Space Furniture has launched its first showroom in Sydney in 1993, quickly establishing an high benchmark for design retailing in Australia.

Since then Space furniture has developed into Australia and South East Asia’s huge and progressive retailer of contemporary design.

With a unique approach and highly sophisticated, design-focused interior environment, Space occupies a leadership position in the markets in which it operates. Read more…

From the living room to the bedroom, rezon8 living offers a stunning array of contemporary and classic inspired furniture designs to enhance the style and comfort of any home. To view all the modern furniture collections of rezon8 living, visit: http://www.rezon8living.com
Paul Reitzin, President, notes, “The room sets of CSI: Miami exemplify what great interior design is all about. All of us at rezon8 living are very excited that select models of our high fashion, contemporary furniture will appear on CSI: Miami during the upcoming season.” The Landon seating group, metal & chrome table collection and Santos floor lamp (shown) are a few of the new rezon8 living furniture selections that will appear on CSI: Miami. Read more…

The Information Architecture Group, Inc. (http://www.iag.biz) today announced the completion of the acquisition of Digital Mosaic, a leading international business requirements consulting and training firm. Effective immediately, the newly restructured and merged organizations will be known as IAG Consulting. The company now brings an end-to-end capability to transform enterprise, project and analyst performance for companies that wish to significantly reduce development costs through better (and faster) requirements definition and management. Read more…

The city of Seattle will cement its place as one of the world’s most renowned centers for design when the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) presents four of the highest awards in landscape architecture to local projects and landscape architects. The presentation will take place during ASLA’s annual meeting in San Francisco, October 6-9.
“Seattle is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and this is reflected in the number of projects and landscape architects receiving top honors year after year,” said Patrick W. Caughey, FASLA, president of the Society. “This year’s awards continue that tradition with private organizations and public places incorporating thoughtful, innovative designs for Seattle residents to enjoy.”
Philips Farevaag Smallenberg will receive a national honor award in design for the 17th-floor Washington Mutual Bank’s roof garden. The green roof provides decks and pathways showcasing views across Elliott Bay, all while integrating elements that tell a story about the bank, its local origins, and the community it serves. Read more…

Furniture Row® Companies, parent company to Oak Express® and Bedroom Expressions®, is expanding their presence in Alabama with the construction of a new Furniture Row Shopping Center. The Center will contain four specialty furniture stores in one convenient location. The Center is located at 8405 Madison Blvd, by Interstate 565 at Hughes Road in Madison. The stores brands include Oak Express®, Bedroom Expressions®, Sofa Mart® and Denver Mattress Company®. The Oak Express® and Bedroom Expressions® stores previously located at 4830 University Drive NW by Wynn and University, across from Chili’s in Huntsville, have been relocated into the new Center. The new Center will open Saturday, August 4th and store hours are Mon-Sat 10am-9pm and Sun 12pm-6pm. Read more…

Wickes Furniture Company, Inc., a Sun Capital Investment Company and one of the nation’s largest furniture retailers, is opening a new retail showroom in Tanasbourne, Oregon – its fifth in the Portland area. The 40,000 square-foot showroom, located at 17275 NW Cornell Rd., is scheduled to open July 19.

“We appreciate the residents of the Portland area, who have been instrumental in our growth in the Oregon marketplace,” said John Disa, Wickes Furniture president and CEO. “Tanasbourne is the second showroom we’ve opened in the area in the last three months, following closely the May launch of our Keizer Station location. Along with our other locations in Clackamas, Delta Park and Tigard, the two new showrooms enable us to better serve the market.” Read more…

The size of the American residential furniture market is over $ 40 billion (at wholesale prices). There are no borders, a single language and a single currency.

Bharat Book Bureau, a leading market information publisher has published a report “Exporting Household Furniture to the United States Of America”. (http://www.bharatbook.com/detail.asp?id=29335)

The Unites States of America offers great opportunities for foreign exporters who have a clear understanding of its characteristics. Read more…

As energy prices continue to rise, more and more housing consumers in the U.S. are looking for ways to save money on home energy costs. VOA’s Jeff Swicord reports on an environmentally friendly, green building movement in the United States.

From high-rise apartment buildings to single-family homes, so-called “green building” is the hottest trend in architectural design today. Simply put, green building takes into account the energy efficiency of the design and the environmental sustainability of the materials used.

Susan Piedmont-Palladino is an architect and curator at the National Building Museum in Washington D.C. She explains the concept of green building. “Green building is thinking about where it comes from and where it goes. That goes for the material as well as the energy. How are you getting the energy, what systems are you using to heat your house and cool your house? And where are the waste products going to end up?”

The National Building Museum has assembled part of a green house designed by California architect Michele Kaufman as part of its exhibit on green building. Susan Palladino points out some of its green features. “The first one to notice is this generous overhang.” Read more…

China’s first furniture export industrial zone would be built on 133 ha in Qionglai City of Sichuan Province. Manufacturing, research, development and design, marketing and distribution of furniture would be done according to export requirements. The zone would be built in January 2008, completed by 2010, and would be China’s first furniture production and export base.
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Beloved by designers who use it to create visual interest, hand-painted furniture delivers a shot of color, adding life to rooms filled with matched furniture “suites.”

As the world grows more high-tech and requires less personal contact, hand-painted furniture offers the polar opposite. It’s obvious at a glance that hours were spent painting this furniture, bringing home an appreciation for an art form that dates back centuries. It’s also a tactile treat, tempting one to reach out and trace the designs. This furniture with a purpose beyond mere decoration takes us back to an era when artisans crafted furniture as painstakingly as artists create paintings.
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