Cooper Lighting: Lighting Fundamentals and Design Discussion, Aug 24, 5:30 PM

Cooper Lighting hosts IDSAtlanta and the design community for dinner, lighting education and lively discussion about design and related topics. Please join us...attendance and dinner are free, but space is limited!
AGENDA for August 24, 2006:
5:30 – 6:00 Arrive, greet, & mingle
6:00 – 6:30 Seated dinner in The Source Auditorium
6:30 – 7:15 Guided tour of the Source by Source staff
7:15 – 7:45 Lighting Fundamentals
7:45 – 8:30 Cooper Lighting ID Group presentation & open forum
The Source is a large, state-of-the art training facility designed to make learning enjoyable and lighting approachable, and the Lighting Fundamentals room is designed to make learning the fundamentals of lighting both interesting and interactive. This evening tour will allow you to see some of the principles you know, and many you don’t, applied in the physical world.
The Cooper Lighting Industrial Design Team would also like to share a brief presentation about who we are and what we do. The format will be very informal and questions are encouraged. We would like to conclude the evening with the opportunity for the entire group to discuss local topics of interest.
Cooper Lighting (phone: 770 486 4800)
1121 Highway 74 South
Peachtree City, GA 30269
(we'll send out directions as the date nears)
Please RSVP to L’Anda Flowers by 8-17-06 by emailing RSVP@idsa-atlanta.org and specifiy that you're responding for the Cooper Lighting event.

EDPA Presents Mitchell Mauk

EDPA Southeast (Exhibit Designers and Producers Association) presents Mitchell Mauk at the Georgia Aquarium, August 17, 11:30 AM- 1:30 PM. Mitchell will discuss what he sees on the horizon for environmental design. Mauk states, "This presentation will explore the use of both old and new materials in exhibit design and how we as an industry can best serve our clients through imaginative presentations of their brands and messages." Tickets: $55 (lunch and presentation), aquarium pass additional $15. Register on-line by clicking here! Contact Sandra Braun at 404 297 5369 if you have additional questions.

Formation Design Wins 3 IDEA Awards

Congratulations to Atlanta's own Formation Design Group who were recently honored with three 2006 Business Week International Design Excellence Awards. Formation's Industrial Design work was recognized with one Gold and two Silver IDEA awards.
Award Winning Products Include (above, L-R) Gold IDEA - Siemens Symbia Imaging System, Silver IDEA - Crown TSP 6000 Turret Stockpicker, and Silver IDEA- Safe-Vent Arterial Syringe Venting System. In Business Week Magazine, June 29, 2006, Bruce Nussbaum wrote:

“Another big surprise was the adsence of familiar design and innovation consultancies in the winners box...Fresh names such as Atlanta-based Formation Design Group, New York-based blueMap Design, and Munich-based designaffairs did well. There were fewer winners in 2006, just 108, down from 148 last year. There were only 27 golds, vs. 2005’s 38. Clearly, it’s a tougher playing field. There were 995 entries from the U.S., and 499 from 28 other countries. The design game is increasingly global.”