48 new materials - Material ConneXion
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<strong>Material</strong> <strong>ConneXion</strong> ®<br />
Headquartered in New York City with locations in Bangkok, Cologne, and Milan,<br />
<strong>Material</strong> <strong>ConneXion</strong> ® has become the definitive resource of cutting-edge <strong>materials</strong> for<br />
architects, artists, and design ers from all disciplines. At our physical libraries, visitors<br />
can reach out and touch the latest inspiring gels, plastics, resins, foams, and laminates.<br />
Complete access to the <strong>Material</strong> <strong>ConneXion</strong> database is also available online.<br />
Following is an update of our initiatives to spread our <strong>materials</strong> expertise worldwide.<br />
Salone del Mobile New Hires<br />
This year’s Salone del Mobile was bigger than<br />
ever. More exhibitors, more buyers, more manufacturers,<br />
and more international press, all<br />
brought together under one dramatic, sweeping,<br />
fiberglass-and-steel canopy designed by architect<br />
Massimiliano Fuksas. Over the course of five days,<br />
they came by the thousands—250,000 by the latest<br />
count—speaking myriad different languages.<br />
Experimental <strong>new</strong> <strong>materials</strong> were a clear trend<br />
throughout the fairgrounds, and visitors obviously<br />
appreciated the relevance of <strong>Material</strong> <strong>ConneXion</strong>’s<br />
message.<br />
The <strong>Material</strong>s Matter exhibition, which the “cream<br />
of the crop” from <strong>Material</strong> <strong>ConneXion</strong> Milan’s permanent<br />
collection, was prominently situated on<br />
the “main street” that connected the various pavilions<br />
housing home furnishings, kitchens, baths,<br />
and lighting show rooms. It was also adjacent to a<br />
bookstore specializing in architecture and design<br />
publications and the crowd naturally spilled over<br />
to request information on <strong>materials</strong>, to meet with<br />
MC representatives, to purchase catalogues, and<br />
to join the <strong>materials</strong> library.<br />
In conjunction with the exhibit at the Fair, MC<br />
showed off its collection of <strong>materials</strong> within the<br />
Milan Triennale, one of the most famous design<br />
museums in the world. The space, designed by<br />
architect Michele de Lucchi, lay on the design pilgrims’<br />
path and enjoyed constant traffic throughout<br />
the five-day event.<br />
Partnership with<br />
Furniture Society<br />
<strong>Material</strong> <strong>ConneXion</strong> is pleased to announce its<br />
partnership with the Furniture Society, a taxexempt,<br />
nonprofit organization that aims to<br />
advance the art of furniture making.<br />
For more information, go to<br />
www.furnituresociety.org.<br />
Furniture Society members will receive 10% off any<br />
individual or corporate access plan. For more information<br />
on this group, contact Michael LaGreca,<br />
Director of Library Access Programs, at 212-842-<br />
2050 or access@materialconnexion.com.<br />
Steven Wagner joined <strong>Material</strong> Connexion in March<br />
2006 as Director of Marketing and Corporate<br />
Communications. Prior to joining the company he<br />
had been the Senior<br />
Design Editor of House<br />
Beautiful Magazine and<br />
was one of the founding<br />
editors of Metropolitan<br />
Home Magazine. Over<br />
the past ten years he<br />
has worked with the<br />
Hearst Magazine Group<br />
in various roles as editorial<br />
director of the web<br />
component of maga-<br />
Steven Wagner<br />
NEWS<br />
zines such as Town<br />
and Country, Redbook,<br />
Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Harpers Bazaar,<br />
House Beautiful, and Country Living. He has a long<br />
history of working in the <strong>new</strong> media/internet arena<br />
and will be concentrating on enhancing the <strong>Material</strong><br />
<strong>ConneXion</strong> web site as well as on working with the<br />
national and international press to promote the mission<br />
of <strong>Material</strong> <strong>ConneXion</strong>.<br />
<strong>Material</strong> <strong>ConneXion</strong> also welcomes Stuart Glass to<br />
its sales and marketing team as the Vice President<br />
of Sales and Business Development. In this position,<br />
Mr. Glass will be broadening the reach of the firm’s<br />
consultancy practice, called the Advanced <strong>Material</strong><br />
Solutions Teamsm , which<br />
provides custom <strong>materials</strong><br />
research services<br />
to manufacturers,<br />
designers, architects,<br />
and specifiers in all disciplines.<br />
His attention<br />
will also be given to Innovation<br />
Marketing sm<br />
services and visibility<br />
programs for material<br />
developers. He will build,<br />
oversee, and manage Stuart Glass<br />
the company sales force.<br />
He provided strategic design leadership on<br />
<strong>Material</strong> <strong>ConneXion</strong> ®<br />
both national and New York international · Bangkok · Cologne · Milan high-profile<br />
integrated branding projects as former CEO of<br />
Stuart Glass Design Group and a Design Director of<br />
Landor Associates and Lippincott-Mercer.<br />
<strong>Material</strong> <strong>ConneXion</strong> ®<br />
New York · Bangkok · Cologne · Milan<br />
127 West 25th Street, 2nd Floor<br />
New York, NY 10001<br />
T +1 212 842 2050 / F +1 212 842 1090<br />
E info@materialconnexion.com<br />
MATERIAL CONNEXION<br />
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