The Pleasing Pleat Collection / Tuohy and Populous Team Up
On the whole, our industry enjoys a wonderful alliance between suppliers and specifiers. When “hitting on all cylinders” those relationships can be truly symbiotic, and this story begins with a great relationship between Gary Hart of Hart Associates, the Tuohy sales representative in Kansas City, and Populous Architecture. Mr. Hart was of the opinion that Tuohy and the product design practice at Populous should be working together on new products. Populous is most famous for architecture on a grand scale – think major stadiums, sports arenas and convention centers, and the urban planning involved in those mega-projects. Capitalizing on its proximity to Kansas State University and the excellent combination Master’s Degree program the university offers in Interior Architecture and Product Design (IAPD), Populous has built an accomplished product design studio under the leadership of Senior Principal, Adam Stover, KSU class of 2002. The project team for what became the Pleat Collection was led by Garrett Steinlage, KSU class …
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