May Meeting of the Sustainable Quilting Bee

The next meeting of the IIDA Sustainable Quilting Bee will be Tuesday May 20th at 6:00pm at the Haworth showroom 125 Park Avenue, NYC. We are a group of Interior Design professionals who are meeting once a month to create new works of art from the mountains of textiles that our industry annually throws out. The aim of the group is to create community in the original sense of a quilting bee and to raise money for Furnish a Future a group that attempts to provide furniture for previously homeless families. If you are interested in participating contact either Abigail French 212.965.7672 or Daniel Tillman 646.742.1320

Interesting Sign

This is an interesting shot I found in The Onion. www.theonion.com

To Interiors and Beyond

THURSDAY MAR 20, 2008

To Interiors, and Beyond!: Parsons to Host Design Symposium

We've got the perfect excuse for you to spend a couple days in the dazzling new Sheila C. Johnson Design Center at Parsons the New School for Design:AfterTaste 2, a two-day symposium on Friday, April 4 and Saturday, April 5 that will take a critical look at contemporary issues in the field of interior design. In the course of three panels that promise to tackle everything from "the intellectual history of taste" to "the narrative life of things," more than a dozen illustrious designers, scholars, and artists will explore how interior design has come to be a curious blend of environmental psychology, fashion design, product design, architecture, material science, and cultivated taste (hmm, sounds like a certain blog we know). Among the speakers are artist James Casebere, known for his photographs of modeled built environments; the amazing Quay Brothers; Columbia dean Mark Wigley; and I.D. editor in chief Julie Lasky.

The fun begins on April 4 in Parsons' new Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Auditorium. "The auditorium's perforated bamboo side walls slow down the speed of sound as it travels back," architect Lyn Rice told us when we toured the new Parsons building last month. Come for the design discussion, stay for the defying of physical laws!

SEGD Workshop on Wayfinding

Legibility and Identity Strategies for Wayfinding 
Full-Day Workshop
Theme: Legibility & Human Factors
March 28, 2008 
9:30 AM - 3:00pm
ID8/RTKL Associates
1250 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington DC 20036

 

SEGD Outdoor Sign Programs are sponsored by MSD Visual and RMJM Hillier.

 

SEGD has been developing an educational program in outdoor wayfinding oriented towards graphic designers, sign fabricators and clients. The program focuses on research, strategy, implementation and documentation. The program will include sample sign documentation and end with a checklist for outdoor sign development.

 

A draft of the SEGD outdoor sign workbook will be included with the program as well articles and research reports.

 

This course offers three AIA LU credits; contact Craig Berger for more information.

Attendance is limited to 30.

New Images of Sail

Sail

Sail

Solutions for Modern Architectural Environments

Many of today’s modern interiors are designed with spacious, open floor plans, which can be very limiting when it comes to signage. The solution must be durable and able to withstand high traffic as well as visually appealing to suit the décor. Sail, the newest innovation from ASI-Modulex, is particularly effective in open plan areas. Sail offers a flexible range of free standing floor and desk signs. The combination of curved glass and metal, fine detailing, and impeccable finishing makes the Sail range ideal for modern environments. Additionally, the metal support at the left side of Sail lends stability and visual character to the design and consistently emphasizes the family identity across the range. And, like all our products, Sail is manufactured to the highest standards in our state-of–the-art facility.

Product Features

• Silver accent frame with arching sign face
• Pre-defined sizes for expansive signage family
• Ideal for open floor plans and modern interior spaces
• ADA-Ready™ panels available for wall-mounted signs
• 2-year warranty on parts and labor
• 10-year supplemental guarantee

Standard Options

• ADA-Ready™ Panels: 142 standard paint colors, one per sign
• Four-color graphic paper inserts are a custom option
• Inserts are based on European A4 and A5 sizes
• Silver anodized frame and accent panel
• ADA recommended matte window insert lens

Solutions for Modern Architectural Environments

Many of today’s modern interiors are designed with spacious, open floor plans, which can be very limiting when it comes to signage. The solution must be durable and able to withstand high traffic as well as visually appealing to suit the décor. Sail, the newest innovation from ASI-Modulex, is particularly effective in open plan areas. Sail offers a flexible range of free standing floor and desk signs. The combination of curved glass and metal, fine detailing, and impeccable finishing makes the Sail range ideal for modern environments. Additionally, the metal support at the left side of Sail lends stability and visual character to the design and consistently emphasizes the family identity across the range. And, like all our products, Sail is manufactured to the highest standards in our state-of–the-art facility.

Product Features

• Silver accent frame with arching sign face
• Pre-defined sizes for expansive signage family
• Ideal for open floor plans and modern interior spaces
• ADA-Ready™ panels available for wall-mounted signs
• 2-year warranty on parts and labor
• 10-year supplemental guarantee

Standard Options

• ADA-Ready™ Panels: 142 standard paint colors, one per sign
• Four-color graphic paper inserts are a custom option
• Inserts are based on European A4 and A5 sizes
• Silver anodized frame and accent panel
• ADA recommended matte window insert lens

ASI Modulex/Silhouette

The Silhouette sign system expands the boundaries of traditional plaque signage by combinging unprecedented design freedom and a flexible design platform that offers an "out of the box" solution to meet challenges posed by the most innovative minds - without compromising the budget.

Product Features

• Complete customizable interior system
• Creative design, simple installation
• ADA-Ready™
• Standard assortment for budget conscious solutions

Standard Options

• Panel options: aluminum graphic panels or ADA-Ready photopolymer panels
• hinged, two-piece paper holder
• Mounting options: wall, suspended, projecting, countertop, desktop, floor stand, monolith floor stand
• Perimeter shape: 5 standard shapes, custom available

Finishes & Graphics

• 128 standard colors, custom available
• Digital graphic appliques, LTV Series Vinyl, Screen Process, Digital Graphic Inserts

Optional Features

• Create almost any imaginable perimeter shape
• Blend digital graphics with custom perimeter for unique identity
• Optional use with Ariadne, Digital Signage System

Humanscale Cinto Chair

Available Late 2007
Cinto by the Humanscale Design Studio offers unprecedented comfort and ergonomic features for a chair in its class. Designed to move with the body and minimize pressure points, Cinto breaks the number one rule for stacking chairs—it’s comfortable!
Proprietary belt design offers backrest flex and lumbar support
Unique surface cuts on the seat pan distribute weight and ease pressure points
Available armless or with fixed arms
Available with a cantilever base, or with four legs on either casters or glides
Stacks eight chairs high without cart
With optional storage cart, stacks 15 chairs high
Backrest handle for easy transport
Made of steel and polypropylene with an elastomer belt
Available in a variety of colors
100% recyclable
Lifetime warranty

Humanscale Liberty Chair

Humanscale - Liberty Chair

New, structural, multi-panel mesh technology combines the breathability, sustainability and lightness of mesh with the support and three-dimensional shaping of molded foam.

Niels Diffrient asked "why can't furniture fit like a suit"

Simply a beautiful chair.

ASID + Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids

Please join our partners at the ASID New York Metro Chapter as they raise funds for
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.

ASID ON BROADWAY: The Signature Auction
Monday November 5, 2007, 6-9pm

Click the image to go to the ASID New York Metro website.

Please contact ASID at (212) 856-0890 for more information and to purchase tickets.