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New Council furniture collection features Perennial Wood
Pfeiffer Lab developed the Plank Collection of outdoor furniture for Council, a premium furniture brand based in San Francisco, which features the use of Perennial Wood.
Perennial Wood from Eastman Chemical Company uses Southern pine wood, harvested in the southeastern United States and processed at Eastman’s headquarters in Kingsport, Tenn. The furniture collection featuring Perennial Wood includes a stacking chair and a lounge that will be on display at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York, May 19–22, in booth 1708. It will be available in fall 2012 from sales@councildesign.com.
“The idea behind Council has been to create beautiful furniture that speaks to design in the United States,” said Derek Chen, CEO of Council. “Just as the aesthetics of Italian or Scandinavian furniture are well understood, our mission is to create pieces that will be recognizably American, yet appeal to an international audience. Perennial Wood dovetails nicely with this mission. The beauty and simplicity of pine work nicely with our palette and the fact that it’s a North American product works well with our supply chain.”
Furniture companies interested in incorporating Pfeiffer designs into outdoor lines may contact Tom Keegan, Pfeiffer Lab, at tom@pfeifferlab.com or 510.451.7522. Eastman is also accepting inquiries from furniture manufacturers interested in incorporating Perennial Wood into their offerings. Inquiries may be directed to info@PerennialWood.com.
Perennial Wood furniture designs to be displayed at High Point Market Week
Students from Appalachian State University have been working in a competitive design studio creating outdoor furniture made of Eastman’s Perennial Wood that will be displayed during High Point Market Week as part of a competition.
Students’ final furniture projects will be on display during High Point Market Week, April 21-26, at the Suites at Market Square, #1-828. Those who would like to speak with the students, professors or Perennial Wood experts can contact Carol Schuler at 612.281.7030 or carol@cschuler.com.
Attendees of High Point Market week will have the chance to vote for their favorite design online at PerennialWood.com/ASUDesignStudio to determine a People’s Choice winner. In addition, one student’s design will be selected by a panel of judges as the overall winner of a professionally produced video of his or her project for the Eastman Innovation Lab (www.innovationlab.eastman.com) and for his or her portfolio.
Philadelphia Invitational Furniture Show to be held in March
The Philadelphia Invitational Furniture Show will take place at the 23rd Street Armory, from March 23-25.
The new location at the 23rd Street Armory puts the show in a medieval castle-like building. The show opens with a preview party on Friday, March 23, which will feature an auction of exhibitor work to benefit CERF+, an organization supporting crafts people through traumatic difficulties. Guest auctioneers will be David Rago and Suzanne Perrault of “Antiques Roadshow.”
For more more information, please visit www.PhilaIFS.com.
States Industries awards ApplePly design competition grand prize
"Motion Chair" from Alan Kaniarz won first place in the "Art of ApplePly" design competition.
Alan Kaniarz of A.K. Services Inc. in Detroit was awarded grand prize in States Industries’ “Art of ApplePly” design competition.
Kaniarz’s entry, “Motion Chair,” was the choice of States’ three-judge panel of design professionals. “Motion Chair” and other Kaniarz furniture designs are available at www.akservicesinc.com.
Other designers honored include Marcy Wong of Berkeley, Calif., David Michael Max of Sunland, Calif., and Mounir El-Koussa of San Luis Obispo, Calif., first place winners in the Professional, Amateur and Student categories, respectively. All entries may be seen at www.ApplePly.com.
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Indiana Furniture plans furniture manufacturing plant expansion
Indiana Furniture, www.indianafurniture.com, will invest more than $6 million in 2012 to expand one of its furniture manufacturing plants in Japser, Ind.
With the expansion, the company will add 10 jobs over the next four years. The 30,000-square-foot addition is scheduled to be operational by the end of 2012. The Indiana Economic Development Corp. offered the company $100,000 in training grants based on its job creation plans.
“With our long heritage in the Jasper community, coupled with our Midwest values, it’s easy to call Dubois County our home,” said Bret Ackerman, president and CEO of Indiana Furniture. “We continue to focus sharply on the changing needs of our customers. Hiring and training talented people and heavy investment in state-of-the-art technology will allow us to deliver unique and innovative furniture solutions to our clients.”
Hooker shows furniture design trends at High Point Market
Hooker's Cache Chest features an elegant gold metallic design, following trends shown at High Point Market 2011.
At the October 2011 High Point Market in North Carolina, Hooker Furniture introduced new furniture style and design trends for 2011. Hooker Furniture says design trends this year include the return of gold’s popularity, soft and warm contemporary design styles, and a Greek motif revival.
Glowing tones like bronze, copper, gold and platinum are making a comeback in furniture. Gold metallics and gold leafing are popular ways to get an elegant, luxurious look. Gold, Hooker says, is easy to mix and match with different colors, metals and woods. Following this trend, the company is featuring its Cache Chest, part of its Mélange Accents collection.
Greek motifs like the Greek key or columns are used on consoles, accents, upholstery and drapery fabrics. According to High Point Market’s Authority trend report, Greek infusion signals “a return to Neoclassic forms but in an updated context.” An example at Hooker is the Odyssey Cabinet in the Mélange collection, which features the Greek key motif on the hardware.
In addition, warm, contemporary furniture is popular. Hooker’s Felton collection includes an upholstered bed with chrome nail head trim. The company says its design merges soft shapes and textures with chic chrome.
To see the company’s full line of furniture, visit www.hookerfurniture.com. For more on High Point Market and other design trends, visit www.highpointmarket.org.
Centure Furniture honored for ‘Made in America’ furniture
Century Furniture was honored as 2011 "Best MADE: In America" company.
Century Furniture was recognized as the 2011 “Best Made: In America” company by Made: In America, a not-for-profit educational organization that works to foster a business climate conducive to free exchange of ideas and information to revitalize and sustain the competitiveness of American commerce and industry.
The annual “Best: Made in America” award recognizes outstanding American-made products and creations.
“Century Furniture had a demonstrated commitment to the highest standards of good corporate citizenship. Throughout an era in which manufacturing has continuously shifted overseas, the company has a 60 plus year track record of ongoing production in the United States and to providing meaningful jobs to American workers. The company is widely recognized for its innovation and leadership within its industry and has received countless honors for community involvement,” said James De Lorbe, chairman and CEO of Made: In America.
To see Century’s “Made in America” furniture, visit www.centuryfurniture.com.
Furniture manufacturers team up for Breast Cancer Awareness month
In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Furnitureland South and Hooker Furniture are joining forces to give away the “Hope Chair” and donate to the North Carolina Triad Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
Furnitureland South is partnering with Sam Moore, a division of Hooker Furniture, to give away a custom-produced chair covered in fuchsia pink and green fabric, accented with a white and fuchsia, ikat kidney pillow. The “Hope Chair” will be offered in an online sweepstakes contest at hookerfurniture.com/pink. In addition, for every “like” on the Hooker Furniture and Furnitureland South Facebook pages or followers of both brands on Twitter, the companies will make a joint contribution of $10 to the NC Triad Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, up to a maximum $5,000. The sweepstakes runs through Oct. 31.
The ”Hope Chair” will be displayed at the entrance to the Sam Moore showroom at the High Point Market.
Thos. Moser introduces new modern furniture line
The Ellipse furniture line includes a five-piece wood Dining Collection.
The father and son team of Tom and David Moser worked together to design the latest furniture line from Thos. Moser: Ellipse.
This mid-century modern furniture line is ideal for compact spaces, and uses design elements like traditional joinery, exposed end grains, elliptical forms and space-efficient profiles. The Ellipse Dining Collection is the first in the line to be debuted with five pieces of furniture, including a dining chair, rectangular dining table, sideboard, square dining table and stool.
“We wanted to revisit Danish mid-century modern style and bring to bear our own intellectual interpretation on this school of design to make these pieces distinctly Moser,” says David Moser, product development manager at Thos. Moser. “Ellipse is a progression of our design impulses with simple, clean lines where the beauty of the pieces is paramount but does not sacrifice practicality. It was refreshing to collaborate with my father on this design. We hope our customers have as much pleasure using our pieces as we did creating them.”
Ellipse is available online and in the company’s showrooms nationwide, beginning in early October 2011.
Woodcraft sponsors wood furniture competition for woodworkers under 30
Russell Gale's winning entry, "The Gardboard Strake," features hand-cut dovetail drawers and bandsawn veneers.
Woodcraft was among the sponsors of the “Regeneration: Fine Woodworkers Under 30” competition, which announced the woodworking competition winners in September.
The Messler Gallery at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine, showcases 21 of the 277 entries. Seven winners were announced, all of whom received various prizes from woodworking tool vendors and suppliers. Woodcraft provided a $20 gift coupon for each contest entrant along with Irwin Tools.
Winners include: Jurors’ Best in Show Award, Russell Gale of Asheville, N.C.; Fine Woodworking Craftsmanship Award, Nate Blaisdell of Somerville, Maine; People’s Choice Award, Phillip Leonard of LaGrange, Ill.; First Place, Studio Furniture, George Dubinsky of Yardley, Pa.; First Place, Traditionally-Inspired Furniture, Virginia Blanchard of Pelham, N.Y.; First Place, Boxes, Containers and Lighting, Brett MacLearnsberry of Poulsbo, Wash.; and First Place, Turning/Sculpture, Bryan Klotz of Brooklyn, N.Y.
The Jurors Best in Show entry by Russell Gale, “The Garboard Strake,” is a sideboard with bandsawn veneers, with drawers featuring hand-cut dovetails, custom brass door and drawer drop pulls, and sassafras drawer interiors. The piece is for sale and more of his work can be found at www.russellgale.com
Exhibition winners will be featured in the Fine Woodworking Readers Gallery. All work in the exhibition will be permanently archived on the Messler Gallery’s Web page, and will be displayed at the Messler Gallery through Nov. 22.
