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Furnishing Knowledge from Green Bay to China
CBN weekly Magazine | February 2009
To better serve customers in Asia, KI forged a partnership with Allbest and opened its first ever showroom in Shanghai. The showroom features a wide array of furniture for corporate interiors as well as products from KI's education portfolio.
Designers Rate: Upholstery Textiles
Contract Magazine | November 2008
Contract asks two designers to name and explain their preferred products.
Is The Classroom The Future?
Contract Magazine | March 2009
In late February, our "The Future of Design: K-12 Learning Environments" showcase underscored the important role not only of technology, but also of technological competency, in the classroom of the future.
Community High School Employs Tailored Furniture Solutions
School Planning & Management Magazine | January 2009
As plans got underway for a new Franklin Community High School, educators focused on creating a facility that would best prepare students for college and careers in the 21st Century. Furniture manufacturer KI and a select group of other suppliers were brought into the planning process at the outset to coordinate their offerings and expertise with the vision for the new school.
Finer Furnishings
Health Facilities Management Magazine | January 2009
In drafting a request for proposal (RFP) for health care furnishings, more is always better. The more information a health care organization requests, the more useful each response will be.
Methodology - 2008 Brand Report
Contract Magazine | December 2008
The Methodology for the 2008 Contract Source Guide Brand Awareness Survey utilized telephone interviewing with an unbiased randomized sample drawn from the Contract subscriber database and a pre-qualified list of facilities professionals.
Pallas Textiles Introduces Tribute
Interiors & Sources | July/August 2007
Pallas Textiles introduces Tribute, a new environmentally friendly upholstery collection, and one of the first to be made from bamboo fibers. Used for thousands of years across Asia to create architecture and furniture, bamboo is regarded as a symbol of longevity, endurance and perseverance.
Out of the Shadows
Interiors & Sources | January/February 2007
Designer Lori Weitzner has long admired the work of fine artist, Zeva Oelbaum, having visited her gallery and purchased her most recent book...Weitzner’s creative juices began to flow, and she soon realized that she had discovered the inspiration for her latest textile line.
The Customer Is Always Right
Today's Facility Manager| December 2007
In this special year-end feature, Mike Tennity, vice president of design and development for Green Bay, WI-based KI, shares his company's philosophy on the challenges of-and projections for-members of the facility management (FM) profession.
KI Expands Its Quick Ship Program
Interiors & Sources | July/August 2007
KI customers now have more options to choose from when ordering standard office furniture. Through the company's new Quick Ship Program, qualified products, including various models of desks, tables, filing cabinets and chairs, ship within 10 working days or less upon completion of an order - at no additional cost.
Talking to Lori Weitzner for Pallas
Interior Design Magazine | August 2006
Ethereal cyanotype photographs, produced by arranging plant specimens on paper and exposing them to sunlight, are what inspired Lori Weitzner's latest textile collection for Pallas...
Striving for Perfection
MMQB | May 5, 2008
KI's new educational collection includes stack chairs, cafe stools, nesting chairs, task chairs and task stools, and fixed seating.
KI's Furniture Makes the Grade
Wood & Wood Products | August 2007
Education is a key component to Green Bay, WI-based KI's success. The half-billion dollar contract furniture company is one of the largest producers of post-secondary educational furniture, as well as a renowned manufacturer of furniture for the government, healthcare and corporate markets.
Worldwide Award for the Most Democratic Workplaces
World Blu | March 2007
KI has been selected to receive the "Worldwide Award for the Most Democratic Workplaces" from WorldBlu, Inc., a Washington DC-based business specializing in organiational democracy.
A Modern Solution For An Old-Fashioned School
Today's Facility Manager | March 2007
KI's Genius wallas were highlighted as a modern solution for an 80-student school in need of interior renovations in Shungnak, AK.
Striving for Excellence
Interior Design Magazine | May 5, 2008
Through nearly four decades of invention and recognition, Giancarlo Piretti has banked on flexibility.
Over There
MMQB |March 17, 2008
The growing market is not lost on the industry's major manufactuers. More and more are investing heavily in overseas operations.
Focus on Design: Furniture for Nuturing Environments
Facility Care | May/June 2007
Many hospitals have changed their visitation policies in recent years to accommodate spouses, parents, children and other family members of patients. Walk through a hospital's patient areas on any given evening and you will likely observe overnight guests settling in for the night. This growing trend is led by healthcare providers...
Ideas on the Table
Healthcare Construction & Operations News | May/June 2007
KI's Debbie Breunig was interviewed for a Q&A article on furniture industry trends in the recent issue of healthcare construction & operations news.
Finding Furniture
HFM Magazine | May 2007
KI's VP of Healthcare, Debbie Breunig discusses current trends influencing design in a healthcare environment.
Getting Better
MMQB | Nov 19, 2007
Once the bane of every hospital visitor, a night spent with a patient has become downright comfortable in some hospitals thanks to healthcare and office furniture makers.
Furniture for a Healthy Office
Architectural Products Magazine | July/August 2007
KI's challenge of outfitting six Agnesian Healthcare administrative areas with comfortable and flexible furniture was featured in Architectural Products Specifiers' Solutions.
A Career for the Decades
McMorrow Report | April 2008
As we all know, the proposed healthcare policies of the presidential candidates are a critical focus of their campaigns. A person’s current healthcare coverage and how precariously it may be linked to their employment, influences their vote. Further, when retiring baby boomers vote, their healthcare concerns will figure in their decision as they anticipate decades of retirement albeit with some health issues.
Putting Families First
Health Facilites Management | June 2007
Today, patients’ families are an acknowledged, essential part of the care team. “The length of stay is getting shorter and shorter, and the more involved the family can be while their loved one is in the hospital, observing what’s going on, it’s just that much easier when they go home,” says Debbie Breunig...
Finding Healthcare Furniture that Works
Buildings Magazine | January 2008
There are some key things you should be looking for when selecting quality healthcare furniture for your hospital.