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Exhibit wraps truth in ‘paper’ package
August 1st, 2015
EXHIBITORLIVE!, North America’s premier event for trade show and event marketing professionals, gives marketing firms like Derse, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., a platform to strut their stuff for an audience of 6,000. Derse’s design concept for its large booth at the 2015 EXHIBITORLIVE! featured authentic, raw-looking materials and the injunction “Unwrap the Truth.” People attending […]
Room for inspiration
August 1st, 2015
The commercial upholstery market is becoming increasingly performance oriented, with noticeable growth in health care, hospitality and sports. New fabrics and coatings are in demand, and in development. When most people think of commercial upholstery, they think of offices . While that`s a big part of the market, it`s by no means where the most […]
Student innovation
August 1st, 2015
When industry and academia collide, design and technology become natural partners. Both researchers and students had a strong presence at the Techtextil show in Frankfurt, Germany, May 4–7. The work exhibited was in varying stages of development, but as a whole forms an important barometer of the next generation of industry innovators. Exhibitions such as […]
Printed exhibit documents three roads to freedom
August 1st, 2015
The City of Chandler, Ariz., sponsors the Celebration of Unity each year to honor community diversity, the achievements of the civil rights movement and the spirit, ideals, life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The 15th annual celebration in January and February 2015 brought together multicultural lectures, music, crafts and ethnic food, culminating […]
Keeping it cool in space
August 1st, 2015
Specialized textiles play an important role in thermal control for an evolving aerospace marketplace. Where there are flights, space missions and satellites, there are advanced textiles. For composites used in aircraft engines, multi-layer insulation (MLI) blankets for launch support and satellites, or—of course—space wear for participants of manned space exploration, textiles and textile components are […]
Work smarter
August 1st, 2015
Tools and strategies to help tent rental companies get maximum efficiency from their crews. “Our philosophy is that installing tents is hard. How can we make it easier for the installer?” posits Kenny Puff, armed with an answer. “Every tent installer should have his own toolkit with the basics so they’re not continually borrowing or […]
Selling shade
August 1st, 2015
Conrad Masterson builds his business by focusing on what clients really want—and what employees need. "The first thing I learned when I entered the shade sail industry was to focus on what the customer really wants,” says Conrad Masterson, president of SHADE Industries, Phoenix, Ariz. “That may sound simple, but it can be easy to […]
Dual-purpose draping
August 1st, 2015
A luxury high-rise apartment melds aspects of lifestyle, image and opulence to attract its clientele, and The Vermont in Los Angeles, Calif., sought that special touch that would set it apart. Cliff Garten of Cliff Garten Studio in Venice, Calif., was commissioned to create an architecturally integrated sculpture with a dual purpose: as a façade […]
The sky’s the limit
August 1st, 2015
Shang Xia, a high-end retailer purveying the best of Chinese design and craftsmanship, wanted its boutique in Shanghai, China, to reflect the light and simplicity of its clothing, furniture and household products. The 1909 red-brick building housing the boutique posed a challenge for Kengo Kuma and Associates, Tokyo, Japan, the architect commissioned to redesign the […]
Lightweight looks great
August 1st, 2015
What do 3-D printing, sportswear fabric and a leaf have in common? All of them inspired EDAG Engineering AG, the largest independent engineering firm in the automotive industry, to develop the EDAG Light Cocoon concept car. EDAG, headquartered in Wiesbaden, Germany, brought the striking vehicle to the Geneva Motor Show in March 2015 to illustrate […]