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 The roots of true achievement
lie in the will to become the best that you can
become
Sir Henry
Taylor
October 18, 1800 - March 27, 1886
Morgan Executive Seating
by Patrician
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Can
Architecture Help the Elderly Age Gracefully?
Architecture and
aging. It seems like the only connection between the two
would be some vague master's thesis. But a
multidisciplinary field involving sociologists, urban
planners, and psychologists has sprung up to answer
questions of whether architecture can aid the elderly,
one of the fastest growing demographics in the developed
world.
At the forefront is University of
Pennsylvania professor Matthias Hollwich, the organizer
of UPenn's conference, Aging and Architecture (pictured
above right with business partner, Mark Kushner).
He is also the co-founder of Architizer and a Principal
at HWKN, where he initiated a partnership with the
Bauhaus to envision the ideal, age-sensitive city of the
future, the Geropolis. "It's a re-designed German city
with the different lifestyle groups in mind -- within
the 3 most typical urban conditions (center, suburbia,
siedlung). For all of these areas we designed individual
interventions," Hollwich says.
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 Changes at Contract Specialties, Inc.
Laura Barrett left Contract
Specialties on September 13, 2010 and accepted a position
at Corporate Interiors, Inc. in Deerfield Beach. Laura
joined Contract Specialties in May of 2005 and has been a good
friend and dedicated colleague from the very first
meeting. We will miss her tremendously. Her energy and
professionalism has been an inspiration to us all. We
wish her well in her new job. Michelle Montesano-Mullinex started
with Contract Specialties on September 27, 2010 and will be
covering the South Florida territory previously covered by
Laura. Michelle joins Contract Specialties after an
extended maternity leave following the birth of her daughter
Jordon. Michelle's previous sales experience includes
outside sales positions at Knoll and Global. Michelle
joined Knoll in September of 1996 and enjoyed a successful
sales career there until leaving in August of 2005 to join
Global Industries. She was a Territory Manager there
until January 2009. Michelle was able to keep her computer
skills up to date, stayed on top of specific industry changes
and news. "I stayed home to raise my daughter because it was
very important to me to be with her during the early
years. I am now in a place in my life where I can focus
my attention on work and my career again. I'm really
looking forward to being back in the work force."
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HEALTHCARE DESIGN.10
November 13-16, 2010
MGM Grand Hotel, Las
Vegas, NV
 HEALTHCARE DESIGN.10 is the premier
conference devoted to how the DESIGN of responsible built
environments directly impacts the safety, operation, clinical
outcomes, and financial success of healthcare facilities now
and into the future.
HCD10 is the industry's best-attended and most
well-respected conference on evidence-based design for
healthcare. This annual event is produced and founded by the
industry's leading information and educational advocates,
Vendome Group, publisher of HEALTHCARE DESIGN and Nursing
Homes/Long Term Care Management magazines, and The Center for
Health Design, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization,
in conjunction with the AIA Academy of Architecture for
Health.
We are pleased to announce that two of the manufacturers
we represent will be exhibitors at this year's event.
If you plan to attend Healthcare Design 10, please visit Charles
Alan - Booth 447 and Patrician
Furniture - Booth 636. Both companies will
be showing some of their latest healthcare furniture
products, so don't miss
them.
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Creative &
Modern Office Designs Around the World
 Gone are the days when offices were
typically cubicle, surrounded by white walls and lit by white
fluorescent lights. Thanks to corporate giants like Google and
Pixar that have demonstrated tremendous success despite their
unconventional workplaces, more people are embracing the idea
that creative work environment helps stimulate minds and
inspire innovation. From simply ditching the crisp white walls
for graphical wallpapers to a total overhaul of the office
layout, we are all trying to break the mold and introduce a
unique working environment to the team, and hopefully inspire
some genius ideas along the way
So if you are trying to
inject some personality into the place you spend your daily
9-5, how about getting some cue from the creative giants
themselves?
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Bill Meyer
Contract
Specialties, Inc. (CSI)
phone: 904-220-0221 or
800-808-8274
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