http://www.immediapress.it I comunicati stampa di Immediapress en info@immediapress.it (Informazioni) info@immediapress.it (Info tecniche) cultura-teatro, Ambiente/Environment, Altro/Miscellaneous, arredamento e design / Furnishing and Design, http://www.immediapress.it/sito/rss/gira.php?id=58931 global@prnewswire.co.uk (Koelnmesse GmbH) - interzum Sets the Standard for Sustainable Furniture-building in the Future

- World Premieres in Cologne of the Global Supply Industry

- Green Credentials, a Natural Look and Functionality are All the Rage

Furniture comes in a wide variety of shapes, styles and colours. When someone buys a piece of furniture, they look at the finished article and rarely give much thought to its individual components. Yet it's true to say that a furniture producer uses a variety of different supply components from which he will then, together with his team of designers, fashion the item of furniture which will go on sale in the shop. This explains why the whole supply industry is so important to the furniture sector: each individual product helps make tomorrow's furniture a reality. And the ideal platform for suppliers to showcase their latest innovations is the world-leading interzum trade fair.

The interzum, which runs from the 25th - 28th May in Cologne, is the world's leading trade fair at which genuine innovations are on show to trade visitors for the first time; it is the yardstick used to measure the quality of prototypes and newly-developed products which are ready to launch. Most importantly, it is the event where new trends are set- trends which have a major influence on future furniture production and ensure that a particular end product is better than what already exists on the market, whether in terms of functionality or its natural appearance. In the kitchens sector, particularly, manufacturers benefit from the suppliers' capacity for innovation and can use their exclusive or jointly-conceived ideas to help them stand out among their market competitors.

You can read the full press release in English here: http://www.interzum.com/press/press_information.php

interzum 2011
25th - 28th May 2011
Cologne, Germany

Contact for all enquiries:

Markus Majerus
Telephone +49-221-821-2627
Telefax +49-221-821-3417
E-Mail m.majerus@koelnmesse.de]]> Mon, 23 May 2011 08:00:00 +0200 http://www.immediapress.it/sito/rss/gira.php?id=58931 cultura-teatro, Altro/Miscellaneous, arredamento e design / Furnishing and Design, http://www.immediapress.it/sito/rss/gira.php?id=51971 global@prnewswire.co.uk (Herman Miller Ltd)
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"The Setu family of chairs provides new standards of comfort, performance, and value," says Jack Schreur, Herman Miller's director for seating products. "It's made from an innovative combination of materials to provide remarkable levels of strength, flexibility and simplicity."

Setu will be introduced at NeoCon 2009 in Chicago, June 15-17. The initial offering will include the Setu 5-star, 4-star, butterfly, butterfly stool, and lounge and ottoman. Future models are planned that will further extend the Setu family's range of application.

Multipurpose chairs are used where people sit for shorter periods and frequently move, such as conference rooms, touchdown workstations, and collaborative spaces. However, these so-called "temporary spaces" are now less temporary. For many of us, all the places we sit are temporary as we move throughout the day, spending an hour or two at a time in different places.

The problem is existing multipurpose chairs aren't designed to handle longer-term sitting and more active use. This was recognised by Studio 7.5, who also designed Herman Miller's award-winning Mirra work chair in 2003. During their global travels in support of that chair's international launch, they sat in many different multipurpose chairs along the way. The 7.5 team found the one-piece seat and back typical of multipurpose chairs is not very comfortable; instead comfort is compromised for affordability. Coming home, they recognised a need for a new kind of multipurpose chair-one combining work-chair principles of motion and comfort with good looks, and a compelling price.

Herman Miller and Studio 7.5 created Setu to answer those needs, with key inventions that greatly improve on comfort and support: the Kinematic Spine(TM) and the Lyris(TM) seat suspension material.

Throughout Setu's development, Studio 7.5 were guided by their quest for simplicity. "We want everything as simple as possible, but no simpler," noted the designers, paraphrasing Einstein. Simplicity is especially important in multipurpose seating, where chairs may be used in many places, and many different people may use the same chair during the day.

Setu is elegant and organic, yet is simple and easy to use. To achieve that, it contains embedded design intelligence, with form and function working in harmony.

Setu is Motion: The Kinematic Spine

The first thing you'll notice once you sit in Setu? Nothing, but instant comfort. There's nothing to tilt, nothing to tweak, nothing to think about. It's mathematics in place of mechanisms. From the moment you sit down, you and the chair move as one. It is elegant form and performance working together in harmony.

Setu's Kinematic Spine is the primary reason. It has tilt-like kinematics in one continuous seat and back, rather than in a separate seat pan, back rest, and tilt. Because of living hinges in the spine, there is no tilt mechanism on the chair, and the only adjustment is seat height.

The spine works together with Setu's Lyris seating suspension material. This unique suspension has no rigid frame structure on the top and bottom edges of the chair, but is only suspended between the two Kinematic Spines. It conforms to your contours as you move, whilst providing aeration and minimising heat build-up.

Setu is Simple: One adjustment

Because there is only one adjustment (height), Setu is simple to use. This makes it ideal for places where many different people use the same chair. Everyone gets the full ergonomic benefit without adjustment.

Setu is Adaptable: Wide application

Where Setu is, it belongs. The clean, light-scaled aesthetic complements a wide range of environments. It is designed to fit most shapes and sizes. But, equally important, Setu is designed to fit all spaces and places. Adaptable like no other chair in its category, Setu appeals to functional needs as well as design aesthetics.

Because the spine provides the chair's motion within the seat and back, multiple different bases can be applied for a wide range of future applications. With its light aesthetic, Setu is equally stylish and comfortable in office, home, healthcare, education, and hospitality environments, anywhere in the world.

Setu contract list prices start at US$650 (GBP464/EUR613). Setu chairs will be orderable in the commercial market beginning June 15 for North America, and from mid-July in all other countries and regions. Retail distribution will begin in September for North America, with other regions to be determined.

Setu is Responsible: Fewer materials

Thanks to Setu's Kinematic Spine, chair components are greatly minimised. Setu contains only the materials needed and not a molecule more. The Setu basic chair has few parts and weighs less than 20 pounds (9kg). This means less material, time, and energy needed to build and ship it. Setu's H-Alloy aluminium base is another example of less equals more. Durable, anti-corrosive, uncoated and unpolished with no added labour or harmful toxins, it has less eco-impact than traditionally finished bases.

Setu adheres to the McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC) Cradle to Cradle protocol. The chair has 48 percent recycled content, is 92 percent recyclable, and contains no PVCs. Setu is under review for MBDC Cradle to Cradle Gold certification and GREENGUARD(R) certification. Setu carries Herman Miller's 12-year, 24 hour use, warranty.

About Herman Miller

Herman Miller works for a better world around you-with inventive designs, technologies and related services that improve the human experience wherever people work, heal, learn, and live. Its curiosity, ingenuity, and design excellence create award-winning products and services, resulting in more than $2 billion in revenue in fiscal 2008. Innovative business practices and a commitment to social responsibility have also established Herman Miller as a recognized global company. In 2009, Herman Miller was again cited by FORTUNE as both the "Most Admired" in its industry and among the "100 Best Companies to Work For" in America, while Fast Company named Herman Miller among the innovative "Companies to Watch." Herman Miller trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol MLHR.

Contact Luke Dawson +44(0)1249-707469; luke_dawson@hermanmiller.com

Address Herman Miller, Methuen Park, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 0FG

Internet http://www.HermanMiller.com

A picture accompanying this release is available on AP Archive: http://photoarchive.ap.org (PRN1 / PRN2)]]> Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:00:00 +0200 http://www.immediapress.it/sito/rss/gira.php?id=51971 cultura-teatro, Economia e Finanza/Economy and Finance, architettura e edilizia/Architecture and Building Ind., arredamento e design / Furnishing and Design, http://www.immediapress.it/sito/rss/gira.php?id=51176 global@prnewswire.co.uk (Mohawk Industries, Inc.) Mohawk Industries, Inc. (NYSE: MHK) today announced that it has filed a universal shelf registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to replace its previous shelf registration statement, which expired on January 9, 2009. The new statement is effective for three years and provides flexibility for the issuance of equity, debt or other types of securities through one or more methods of distribution. The terms of any future offering would be established at the time of offering subject to market conditions.

Although the Company has no immediate plans to issue any securities, it is the Company's policy to maintain an effective shelf registration statement to ensure financing flexibility should the need arise.

This press release is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation to buy any securities of the company.

Certain of the statements in the immediately preceding paragraphs, particularly anticipating future performance, business prospects, growth and operating strategies and similar matters and those that include the words "could," "should," "believes," "anticipates," "expects," and "estimates," or similar expressions constitute "forward-looking statements." For those statements, Mohawk claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. There can be no assurance that the forward-looking statements will be accurate because they are based on many assumptions, which involve risks and uncertainties. The following important factors could cause future results to differ: changes in economic or industry conditions; competition; raw material and energy costs and supply; timing and level of capital expenditures; integration of acquisitions; impairment charges; rationalization of operations; litigation and other risks identified in Mohawk's SEC reports and public announcements.

Mohawk is a leading supplier of flooring for both residential and commercial applications. Mohawk offers a complete selection of carpet, ceramic tile, laminate, wood, stone, vinyl, and rugs. These products are marketed under the premier brands in the industry, which include Mohawk, Karastan, Ralph Lauren, Lees, Bigelow, Dal-Tile, American Olean, Unilin and Quick Step. Mohawk's unique merchandising and marketing assist our customers in creating the consumers' dream. Mohawk provides a premium level of service with its own trucking fleet and over 250 local distribution locations.]]> Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:45:00 +0100 http://www.immediapress.it/sito/rss/gira.php?id=51176 cultura-teatro, arredamento e design / Furnishing and Design, http://www.immediapress.it/sito/rss/gira.php?id=50828 global@prnewswire.co.uk (Mohawk Industries, Inc.) In conjunction with Mohawk Industries, Inc. (NYSE: MHK) 4th Quarter 2008 earnings release on Monday February 23, 2009 you are invited to listen to its conference call that will be broadcast live over the Internet on Tuesday February 24, 2009 at 11:00 am ET.

What: Mohawk Industries, Inc. 4th Quarter 2008 Earnings Call

When: February 24, 2009
11:00 am ET

Where: www.mohawkind.com
Select Investor Information

How: Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the
address above
Or
Live Conference Call -- Dial +1-800-603-9255 (US/Canada)
-- Dial +1-706-634-2294 (Int'l/Local)
-- Conference ID: 83324277

Mohawk is a leading supplier of flooring for both residential and commercial applications. Mohawk offers a complete selection of carpet, ceramic tile, wood, stone, laminate, vinyl, rugs and other home products.
These products are marketed under the premier brands in the industry, which include Mohawk, Karastan, Ralph Lauren, Lees, Bigelow, Quick Step, Dal-Tile and American Olean. Mohawk's unique merchandising and marketing assist our customers in creating the consumers' dream. Mohawk provides a premium level
of service with its own trucking fleet and over 300 local distribution locations.

For those unable to listen at the designated time, the webcast will remain available for replay over Mohawk Industries, Inc. investor relations website until Tuesday March 24, 2009. A conference call replay will also be available until Tuesday March 3, 2009 by dialing +1-800-642-1687 (US/Canada) or +1-706-645-9291 (Int'l/Local) and entering Conference ID 83324277.]]> Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:00:00 +0100 http://www.immediapress.it/sito/rss/gira.php?id=50828