Interior Image Group designs new hotel casegoods line for Klem Hospitality

Interior Image Group (www.interiorimagegroup.com), one of the hospitality industry's emerging leaders of interior architecture and design, was recently selected by Klem, the renowned manufacturer of hospitality furniture, to collaborate on the design of an entire new line of hotel guestroom furniture to be branded as their new “Imagination” Series.

The first of four distinct styles - called ‘Cosmopolitan’ - had its debut to the industry at the Hospitality Design Expo this past May in Las Vegas at the Klem booth. The four-part series is a joint effort by both IIG and Klem to turn “Inspiration” into reality, featuring the light, airy openness of European influence.

The concept for the “Cosmopolitan” headboard was drawn from the night sky of metropolitan Chicago bordering the Great Lakes. The raised dark walnut panel, representing the water, has a translucent appearance, allowing wave after wave of grain and texture to show. Vertical brushed metal insets hint at the Chicago Skyway, with the dark walnut ‘lake’ surrounded by a grid work of routed carvings to represent city cross-streets, all with a clear finish on beautiful natural walnut.

Patti Tritschler, President of IIG, commented: “Our design team is so honored to work with Klem to create this whole new series and this is only the beginning.  The second design in this series is already underway and promises to be just as interesting and beautiful, with perhaps some different twists.”  

Interior Image Group and Klem are creating the “Imagination” series with a variety of ancillary items to coordinate with each headboard personality. Designed as standalone items, they can be built to fit almost any design concept.  The pieces work the way guests actually use them while facilitating housekeeping, which makes them a practical, attractive and efficient solution. The flexible format allows designers and hoteliers to select materials for their specific purposes.

About Interior Image Group:

Interior Image Group offers award winning ‘Visually Distinctive Interior Architecture and Design’ by creating aesthetically and physically exceptional environments for their clients in hospitality, healthcare, higher education, gaming, and dining.  Interior Image Group is certified with the Women's Business Enterprise National Council and is a Business Sponsor of the Chicago Chapter of NEWH: The Hospitality Network.  Their staff includes designers who are NCIDQ certified and have additional IIDA and ASID affiliations.  Their approach to design is done with a fresh and timeless appeal that reflects the firm’s small town attitude to customer service and project management.  Each project is completed understanding the importance of the client’s budget and timeline.

Interior Image Group
1035 Sheffield Avenue – Dyer, IN 46311
Ph: 219.322.7841
Fax: 219.322.7857
www.interiorimagegroup.com

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Soft4Boost Releases Image Converter Solution for Enhanced Image Management

Soft4Boost, a group of highly trained programmers, have released Soft4Boost Image Converter which provides a powerful suite of image conversion and management tools. Soft4Boost Image Converter has been specifically designed for converting multiple image files into a wide variety of file formats, easy file organization and image standardization using editing tools including resizing, rotating, color, brightness and contrast management. Soft4Boost Image Converter supports all major European languages and many skins. 

How Soft4Boost Image Converter Works 

Soft4Boost Image Converter is a simple, yet powerful image management tool. Soft4Boost Image Convertor provides a very easy-to-use Graphical User Interface (GUI) for converting multiple image files into a variety of formats and delivers powerful editing features to manipulate the images. 

Soft4Boost Image Converter also provides multiple language support, including English and the major European languages. 

Soft4Boost Image Converter Key Features 

Soft4Boost Image Converter key features include: 

Multiple Batch Image Conversion: with a few clicks of the mouse, users can convert multiple image files into a new format and save the converted files;
Multiple Image File Support: images can be converted into a very wide range of file types, including JPEG, RAW, PDF, GIF, TIF, RAS, PNG, PCX, PSD, DNG, CR2, APNG, JPEG2000 and more;
Image Manipulation and Editing: users can resize multiple images for standardized printing, as well as perform rotation, color, brightness and contrast adjustments and utilize a range of visual effects including adding watermarks;
Change Program Design:Soft4Boost Image Converter allows users to change Image Converter design. It supports 11 beautiful skins;
Fast File Management: multiple image files can be quickly renamed to aid file and image organization;
Multiple Language Support: all major European languages are supported including English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, Russian, Danish and Turkish;
Intuitive GUI & Workspace: users enjoy a simple, intuitive GUI with easily understood tools for manipulating images, including preview screen, working area and finished output image area. 

Soft4Boost Image Converter can be downloaded at no charge from the Soft4Boost website and is easily installed with no specialist knowledge or experience required.

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Viracon Unveils New Logo and corporate image

As part of a renewal of the corporate image, Viracon is pleased to present a new logo for the company - the third logo in the history of the Organization of 43 years. The new logo of Viracon is intended to graphically represent the expertise of the company with large scale commercial buildings, glass of high performance and unparalleled design of facade. A new typeface accompanies the logo as well.

New look of Viracon is separate, but it takes a few cues from its classic look. The company has decided to maintain the three parallel blue lines with which it has always been associated with, but in a new vertical format. The lines have always been the accuracy and quality of Viracon products. In addition, the colors of the logo and text remain the same.

While Viracon logo has changed, our commitment to exceptional service, quality and high performance products, design, expertise and design assistance remains the same. In fact, the new logo is intended to transmit the continuation of the company's investments in these capabilities to keep modern and "State-of-the-art.

"This is an important update for Viracon," says Kelly Schuler, President of Viracon. "The new brand image modernizes, refreshes and will help to keep relevant Viracon for the next generation of architects and design professionals."

The rebranding effort will rely on a new corporate website, guide products and a series of marketing investments to perform throughout 2013.

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Viracon, leader in manufacturing of architectural glass from a single source of the nation, is based in Owatonna, Minnesota and has facilities in Statesboro, Georgia, St. George, Utah and Nazaré Paulista, Brazil. Viracon manufactures high-performance glass products, including tempered, laminated, insulating, printing printed, digital and high-performance coatings, for North American and international markets. The company is a subsidiary of Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: APOG). Apogee, which is headquartered in Minneapolis, is a leader in technologies involving the design and the development of services and value-added glass products. For more information, visit www.viracon.com.

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