A few weeks ago I flew down to Atlanta to attend my first AIA Convention in several years. While I have attended major building product expos in the past year or so, AIA remains the best convention for catching up with architects as well as the building product manufacturers who are targeting them. The show, which drew roughly 17,000 attendees, took place… Continue reading Five Highlights from AIA Convention 2015
Category: Lighting
Seven Doors by Nendo for Abe Kogyo
The Japanese design firm Nendo has designed a new door collection for Abe Kogyo, a Japanese wooden door manufacturer. Called Seven Doors, the collection was created to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the company that makes not only wooden front and interior doors, but partitions and custom-made furniture. Seven Doors includes: Wall Covering this door with shelves… Continue reading Seven Doors by Nendo for Abe Kogyo
Hype & Structo Lamps by Curio Design
These spindly, sophisticated lamps from the Oakland, California-based tech company Curio Design have a humble origin — the lighted carriage that goes across the glass on a copy machine. Widely used in the scanner/copier industry to provide uniform light distribution, these "lights guides" have been reinvented by Curio Design to improve the quality of… Continue reading Hype & Structo Lamps by Curio Design
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