Today we at Blackburn Young Office Solutions are pleased to announce a new manufacturing partnership with Knoll Furniture! Knoll is recognized internationally for creating workplace furnishings that inspire, evolve and endure. Their commitment to innovation and modern design has yielded a comprehensive portfolio of office systems, seating, files and storage, tables and desks, wood casegoods, textiles and accessories. It is with great excitement and enthusiasm we welcome this alliance. We look forward to providing an innovative and complete product solution to our existing clients as well as Vancouver's specifying community.

Knoll Welcomes Blackburn Young Office Solutions to Canadian Dealer Network

Today Knoll announced the appointment of Blackburn Young Office Solutions Inc. as its newest Canadian dealer. Blackburn Young is located in the Yaletown area of Vancouver and will serve clients principally in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland.

Commenting on the appointment, Greg Rapier, Knoll’s Regional Manager, stated: "We believe our relationship with Blackburn Young is an excellent fit for both companies and are excited to offer our unparalleled portfolio of designs through their team. Blackburn Young will support our continued aggressive growth in the lower Mainland.”

“We are excited at the manufacturing capability we gain through our partnership with Knoll, and at the opportunity to be associated with such a respected and world renowned leader in our industry,” says Michael Blackburn. “Knoll is the best match for us as they have the most innovative, design driven product solutions in the industry, including the recently introduced, award-winning Generation by Knoll® work chair and Antenna™ Workspaces,” adds Derek Young. “Our goal is to provide tailored solutions for our customers, and Knolls capabilities allow us to do just that!”

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Blackburn Young Office Solutions Welcomes Trevor Cooper to it's Team as a Healthcare Sales Executive

Trevor’s wealth of expertise, knowledge, and experience will provide Blackburn Young Office Solutions with continued success and growth as the company increases its business in the Healthcare market.

Vancouver, BC, May 16, 2011 – Blackburn Young Office Solutions, a leading provider of commercial office and healthcare furniture, is pleased to announce that Trevor Cooper has joined the company as our Healthcare Sales Executive. Trevor is based out of Vancouver, and will develop and manage business relationships with customers located in the lower mainland. Blackburn Young Office Solutions has a long history of working with BC’s Health Authorities, and the addition of Trevor will allow the company to increase market share and provide a higher level of service to our existing customers.

Prior to joining Blackburn Young Office Solutions, Trevor spent five years with Profile Business Systems, as a corporate furniture Business Development Manager. Trevor began his career at The Global Group of Companies, the largest manufacturer in Canada, where he served as a Manufacturer’s Sales Representative and Principle of Dealer Development. Trevor attended post secondary education in Sydney Australia where he graduated with a degree in Industrial Technical Sales.

“Trevor has been in the commercial furniture business since 1995 and brings a wealth of experience, a proven track record in sales and is well regarded by the customers he has served,” Blackburn Young’s partner Derek Young said. “Last year, Blackburn Young Office Solutions achieved record growth; Trevor’s development of relationships in the healthcare market will be a key ingredient of our continued sales growth. Additionally, his presence will benefit our current customers with whom we’ve enjoyed a long term working relationship.”

For more information about the innovative healthcare furniture solutions Blackburn Young Office Solutions has to offer, call 604.696.2220 or visit: www.blackburnyoung.com

Antenna Workspaces by Masamichi Udagawa and Sigi Moeslinger, principals of Antenna Design, is a new approach to workplace design that reflects the freedom and mobility people seek in today’s office.

Antenna Workspaces considers the growing variety of settings where work takes place and blends desks, tables, storage units and screens to create intuitive solutions for individuals and groups. In the process, Antenna Workspaces suggests connections and boundaries between diverse work areas and establishes a new way to shape space, simplifying transitions between individual and group work.

A Strategic Approach to the Entire Office

Antenna creates work environments that respond to the needs of today’s dynamic workplace and go beyond the traditional boundaries of open plan, private office and collaborative areas. Antenna serves those who view the entire office as a canvas to support a variety of work modes throughout the day.

In this work environment, there is a premium placed on striking a balance between individual and group activities and on being able to move freely and seamlessly between workstyles throughout the day.

Progressive Design

One-inch square steel legs support floating slabs of wood, laminate or glass. Together, these seemingly delicate legs and cantilevered surfaces create a quintessentially modern composition of floating planes and crisp details.

Antenna’s neutral grace is a frank expression of function and its refreshing lack of pretense makes it stand out as well as fit in.

Antenna introduces a tactile palette of surfaces not typically associated with the workplace, like cane and speaker cloth as well as expressive curves and bright colors. Antenna Workspaces offers new veneer finishes, underscoring Knoll’s preeminence as a manufacturer of refined wood solutions for total office environments.

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Knoll Receives Smithsonian’s 2011 National Design Award

I wanted to share some very special news with you. Today, the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum announced that Knoll is the winner of the 2011 National Design Award for Corporate and Institutional Achievement. This is an extremely prestigious award that recognizes Knoll for our contribution to design in the United States of America. The award honors our products, environments and communications – and the people who contribute to our design driven mission. We join past winners like Apple, Nike and Google in receiving this special award, and we are proud to be the first furniture company ever to be recognized for its entire body of work. I hope you are as proud as I am about this recognition.

Everyone who has ever been involved in designing, manufacturing or selling our products deserves credit for, and should take pride in, this award. It so speaks to our uncompromising approach to design and the values that truly differentiate Knoll from others in our space. To celebrate, we are planning a series of design events across our locations culminating with our participation in the Cooper-Hewitt’s October 2011 National Design Week in New York. It will be an honor to represent Knoll at an upcoming ceremony at the White House to accept this award on behalf of the entire Knoll team.

Thank you for all that you continue to do to live the values of our founders, Hans and Florence Knoll, and to share the benefits of great design with our clients around the world. All my best.

Andrew Cogan