June 22, 2011—Sara Meier and Paul Lewandowski, the two winners of Mannington Commercial's tx:style design contest, and Kemp Harr discuss their background and their experience turning a concept into a carpet design. Listen to the interview to hear details about the contest and each of the two winners talk about their experience.
June 21, 2011—Jackie Dettmar, VP of Product Development for the Mohawk Group, and Kemp Harr discuss the Best of NeoCon gold award in the fiber category for Smartstrand, which Mohawk is now using in a running line contract carpet collection. Listen to the interview to hear more about the "What Moves You" collection and about Mohawk's other key introductions at NeoCon 2011.
June 20, 2011—Reesie Duncan, Creative Director for Shaw Contract Group, discusses On the Edge, which won a Best of NeoCon Gold award in the modular category. Other topics include The Music Project and Shaw Contract's move to increase the recycled content of its nylon fiber. Listen to this interview recorded at NeoCon 2011 to hear more about Shaw Contract's new products and about the show traffic compared to other years.
June 17, 2011—Terry Mowers, VP of Product Development for Tandus, and Kemp Harr discuss Tandus' Best of NeoCon awards and their new product design approach called Sero Design Technology. Listen to the interview to hear about Tandus' Editors Choice Award and their Silver Healthcare award. Terry also explains the expansion of scale that Tandus is now using in their Sero design approach.
June 16, 2011—Mark Brunelle, National Sales Manager with USF Contract, and Kemp Harr discuss their Best of NeoCon Gold award for Cork Decor - a new collection of cork tiles that is produced with a PVC wear layer for high traffic commercial applications. Listen to the interview to hear more details about this product and where these products are being used in the commercial market.
June 15, 2011—John Wells, President of Interface Americas, and Kemp Harr discuss Interface's NeoCon presentation in Chicago, the expansion of their Re-Entry program into Canada and their use of recycled nylon from Aquafil. Listen to the interview to hear about the offices of the future and how Interface's sustainability initiatives have evolved.
June 14, 2011—Valerie Ottaviano, Creative Director with Bentley Prince Street, and Kemp Harr discuss the collection that won Bentley Prince Street a Best of NeoCon Gold Award for broadloom carpet. Listen to the interview to hear more about The Silver Screen collection and other details around Bentley Prince Street's NeoCon presentation in Chicago.
June 13, 2011—David Vita, EVP with Beaulieu commercial, and Kemp Harr discuss Beaulieu's decision to consolidate their commercial business under the one Bolyu brand name. Listen to the interview to hear the strategy behind this decision and their contract commercial focus moving forward.
June 10, 2011—Mark Falanga, Sr VP with MMPI (the leading official for NeoCon), and Kemp Harr discuss the anticipated attendance for NeoCon, which starts next Monday morning in Chicago. Listen to the interview to hear Mark talk about the "don't miss" highlights for this year's annual commercial interior furnishings show.
June 9, 2011—Peter Conant, Principle with Conant Architects in New York, and Kemp Harr discuss Peter's core focus for the IIDA as he steps into the role as President for the coming year. Listen to the interview to hear more about this and about his expectations for NeoCon this year.