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A colorful canopy “UR” way
January 1st, 2013
An undulating and colorful canopy brings praise, and customers, to a seaside haunt. Yogurt UR Way, a new business on the Hollywood Beach Boardwalk in Hollywood, Fla., needed an entry canopy for an existing building it was adapting for its newest franchise shop. Awnings of Hollywood, designers and fabricators hired for the job, got it […]
Supporting the arts at Papier 11
January 1st, 2013
An architectural installation enhances the event’s rental tent. The annual Papier art event is organized by AGAC (Association des galeries d’art contemporain), a not-for-profit organization whose primary mandate is to further the recognition and prosperity of the contemporary art market in Canada. Papier 11, which ran in 2011, was held in Montréal’s Quartier des spectacles […]
Proposal calls for designs of fabric landscape installations
December 20th, 2012
The Center for American Architecture and Design, The University of Texas at Austin has put out a call for proposals from artists, landscape architects and architects to design and propose installations that demonstrate the functional, transformative, and evocative powers of architecturally scaled curtains and affiliated fabric objects. CURTAINS is a multi-site installation, exhibition, and publication […]
TRIVANTAGE refocuses on service for customers
November 12th, 2012
TRIVANTAGE has rolled out a new customer service vision that emphasizes a commitment to quality products and fair pricing backed expert service. To communicate this vision to the industry, TRIVANTAGE announced a new tagline—Order. Done. Good Call.—and identity at the IFAI Expo Americas 2012 in Boston, Mass. Improvements include the development of redesigned catalogs that […]
IFAI announces 2012 ShowStoppers award winners
November 9th, 2012
The Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI) announced the 2012 ShowStoppers awards for the best of the best new products at the IFAI Expo Americas 2012, at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, Mass. IFAI received a total of 84 entries from 4 countries that were submitted by 56 companies in this year's competition. Winners […]
IFAI announces 2012 International Achievement Award winners
November 8th, 2012
The Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI) 2012 International Achievement Awards (IAA) for design excellence in specialty fabrics applications ceremony took place Nov. 7 at the IFAI Expo Americas 2012, at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, Mass. This year's competition included 30 categories. IFAI received a total of 335 entries from companies in […]
Cooley Group earns ISO certification
November 7th, 2012
Cooley Group, a global developer and manufacturer of high-performance, sustainable-engineered membranes, has completed certification as an ISO 9001:2008-compliant organization. The certification is an International Quality Standard developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), a worldwide federation of national standards bodies representing over 120 countries. “Our company has an 85-year history of proven performance, and […]
IFAI announces Specialty Fabrics Expo 2013, new Advanced Textiles Conference
November 5th, 2012
Premier textile event will co-locate with SGIA Expo 2013. The Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI) has announced a new designation for its leading international trade event: IFAI Specialty Fabrics Expo 2013 and the new Advanced Textiles Conference & Trade Show, to be held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., Oct. 23-25, 2013. […]
Serge Ferrari certified green
November 1st, 2012
The architectural fabric manufacturer, Serge Ferrari, announced the completion of Life Cycle Analysis for its full product range, verified by a third party evaluating firm, to ISO 14040. It also announced the company achieved ISO 14021 certification regarding its recycling and green initiatives. The ISO 14021 standard requires a company, in its communications of company […]
Reinventing architecture with fabric
November 1st, 2012
Dutch artist and designer Petra Blaisse believes in “the reanimation of desolate buildings,” and her latest “intervention” at the 13th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice, Italy, uses daylight, shadow and space-transforming curtains to bring a vacant exhibit space new life. Blaisse founded Inside Outside, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, a design studio that specializes in textiles, light […]