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contents: online design: OKKU, Dubai, by LW Design Smart space planning by LW Design leads to a glamourous-yet-intimate setting at OKKU, an upscale Japanese restaurant and lounge in Dubai. www.contractdesign.com/okku designing for health: How to Attack EDAC Leaders from Perkins+Will share strategies for tackling and acing the intimidating Evidence-Based Design Accreditation Certification exam. www.contractdesign.com/edacstudytips case study: The Greening of the Nation’s Capital VOA Associates is attempting a green retrofit on a Washington, D.C. office building while also preserving the structure’s history. www.contractdesign.com/repositioningdesign designer perspectives: Q&A with Joan Blumenfeld, IIDA, FAIA, interior design leader of Perkins+Will, New York Joan Blumenfeld of Perkins+Will addresses the possible solutions to the challenges of coordinating international design teams. www.contractdesign.com/blumenfeldprofile designer perspectives: Q&A with Jonathan Partridge, principal and founder of Jonathan Partridge Interiors Former Wall Street businessman Jonathan Partridge took the bull by the horns to follow his passion for design, establishing his own firm. www.contractdesign.com/partridgeprofile event: Young Designers GO PRO with ASID The American Society of Interior Designers launches its first GO PRO series this September with the goal of bolstering the careers of young interior designers through networking opportunities and educational programs. www.contractdesign.com/gopro exhibit: BMW Guggenheim Lab Premieres Designed by Atelier Bow-Wow, the innovative mobile “lab” in New York serves as an urban think tank, with free programs meant to engage the public in conversation about city living and design. www.contractdesign.com/bmwlab panel e pa pane design shown: burle™ ©modularArts Inc shown: burle ©modularArts Inc made is the USA, sans hubris Interiors Awards: Judges Named Five distinguished A&D professionals will select the most innovative projects from hundreds of entries for the 2012 Interiors Awards, presented by Contract magazine. www.contractdesign.com/interiorsawards2012 OUR LIGHTWEIGHT AND DURABLE CAST ROCK M O D U L E S A L L O W S E A M L E S S S U R FA C E S O F A N Y S I Z E W I T H I N T E R L O C K I N G E D G E S T H AT G U A R A N T E E P R E C I S E A L I G N M E N T A N D S U P E R FA S T I N S TA L L AT I O N A N D T I M E P R O V E N S T E A D FA S T J O I N T S , H O W E V E R A N D N O T W I T H S TA N D I N G T H E SEARING THOUGHT AND HANDWRINGING ANGST IT’S TA K E N T O C R E AT E T H E S E A M A Z I N G A N D D U R A B L E P R O D U C T S , I T ’ S R E A L LY O U R D E S I G N S THAT S P E A K THE FINAL W O R D WITH ELEGANT N AT U R A L CURVES & C O N T O U R S T H AT G R A Z E S O F T L I G H T A N D BITE DEEP INTO SHADOW AND BLEED OUT S C R E A M I N G W H I S P E R S O F R I C H C U LT U R A L A N D H I S T O R I C A L R E F E R E N C E S A L L O V E R W H AT M AY O T H E R W I S E H AV E B E E N J U S T A N O T H E R voice less room. modulararts.com / 206.788.4210 Select # 156 at ContractDesign.com/readerservice blog: Stanley Tigerman Exhibit Yale School of Architecture presents Ceci n’est pas une reverie, a show on architect Stanley Tigerman, through November 4, before traveling to the Graham Foundation’s Madlener House in Chicago in January 2012. www.contractdesign.com/tigermanexhibit blog: The New Campus Hotspot Herman Miller study Hub Life: Insights that Shape Campus Spaces sheds some light on how today’s students interact within school environments. www.contractdesign.com/studenthubs www.contractdesign.com http://www.contractdesign.com/okku http://www.contractdesign.com/edacstudytips http://www.contractdesign.com/repositioningdesign http://www.contractdesign.com/blumenfeldprofile http://www.contractdesign.com/partridgeprofile http://www.contractdesign.com/gopro http://www.contractdesign.com/bmwlab http://www.contractdesign.com/interiorsawards2012 http://www.modulararts.com http://www.contractdesign.com/tigermanexhibit http://www.contractdesign.com/studenthubs http://www.modulararts.com http://www.ContractDesign.com/readerservice http://www.contractdesign.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Contract - September 2011

Contract - September 2011
Contents
Editorial
Industry News
Product Briefs: Sustainable
Product Focus: Here Comes the Sun
Product Focus: Cream of the Crop
Memory Museum
Triple Threat
Mission Sustainable
Model of Sustainability
Desert Oasis
LEED by Example
Cooking Light
Trends: The Resilient Workplace
Ideas: Chair History
Designers Select: Boardroom Furnishings
Sources
Ad Index
Perspectives: Steven M. Davis, Faia, Aedas

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