Contract - September 2013 - (Page 2)

contents PHoToGRAPHY: KATHRYN BARNARD/ReSToRATIoN HARDwARe (ToP); BRuCe DAMoNTe PHoToGRAPHY (BoTToM) transformation 40 Dropbox San Francisco | Designed by Boor Bridges Architecture and Geremia Design by John Czarnecki 16 20 46 Editorial Industry News Restoration Hardware Boston | Designed by Backen, Gillam & Kroeger Architects with Bergmeyer Associates, Inc. by Melissa Feldman 24 52 Columnist: Winning Work at the Interview: It’s All About Chemistry BAM Fisher by Richard N. Pollack, FAIA, FIIDA Brooklyn, New York | Designed by H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture by Cody Calamaio 46 26 58 72 Product Focus: Glow Sticks Prahran Hotel Competition: Design Is… Rux deconstructs the light fixture down to its purest form Melbourne, Australia | Designed by Techne Architects by Adam Mornement Shaw Contract Group Announces Design Is… Award Recipients 28 64 74 Product Focus: A Touch of Yesteryear Downtown Mexico Designers Select: Eco-friendly Products Carnegie explores flea market style with the Modern Vintage Collection Mexico City | Designed by CheremSerrano Arquitectos by Jean Nayar Designers name their favorite sustainable products and materials 30 70 feature 76 78 Product Briefs: Products with a Sustainable Focus Lighting Lessons from an Artist Sources Ad Index James Turrell’s Guggenheim exhibition plays with perceptions by Don Peifer 80 Interior Detail: A Flowing Aluminum Ceiling Symbolizes Water in a Japanese Beauty Salon by Murrye Bernard 40 volume 54 issue 7 cover: Prahran Hotel in Melbourne, Australia, interior renovation and addition by Techne Architects. Photo by Peter Clarke. 2 CONTRACT, volume 54 issue 7 (USPS 307-970, ISSN 1530-6224, September 2013) is published in January/February, March, April, May, June, July/August, September, October, November, and December; issued by Emerald Expositions, 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004. Editorial and advertising offices: Emerald Expositions, 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004; 646-654-4500; fax: 646-654-7370. Customer Service: For address changes (provide old mailing label and new address including zip or postal code and allow four to six weeks), single copy sales ($10 payable in advance), and subscription inquiries ($89/year U.S., $94/year Canada, $175/year all other foreign) go to www.omeda.com/ncon, call 800-697-8859, fax 847-291-4816, or write to ncon@omeda.com or Contract Magazine, P.O. Box 3601, Northbrook, IL 60065-3601. Periodicals postage paid at New York, NY, and additional mailing offices. Printed in the USA. Postmaster: Please send address changes to Contract, P.O. Box 3601, Northbrook, IL 60065-3601. Canada Post Publications Mail Agreement No. 40612608. Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: Pitney Bowes International Mail Services, P.O.Box 25542, London ON N6C 6B2 contractdesign.com september 2013 http://www.omeda.com/ncon http://www.contractdesign.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Contract - September 2013

Contract - September/October 2013
Contents
Editorial
Industry News
Columnist: Winning Work at the Interview: It’s All About Chemistry
Product Focus: Glow Sticks
Product Focus: A Touch of Yesteryear
Product Briefs: Products with a Sustainable Focus
Dropbox
Restoration Hardware
BAM Fisher
Prahran Hotel
Downtown Mexico
Lighting Lessons from an Artist
Competition: Design Is…
Designers Select: Eco-friendly Products
Sources
Ad Index
Interior Detail: A Flowing Aluminum Ceiling Symbolizes Water in a Japanese Beauty Salon

Contract - September 2013