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There's a good chance that every day you come in contact with an SCA product. The Swedish products manufacturer, which has its American headquarters in Philadelphia, makes almost half of [...]

There are only about five miles separating the new offices of Neenah Paper from its former parent company, Kimberly-Clark, but those few miles make a world of difference. First, there [...]

No matter how technically savvy and progressive today's law firms are, there's no getting around the fact that it's a profession steeped in tradition. And while intellectual law specialists Wolf, [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A cluster of towering chambers crafted from stacks of interlocked paper tubes now populates the neoclassical Great Hall of the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., as the [...]

Inspired by the concept of a seat fashioned from a sheet of folded paper, Patricia Urquiola designed Andreu World's expressive Nuez chair with a form that mimics the creases and [...]

Jee Levi and Randall Buck of New York City-based Trove started their boutique wallcovering company two and a half years ago 'out of a desire to redefine the wallpaper industry.' [...]

From the obvious (toilet paper, tissues, copying paper, and each issue of Contract) to the unique (surgical gowns, insulation, and furniture) paper plays an integral part in our day-to-day activities. [...]

You can furnish an office with the latest cubicles and 'it' chairs, but a filing and storage system that doesn't work will overshadow it--literally. Bad filing is a headache, but [...]

While Olympians will have their eyes on the gold during this year's Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Mannington Commercial will be keeping its eyes on the green. The flooring manufacturer [...]

Walls do much more than merely contain an area or uphold the structure of a place. And the decision to clad a wall in ornate, hand-painted wallcoverings, strikingly bold vinyl, [...]

Inspired by leaves, grass, stone, and other natural elements, the Natural Resource Collection brings the outdoors in with paper weaves and designs printed on fibrous paper. Solar Disk (shown here [...]

Meditations is the latest collection from the Maya Romanoff corporation. It's created from a Nepalese Lokta paper embellished with flecks of mica. Lokta paper is typically found in ancient Buddhist [...]

The commission to design a new headquarters for The Washington Post is a heady task, given the paper's storied history, its more than 60 Pulitzer Prizes, and its position as [...]

1 Kozo Lighting Kozo lighting fixtures are made in Seattle by skilled artisans, with lavish attention to details. Paper from Japan or Nepal is fused with a fine silk gossamer [...]

Countless shadow puppets march across the wall in PaperBoy Wallpaper's newest wallpaper. Hand Made is hand screen printed on FSC Accredited Sustainable forest paper. Charming and whimsical, this pattern is [...]

The Rock Star collection from Phillip Jeffries makes walls sing with small and luminous glass beads applied in a 1-in. circle pattern to glazed nonwoven paper. Seven colorways are available, [...]

This piece from Larson Juhl's Biltmore Collection features an Artaissance print inside entitled Baroque Tile in Aquamarine and is custom sizable on paper or canvas. The one shown here is [...]

This Origami pattern from Fromental's Roomskins range depicts the series of lines and folds created by Japanese paper-folding. Roomskins is meant to compliment Fromental's Chinoiseries and opulent scenic wallscapes. Other [...]

RDA top product pick 2008: Masterworks, Nimbus www.weitznerlimited.com/masterworks.htmlThis is a beautiful, natural material, handmade paper from South American fig tree bark. It works well in many applications (laminated, panel, etc.) [...]

The Eco collection is printed on paper from managed timber sources that are FSC accredited and uses purely water-based inks which contain no VOCs or solvents. Each roll is packaged [...]

Neos says goodbye to the days of paper storage and hello to the digital age. The backbone is the unique storage wall, located immediately adjacent to the user. The wall [...]

I'm spending less and less time reading pieces of paper and more time with my eyes on my computer screen. This is good; while computers draw electricity and use materials, [...]

Designer Sondra Alexander designs and handcrafts her collection of wallcoverings using a variety of textures and materials including paint, stone, sand, metal, plaster, and rice paper. Shown here is 'Copper [...]

The Veritas system of resin panels is a fully interchangeable kit of parts that can be fabricated with ordinary working tools. Options include translucent colors, textures, printed patterns, botanicals, papers, [...]

This article discusses the future of sustainable building industry of the U.S. In certain markets, sustainable design is becoming standard. There is a market for sustainable design. In December 2004, the periodical "The Economist" reported that in the U.S., buildings account for 65 percent of electricity consumption, 36 percent of total energy use, and 30 percent of greenhouse-gas emissions. It is the point where green buildings should come for rescue. However, there are two big challenges in the green business sector. First, a clear definition of what actually constitutes being "green." Defining sustainability and what comprises a sustainable building remain a challenge. And second, designers must present sustainable design as a sound business investment.

Brooklyn based Flavor Paper launched the first ever Andy Warhol collection of wallpapers, The collection features nine patterns in multiple colorways inspired by the artist's work. Standouts include Flowers, which [...]

Can the nation's economic downturn be a mirage? Just as many of us were basking in the glow of wealth on paper throughout much of 2000, 2001 came along to [...]

Inspired by chess pieces, Checkmate hanging lamps from Hive mimic the gamepiece shapes king, queen, bishop, knight, rook, and pawn. Made of Salago pulp fiber, cut paper, and gold leaf, [...]

Manipulating wood veneer as if it were paper for origami, Valencia, Spain--based company LZF (formerly known as Luzifer) has been impressing designers and architects with exquisite light-fixture designs since it [...]

phillip.com Reader Service No. 221 Faux bois gets glamorous in the Wild Woods line of wallcoverings. A wood-grain pattern is embossed onto bark paper and given a metallic sheen, resulting [...]

Arktura Space No. 7-4114 The Vienta Wall System appears to be made out of paper, a realistic imitation of origami art. Arktura uses metal, plastic, and wood to create components [...]

Produced from the remnants of the bottle stoppers in Spain and Portugal, Cork Mosaic Penny Tiles are hand-mounted to paper mesh sheets. Adhered with thin-set and grouted just like any [...]

From a restaurant featuring a ceiling artfully peppered with wooden skewers to another eatery showcasing a wall textured by layers of corrugated paper or overlapping felt strips, New York-based Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis [...]

A slender green plant with pale blue flowers, flax does more than spruce up a garden. It can be broken down to make fabrics, dyes, paper, medicines, fishing nets, soap, [...]

Have you ever used glass textiles? Likely not. Perhaps it's because the name is so misleading. This breathable, paintable wallcovering is a natural product that is more paper than glass. [...]

Q: Whenever I have to specify woven wallcoverings, I never know what backing to use. What are my options? A: You have two choices for backing textile wallcoverings: paper or [...]

Imagining the office and furniture of the future may be a common assignment for design students, but many of the resulting creations and theories often remain on paper. For Austrian [...]

Little Rock, Ark. -- Former President Bill Clinton made quite a paper trail during his eight years in the White House--an estimated 80 million documents and 21 million e-mails, to [...]

Faux finishing may conjure up thoughts of daytime do-it-yourself TV shows or of Martha Stewart homemade wrapping paper, but the truth is that faux has found its way into contract [...]

As print media declines and social media ascends, what role can a library play for a community, and how do books factor into it? These questions are at the heart [...]

The latest hospitality products bring the warmth of home to commercial spaces and outdoor settings. Furniture and fabrics have raised textures that beckon touch, while lighting casts a glow over [...]

COVID-19 may have disrupted the architecture and design industry's preeminent international shows--such as ICFF, HD Expo, and Salone del Mobile--but it takes more than a virus to stop the design [...]

The newest materials bring warmth to high traffic interiors. Fabrics, flooring, and laminates allow designers to transform spaces like never before, while offering performance features that allow for ease of [...]

WINNERS ADAPTIVE REUSE Google, Spruce Goose ZGF BAR/RESTAURANT The Fleur Room and Feroce Ristorante/ Caffe at Moxy NYC Chelsea Rockwell Group CIVIC/PUBLIC Government of Canada Visitor Welcome Centre IBI Group [...]

Joshua Aidlin and David Darling, who lead the multidisciplinary firm Aidlin Darling Design in San Francsico, are the 41st Designers of the Year. Employing their unique collaborative design process, they [...]

As the world celebrates the Bauhaus centennial, Designtex pays homage to the work of two of the school's pioneering women, master weavers Anni Albers and Gunta Stolzl. In a year [...]

Welcome to the second annual Women in Design celebration, a collaboration between Emerald Expositions' sister design magazines Contract, design-retail, Healthcare Design, Environments for Aging (EFA), and Hospitality Design. As each [...]

The winners of the inaugural ICFF Constellation Awards were named on May 19, the opening day of ICFF 2019, at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York. The awards [...]

For over 30 years, ICFF has built a solid reputation as North America's platform for global design. At this year's show, exhibitors and attendees from around the world--64 countries were [...]

ICFF featured over 900 exhibitors from around the world, showcasing what's next for luxury interior design. Here are eight notable brands from this year's show, held May 19-22 in New [...]