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    Engineering services debate back on the table  Oct 19, 2008
    "The other issue I have raised consistently is, we have no negotiations with these design firms," he said. "Their prices are fixed.". (Sioux City Journal, IO)

    Top Wallpaper Myths Debunked  Oct 19, 2008
    New York design firm D'Aquino Monaco hung 27 wallpaper patterns throughout a four-story stairwell in a New York town house. Why not hang a pattern or striped wallpaper horizontally instead of vertically. (Pekin Times, IL)

    World beckons Hub architects  Oct 18, 2008
    "A million square feet is pretty much what you start with," said Don Deng, head of the China office for Boston design firm Steffian Bradley Architects. "Building big and fast, that is the whole notion." For example, at 1. (Boston Globe)

    A New Experience - Driving Pleasure Without Emissions: the MINI E.  Oct 18, 2008
    The BMW Group in the United States has grown to include marketing, sales, and financial service organizations for the BMW brand of motor vehicles, including motorcycles, the MINI brand, and the Rolls-Royce brand of Motor Cars; DesignworksUSA, an industrial design firm in California; a technology office in Silicon Valley and various other operations throughout the country. BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC in South Carolina is part of BMW Group's global manufacturing network and is the exclusive... (PR Newswire)

    No money for Watertown riverfront makeover  Oct 18, 2008
    The renovation, in the planning stages for the past two years, has been a critical issue for residents who tire of the run-down look of the Charles River bank, and by all accounts, the proposal, by Watertown-based design firm Sasaki Associates, would really spruce up the place. Funds were only available for the design phase, however, which officially concluded at a recent meeting at which the Conservation Commission conditionally approved the design. (Watertown TAB & Press, MA)

    China to get its first 'real' footy ground  Oct 17, 2008
    Thomson Perrett, a golf course design firm, has design plans for the ground, the first purpose-built AFL ground in the world's most populous nation. Tianjin, 137 kilometres south-east of Beijing, has a population of 10. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)

    Watertown Crime Watch: Thieves break into nine cars to use jacks  Oct 17, 2008
    On Oct. 13 at 12:28 p.m., a laptop was reported missing from a Watertown design firm, police said. According to the police, between 5 p.m. on Oct. 12 and 8 a.m. the next day, someone gained entry into Sasaki Associates, on 64 Pleasant St., through an open window at the back of the building, facing the footpath, and stole the computer. (Watertown TAB & Press, MA)

    Orsini named to home care, hospice board  Oct 17, 2008
    Merrily Orsini, managing director of Louisville-based marketing, public relations and design firm Corecubed, has been elected to the. Orsini will serve as chairwoman of the Private Duty Homecare Association, the NAHC said in a news release. (Louisville Business First, KY)

    McGraw-Hill Construction President Norbert Young Elected to National Academy of Construction  Oct 16, 2008
    At McGraw-Hill Construction, Young pulls from his experience and credentials to share thought-leadership and market intelligence with owners, design firms, construction firms, and building product manufacturers and distributors. In recognition of the mark that he has made, he received McGraw-Hill's Excellence in Management Award in 2003. (PR Newswire)

    Bonney Lake Justice Center takes shape  Oct 16, 2008
    Richard Mitchell and Megan Tremain, architects from Group Mackenzie, a Seattle design firm, gave details of the exterior including the type of siding, glass, roof and landscaping details ... Planning Director John Vodopich said the design firm will now draw architectural plans of the building and work on details of the interior design. (Enumclaw Courier Herald, WA)

    HD 57 candidates differ on surplus plans  Oct 16, 2008
    Ifland, who runs a small advertising, marketing and design firm, said she'd like the surplus used for "world-class early childhood environments" that would be offered to residents ... Occupation: Nexa LLC advertising, marketing and design firm. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)

    Sound Bytes: Techno-Debate Is Just Sosolimited  Oct 15, 2008
    The three met in college and now work at the same design firm in Cambridge, Mass. which creates interactive installations for places such as the Museum of Sex and the Nobel Peace Center. (Washington Post -- Technology)

    Hafeez Contractor may offload 74% for $150 mn  Oct 14, 2008
    BANGALORE/MUMBAI: Hafeez Contractor, involved with several landmark real estate developments, is looking at offloading a majority stake in his eponymous and Indias largest architectural design firm, sources said ... The earliest foreign investor in the domestic real estate sector, India Real Estate Opportunities (IREO) fund, is among the potential suitors that have had discussions with the architectural design firm, sources added. (India Times)

    Globally Recognized Interior Architect and Designer Launches Houston-Based Firm  Oct 14, 2008
    HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Award-winning architect Lauren Rottet, FAIA, recently launched a new, privately held, international architecture and design firm, Rottet Studio. Based in Houston, the firm has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Washington DC, San Francisco, Scottsdale and Shanghai. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    I've kind of resigned myself to the fact that I'm going to be working for the rest of my life."  Oct 13, 2008
    Peter Schade, 49, who runs his own ad design firm in Farmington Hills, Michigan, said each day of bad news was a blow to the idea that he would ever be able to retire. "I've kind of resigned myself to the fact that I'm going to be working for the rest of my life," he said. (International Herald Tribune)

    Chrysler Financial and Habitat for Humanity of Oakland County Celebrate Completion of the First Affordable Eco-Friendly Habitat Home in Southeast Michigan  Oct 12, 2008
    In addition, Chrysler Financial brought in Gontina, a local building and design firm, to develop the project plan, design the interior and exterior and provide LEED consulting services for the home. "We are proud to support Habitat for Humanity of Oakland County in its effort to provide affordable and sustainable housing options in the communities where we live and work," said Darryl Jackson, Chief Operating Officer - Chrysler Financial. (PR Newswire)

    Video: Harrah's Resort and Casino Selects Tim Hunter Design to 'Define the Wow' for the World's Largest LED Video Display  Oct 11, 2008
    "About Tim Hunter DesignTim Hunter Design is an experiential design firm based in New York City whose work centers primarily on the design of media-based experiential structures within architectural or public spaces. The goal of THD is to seamlessly incorporate digital imaging systems, digital media, audio and specialty lighting into compelling structures to create a unique, memorable and easily updateable guest experience. Source: Tim Hunter Design Email Story Set News Alert Print Story... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Electronic Ink digi design firm beefs up its presence in London  Oct 10, 2008
    With the exception of about six months after 9/11, Inc. has had a presence in London since its CEO, Harold Hambrose, founded the Philadelphia-based digital design firm 18 years ago. But the recent moves made by Electronic Ink to expand its office across the pond are the most serious in the firm s history. (Philadelphia Business Journal, PA)

    A shrinking industry  Oct 10, 2008
    TAMPA As architect Larry Wilder describes it, design firms are metaphorically a lot like the canaries that were sent down coal mine shafts. We re usually one of the first to see it slowing down, Wilder said of commercial construction activity. (Tampa Bay Business Journal, FL)

    Wellesley Free Library has new look to Web site  Oct 10, 2008
    Charbonneau worked closely with Blue Robin, an eBusiness infrastructure software developer, and Lindsay Hill Design, a graphic design firm. WFL benefited greatly from the two firms expertise. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)

    Mattel gambles on pricey Elmo for holidays  Oct 10, 2008
    Fisher-Price got the idea from California toy design firm Shoot the Moon Products LLC. It proposed a robotic Elmo that sang and danced like the puppets in Sesame Street's "Elmo's World." Designers embraced the concept and went to work on an animated Elmo. From the start, the project was a departure from an earlier best-seller, Tickle Me Elmo. (AZCentral -- Business)

    Playing Games  Oct 8, 2008
    And the environments themselves were full of enough shiny neon-tinged details to suggest a world beyond its boundaries, all polished and branded within an inch of its life by design firm the Designer's Republic. More than 10 years later, Wipeout HD is the first sequel that can rightfully claim the mantle from Wipeout XL as the definitive futuristic racer. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)

    Southeast Venture plans offices in MetroCenter  Oct 7, 2008
    The single-story building, slated for completion in mid-to-late 2009, will be designed for high-density office use, according to a release from the Nashville-based real estate and design firm. The building will feature a concrete tilt-up exterior and floor-to-ceiling glass. (Nashville Business Journal, TN)

    Talley: Weve been putting Band-Aids on things  Oct 7, 2008
    Board member Doug Kinniburgh, who is on the building committee and has met with potential architectural design firms, said the district will have to decide soon if it will build a third high school because it will determine what kind of renovations and additions are done on the current building. So we re not building it too small a second time, he said. (Rapid City Journal, SD)

    Up, Up, and Away!  Oct 5, 2008
    Her parents, owners of a small graphic design firm and some rental properties in their hometown of Atlanta, also are impressed - and worried. "There's no way we can afford any of these private colleges," Sidney's father, Jim, says flatly as the weary clan slows down outside the imposing Devlin Hall, which houses BC's art museum. (Boston Globe)

    Electrical Engineer  Oct 5, 2008
    Ranked #78 of Top 500 Design Firms. Ranked #8 of Top 10 in Aerospace. (Florida Today)

    Fundraising project could have been a fiasco  Oct 5, 2008
    "However, in response to letters like yours and after conducting several focus groups, we have decided to go with an alternative stamp produced by the same design firm.". So there you have it. (Toronto Star)

    Take me to the river: Float trip focuses on issues surrounding streamside protection  Oct 5, 2008
    Whether it's soap or septic systems, it's an indication that civilization is too close the river, said Brent Campbell, president of WGM Group, a design firm specializing in land-use planning, engineering and surveying. Though an unpopular idea, Campbell would like to see Target Range connect to city sewer, rather than the individual septic tanks most homes have now. (Missoulian, MT)

    Experts tapping emotions to sway your vote  Oct 5, 2008
    Online marketing through Web sites has become just as vital to campaigns as traditional TV ads, said David Palmer, a senior consultant with Boston-based Molecular Inc., a digital design firm that ran Romney's online-marketing strategy. "It's as important as having bumper stickers," he said. (AZCentral -- News)

    Bank Star Officials Celebrate Expansion  Oct 4, 2008
    Customers, city and Chamber of Commerce officials, and president of the design firm that just completed the addition were all on hand to celebrate. The 3,200-square-foot addition includes seven new offices and a larger boardroom. (Missourian Publishing, MO)

    Southern Destiny Unveils New Coastal Carolina Golf Course and Country Club  Oct 4, 2008
    Bob Moore with JMP Golf Design Group, widely recognized as one of the most creative golf design firms in the world today, designed the course, and Jeffrey Stein with Shapemasters Golf, one of the nation's leading golf course builders, is managing the construction of the golf course. Masonboro Country Club is expected to offer limited preview play starting the summer of 2009. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Off the Record: Oh to be a kid  Oct 4, 2008
    Spaces, a Farmington Hills design firm specializing in the world of nothing but the best, told the Detroit Free Press: For the very wealthy, indulging yourself and a child in the experience of luxury in a fantasy room is the thing to do. Okey dokey. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)

    Cyan condo tower will switch to apartments  Oct 3, 2008
    Mark Edlen, the firm's managing principal, hired Portland design firm Ziba to refine the message. They targeted people who'd been priced out of the Pearl or South Waterfront districts but still wanted the urban conveniences of public transit and a short walk to stores. (OregonLive, OR -- Business)

    Liquor board appointments recommended  Oct 3, 2008
    Mayor Rob Dolan appointed Nevin, a senior principal at Boston-based architecture and design firm Bergmeyer, and Jil-Lyn Wonoski, who recently stepped down as the Melrose Chamber of Commerce executive director, citing their respective professional experience in business, and retail planning and design. Nevin and Wonoksi would serve alongside Leo Colborne, the current Commission chairman who has served on the Commission since its inception in 1973. (Melrose Free Press, MA)

    Transform your home into a green retreat  Oct 3, 2008
    Meghan Lopez is an instructor in sustainable interiors at Berkeley Extension (the universitys continuing education program) and an associate designer at San Francisco-based design firm Brayton Hughes, where she specializes in creating green buildings think hotels and offices as well as personal residences. I was blown away by Lopezs wealth of knowledge and even more dazzled by the way she simplified the process of greening any living space. (MSNBC -- Environment)

    Web sites, awful and not  Oct 3, 2008
    "I don't understand why people think that putting everything on the page will attract more clicks," said Chanuki Seresinhe, co-founder of the London design firm Design Science Office. "It just confuses users. We're already overwhelmed with too much information, so why do they throw too many choices at us?" Quite. (International Herald Tribune)

    Mobile Apps for Travelers  Sep 25, 2008
    That's exactly what happened to Tina Liao, media director at Freestyle Interactive, an online design firm in San Francisco, at a recent business dinner at STK in Los Angeles. This Story. (Washington Post -- Technology)

    Liquor board named  Sep 25, 2008
    Citing their respective professional experience in business, and retail planning and design, Mayor Rob Dolan has named Joe Nevin, a senior principal at Boston-based architecture and design firm Bergmeyer, and Jil-Lyn Wonoski, who recently stepped down as the Melrose Chamber of Commerce executive director, to the city s Liquor Licensing Commission. Nevin and Wonoksi, whose appointments must be approved by the Board of Aldermen, would serve alongside Leo Colborne, the current Commission chairman... (Melrose Free Press, MA)

    Wynne’s GutGateway comes to life  Sep 25, 2008
    Pat Hart, landscape architect with Kimley-Horn, said the design firm met with the commission for about three hours. We had an in depth discussion from a building, permitting and environmental standpoint, he said. (Washington Daily News, NC)

    Architect is designing greener tomorrow  Sep 24, 2008
    About Overland Partners: Overland Partners is a value based design firm. We have a series of core values and a set of design principles which form the backbone of our relationships and design. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)

    SWA Group climbs to greener heights  Sep 24, 2008
    Yet as the employee-owned landscape architecture and urban design firm has expanded internationally, it is watching the growth s impact on an open culture that has been key to SWA s success. The firm this summer named Kevin Shanley of the Houston office as chief executive the first CEO in SWA s 51 years who is not based in Sausalito or San Francisco and it has opened three new offices in the past five years. (San Francisco Business Times, CA)

    Drazkowski, Pfeilsticker tackle taxes, transportation  Sep 24, 2008
    WORKS: in sales and online marketing for a Winona graphic design firm, Vision Design Group. GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: has represented District 28B since August 2007. (Winona Daily News, MN)

    Huffing and puffing to blow a house down  Sep 23, 2008
    In collaboration with the Cambridge, England-based design firm. the researchers scaled up the results with fans deployed more like vacuum cleaners. (MSNBC -- Politics)

    Caroline's decision on park expansion likely to come next year Park expansion in Caroline could start next year; officials should get another look by winter  Sep 22, 2008
    However, the park's project manager from design firm Clough Harbour iates, Craig Van Dus-sen, said results from a countywide recreation questionnaire were good for the survey's size ... The design firm's estimate of $4 million to $4. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)

    Mikado gets new twist on traditional decor  Sep 21, 2008
    Lisa Fazzino, of Middletown, is a designer who works at a design firm in Glastonbury. "It looks amazing," she exclaimed. (Middletown Press, CT)

    Johnny Law cracks down on parking day  Sep 20, 2008
    The PARK(ing) Day project was conceived four years ago by San Francisco-based art collective, REBAR, as an event where organizations, design firms, activists and citizens could participate in a creative and unique experiment to explore the dimensions of ecological sustainability, design and creative vision in parking spaces. Taking place this year on Friday, Sept. 19, the one-day, national event invites everyone to transform metered public parking spaces into temporary parks to educate the... (Los Angeles Times)

    Feminine Qualities That Close the Sale  Sep 19, 2008
    Jil Wyland, president of , a $2 million strategic consulting and graphic design firm for litigating attorneys, agrees with Allen's assessment. "I tend to listen to all perspectives and use my intuition to synthesize a sales pitch that will satisfy the group as a whole, providing compromise where needed," she says. (Entrepreneur)

    Zero Energy Home Participates in Green Buildings Open House  Sep 19, 2008
    s, a lighting design firm, NexAmp, renewable energy system experts, Heimarck a, landscape architects, GridPoint, an energy management appliance manufacturer, and utilizes panels from Evergreen Solar, a photovoltaic manufacturer. The residence, located on Corn Hill in Truro, will be open to the public on Saturday October 4th 2008 from 10AM until 4PM.. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)

    Orchid opens factory in Southpark  Sep 19, 2008
    The new space has allowed the company to create a satellite branch of its design firm, Connecticut-based Orchid Design, in Memphis. Wippel says that division will have four employees by the end of the year and a total of 10 by the end of next year. (Memphis Business Journal, TN)

    944 Media Expands Core Executive Team Alongside Launch of Custom Publishing Division  Sep 19, 2008
    Bartolo then served as the West Coast Sales Manager for Westwood One/Metro Networks, fostering relationships with such national radio syndication brands as Howard Stern, The Grammys, CMAs and MTV Networks, before launching his own marketing and custom design firm, db&m Media, Inc.. 944 Media has also promoted former 944 Los Angeles Managing Editor Martine Bury to the role of Editor in Chief. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    2 new print design magazines defy digital age  Sep 18, 2008
    Design Mind, published by Frog Design, a Bay Area industrial design firm about to mark its 40th anniversary, is the company's printed answer to blogs and online chatter about design, business and technology, according to Frog spokeswoman Sara Munday. Frog has consolidated its Palo Alto and San Francisco offices in Wired magazine's former digs at 660 Third St. in San Francisco, and Design Mind is the new voice of its designers. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Cheerwine to launch rebranding, ad campaign  Sep 18, 2008
    The labeling and packaging redesign was created by , a Seattle-based branding and design firm. Carolina Beverage has hired , a marketing agency based in Georgia, to create and launch the ad campaign. (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)

    Keeping It Clean On The Bowery  Sep 17, 2008
    On Sunday night at the packed private opening dinner at Double Crown on the Bowery, Kristina O'Neal - a partner in AvroKo, the award-winning design firm backing it - stopped to congratulate authors Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page on their new book "The Flavor Bible." Double Crown's Brad Farmerie is featured in the book, alongside the likes of Eric Ripert and Johnny Iuzzini, as one of "America's most imaginative chefs." Sporting a stylish halter dress, O'Neal admitted, "I spent the day here... (New York Post -- Gossip)

    Open-Source Thinking Revolutionizes Prosthetic Limbs  Sep 17, 2008
    And that is how the small North Carolina design firm got into the prosthetics business. More, Kuniholm and his partners have created a clearinghouse for prosthetic designs, an online consortium they call the Open Prosthetics Project (OPP), whose goal is to nurture useful ideas for innovations and then freely give the designs away. (Scientific American)

    Time line set for field project  Sep 17, 2008
    According to assistant superintendent Michael Green, the design firm of Camp Dresser and Mcgee listed a preliminary schedule for the project based on their design plans but Green stressed that once a contractor is hired, the schedule could change. Finalization of bid documents, an invitation to bid, and the opening of the bids are expected to be completed by early November, according Green. (Easton Journal, MA)

    Greteman Group picks up national honors for seven projects  Sep 17, 2008
    The awards are open to everyone in the design community from graphic design firms to corporate in-house departments in the areas of print and collateral design, corporate identity and logos, broadcast and motion graphics, Internet and interactive design, advertising and sales promotion and packaging and point-of-purchase. Graphic Design USA has sought to recognize new work in all forms of media with its American Graphic Design Awards for nearly 40 years. (Wichita Business Journal, KS)

    Lighting up: Germantown design firm grows with major projects  Sep 17, 2008
    Members: Not Registered. for free extra services. (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)

    Creative support  Sep 17, 2008
    The CreateAthon program is a 24-hour creative blitz during which advertising agencies and design firms work on a pro bono basis for nonprofit organizations. CreateAthon was founded in 1997 by RIGGS, an advertising agency in Columbia, S.C. The Lockport company will be one of more than 40 advertising and marketing firms across the United States and Canada this year in the coordinated effort. (Buffalo Business First, NY)

    Building a community  Sep 16, 2008
    Schematics for the Spruill house were drawn up pro bono by Moman Architects, a design firm in Round Rock. The firm designs both new plans and reconfigures old plans to custom fit the needs of Habitat families. (Taylor Daily Press, TX)

    Designer unveils memorial for bridge victims  Sep 16, 2008
    Oslund and Associates, Tom Oslund's design firm, is donating its time and some of the $1 million it will cost to build and maintain the memorial, which is being funded completely with private money. Minneapolis mayor R.T. Rybak's office would not say how much money has been raised so far, but acknowledged the total raised is less than half of the money needed. (KARE)

    Pitfalls seen on road to personal health care  Sep 16, 2008
    On the show floor, many small design firms pitched for what they see as a growing business in outsourced medical designs at a time when new products are increasingly geared to consumers using health devices a home. Thus those devices are becoming more responsive to the needs for fast time to market and good industrial design, they said. (EETimes)

    SU grants to redesign downtown  Sep 16, 2008
    A design firm called Upstate within the SU's School of Architecture is working with the engineering firm Barton dice to create the project. Amenities include accent street lighting, multi-leveled clustered plantings and landscaping elements, outdoor furnishing and a possible motion-sensor water feature that will interact with the public at the street-level. (Daily Orange, NY)

    Can a Brazilian SUV Take on the Jeep Wrangler?  Sep 16, 2008
    Since some 4x4s often can't handle rough terrain like the rainforest well, dos Santos hired product design firm Questto to create an upscale car that could take on the most challenging off-road exploration without skimping on urban driving comfort. Some six years, 38,000 research and development hours, and five prototypes later, the hard-topped Stark emerged. (BusinessWeek)

    Narain Karthikeyan, A1GP driver  Sep 14, 2008
    The A1GP car used for the past 3 seasons was designed and manufactured by Lola, which is a specialist racecar design firm in the UK. They have huge experience that includes designing Indy cars, Formula 3000 cars Formula 1 cars. Zytek Engineering, which is also a UK based specialist racing engine manufacturer built the engines. (India Times)

    Vegas Volcano Meets Dead Drummer  Sep 14, 2008
    The design firm WET, the outfit behind the Fountains of Bellagio, will, according to the announcement, "forge a primal volcanic environment of sound, light, music and heat.". WET's choreographed FireShooters, which send massive fireballs more than 12 feet into the air, are "the latest developments in flame-expression technology," according to the announcement. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)

    URA signs off on East Liberty, Lawrenceville projects  Sep 12, 2008
    To create a master plan for the city s Allegheny riverfront including the Strip District, Lawrenceville, Morningside and Highland Park the URA board also authorized the issuance of a request for proposal to urban design firms and consultants to analyze the area. In other actions, the board approved the first step in a sale of 20 parcels mostly on Dinwiddie Street in the Hill District to Oakland-based. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)

    Cyclone spotlight on senior volleyball player Mary Bisenius  Sep 12, 2008
    A Continuing with my major and going into a graphic design firm somewhere. I would really like to get out of the Midwest. (Ames Daily Tribune, IA)

    Winning effort  Sep 12, 2008
    management, event-planning and design firm is coordinating a host of activities for the European team, the Wales contingent that will host the 2010 Ryder Cup, and local and national companies. The client roster and the scope of these upcoming events could mean that Essential Details is one of the biggest winners of the 2008 Ryder Cup, which is slated for Sept. 16 to 21. (Louisville Business First, KY)

    Over-40 females' fashion needs spur stores to dump the frump  Sep 12, 2008
    "The Catch-22 is that when people dress older or dress their age, they have very little motivation to replace what's in their closets," says Nisch, chairman of the brand and store design firm JGA. "They don't worry about wearing the same thing they wore last Friday night.". It's also more difficult to please more mature customers, Nisch says. (USA Today -- Money)

    Zero-landfill effort sends tons of stuff to grateful users  Sep 12, 2008
    What do you do when 22 architecture and design firms decide to clean out all their material samples. Pray that enough artists, teachers, student groups and children s programs want to reuse the goods. (Cincinnati Business Courier, OH)

    I am Kitty hear me purr  Sep 11, 2008
    Kitty's major debut as a fashion icon occurred in 2002, when design firm Heatherette used her in their New York Fashion Week collection, Tohmatsu said. Other designers have since jumped on the Hello Kitty bandwagon. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Young Guns: A Plan to Generate Urban Power  Sep 11, 2008
    Sam: For most of my time while an undergrad in Pratt's Industrial Design department, I had been thinking of a design firm that pushes the boundaries of what is possible in product design. When Sita and I met and talked about 3/4 of the way through our thesis years, we saw that her business plan for SMIT fit quite well with my thesis project, GROW (the concept for Solar Ivy came out of that idea) and that they had the potential to do well together. (Fox News)

    Las Vegas resort to give volcano new fire  Sep 11, 2008
    Anonymous / ASSOCIATED PRESSThis undated graphic rendition of the Mirage hotel and casino provided by the design firm WET shows erupting volcano on the Strip in Las Vegas ... -based design firm WET.. (MSNBC -- Politics)

    Top Wallpaper Myths Debunked  Sep 11, 2008
    New York design firm D'Aquino Monaco hung 27 wallpaper patterns throughout a four-story stairwell in a New York town house. Why not hang a pattern or striped wallpaper horizontally instead of vertically. (Pekin Times, IL)

    Architectural Resource Invites Michigan Public to Class on Green Home Building and Remodeling  Sep 11, 2008
    Ann Arbor, MI (PRWEB) September 11, 2008 -- Michael Klement, AIA, principal of the Ann Arbor-based residential architectural design firm, Architectural Resource, will present "Creating a Green Home: New/Remodel/Addition" at the Carnegie Library's Clare H. Sergeant Auditorium in Jackson, Michigan on September 16, 2008 from 6:30pm-8pm ... About Architectural Resource: Headed by Michael Klement A.I.A., N.C.A.R.B., and based in Ann Arbor, Architectural Resource is a full-service, architectural... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)

    Pentagon Memorial place for reflection  Sep 11, 2008
    "It's more of an art piece than anything. Creating it is easy, but replicating it 184 times so they're all similar and consistent was challenging," said Craig Atkins, project manager for Lee Papa and Associates, the design firm. The victims' families helped choose the site for the memorial and guide its creation. (AZCentral -- News)

    Water Planet ready to open at Academy  Sep 11, 2008
    Joe MacDonald, of New York architecture and design firm Urban Aigned fiberglass cases to resemble waves for some of the Water Planet tanks. They are used as backdrops for audiovisual shows and films. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Video: The Mirage Reignites Las Vegas Strip With Dramatic Transformation of Iconic Volcano  Sep 11, 2008
    Known the world over for its iconic Strip-front feature, The Mirage has joined forces with legendary Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart, Indian tabla sensation Zakir Hussain and Fountains of Bellagio design firm WET, to create an all-new audio/visual spectacle. The top-to-bottom overhaul is the final step in the property's ongoing transformation and is scheduled for completion late 2008. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Right connection? Walker County hopes to connect with interstate to lure Volkswagen suppliers  Sep 10, 2008
    Heiskell said a Chattanooga architectural design firm, Arcadis, has estimated how much it would cost to design a route from Ga. 2 to Amnicola Highway. (WWalker County Messenger, GA)

    AAA Heating & Cooling Inc.  Sep 10, 2008
    a Portland design firm that creates brand experiences through media messaging, renewed its lease for 16,521 square feet at 1650 N.W. Front Ave. Mike Thomas and Gordon King of represented Downstream; Lana Baldock and Dan Swift of represented the lessor, I LLC.. Office leases. (Portland Business Journal, OR)

    Civic adventures with Rebar design collective  Sep 10, 2008
    Merker works four days a week at the design firm Royston Hanamoto Alley Bela one day less at CMG Landscape Architecture. Passmore is a legal consultant. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Doctor's offices are getting more stylish to attract patients.  Sep 10, 2008
    Judy Carter, president of design firm J. Carter and Co. Inc., has built a niche helping local doctors with their office interiors. She said she s noticed a move toward upscale waiting rooms and patient rooms, particularly those doctors that receive patients all day, such as dentists. (Birmingham Business Journal, AL)

    East and West Unite as Tiger Translate Comes to London  Sep 9, 2008
    The owner of design firm A-Office looks forward to working at Tiger Translate in London on the world stage. Saturday 20th September 2008, Hearn Street Car Park, off Curtain Road, London, EC2A 3JS. Further information. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Design firm helps clients find themselves  Sep 8, 2008
    The San Francisco-based creative design firm straddles the worlds of big corporations and tiny startups. It helps them refine their brands and streamline their products. (San Francisco Business Times, CA)

    Downtown parking a key issue in mayoral race at Beaches  Sep 8, 2008
    He said city officials should listen to Glatting Jackson, the Orlando urban design firm that led the Downtown Vision Plan. He said he was disappointed when a discussion on parking at an Aug. 18 vision plan workshop was put off. (Florida Times-Union)

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