At Corporate Environments we are always doing something newsworthy! We like to share our stories that include corporate recognition, charitable and community involvement, hosted events, new product information, and how we love to have fun! We invite you to check out what we’ve been up to.
Our IT Director, Scott Blanck, was lucky enough to recently visit and work in the White House garden. It was a hot summer morning but the pastry chef led garden duties for about a dozen staffers and volunteers. Among several chores, the chef wanted the basil trimmed for future pesto sauce so Scott grabbed the clippers and went to work. After getting dirty, Scott and his wife walked up the lawn and went inside to clean up for a White House tour to end their special visit.
Once again the Atlanta Business Chronicle has ranked the top office furniture dealers in Atlanta, and once again Corporate Environments is in the top three. We have held this spot for many years now and would like to thank our loyal customers for their continued support of us and our partners at Knoll.
We may not be the biggest or the oldest, but we fail to see a competitive advantage in being big and old.
On July 22nd , Corporate Environments hosted our 4th annual Post Neocon event! Over 300 guests from Atlanta's interior design and architectural community packed our showroom to see the latest in contract furniture, architectural products, and ancillary items from over 60 vendors. Thank you to all our guests and vendors who shared the evening with us and made our event a great success. A special congratulations to our raffle winner's -Cynthia Hovorka of Hughes, Litton, Godwin and Charles Warren of IdeaSpan- who each won a Knoll Generation chair!
Featured this month in Atlanta-based Jezebel magazine is the work of our very own A&D Rep, Laurel Hoover. Laurel has one of her designer wine racks shown prominently on page 137. For the right price you can have this unique ecologically designed table to impress your guests. Way to go, Laurel!
Celebrate modern design with the opening of the High's new exhibition, European Design Since 1985: Shaping the New Century. View the exhibition, relax in high-design lounges on Sifly Piazza, enjoy cocktails and a DJ, or play a grown-up game of musical chairs with a Corbusier chair (worth $2,000) from Design Within Reach as grand prize. Watch a ceramics fashion show from Claydies of Copenhagen and make your own vase.
The IIDA Georgia Chapter showcased the creativity of the Atlanta Architectural and Design community that created wearable fashion using building materials in a unique and innovative way. The design team's garment had to clearly feature 60% of the manufacturer's product and were judged based on creativity, craftsmanship, detailing within the garment, use of material and wearability. The event's MC was Project Runway Season 7 designer, Anthony Williams and the show was judged by Atlanta-based members of the design community.
Corporate Environments is sponsoring "Backpack In The Park" for another year. This organization helps to gather school supplies for area children to start the new school year. Backpack in the Park will be held at Piedmont Park in downtown Atlanta on Sunday, August 1st, 2010 from 4 - 8 PM. In addition to complimentary food and beverages, this family-friendly event will have fun and exciting activities for kids of all ages. Last year's event raised more than 1600 backpacks and we are hopeful for another successful event.
This month Corporate Environments participated in the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) show held at the Georgia World Congress Center. We featured DIRTT modular walls, Axios networks, Spider modular electrical, Tate raised flooring, and of course the services of Corporate Environments. This was a great opportunity for us show the financial and environmental benefits of using these flexible and time-saving products.
Corporate Environments' Director of Sales, Tony Nelson, had the opportunity to lead his HVA League Volleyball team, The Atlanta Rockets, to a 7th place finish in a Baltimore, MD tournament. This was a great feat since it was their first time playing together. Way to go, Tony!
Our Director of Sales and Team Captain, Tony Nelson, is pictured here in the middle.
Corporate Environments’ participated in the national “Take Our Daughters and Sons To Work Day” this past Thursday. C.E. Sales Associate Hope Myles brought in her 2 children to interview different people throughout the company. The day was a great success! Each participant was asked a series of questions about how they had gotten in the positions they're in and the roles they play within the company.
Pictured Here: Owner of Coporate Environments, Karen Hughes, With the children of Corporate Environments Saleswoman Hope Myles.
Corporate Environments attended this years' POW! Awards. This event, hosted by Womenetics, honors innovative female leaders who forge new paths and strive onward and upward, building new environments for the women who will follow. We joined Womenetics in recognizing the 2010 POW! Award Winners and enjoyed choice words from national keynote speaker, Anita McBride, as well as melodies from renowned Jazz artist, Anna Wilson.
The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) is recognizing Mogens Smed's leadership in the field of interior design at an awards ceremony during the 2010 NeoCon World's Trade Fair in June. He will receive the ASID Product Prize - Individual. This prestigious award recognizes an individual who has contributed a significant and lasting body of work relating to products for interior design. Mogens will receive the honor during a Celebration Awards Ceremony at the ASID National Conference in Chicago on June 14. He joins a select group who will receive the Society's highest honors and be inducted into the 2010 Class of Fellows.
The award citation notes that DIRTT products set a new standard for smart construction with modular and adaptable walls and power solutions. The company's software, ICE was singled out for enabling DIRTT to save time in planning and construction, protect landfills from construction waste and offer customized and changeable wall solutions.
Corporate Environments will be participating in a Charity Golf Tournament on Monday June 7th to benefit the Georgia Mountain Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA). The tournament takes place in Dahlonega, GA at the Achasta Golf Course, a Jack Nicklaus Signature Course. The team is comprised of Tony Nelson, C.E. Director of Sales, Bill Hayzlett, C.E. Sales Representive, Robert Baird, Turner Construction NBD and Leslie Litton, AOS NBD. We are excited to support our Military Veterans and are looking forward to the event.
Beginning April 1st, Wahu will offer KYDEX as a option for your cabinets and worksurfaces. This indestructable product can withstand aggressive abuse and still look great over time in patient rooms, labs, pharmacies and treatment rooms. Also availabe on KYDEX is Microban a anitmicrobial application.
For more information about Kydex, go to their website at www.wahucaseworks.com
Corporate Environments was invited by the USGBC "World of Green" Educational Exhibit Section to the Annual "Construction/Design Build Competition" CEFGA Expo. The Competition brings in thousands of High School and Technical College competitors from the State of Georgia. CE was asked to educate the students about a true "Green Office" space by exhibiting DIRTT Walls, Spider Modular Electric, Axios Modular Power, TATE Raised Flooring and Knoll Furniture.
