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DLR Group Names New Higher Education Leader

(LINCOLN, Neb., January 4, 2024) ― DLR Group announces Senior Associate Adam Post, AIA, WELL AP, will lead the firm’s Higher Education practice based out of their Lincoln office. This strategic decision allows Post to further enhance DLR Group’s prominence in the marketplace while actively fostering crucial relationships and expanding opportunities within regional higher education institutions.

KI Announces Learning Space Design Competition for Educators: Opens December 1st

GREEN BAY, Wis.-- KI is excited to announce its second annual classroom furniture giveaway and learning space design competition for K-12 educators. Four winners will each be awarded up to $40,000-worth of KI furniture of their choosing to turn their dream learning space into a reality. Three winners will receive a furniture makeover for their classroom, lab, makerspace, or art or music space.

OM5 ACTIVE™ NEST SUPPORTS A VERSATILE AND CREATIVE FUTURE

OMS Active seating - NEW

OM Seating wows with OM5 Active™ Nest, a dynamic nesting and stacking chair that delights with a subtle, articulating chair top.  Effortlessly functional while playfully stylish, Active Nest arrives ready to perform in today’s hybrid work spaces.  And it comes with green credentials, as OM’s first product launch after earning a LEVEL® 2 rating from BIFMA’s sustainability certification program for furniture.
 

Tarkett launches 2 new collections on its premium Contour® LVT

SOLON, OH, OCTOBER 18, 2023 — Tarkett, a global leader in innovative and sustainable flooring solutions, is refreshing its high-performing, premium Contour LVT offerings with two new design collections: Collaborative and Mindful Maker. Like most Contour abstract designs, the collections are manufactured with the company’s high-definition digital printing capabilities, affording crisper visual details, longer pattern repeats and ample opportunities to tailor designs with a customer’s own signature touches.

Lesro Introduces Chat

[Bloomfield, CT: July 19, 2023] Lesro Industries announces the launch of a new product line called Chat. Uncomplicated in its design, Chat has the flexibility to provide guests with comfort and stability while enhancing the aesthetic of any space.. Chat is a fully welded steel tube product line offering models such as a standard, armless, oversize, and benches with matching occasional tables. Chairs come with the option of upholstered seats and backs, polypropylene seats and backs, or a combination of both materials. Its sturdy steel construction allows for 300 and 400lb. weight bearing capacities.

Mannington Commercial Introduces the New Composition Collection

CHICAGO – NeoCon Expo – July 18, 2023 — Mannington Commercial a leading manufacturer of commercial flooring products crafted with purpose, is introducing the New Composition Collection at this year’s NeoCon. Inspired by Wassily Kandinsky, a pioneer of abstract art and his groundbreaking Composition series, the imaginative modular and broadloom carpet collection transforms flooring design into artistic play, crafting harmonious spaces that are engaging, creative and warm.

Tarkett North America unveils new commercial website

SOLON, OH, JULY 11, 2023 — Tarkett launched this month a new website for its commercial business in North America, featuring added functionalities and streamlined design. A global leader in the flooring industry, the new website prioritizes beautiful imagery and design inspiration for commercial interiors, based on feedback the company received directly from its customers.

IN MEMORIAM: PETER A. GISOLFI, AIA, ASLA 1944 – 2023

July 5, 2023 - It is with deep sadness that Learning By Design Magazine received notice of the passing of Peter A. Gisolfi. Peter, founded in1976 Peter Gisolfi Associates, Architects and Landscape Architects (Hastings on Hudson, NY) was "an architect, landscape architect, and teacher whose primary focus was to shape places—usually groups of buildings connected by open space.  

Participate in DLR Group’s Evolution of Campus research study

DLR Group’s Higher Education sector continues its mission to better understand the needs and issues important to colleges and universities through its Evolution of Campus research study. What began as a listening exercise to understand the point of view of our clients during the COVID-19 pandemic has blossomed into a burgeoning and in-depth belief system and framework for our Higher Education sector.

Stantec names global leader for education design sector

Leo Lejeune Stantec Education

June 14, 2023 - Stantec, a global integrated design firm, has appointed Léo Lejeune to lead the education sector for its global Buildings practice. He will oversee design and engineering services for PreK-12, higher education, and student housing projects, leading the firm’s strategy for sector-wide growth. As global education sector leader, Lejeune offers more than 25 years of education facility design expertise. He connects thought leadership throughout the firm to ensure design excellence and innovation is at the forefront.