO is made of robust aluminum extrusions and castings; its frame is hollow like an airplane wing. It is offered in three basic configurations: dining height, standing height, and stand-ing height with canopy. The canopy helps to reduce glare on personal devices and also acts as a spatial anchor. The new platform is avail-able in hardwired and solar versions. Hardwired ver-sions have two small power garages located out of sight and within easy reach inside the legs. Power/cable boxes close automatically when a device is plugged in, making them weather and corrosion resistant. The version with canopy and solar panel for powering integrated LED light-

ing conceals batteries within thin uprights with no visible hardware or fasteners. GO’s aluminum material dissi-pates heat, keeping surfaces comfortable to the touch even in hot climates. All aluminum parts are pre-treated with an environmental coating and finished with Landscape Forms proprietary Panguard II™ powdercoat. Read More

>SONNEMAN—A Way of Light expanded its Inside-Out outdoor LED lighting collection. The line now incorporates more than 180 design options, including the debut of Bollards (pictured). Bollards adds definition and architectural interest to outdoor walking paths or plant beds. It offers a range of finishes and styles, with many

available options available for lenses, caps and heights for a variety LED illuminating possibilities. “How we light the approach on paths and driveways builds anticipation of the encounter with the building and reinforces the sense of place,” said designer and company founder Robert Sonneman. Read More

>Stickbulb’s new Boom series of LED chandeliers feature cast-brass joints and linear wooden bulbs to create forms of exploding light. It is designed by RUX, a multidisciplinary design firm based in New York City. The first iteration of Boom will be presented in a new wood type, Water Tower Red-

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officenewswirewood, which is sourced from dismantled water towers in New York City. The reclaimed wood is rich and red in color and threaded with occasional black veins. Years of expo-sure to sun, wind, rain, and snow on one side and contact with water on the other have resulted in a material with interesting color banding. Se-lect fixtures made from Water Tower Redwood will debut this week in Milan at the Ros-sana Orlandi showroom and at Archiproducts Milano dur-ing Fuorisalone. Read More

NOTEWORTHY>Rebecca Boenigk, Chair-man and CEO of Neutral Posture, Inc., received the inaugural Women of Distinc-tion award from the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council. She was one of 25 women leaders to receive this honor at WBENC’s recent Summit & Salute event in New Orleans. Ms. Boenigk co-founded Neutral Posture, a leading women-owned small business seating and systems furniture manufacturer, with her mother in 1989, and since then has grown the company to an internationally

recognized ergonomic leader with numerous award winning patented products. Read More

>Jan Davis was promoted to Director, Commercial Archi-tecture in Ware Malcomb’s Denver office. Ms. Davis joined the office as Project Manager in 2006 and was promoted to Studio Manager, Commercial Architecture in 2007. Recent high profile projects designed by Ware Malcomb in the area in-clude: Crossroads Commerce Center; Atria’s Class A office campus in Broomfield; a new flex industrial building for Accurence in the Colorado Technology Center in Louis-ville; DB Schenker’s rede-signed corporate office and data center in Lakewood; and AMG National Trust Bank’s new corporate headquar-ters in Greenwood Village. “Jan’s leadership, dedication and extensive architectural knowledge have made her an indispensable leader and member of the Denver team for the past 10 years,” said Matt Chaiken, Principal of Ware Malcomb’s Denver office. “We congratulate her on this well-deserved promo-tion.” Read More

>The Andreu World Interna-tional Design Competition is back for its seventeenth year. Designers (both student and professional) are invited to submit original chair or table designs. Registration is open now, with prototypes and other project materials due in Andreu World’s Valencia, Spain office before Nov. 24. Projects from the U.S. may be sent to Andreu World America in Chicago before Nov. 10. The awards ceremony will be held in December, with the first prize winner receiving 3,000 euros, and the second prize winner receiving 1,000 euros. Read More

>Desalto unveiled a new logo. As the company’s press release explains, the redesign is part of the process “to seal the metamorphosis (the skin change) of the company towards a fresher and up-to-date style, yet remaining coherent with the values in its DNA… The letter A takes on a primary role, as a distin-guishing element, gaining a new dimension in its three-di-mensional volume, represent-ing the iconic matter shaped by the industrial world.” Read More

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officenewswire>Kimball International received the 2016 Gover-nor’s Half Century Award from Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb. The award recognizes the company’s 67 years of operation and community service in Indiana. “On behalf of our 3,000 plus employees, and especially the 2,400 who work in our Indiana operations, we are truly honored and humbled by this recognition,” said Kimball International Chair-man and CEO Bob Schneider. “Our community service over the last 67 years was a cornerstone of the Guiding Principles established by our founder, Arnold Habig, who in 1950 started our company in the southern Indiana town of Jasper. We remain committed to community service and the remainder of those principles to this day at Kimball Interna-tional.” Read More

RE-SITED>Denise Turner Roth, former administrator of the U.S. General Services Administra-tion, was named a senior advisor at WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff. In her new position, she will assist public and private sector clients with buildings, infrastructure, and energy projects. Throughout her 20 years of public service, Ms. Roth has held various leadership positions at the federal and local govern-ment levels. She served as administrator for the GSA from March 2015 to January 2017, leading a workforce of 12,000 full-time employees with responsibility for a $27 billion budget that supported the agency’s public build-ings service, federal acquisi-tion service and technology services programs. Prior to joining GSA, she served as city manager for Greensboro, NC, and before that was vice president for governmental affairs at the Greensboro Partnership where she suc-cessfully secured $60 million in state funds to establish the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and UNC Greensboro Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering. Read More

ENVIRONMENT>Arup’s Boston office, designed by Dyer Brown Architects, is on track to meet both the WELL Build-ing Standard and LEED v4 Platinum. The new 16,333sf space opened in late December. It features elegant, modern interiors with expansive glass partitions, rich wood finishes, and pops of color. Its sunlit open-plan offices are punctuated by distinct amenity areas and huddle spots, as well as sit-to-stand workstations, a large pantry and lounge, and varied inviting workspaces.

As the project’s interior designer and architect, Dyer Brown worked with Arup to target WELL Building Stan-dard’s Silver level, currently in review, which demonstrates optimal health and wellbeing practices for the workplace. Adding to the challenge, the project team also elected to shoot for Platinum certifica-tion under the new and most demanding LEED v4, with its exacting rules for energy use, materials, water efficiency and availability of transporta-tion options.

Arup, a leading international engineer and consultant, sees the double-certified offices as both a showplace for prospective clients to see proof of the benefits, as well as the best possible home for dozens of employees. Arup’s team of WELL-accredited professionals, lighting design-ers, commissioning agents, acoustic consultants and structural engineers consult-ed to its project. Also involved were many experts in sustain-able and wellness design, including Soden Sustainability Consulting, Commercial Con-struction Consulting (C3), and TNZ Energy Consulting. For an integrated project delivery, the team worked with building landlord Oxford Properties, general contractor Corderman Construction, and the furnish-ings supplier Officeworks. Read More

>Integral Group, a global de-sign firm focused on “deep green” engineering, received the first Fitwel certification outside of North America for its London office. Fitwel is a third-party certification system designed to help organizations enhance health, well-being, and productiv-

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Denise Turner Roth Dyer Brown Architects Arup Boston

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officenewswireity in the workplace. Joanna Frank, Executive Director for the Center for Active Design, presented Integral Group’s Fitwel team with a “2-Star” Fitwel Certificate on Mar. 31. The office scored 118 points out of a maximum possible 144.

Integral Group became an official Fitwel Champion only six weeks ago, and already has a dozen Fitwel Ambassa-dors trained on the evidence-based connection between design and health. With this capability in place they were able to quickly integrate many Fitwel-inspired strategies within the London office to achieve the “2-Star” rating.

The London office is home to Integral Group member Elementa Consulting, which last year was searching for a new space to house its grow-ing team of MEP engineers and sustainability consultants. The team selected a 6,000sf space on the second floor of an eight-story, multi-tenanted building in the heart of London’s historic financial district. This space had previ-ously been home to insurance

underwriters. True to its green credentials and belief that every Integral Group office should be a ‘Living Lab’, the decision was made to retain, reuse and repurpose 100% of the existing furniture, flooring and partitions and embark upon a wellness-oriented upgrade fit for a creative engi-neering consultancy firm.

Having moved into the new space, London-based Princi-pal Edward Garrod accepted the challenge to maximize health and happiness for staff with a budget of just £4,500. After canvassing staff for ideas and feedback, the In-tegral Health team led by Mr. Garrod set about improving daylight and views by strip-ping away privacy film from windows, upgrading break room facilities, introducing ac-tive workstations, and install-ing full height panoramas of the Bay Area, Vancouver and views of forests, a hydroponic salad system, and air quality monitoring systems. Meeting rooms were transformed into collaborative spaces where project teams could draw on the walls, and each space was named after a tree native

to an Integral Group region.

The public release of Fitwel at the end of 2016 prompted Mr. Garrod to become the first Fitwel Ambassador outside of North America. After Inte-gral Group became a Fitwel Champion in early 2017, Mr. Garrod challenged his team to a new and compelling goal – a sprint to submit for a Fitwel rating within just six weeks. Read More

EVENTS>IFDA will hold its April “Cocktails, Conversation & Connections” event 5:30-7:30 p.m. today, Apr. 3, at the landmark Rooftop Bar at the Jane, 113 Jane Street in NYC. Completed in 1908, the American Seaman’s Friend Society Sailors’ Home and Institute was designed by Wil-liam A. Boring, the architect renowned for Ellis Island’s im-migrant station. In 1912, the survivors of the Titanic stayed at the hotel until the end of the American Inquiry into the ship’s sinking. Later, the hotel was part of downtown

New York’s bohemian culture, hosting the legendary rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch and other events. On its centennial in 2008, the build-ing was restored by MacPher-son and Goode to resurrect its eccentricities and serve as a reminder of the nautical his-tory of NYC. Read More

>IFDA’s “Sing into Spring” karaoke event this Thursday, Apr. 6, 6:00-9:00 p.m. at Obeetee will include a new 70th Anniversary version of the “IFDA song.” This event supports the IFDA Educa-tional Foundation to benefit the Valerie Moran Memorial Grant, awarded to profes-sional members interested in expanding their horizons through travel, trade shows, and professional development studies. Read More

Integral Group London office IFDA Cocktails, Conversation & Connections at The Jane Rooftop Bar

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officenewswire>Milan Design Week is this week, Apr. 4-9, in Milan, It-aly. Salone del Mobile, now in its 56th edition, has become a mega-event, with different exhibitions throughout the various pavilions in Rho Fiera Milano: Salone Internazionale del Mobile, i.e. International Furnishing Accessories Ex-hibition boasting more than 1,300 exhibitors; International Furnishing Accessories Exhi-bition; Euroluce (International Biennial Lighting Exhibition); Workplace3.0/SaloneUf-ficio (International Biennial Workspace Exhibition); and SaloneSatellite, dedicated to young, emerging design-ers. Countless other design-related events throughout the city of Milan are taking place simultaneously as part of the city-wide initiative Fuorisa-lone. Here is a tiny sampling of press announcements that officenewswire has received relating to Milan Design week events:

-The Be Brasil exhibition at the University of Milan will offer panorama of Brazilian contemporary design. It will include a seminar, Be Brasil Talks, featuring Brazilian designers, plus B2B meeting opportunities with 60 Brazil-ian companies. Read More

-Bosa will showcase ceramic work by Elena Salmistraro: Dornette decorative coating collection for walls and the sculptural Primates vases, which surprised the audience at Maison&Objet, comple-mented by illustrated plates. Bosa’s stand at Salone del Mobile will also showcase the new Scuba lamps designed by Jaime Hayon. Read More

-Culture.pl, a state-funded institution promoting Poland and the Polish culture abroad, will present POLISH DESIGN. Tomorrow is Today at the Superdesign Show at Super-studio Più. The installation, presented in partnership with Poland’s Academic Design Center, will feature designs from eight Polish art schools. The theme of the multimedia exhibit, designed by Dorota Koziara Studio, is based on the idea of open books, each telling a story about the universities and art schools represented. Read More

-De Castelli will present TRACING IDENTITY, a proj-ect featuring seven female designers: Alessandra Bal-dereschi, Nathalie Dewez, Constance Guisset, Franc-esca Lanzavecchia, Donata Paruccini, Elena Salmistraro, and Nika Zupanc. The proj-ect, on display at Salone del Mobile, resulted in a collec-tion of metal furniture charac-terized by a strong emotional allure. Read More

-Preciosa, designer and man-ufacturer of bespoke decora-tive lighting, will present “Cultivation of Chandeliers. Since 1724.“ at Euroluce. The company, headquartered in the Czech Republic, was founded in 1724, producing and cultivating chandeliers according to original Bohe-mian traditions. Read More

Milan Design Week Be Brasil

Milan Design Week Bosa Dornette decorative coating and Primates vases by Elena Salmistraro

Milan Design Week Polish Design

De Castelli Tracing Identity at Salone del Mobile. Top L-R: Constance Guisset, Alessandra Baldereschi, Francesca Lanzavecchia. Bottom L-R: Elena Salmistraro, Donata Paruccini, Nathalie Dewez, Nika Zupanc

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businessRAYMOND JAWWWMES BRIEF 3.27.17Herman Miller Investor Day and Store Tour Highlights

Analysts: Budd Bugatch, David Vargas, Bobby Griffin

>Recommendation: We are reaffirming our Market Perform rating on MLHR following Herman Miller’s Investor Day in New York City. We are, modestly adjusting our estimates to reflect the impact of management’s $25 million - $35 million in targeted operating savings over the next three years, its long term revenue growth assumptions, and a dealer divestiture that took place in January 2017. Despite raising our estimates, MLHR still trades at 14.5x our NTM EPS estimate, roughly in line with its long-term median of 14.2x. Below we detail some highlights of the analyst day including the store tour that fol-lowed.

>Financial highlights: Management laid out its longer term goals of organic sales growth (excluding acquisitions and di-vestitures) of 3% to 6%, operating income growth of 2x – 2.5x the rate of sales growth, and cash returns to investors of 30% - 35% of EBTIDA. Additionally, it reiterated its target cost savings of $25 - $35 million by FY20. The cost savings will come from business unit synergies, facilities consolidation, logistics opti-mization, and general cost rationalization. We are modeling the savings to hit ratably over the next three years but management noted that there may be peaks and troughs along the way. To be sure, management is not planning for all the savings to fall to the bottom line. It plans on utilizing some of the savings to

offset inflation it is seeing; some will go towards investments. The cost savings should help the company achieve its goal of a consolidated operating margin above 10% FY20. As we see it, the access to Miller’s executive leadership was a main benefit of its investor day. While we sometimes have that access at NeoCon or other events, this access in a non-rushed environ-ment was very helpful.

>Flagship location tour comments: We also toured the Miller flagship location at 251 Park Avenue South in Manhattan. Ironi-cally, this was also the location of George Nelson’s studio and it was and is the location of the Maharam Manhattan sales and training office. Totaling about 50,000 square feet, Miller is able to highlight its consumer offering on the first two floors and its office furniture product on the next several floors. The public can enter the first two floors; access to the other floors is by elevator. Per management, the new facility does not really add much to the company’s previous presence in the City, but does consolidate all previous locations under one roof.

>Estimates: Our updated estimates take into account ~$30 million in savings spread ratably over the next three years. Additionally, our FY18 estimates now account for a dealer divestiture that took place in January 2017. The dealer was generating about $25 million/year in annual revenue.

Non-GAAP EPS 2016A: Q1 $0.56; Q2 $0.57; Q3 $0.46; Q4 $0.56; Full Year $2.17 GAAP EPS 2016A: $2.26; Revenues (mil.) $2,265

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HMiller 31.6 34.2 28.6 30.0 30.4 28.7 -13.5% 3.3%

HNI 46.1 55.9 39.8 46.7 39.6 36.1 -19.1% -0.7%

Inscape 4.3 5.0 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.0 -18.9% -6.7%

Interface 19.1 18.6 16.7 15.4 18.2 19.1 -4.4% 2.8%

Kimball 16.5 17.6 12.9 11.4 11.4 9.8 -8.3% -0.5%

Knoll 23.8 27.9 22.9 24.2 21.9 18.8 -16.2% 1.4%

Leggett 50.3 48.9 45.6 50.8 48.5 42.0 -7.9% 2.3%

Mohawk 229.5 199.7 200.3 189.4 192.4 189.4 -1.8% 1.7%

Steelcase 16.8 17.9 13.9 13.6 14.9 14.9 -7.7% 2.4%

USG 31.8 28.9 25.9 27.2 25.1 24.3 -8.3% -3.9%

Virco 4.0 4.3 4.2 4.4 3.1 3.3 -20.0% -4.1%

SUM 473.6 458.8 413.9 416.4 408.6 389.4

DJIndust 20,663 19,763 18,308 17,949 17,793 17,425 -2.4%

Industry Stock Prices

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technologyNon-GAAP EPS 2017E: Q1 $0.60A; Q2 $0.54A; Q3 $0.39A; Q4 $0.55; Full Year $2.07 GAAP EPS 2017E: $2.04; Revenues (mil.) $2,287 Non-GAAP EPS 2018E: Q1 $0.57: Q2 $0.57; Q3 $0.44; Q4 $0.62; Full Year $2.20 GAAP EPS 2018E: $2.20; Revenues (mil.) $2,329 GAAP EPS 2019E: $2.51; Revenues (mil.) $2,431

>Valuation: MLHR now trades at 14.5 our NTM EPS estimate, roughly in line with its five-year median.

BUSINESS AFFAIRS>Materials from Herman Miller’s investor event held in NYC on Mar. 27 are available on the investor relations page of the company’s website. These include both a PDF and an audio replay of the presentation, which was titled “Delivering Growth by Design” http://www.hermanmiller.com/about-us/investors.html

>HNI Corp. will hold its 2017 Annual Meeting of Sharehold-ers its corporate headquarters in Muscatine, IA on Tuesday, May 9, beginning at 10:30 a.m. (Central Time). On the agenda:

1. Electing the five Directors named in the accompanying proxy statement;

2. Ratifying the Audit Committee’s selection of KPMG LLP as the Corporation’s independent registered public accountant for the fiscal year ending December 30, 2017;

3. Holding an advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation;

4. Holding an advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on named executive officer compensation;

5. Approving the HNI Corporation 2017 Stock-Based Compen-sation Plan;

6. Approving the 2017 Equity Plan for Non-Employee Directors of HNI Corporation;

7. Approving the HNI Corporation Members’ Stock Purchase Plan; and

8. Transacting any other business properly brought before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement.

The holders of record of HNI common stock, par value $1.00 per share, as of the close of business on Mar. 10 are entitled to vote at the meeting. Proxy materials are posted in the Inves-tors section of HNI’s website, under Financial Reporting, SEC filings. http://investors.hnicorp.com

>Knoll, Inc. scheduled its Annual Meeting of Stockholders for Tuesday, May 9 at its NYC office, 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Items of Business are:

1. To elect three (3) directors named in the proxy statement for a term ending at the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders;

2. To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our inde-pendent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 2017;

3. To hold an advisory vote to approve executive compensation;

4. To hold an advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote on executive compensation; and

5. To transact any other business properly brought before the meeting

Stockholders of record as of the close of business on Mar. 15 are entitled to vote at the meeting. Proxy Materials, which include colorful graphics in an investor presentation format, are available on the Investor Relations page of Knoll’s web-site under SEC filings. http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=66169&p=irol-irhome

TECHNOLOGY>Configura announced free April webinars with CET Designer instructors:

Movie Studio April 4, 4 p.m. EDT

Getting Started with CET Designer April 5, 11 a.m. EDT

Kom igång med CET Designer (Swedish) April 6, 8 a.m. EDT

Kom igång med CET Designer (Swedish) April 12, 4 a.m. EDT

Movie Studio April 20, 4 p.m. EDT

Getting Started with CET Designer April 26, 4 p.m. EDT

The free webinars are for anyone, whether a Beginner or Ad-vanced CET Designer user, anywhere in the world. Read More

>Global design and BIM software developer Vectorworks, Inc. will hold its third annual Vectorworks Design Summit Sep. 18-20 at the Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Baltimore, MD. For professionals, educators, and students in the AEC, landscape,

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technologyand entertainment industries, the conference includes three days of industry sessions, tech support, networking events, and keynotes, as well as hands-on training opportunities.

“The Vectorworks Design Summit is the most efficient and cost-effective way to obtain software training,” said Nicole Davison, vice president of sales at Vectorworks. “Based on feedback from our community of designers, this year’s event boasts even more lab-style training sessions and one-on-one tech support, along with multiple accredited speaking sessions by industry thought leaders. We’re always looking for more op-portunities to make designers’ jobs easier and help them grow their skills.”

Networking events include the exhibitor happy hour and the Customer Appreciation Dinner, as well as all the lunches and breaks between sessions. In addition, there will be two keynotes and more than 30 sessions led by industry experts in-cluding Greg Henderson, founder of Arx Pax Labs, Inc.; Steve Shelley, president of Field Template LLC; Bryan Goff, direc-tor of design + sciences at Grey Leaf Design, Inc.; and Todd McCurdy, vice president at Huitt-Zollars. Session and training topics span a variety of areas, including the basics of building information modeling (BIM), moving from 2D to 3D model-ing, water-efficient landscape design, working with DWG files, graphical scripting, event design and more; multiple sessions will offer continuing education credits. Read More

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JOB SITETo place ads or to get a price quote contact Bob Beck bob@officeinsight.comT 972 293 9186

Find all our ads all the time at www.officeinsight.com/careers.

Business Development Officer [BDO] - Grand Rapids, MI

This position is a results oriented role that requires an established North American network of A&D, end user, and dealer furniture specification decision makers. The BDO is responsible for continuously improving all aspects of the sales process in the pursuit of exceeding customer expectations, increasing sales revenue, margins and efficiency.

In collaboration with the Executive Management Team the BDO leads the development and implementation of sales strategies and tactics. The BDO is responsible for holding the Inside Sales Team and Independent Reps accountable to the Leland sales process.

Exceptional people skills are essential.

Please send resumé to: hr@lelandinternationalcom

Leland International: Since 1992 committed to excellence in design, quality, service and value.

Design Executive Officer [DEO] - Grand Rapids, MI

Functional role

The DEO directs all aspects of the organization’s sales strategy and execution. In cooperation with the Leland Brand Team and our industrial design partners the DEO champions the design vision and new product design initiatives. Guided by our core values the DEO is a role model and coach for the organizational culture.

Core capabilities

> Change agent – promote and encourage continuous improvement

> Socially intelligent -instinc-tively connects with others

> Intuitive – either by nature or through experience

> Risk taker – risk is a key ingredient to creativity

> GSD (Get S*** Done) – lead by example, make things happen

Experience

Minimum five years management, sales leadership and customer development experience, preferably with a contract furniture manufacturing company that provides products that are directed to A&D specified market segments.

Please send resumé to: hr@lelandinternational.com

Leland International: Since 1992 committed to excellence in design, quality, service and value.

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JOB SITETo place ads or to get a price quote contact Bob Beck bob@officeinsight.comT 972 293 9186

Find all our ads all the time at www.officeinsight.com/careers.

PO Box 967Cedar Hill, TX 75106

Robert Beckbob@officeinsight.comT 972 293 9186

Mallory Jindramallory@officeinsight.comT 219 263 9006

www.officeinsight.com© 2017 officeinsight,LLC

Bradford J. Powell, Hon. FASIDbrad@officeinsight.com T 203 966 5008

Director of Operations - Irvine, CA

Haworth dealership seeking overall leadership/management of Customer Service, Project Management, Quality Assurance and two Installation divisions. Position based out of headquarters in Irvine, CA, with direct reports from all four locations (Irvine, CA, Los Angeles, CA, Seattle, WA, and Portland, OR).

Looking for candidates from the contract furniture industry exclusively.

Click here to see more at interiorofficesolutions.com.

Sales Representative - Los Angeles Metro

Luna Textiles, an innovative, international contract textile company, currently has an excellent opportunity for a dynamic and highly motivated sales professional.

The individual will have responsibility for the sales and service of the greater Los Angeles and San Diego area.

The ideal candidate will have strong relationships with A & D, furniture manufacturers, dealerships and end- users, along with considerable knowledge of the consultative and strategic selling process in the contract textiles & furniture industry. Must be sales goal driven, self- motivated, well organized, and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Previous sales experience with textiles and knowledge of the contract furniture industry is required.

Interested candidates should submit their resume along with a cover letter to jbattle@lunatextiles.com.