| Steelcase envisions a greener tomorrow, plants own forest for future As Steelcase Inc. closes in on its 100th birthday in 2012, the office furniture company has a goal to do more with less. topix.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 |
New GRid70 design hub to launch creative collaboration among four West Michigan companies Four West Michigan corporate powerhouses will join forces to launch a downtown design hub this summer that they expect will be another major driver for economic development in the community. topix.com |
Leggett & Platt renames consumer brands Also now calls adjustable beds a power foundations' David Perry -- Furniture Today, August 2, 2010 WHITTIER, Calif. topix.com |
Jeffries Upgrades Actuant (NYSE: ATU) to a oeBuya Analysts Ratings: Jeffries Upgrades Actuant to "Buy" Equities research analysts at Jeffries upgraded shares of Actuant from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note to investors on Tuesday, with a price target of $30.00. Actuant Corporation is a manufacturer of a range of industrial products and systems. topix.com |