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Workplace

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Editorial

Industry News

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Columnist: Understanding the Agreement
with Your Client
by Richard N. Pollack, FAIA, FIIDA

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Product Focus: Awash in Light
Calico Wallpaper's Aurora collection of wallcoverings features
16 ombré washes that appear to glow from within

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Zendesk

Product Briefs

Designers share their favorite furnishings for office
environments inspired by hospitality

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Designers Select: Tables and casegoods

Neumann/Smith Architecture | Detroit
by Jean Nayar

Design firm Most Modest develops a minimal yet playful
series of tables and benches for Hightower Group

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Lowe Campbell Ewald

Product Focus: Take a Seat

Sources

Ad Index

Design Blitz | San Francisco
by John Czarnecki

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Compulsive Productions

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Installation: Situation NY: An Installation
That Has Everything

Matt Gibson Architecture + Design | Melbourne, Australia
by Krista Sykes

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University of Baltimore Angelos Law Center
Behnisch Architekten | Baltimore
by JoAnn Greco

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Contents
Editorial
Industry News
Columnist: Understanding the Agreement with Your Client
Product Focus: Awash in Light
Product Focus: Take a Seat
Product Briefs
Lowe Campbell Ewald
Zendesk
Compulsive Productions
University of Baltimore Angelos Law Center
Designers Select: Tables and casegoods
Sources
Ad Index
Installation: Situation NY: An Installation That Has Everything
Contract - November 2014 - Intro
Contract - November 2014 - Cover1
Contract - November 2014 - Cover2
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Contract - November 2014 - Contents
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Contract - November 2014 - Editorial
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Contract - November 2014 - Industry News
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Contract - November 2014 - 35
Contract - November 2014 - Columnist: Understanding the Agreement with Your Client
Contract - November 2014 - 37
Contract - November 2014 - 38
Contract - November 2014 - 39
Contract - November 2014 - Product Focus: Awash in Light
Contract - November 2014 - 41
Contract - November 2014 - Product Focus: Take a Seat
Contract - November 2014 - 43
Contract - November 2014 - Product Briefs
Contract - November 2014 - 45
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Contract - November 2014 - Lowe Campbell Ewald
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Contract - November 2014 - Zendesk
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Contract - November 2014 - Compulsive Productions
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Contract - November 2014 - 73
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Contract - November 2014 - 75
Contract - November 2014 - University of Baltimore Angelos Law Center
Contract - November 2014 - 77
Contract - November 2014 - 78
Contract - November 2014 - 79
Contract - November 2014 - 80
Contract - November 2014 - 81
Contract - November 2014 - Designers Select: Tables and casegoods
Contract - November 2014 - 83
Contract - November 2014 - Sources
Contract - November 2014 - 85
Contract - November 2014 - 86
Contract - November 2014 - Ad Index
Contract - November 2014 - Installation: Situation NY: An Installation That Has Everything
Contract - November 2014 - Cover3
Contract - November 2014 - Cover4
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