Cannon creates a true "one-stop shop" in garment district.When we began our recent collaboration, we were challenged with creating a new model for both a national showroom and a design production facility for HMA/Juliana Collezione. This high-end design and manufacturer of women's apparel supports a national network of personal fashion consultants. Juliana offers a complete collection of Designer Women's Sportswear to an exclusive consumer group who shop with a high level of personal attention through this network. The outcome was to develop a Manhattan-based presence in the heart of the garment district The Garment District is a store in Cambridge, MA and is well known for its Dollar-A-Pound clothing store. The Garment District started out as an offshoot of Harbor Textiles, a textile company which produced wiping cloths for industry that began in the late 1940s. which supports a new type of clothing showroom atmosphere: one that not only functions as a hub for recruiting and training consultants, but also allows for the interaction of design staff and consultants and ultimately recreates the intimate qualities of a consultant's own sales environment. The design features a coiled coil 1 n. 1. a. A series of connected spirals or concentric rings formed by gathering or winding: a coil of rope; long coils of hair. b. "fabric-like" display wall that fluidly separates the showroom from both the design and administrative areas. Pattern and color also play an important role in creating an exciting work environment. A scheme of buttons and zippers reflected in both wall hardware details and flooring materials subtly reinforces the clothing message, while a range of lighting solutions supports all of the kinds of activities required, says Dale Greenwald, Design Director for Cannon Design in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . The tight floor to floor heights dictated dic·tate v. dic·tat·ed, dic·tat·ing, dic·tates v.tr. 1. To say or read aloud to be recorded or written by another: dictate a letter. 2. a. by the existing building provided another opportunity for the design team. The advantage of Cannon's in-house engineering team allowed for rapid development of a cost effective scheme of replacement air handlers
An air handler, or air handling unit and often abbreviated to AHU and a streamlined air distribution system. Strategies for future flexibility in the production area, evolved around centrally located electrical hub walls to support the power sewing machines sewing machine, device that stitches cloth and other materials. An attempt at mechanical sewing was made in England (1790) with a machine having a forked, automatic needle that made a single-thread chain. In 1830, B. . These areas were then surrounded sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. by the pattern-making, cutting and garment "library" areas, all lit by an ambient/down-light system to provide a high quality of lighting in an internal space. Additionally, etched etch v. etched, etch·ing, etch·es v.tr. 1. a. To cut into the surface of (glass, for example) by the action of acid. b. glass office fronts bring as much natural light as possible into all areas. "The key was not to just know our client, but our client's-client says Dale Greenwald. "That-way we could create a multi-use space that was as interesting and tailored as the clothes that Juliana makes. We needed to create a stimulating work environment, where the design, production, consultants and administrators could team and interact." |
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