The event’s highlight was a runway show, called Project Runway, with professional models donning outfits and accessories made from materials created by design firms, dealers, and manufacturers.

“The Kimball Office/Today’s Office team had a great time developing our design, executing, and living the life of the runway models!!  What a blast!  Our booth display featured Villa lounge seating and received great feedback for both comfort and style,” says Mick Ann Koratsky, Market Sales Manager, Kimball Office.

Eight teams participated in this first ever runway event in Little Rock.  The design team from Today’s Office included Amy Bingman, Melissa Dixon and Paige Parish.

“Each team was assigned a color (ours was Silver Cloud) and a hard material and soft material sponsor to partner with,” says Mick Ann. “Since I was partnering with my local dealer, Kimball Office was the soft manufacturer. You could see the addition of floor tile and cove base to many of the outfits as the hard material.

Kimball fabrics used were: Woodland 10701 Granite; Crossroads 10305 Silvatica; and Flicker 11132 Magenta.

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“Whether you’re creating a home office or an enormous space in need of some design TLC, Kimball Office comes to the rescue with their Priority Collection of modular, adaptable office furnishings.”

This Seattle dealer is located in a picture-perfect setting—surrounded by the sweeping Puget Sound and Seattle Skyline.  Recently, a premier gala was held to showcase both the picture perfect location, and picture perfect Kimball Office furniture. 

Hum and Skye look great in Bang’s showroom with a view.

This great Bang/Kimball Office party was attended by over 250 of the area’s movers, shakers, and deal makers,” says Kimball Office Sales Manager Steve Stein. “Clients were waited on with food and drink while touring the hottest new showroom in the country!”

Standing, left to right: Brian Gerdes, KO Director of Sales West; Steve Stein, KO MSM Seattle; Chad Smed, President Bang Office Interiors; Carol DeJong, KO GSM; Julie Daily, KO MSM SF. Sitting is Pedro Ayala, KO Regional A&D Manager.

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“This is something that we are doing more often here at the showroom. We really want everyone to get to know who they are working with,” says D.C. Showroom Manager Alexandra Hijjawi.

Kimball Office’s Alexandra Hijjawi, Staci Wilson and Elizabeth Hurley are all the fashion in their funky Fiesta Friday gear.

Tex-Mex food, margaritas, and fun decorations added to the festivities. And let’s not forget the Cornhole tournament and piñata.

Carly Keith, of WorkSpaces LLC, gets wicked with the piñata.

“It was great fun,” says Alexandra. “It enabled us to mingle and get to know one another. I can see another Fiesta Friday in the near future.”

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Eileen Jones, Design Principal at Perkins + Will is also quoted about her involvement with the project.  Eileen Jones and Eva Maddox, along with the Kimball Office design team successfully collaborated to bring exciting, fresh, new, sustainable surface material options to Kimball Office. 

Stay tuned for new wood introductions in the Fall of 2011. 

Knowing this, Kimball Office’s St. Louis sales team and their Select Dealer, Interiors Unlimited, teamed up to participate in a fundraiser that brings baseball and Minds Eye together to benefit the community. 

Kimball Office Market Sales Manager Brian Brewer, far left, poses with his teammates

Interiors Unlimited’s Jamie Whitt keeps his “ear” on the ball

To view a short video that brings Beep Ball to life, click here.

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Lance Amato (Contract Architects), and Alan Dandron (Mancini Duffy)

The IIDA New York Chapter (IIDA NY) is a professional networking and educational association of more than 590 Members in ten specialty Forums.

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Fearless Females reaches out to females in middle school and early high school, helping them develop an awareness and understanding of career opportunities in manufacturing.

“The students toured Vincennes University Jasper Campus and met with professional women, like Chris, Kathy and me, to discuss the roles we hold within our organizations,” says Rhonda.  “We discussed our roles and talked to them about their career aspirations,” says Rhonda.  “The purpose of the event was to encourage young women to evaluate careers that may be outside the traditional roles held by women, along with the educational aspects. “

It was also an opportunity to get the word out about Kimball Office.  A display was set-up with information about Kimball Office and included handouts such as pencils, note pads, Kimball Office totes, and stick pins with the Hum logo. 

Our own fearless females’ efforts did not go unnoticed.

E-mailed the director of the event, Donna Taylor Bouchie: “On behalf of the Fearless Females committee, thank you very much for taking the time to share with our future female professionals.  I personally appreciate the ease of asking and finding strong females ready to volunteer.  Thank you for being community minded.”

Recently we hosted a P103 class at our Jasper location, and guests from 6 dealerships attended.  P103 (Product in Application) is a hands-on three-day session that focuses on technical product details and using CAP/AutoCAD to develop efficient specifications. 

Participants reviewed products and even installed some systems components to get a better understanding of the internal structure.  Tours of manufacturing facilities and the corporate headquarters were also a part of the class.  Specification and installation tips and tricks were shared among the group and the instant camaraderie provided for excellent networking opportunities. 

Congratulations to the most recent graduating class of P103 (left to right): Karie Heathcoat-Kieffer of Hudson Office Solutions, Angela Hauf of Working Spaces, Kari Stanley of HST Interior Elements,  Ellie Folz of Business Environments, Mary Dolliver of BA Designs, and Stephanie Richard of Business Environments. Those not shown who participated were Brittany Hughes of Hudson Office Solutions, Carolyn Dodson and Sandy Tyler of Kimball Office.

This year, donations (of money and shoes) were accepted to further promote Kimball Office’s effort to support Souls4Souls.  Soles4Souls is a nonprofit charity based in Nashville, TN and has provided over 14 million pairs of new or gently worn shoes to people in need.  Thank you to everyone who donated, as the Tax Relief event raised $450 and collected over 200 pairs of shoes.

Designers were asked to create their own sustainability themed shoe from our newly introduced Vision Collection.  15 design firms participated, and the grand prize winner was Intec for their creative use of Kimball Office textiles in conjunction with natural grass. 

Thanks to everyone who joined our DC Showroom team and had a relief-filled night with great food, great networking…and all for a great cause.

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