TEKNION CORP: Wins Thirteenth Design Award For Ability / November 19, 1999
TEKNION CORP ("TKN-T;TEKNF-L") - Wins Thirteenth Design Award For Ability
Teknion Corporation, an international leader in office furniture design, manufacturing and marketing,
announced that it has won a Silver award in the Design of the Decade competition for its Ability mobile
furniture. The award, Ability's thirteenth since its launch two years ago, is co-sponsored by the
Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) and Business Week magazine.
"This brings our total international design awards to 46 in the past three years," said David Feldberg,
President and CEO of Teknion Corporation. "It confirms our belief that a product line can be developed
to meet our customers' functional requirements while maintaining design integrity and excellence at
the same time."
The award is being presented this evening at a gala dinner and ceremony hosted by IDSA at the
National Press Club in Washington, D.C. A jury of highly respected business, design and education
executives awarded 36 elite prizes for the best examples of design's contribution to business
success. The winners represent the icons of design from the past 10 years and will be announced in
the November 29th issue of Business Week.
"This is a distinct accomplishment for Teknion," said Steve Miner, Executive Vice President, Teknion
Corporation and President and CEO of Teknion, Inc., the corporation's U.S. operating entity. "Not only
have we enjoyed wide market acceptance with this line, we are now being honored with this very
important award which recognizes Ability as one of the decade's leading designs."
Ability was created to meet the needs of today's constantly changing office spaces. The line consists
of several height-adjustable multi-purpose tables, active storage components and highly functional
accessories that can be rearranged to accommodate both an individual's workstyle and the needs of
an organization. It can be reconfigured by the month, day or hour. Ability can be used independently
or in conjunction with panel-based systems.
Ability Accolades
Since its introduction at NeoCon '97 in Chicago, Ability has won several industry awards including:
- NeoCon: Gold for Best New Product, Alternative Officing; Silver for Alternative Officing; Most
Innovative
- Interior Design (I.D.) magazine Design Distinction honors (twice)
- ADEX Design Excellence Award sponsored by Design Journal magazine
- APEX Award sponsored by the International Interior Design Association and Contract magazine
- IIDEX/NeoCon Canada: Gold for Furniture Category; Silver for Innovative Product Category
- Design Effectiveness Award Gold sponsored by Canadian Interiors magazine
Teknion Corporation (TSE:TKN) is a leading international designer, manufacturer and marketer of office
systems and related office furniture products. Teknion headquarters are located in Toronto, Ontario.
The company employs more than 3,000 people at offices and facilities in Canada, the United States,
United Kingdom, Western Europe and the Pacific Rim and serves clients through a network of more
than 400 authorized dealers worldwide. TEL: (416) 504-8464 in Canada: David Wills, Media Profile
EMAIL: david@mediaprofile.com TEL: (416) 661-1577 x2258 Mark Harris, Marketing Communications
Teknion Furniture Systems Limited EMAIL: mark.harris@teknion.com TEL: (616) 458-9500 in the U.S:
Shirley Hubers Hubers & Associates TEL: 877.TEKNION Roger Hayes, Director of Marketing Teknion,
Inc. EMAIL: rhayes@tekus.com |
