| Steelcase picks Malaysia for global services center Steelcase Inc, an office furniture maker and designer from the U.S., has chosen Malaysia as its first Global Shared Services center, local media reported on Saturday. topix.com |
The Next Wave/ Gehry’s Two-Seater Tuyomyo, Frank Gehry’s nine-foot-long aluminum bench for Emeco, is based on a sketch that he drew for the company’s Superlight chair (2004), which can be lifted with one hand. The one-off bench, which cost around $250,000 to produce, takes its name from a creative spelling of the Spanish for “yours and mine,” signifying Gehry’s realization that the design is better suited to two people than to one. For now, Tuyomyo is a charitable venture; after its debut this month at the Milan Furniture Fair,... nytimes.com |
Home Again When Eileen Gray’s 1919 “Dragons” armchair sold for $28 million at the Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé auction last winter, it fetched the highest price ever paid for a work of 20th-century furniture. Now the Irish-born designer, who lived most of her life in France, is poised for more posthumous acclaim: her 1929 Villa E.1027 (below) opens this fall in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, on the French Riviera, after a painstaking and protracted restoration rescued it from years of dereliction (e1027.or... travel.nytimes.com |
Leggett & Platt Inc. (LEG) COO & Executive Vice President Karl G Glassman sells 17,751 ... COO & Executive Vice President of Leggett & Platt Inc. Karl G Glassman sells 17,751 shares of LEG on 04/30/2010 at an average price of $24.77 a share. topix.com |
Timeless art that's useful, too, gets Everson spotlight "Modern clock" is included in the "Good Design: Stories from Herman Miller" show at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse. topix.com |