KBIS is the annual kitchen & bath industry show, and the ultimate destination for kitchen and bath trends. This year we followed around KBIS trendspotters Jason Oliver Nixon and John Loecke, the design duo behind Brooklyn-based Madcap Cottage, to get their take on the show’s “Top 5”. 
Thought boardroom tables had to be boring? FigForty designer Lee David Fletcher talks about his latest product for Nienkamper, the Metronome table. Its design is flexible, scalable, stable…and has an element of surprise.
It should come as no surprise that the private office is changing. As Teknion’s VP of Design Strategy and Research, John Hellwig, explains, there’s a new generation of executives that are using technology in new ways, and interacting with people differently.
LEED is getting a bad rap. Mount a bike rack 50 feet off the ground and BINGO! You’ve just gotten LEED credits for the inclusion of a product that promotes a greener form of transportation. So what if no one can use it? This is just one small example of how the LEED rating may not be the most accurate indication of how “green” a building really is.
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