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Copeland Furniture wins Sage environmental award

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Manufacturer honored at AHFA’s Sustainability Summit

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Case goods manufacturer Copeland Furniture was named Wednesday as the winner of the second annual Sage Award sponsored by the American Home Furnishings Alliance and Cargill BioH Polyols.

Copeland was recognized at the AHFA’s second Sustainability Summit, taking place here this week. The Sage Award recognizes excellence in home furnishings through sustainable business practices.

For several years, Copeland has made case goods using wood certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, which has helped it win Silver Exemplary Status from the Sustainable Furnishings Council, of which it is a founding member.

Copeland now has eight product groups that qualify for FSC certification. The company sources a majority of its wood within 500 miles of its plant in Vermont.

Also at the Summit, Bill Perdue, vice president of environmental affairs for the AHFA, said that Kincaid Furniture would win the organization’s Environmental Excellence Award.

He also said that the AHFA’s Environmental Leadership Award would be presented to Lewis Herman, corporate environmental and facilities engineer at Kincaid, a La-Z-Boy division. Herman is responsible for environmental compliance, oversight and environmental stewardship for La-Z-Boy’s case goods group.

Kincaid’s Sustainable by Design program was the first case goods operation to receive registration from the AHFA.

Hickory Chair was named the first Sage Award winner last year.

Source: www.furnituretoday.com

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3D Visualization Technology Helps Diverse Range of Businesses Innovate

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

New subsidiary of Artist Rendering, Inc. puts 3D technology to pioneering use for broad spectrum of industries, not just for engineers and architects anymore

Since 2002, Artist Rendering, Inc. has worked with real-estate developers and architects in visualizing their future projects through high-impact 3D renderings and animations. In the course of his work there, founder and President Alex Tiller discovered that there was a need for his company’s services across a broader spectrum. “Professionals from all sorts of industries kept coming to us and saying, ‘We like what you’re doing; can you apply it to our industry?’,” says Tiller.

Tiller rose to the challenge by creating IDEAVIZ as a subsidiary of Artist Rendering, Inc-expanding the market for his company’s technologies. A remarkable variety of local and national companies have taken advantage of the firm’s creative services-including furniture manufactures, pet-product designers, and event producers. The common thread across all these industries is their need to quickly and inexpensively explore and test new concepts, innovations and business solutions. IDEAVIZ uses virtual reality to do just that.

Using 3D visualization technology, says Tiller, “is powerful because we’re not limited by the bounds of physics. By building an object in virtual space, we can see how it will work inside and out before it’s produced in the real world.” This allows IDEAVIZ to “experiment with any idea without the expense and time required by actually building it.” This experimentation gives businesses the flexibility to make changes and explore multiple possibilities for any product concept or business process prior to implementation.

IDEAVIZ uses 3D technology to help companies look at their businesses in a new way. When creating a new product or concept, businesses face the challenge of getting their idea across to clients quickly and clearly. “It’s hard to tell what something’s really going to look like and how it will work just by looking at technical drawings,” says Tiller. “We can create a photo-real 3D visualization that lets people actually see their ideas brought to life before they even exist in the physical world.” This not only removes doubt for investors, but also allows companies to mitigate the risk of innovation by testing ideas in focus groups before investing.

IDEAVIZ plans to continue finding new applications for the powerful technology and stellar creative talent it houses. The way Tiller sees it, “the capabilities of our blend of creative, technological and managerial talent could assist in a huge array of markets. We want to keep finding new ways to help businesses innovate through visualization.”

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Kathie Chrisicos of Chrisicos Interiors Appointed to Local Leaders Advisory Board

Monday, October 26th, 2009

BOSTON, Mass., June 19 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Chrisicos Interiors – a leading interior design company serving discerning clients throughout New England – is pleased to announce that company President Kathie Chrisicos has been recently appointed to the LocalLeaders.com Advisory Board.

LocalLeaders.com is an innovative on-line comprehensive resource that offers homeowners quick and easy connection with New England’s most trusted and experienced experts in seven categories; architects, builders, interior design, landscape design, kitchen and bath, remodeling, and real estate. Ms. Chrisicos’ appointment to the board is based on her extensive industry experience and her company’s role and industry acclaim within the luxury home community.

A past president of the New England Chapter of the International Furnishings and Design Association (IFDA) in 2006, Ms. Chrisicos is considered one of the areas strongest advocates for the design community. She was named one of the “10 Best Architects/Interior Designers” by Women’s Business Magazine for two consecutive years, 2006 and 2007 and is the recipient of the 2007 Silver PRISM Award for “Best Interior Design/Living”- an honor bestowed by the Builders Association of Greater Boston. She also recently served as judge for the 2008 Cornerstone Awards hosted by the Home Builders and Remodeling Association of New Hampshire which recognizes excellence in the building industry and continues to be active in the IFDA as well as the Builders Association.

“It is gratifying to be asked to join the board of Local Leaders to help shape their direction as they grow,” states Ms. Chrisicos. “I’ve always believed that the best way to serve our customers is to be as informed of what’s going on in the home industry as possible. This includes being involved with organizations like Local Leader whose mission is to educate the homeowner on the best options for investing in their home.”

Chrisicos Interiors with offices in Boston and Waltham, provides interior design services for individual spaces or entire homes, project management, and space planning, as well as decorating consultations, redecorating, window treatment design, color consultations, and furniture selection.

For more information, contact Ms. Chrisicos at (617) 699-9462 or visit the website at www.Chrisicos.com. For press inquiries, contact Joanne DiFrancesco, JDCommunications, Inc. at (781) 828-0323.

Source: http://www.send2press.com/newswire/home_design.shtml

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