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HAPPENINGS
Family-Owned Austrian Brand Opens
First U.S. Location
CUSTOM KITCHEN AND LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS
JOAN KAUFMAN, FASID,
LEED AP, design director
of Illinois-based INTERIOR
PLANNING & DESIGN INC.,
has been named the winner
of the 2021 AMERICAN SOCIETY
OF INTERIOR DESIGNERS
Celebration of Design and
Design Excellence Award
for Universal Design and for
Millwork Design and Detail.
brand Lanserring has opened its fi rst U.S. showroom
in Manhattan's SoHo district. The Austriabased
business was founded by brothers Bernd
and Johann Radaschitz in 2017, and they chose
the NYC location for its proximity to many top
interior designers and architects. The new 1,580
sq.-ft. space was designed by Lanserring's design
team - led by creative director of design, Alex
Beaugeard - and highlights the brand's custom
dressing rooms, kitchen concepts and products
interpreted in a modern New York loft. Guests enter
a dressing room, which features lighting behind
glass wardrobe doors, and secret doors lead to
other areas, including an open kitchen with a crystal
island centerpiece.
NJ Designer Wins Awards and Expands
Product Off ering
JENNI STEELE, NIAGARA's
vice president of marketing,
has won a Bronze
Stevie Award for Women
in Business in the Female
Executive of the Year
category. The awards
honor female professionals,
and Steele was
recognized for her role in
marketing products that
help solve water scarcity.
ANNA MARIA MANNARINO of Mannarino
Designs Inc. recently celebrated her 21st
American Society of Interior Designers
NJ Design Excellence Award. This year's
winning category was Design for People
with Special or Specifi c Needs, and she
created a living room/dining room for
two doctors who participated in her Your
Home Collaboration project launched
during the height of the pandemic for
front-line professionals. The designer is
also launching a line of fi ve chandeliers
with American Brass and Crystal, and
she recently featured her rug designs for
Creative Touch during High Point Market.
Surface Co. Unveils Southampton
Showroom and Welcomes New CFO
KLAFS is under new leadership
with the retirement of
30-year managing director,
Stefan Schöllhammer.
PHILLIP ROCK (right) will
cover fi nance and human
resources, and the company
welcomes a new managing
director, GERNOT MANG,
who is responsible for marketing,
sales and design.
NEMO TILE + STONE RECENTLY OPENED its
new 5,700-sq.-ft. location, which was designed
by the company's design director, Katie
Michael-Battaglia. The NY showroom off ers
a workshop-style layout that allows designers,
sales reps and consumers to collaborate
on selections. It features worktables, pullouts
and access to technology-driven tools, and its
high ceilings and large windows allow for ample
natural light. A large portion of the space is dedicated
to large-format porcelain and stone slabs,
and an adjacent boutique-style area is home to
smaller-format tiles and mosaics. The company
also welcomed a new CFO, Frank Kimmerling
(left), who will be responsible for M&A, budget
management, cost-benefi t analysis, forecasting
and fi nancial data analysis for the company.
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