Interior Design articles from May 2006

Interior Design archives from May 2006

Update: catch these events in June and July.
May 1, 2006... 1. In the middle of his career, Pablo Picasso began collaborating with potters at the Madoura factory in Vallauris, France. His Fluffy Haired Woman, a 1964 result of that experiment, is among the ceramic sculptures in "Pursuing Picasso" at the...

Design wire: your hyperlink to interiordesign.net: Marc Clemenceau Bailly and Mark Foster Gage, founding partners of the young firm Gage/Clemenceau Architects talk online about their start, inspirations, current and upcoming work, and unrealized visions, such as this proposal for a performing-arts center in Seoul, South Korea.
May 1, 2006... The Class of 2006 As architecture and design students toss their mortarboards in the air this month, we honor the graduates with an online showcase of their work. Included is this rendering of a Westin Hotels & Resorts guest room by Mami...

Big Mack.(news desk)
May 1, 2006... There's the candy-colored repro Mock-intosh, and then there's the real thing by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Glasgow's dashing patron saint. Come July 11, a repository of the architect's masterpieces reopens after a three-year $50 million...

No one ever accused the subcontinent of lacking flash.(news desk)
May 1, 2006... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: No one ever accused the subcontinent of lacking flash. For proof, see "Glass of the Maharajas: European Cut Glass Furnishings for Indian Royalty" at the Corning Museum of Glass in upstate New York. Curators...

During the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan, Carla Sozzani almost a ways organizes special exhibitions at 10 Corso Como, her crazy quilt of boutiques centered on a hip courtyard cafe.(news desk)
May 1, 2006... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: During the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan, Carla Sozzani almost a ways organizes special exhibitions at 10 Corso Como, her crazy quilt of boutiques centered on a hip courtyard cafe. This past...

After debuting at Milan's Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Fernando and Humberto Campana's enormous Kaiman Jacare sofa in crocodile-embossed leather has arrived in New York for the inaugural exhibition at Edra.(news desk)
May 1, 2006... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: After debuting at Milan's Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Fernando and Humberto Campana's enormous Kaiman Jacare sofa in crocodile-embossed leather has arrived in New York for the inaugural exhibition at...

Mamma's decorating tips.(news desk)
May 1, 2006... Mamma Andersson touches down for her first U.S. solo exhibition, "Rooms Under the Influence" at the David Zwirner gallery in New York. Mixing oil and acrylic, the Swedish painter conjures up cluttered, slightly worn interiors--in the same way...

Martha Stewart is back playing fairy godmother to designers.(news desk)
May 1, 2006... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Martha Stewart is back playing fairy godmother to designers. Brodie Neill's ML61K pigmented-fiberglass sofa is coming to Stewart's New York headquarters, alongside other pieces in "Input/Output: Experimental...

Splat!(news desk)
May 1, 2006... Last year, a competition held by Pratt Institute and Umbra landed two student designers in the company's catalog. This year's winners, announced during the international Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York, include a doorstop by DesignGO, a...

Claude Cormier Architectes Payagistes is set to install 100,000 plastic Christmas-tree balls in riotous colors.(news desk)
May 1, 2006... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Claude Cormier Architectes Payagistes is set to install 100,000 plastic Christmas-tree balls in riotous colors, ranging from orange to flourescent pink, to cloak the city hall's pergola in Le Havre, France,...

Showrooms in bloom.(news desk)
May 1, 2006... Spring is showroom season, all over the U.S. Alexander Gorlin Architects's luminous 3,000-square-foot Dakota Jackson space has opened in New York's D&D Building. The gallery vibe comes, in part, from the white wall paint and resin flooring...

Stockholm's creative classes are mourning the sudden loss of the rocking Lydmar Hotel, shuttered for an office conversion--though not before hotel chef Karl Anderson snapped a photo series on the establishment's last days.(news desk)
May 1, 2006... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Stockholm's creative classes are mourning the sudden loss of the rocking Lydmar Hotel, shuttered for an office conversion--though not before hotel chef Karl Anderson snapped a photo series on the...

A form of worship.(news desk)
May 1, 2006... NeoCon attendees may want to stick around for the Art Institute of Chicago's Douglas Garofalo." Garofalo Architects is known for collaborating on the digitally designed Korean Presbyterian Church of New York, hailed as one of the first "blob"...

Sign of spring: cottons and linens are leafing out all over.(pin ups)
May 1, 2006... 1. Foliage cotton in Retro by Pindler & Pindler. circle 300 2. Tropicanica cotton in brown by Clarence House. circle 301 3. Exoticus linen in Elephant Leaf on ivory by Raoul Textiles. circle 302 4. Japanese Bamboo cotton in cream and Light Lime...

After the rain: April's showers bring May's most fabulous flowers.(pin ups)
May 1, 2006... 1. Molokini cotton-viscose blend in Sunrise by Fabricut. circle 308 2. Marguerite cotton-viscose blend in Moss by Groundworks. circle 309 3. Dusted With Rower vinyl by Gretchen Bellinger. circle 310 4. Saskia viscose-cotton in taupe by Lorca....

Pac-Man grows up.(walk through)
May 1, 2006... WITH ITS UNDULATING RED walls and dramatic spotlights, the reception area at Namco Bandai Games America feels like a 3-D video game, intense and ready for action. It's as if Paul Phoenix--a character from Namco's Tekken fighter game--might pop...

Fast company.(walk through)
May 1, 2006... SPORTS IS BIG BUSINESS. But for countless amateur athletes, making it to the finish line is about achieving a personal best, not ending up on a box of Wheaties. When it came to designing a headquarters for the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon--a...

Here's to success.(walk through)
May 1, 2006... AN OFFICE IS NOT GENERALLY A PLACE to party. Unless the business in question happens to produce top-shelf champagne and spirits. Created last year in the merger of Clicquot, Schieffelin & Co., and Millennium Import, Moet Hennessy proceeded to...

Green is for go.(walk through)
May 1, 2006... WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE branding a client who works in "animatics," "photomatics, and "previsualization"? Find a better way of putting it. That's what Miloby Ideasystem did for Launch--a young New York company that, in layman's terms,...

Truly magnetic.(walk through)
May 1, 2006... DESIGN FIRMS SELL EYE-POPPING, break-the-bank solutions to clients every day. A true test of resourcefulness is that first office a young firm designs (and finances} for itself. Dagnall Folger and Bradley Zizmor met in the graduate architecture...

Swing-state switch.(walk through)
May 1, 2006... CLEVELAND HAS A LONG HISTORY OF architectural excellence, albeit with a conservative slant. Neither Frank Lloyd Wright, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, nor Eero Saarinen ever won a commission in town, despite their relative proximity. Vocon, a...

Fun and games.(market)
May 1, 2006... The Tetris generation will do a double take at the sight of Arik Levy's slim A1 lounge chair for Desalto. The backrest is set just above the crook of the seat, not unlike Nintendo blocks sliding into place. Both detachable foam cushions can be...

Transition time.(market)
May 1, 2006... With contract furnishings increasingly finding their way into houses and apartments, B&B Italia is keeping its options open with Project, a live-work collection that launched at this year's Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan. Antonio...

International office concept.(market)
May 1, 2006... Balance table and Dancer chair perform boardroom pas de deux. With the former, a tabletop of 1/2-inch-thick etched or transparent tempered glass allows glimpses of the chrome-plated steel supports and legs. (Sizes and shapes range from round,...

Van Esch.(market)
May 1, 2006... For his crisply faceted Origami bench, stool, and table, Matthias Demacker folds featherweight aluminum sheets, then Lacquers them in red, yellow, silver, black, or white. 5 Edisonstraat, 5051 DS Goirle, Netherlands; 31-13-534-87-38;...

Adnan serbest.(market)
May 1, 2006... This designer applies a craftsman's detail-mindedness to the refined no:3 chain. He used sturdy walnut for the simple frame, distinguished by its truncated arms. The seat is made of plastic strips. 7/2 Asagi Dudullu, Umraniye, Istanbul 34773,...

ClassiCon.(market)
May 1, 2006... Greek mythology's goat-legged Dionysian devotee inspired this Satyr, by the young trio ForUse. The chair's Legs of powder-coated steel support a deeply reclining wool-upholstered seat-perhaps ideal for an office party. 3 Sigmund-Riefler-Bogen,...

Montis.(market)
May 1, 2006... Take note--the three-piece Memo ensemble may be for you. Functionality aside, the MDF work table could be mistaken for Donald Judd sculpture, punctuated by an upholstered screen and a cane channel to accommodate task Lighting; one corner rests...

Beam me up.(market)
May 1, 2006... Whether it's installed at the customer-care center for Scottish Gas in Edinburgh or the Sydney headquarters of Capital Finance Australia, Beyon's signature Beam desk gives companies the freedom to have as many hands on deck as needed....

Oliver Conrad Mobel + Objekte.(market)
May 1, 2006... This system consists of wall-mounted shelving fitted with two versatile drawers, which move from side to side. The shelf and drawer fronts are laminated fiberboard, available in two colors; the drawer bodies are oiled walnut. 3 Plange Muhle,...

Property.(market)
May 1, 2006... The Camilla chair performs indoors and out. Choose a frame of chromed or stainless steel and a metal seat in one of eight epoxy colors, among them green, yellow, orange, red, and blue. Stacks up to 10 high. 14 Wooster Street, New York, NY...

Baronet.(market)
May 1, 2006... Built of maple painted anthracite or chocolate, with a Lacquered glass top, Brasilia provides a cool platform from which to launch the next corporate raid. The desk measures 30 inches high by 58 wide by 24 deep. A companion coffee table and end...

Kaether & Weise.(market)
May 1, 2006... Platten_bau shelving, named for Germany's homeliest postwar apartment blocks, is more stylish than they are. No tools are required to assemble the plastic-laminate square modules, notched for easy slipping into place. Optional doors and back...

Baleri Italia.(market)
May 1, 2006... To assemble Jeff Miller's Clipt stacking chair, just snap the polycarbonate seat onto the curvy tubular frame. The tatter is offered in stainless steel chromed steel, or painted steel in white, burgundy, or red. For the seat, choose between...

Brand Van Egmond.(market)
May 1, 2006... For the Beautiful Stranger chair, architect William Brand and sculptor Annet van Egmond combined a chunky oak base with a back and arms of iron squiggles--the latter adapted from the company's line of neo-baroque chandeliers. Both components...

Wittmann.(market)
May 1, 2006... Swank up the conference room with Paolo Piva's Corso. Designed for a Viennese restaurant of that name, the chair has a back that flexes, thanks to an internal spring. Closed-arm, asymmetrical-arm, and armless versions offered, upholstered in...

Olivari.(market)
May 1, 2006... The Giotto collection's hardware is graced with easy motion. Ideal for office and residential use, the brass latches come in satin-nickel, chrome, and matte-chrome finishes as well a proprietary bio-chrome. 140 Via Matteotti, 28021 Borgomanero,...

La Palma.(market)
May 1, 2006... OC, a lounge chair by Simon Pengelly, has a stainless-steel base and a seat mowed from blanched oak, wenge-stained oak, or oak lacquered white; upholstery is black or red wool or COM. 25 Via Belladoro, 35010 Cadoneghe [Padua], Italy;...

Mobles 114 Barcelona.(market)
May 1, 2006... John Gaspar's aluminum Hulot can be powder-coated orange, gray, white, or red. The side table stands 22 inches high on its three-pronged base, while the top has a diameter of 16 inches. 24 Riera dels Frares, 08907 Barcetona, Spain;...

Gautier.(market)
May 1, 2006... Embrace flexibility with the Salto collection's multiple work surfaces, storage units, vertical dividers, and privacy screens, plus a round meeting table. For wood components, select walnut or yellow birch; legs and bases are aluminum. 3155...

Con & Con.(market)
May 1, 2006... No longer out of sight, out of mind. Moving important documents off the desk and onto the wall, the thermoplastic rubber Clip comes in two sizes and four colors: black, white, red, and blue. 11 Via Prealpi, 20034 Giussano [Milan], Italy;...

SpHaus.(market)
May 1, 2006... Two horizontal L-shape planes sliding toward each other but never actually touching--that's the idea behind the T2 coffee table. Tops dad in MDF, in seven matte lacquers, rest on legs of tubular stainless steel The taller one measures 30 inches...

On top of the world.(iida awards)
May 1, 2006... THE INTERNATIONAL INTERIOR DESIGN ASSOCIATION'S 33RD ANNUAL AWARDS take us on a whirlwind tour from the Local to the exotic. Chosen by four judges--Gensler managing director Kenneth Baker, architect S. Russell Groves, CNI Design partner CLara...

Style and substance.(iida awards)
May 1, 2006... DES MOINES ISN'T PARTICULARLY known as a design hub, but Substance Architecture is changing that perception. The firm's 5,200-square-foot studio, on the second floor of an early 1900's industrial building, houses a 15-person staff of architects...

The look of luxury.(iida awards)
May 1, 2006... GIVING ARTFUL FACE-LIFTS TO HIGH-end retail stores is the specialty of Canadian firm Burdifilek. For the women's footwear and designer-clothing departments at the Brown Thomas flagship in Dublin, creative partner Diego Burdi and managing...

Fresh ideas.(iida awards)
May 1, 2006... NOBU FIFTY SEVEN'S THE FOURTH restaurant that the Rockwell Group has completed for Japanese chef-owner Nobu Matsuhisa: The firm designed the original Nobu, in New York's TriBeCa, in 1994 and the more casual Next Door Nobu in 1998. All three...

Fantasy island.(iida awards)
May 1, 2006... JUDGING BY THE SCOPE OF THIS project, you'd never guess that C&C Studio has only four staff members--which qualified it for the IIDA's Wilt Ching Design Competition. The Singapore firm was responsible for all the interiors at Huvafen Fushi...

Neocon.
May 1, 2006... NeoCon World's Trade Fair, June 12-14, Merchandise Mart, Chicago GEIGER INTERNATIONAL Foray executive task chair. circle 337 EDELMAN LEATHER Night Life Python leather in Gold Rush. circle 338 ALLSTEEL Relate mesh-back conference...

Veritas.(neocon)
May 1, 2006... Have it your own way with ResinArt. The translucent panels, made of a proprietary blend of polyester resin, can be produced in unlimited colors, patterns, and textures. The material offers strength and chemical resistance and doesn't off-gas....

Pollack.(neocon)
May 1, 2006... Warding off bad design, Talisman's diagonal rows of diamonds mix polyester and viscose chenille in six colorways. Meanwhile, ribbed Retexture is recycled polyester, thicker-striped Delineation a blend of viscose and cotton. Available in 10 and...

Davis furniture industries.(neocon)
May 1, 2006... Named for the Japanese word for seat, Za benches can be used singly or in pairs and even be ganged in serpentine formations. The bent-plywood seats come in blanched, dark, and black finishes or COM. Legs are polished aluminum 24.01 South...

Joel Berman glass studios.(neocon)
May 1, 2006... The Bricks, Boards and Sticks Line of handcrafted, kiln-cast textured glass has expanded. New Stones takes a traditional building material and gives it a high-tech multidimensional cast-glass texture with varying translucency. The product is...

Architex.(neocon)
May 1, 2006... The Destination collection went globe-trotting for its color palette and motifs, ranging from florals to stripes. Globefish, a pattern of circles dappled with starbursts, is available in nine colors, including teal Message, green Bell Hop,...

Campbell contract.(neocon)
May 1, 2006... This is what a club chair would look like... if it suddenly became a bench. Arlington forgoes the substantial arms and back but retains the cushioned seat and gentle angles. COM upholstery complements the solid-maple frame. Length is 66...

KI.(neocon)
May 1, 2006... Archive library furniture can take anything students can dish out. And then some. The chairs, tables, carrels, computer stations, shelving, stands, and carts are offered in various heights and widths, in oak or maple in six stain finishes. 1330...

Nightingale Corp.(neocon)
May 1, 2006... The Smurk chair would fit right in on That '70s Show or in the waiting room of a hip start-up. Legs of powder-coated steel support the wide seat and back, both of which can be upholstered in any of the manufacturer's 300 standard fabrics and...

Carnegie.(neocon)
May 1, 2006... The punctuation-mark language of e-mail has finally arrived in the textile world. Louise Russell's Emoticon, a polyester for the health-care market, sports jaunty keyboard symbols--sure to bring cheer Part of the Philosophy collection, the...

Beaulieu Commercial.(neocon)
May 1, 2006... From the Cambridge Commercial brand, textured-loop Arcadia and patterned cut-loop Laramie are both 100 percent Zeftron Solure nylon, which boasts a minimum of 25 percent recycled content. Each comes in 13 coordinating colors. 201 Princeton...

HBF.(neocon)
May 1, 2006... Logicmeet laptop tables provide impromptu work space for the mobile office. The 22-inch-high pewter-finished aluminum base supports a top 20 inches across. Surface options are bamboo, cherry or maple veneer, Corian, plastic laminate, or...

Designtex.(neocon)
May 1, 2006... This trio is all about pattern. Lexicon is a multicolored railroaded boucle stripe. Geodesic boasts brightly colored ovals in various shapes and sizes. And Rotolo presents a modern take on the traditional scroll. The rayon-nylon blends comes in...

Zoom seating.(neocon)
May 1, 2006... A reasonably priced task chair, Champion features a flexible mesh backrest, lumbar support, articulating arm caps, an adjustable seat, and ergonomic controls. The mesh now comes in silver, while the base is available in black plastic or...

Turnstone.(neocon)
May 1, 2006... The Currency modular desk system is accepted in both modern and traditional office environments. Its plastic-laminate construction is available in wood, solid, and patterned finishes. P.O. Box 1967, Grand Rapids, MI 49501; 800-887-6786;...

Lightolier.(neocon)
May 1, 2006... Surfside is a task light ready to provide either state-of-the-art LED illumination or the old-school 13-watt compact-fluorescent variety. The adjustable arms come in lengths of 14 or 20 inches, and the whole fixture can be finished in matte...

Stone Source.(neocon)
May 1, 2006... Oval and diamond shapes, mosaic sheets, and moldings have joined the Glacier series of glass tiles. All come in 59 colors, either clear or satin-finished. 215 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10003; 212-979-6400; stonesource.com. circle 380 ...

Momentum.(neocon)
May 1, 2006... The circular motif in Japanese calligraphy and a term for Zen enlightenment gave their names, respectively, to Enso and Satori textiles. Their serene brushstrokes, designed for health-care environments, are good for the natural environment,...

Brayton International.(neocon)
May 1, 2006... Wait in style with Await, thanks to the LEDs under the seat frame. The leather-covered pieces in this modular lounge series can be clustered in sofa and bench configurations, with power and data options. The glass or plastic-laminate tablet top...

Fixtures furniture.(neocon)
May 1, 2006... With the Emotion chair, you'll experience joy. The injection-molded thermoplastic shell, which bends to your body, now comes in cornflower, among 10 colors. (Fabrics available, too.) The frame's 10 epoxy finish choices include gunmetal. Best of...

Magnuson Group.(neocon)
May 1, 2006... Like a top hat, the Mega Rak collapses when not in use but pops open at showtime--to a length of 8 feet. It accommodates 100 garments on hangers or 144 on triple-prong vinyl-coated hooks. Dual vinyl-coated steel shelves how briefcases and...

Luna Textiles.(neocon)
May 1, 2006... The Urban Couture collection's six upholstery fabrics--in cotton, wool, and polyester--all draw inspiration from the American metropolis. One pattern riffs on a street map of downtown Manhattan. Another references a night skyline. The red...

Versteel.(neocon)
May 1, 2006... With these individual stacking tables, you can create on-demand work surfaces. Impromptu's seamless tabletops are crafted of maple veneer or clad in plastic laminate. The powder-coated frames have dovetail passive-link glides. 2332 Cathy Lane,...

Silver State.(neocon)
May 1, 2006... The 10 patterns in the Smart Life fabric correction are made from 100 percent Terratex recycled polyester--tough enough for hospitality and office use. Fandango, Flow, and Harmony are some of the 19 colorways. Textures range from flat-weave to...

PacifiCrest Mills.(neocon)
May 1, 2006... Don't let the sophisticated geometrics fool you. Bellini is a workhorse, equally comfortable in corporate, hospitality, educational hearth-care, or government settings. It's green, too, with nearly 40 percent recycled content. Available in 17...

Stylex.(neocon)
May 1, 2006... Primus has it all: not only a sleek profile but also a cushy seat covered in leather or COM. The swivel chair's arms can be fully upholstered, too; or choose plain urethane. The base is polished cast aluminum. P.O. Box 5038, Delanco, NJ 08075;...

Communication is king: a Gensler designer conceptualizes the office of the future at NeoCon.(crosslines)
May 1, 2006... A NEWCOMER TO GENSLER, designer Alexis Dennis has a flair for drama. And not just when designing sets for Off Broadway plays during spare time in her student days. (She earned her undergraduate degree in set design from Pace University and her...

Thoroughbred architecture: in Louisville, Kentucky, a newly restored office building reveals its Miesian bloodlines.(matters of design)
May 1, 2006... NEW YORK FAMOUSLY OWES THE SEA-gram Building to Phyllis Lambert, who persuaded her father, Samuel Bronfman, to hire Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1954. In 1969 in Louisville, Kentucky, 26-year-old Nana Lampton did the persuading. And her father,...

A global vision: with Helmick + Schechter Sculpture's imaginary trip around the globe, a Hartford college takes a geography lesson.(center fold)
May 1, 2006... HARTFORD AS THE CENTER OF THE WORLD? It's a stretch, but that's precisely what Ralph Helmick and Stuart Schechter came up with for Latitude, a public artwork in the five-story atrium at Capital Community College. Helmick + Schechter Sculpture's...

Dull office: no more!
May 1, 2006... This issue, Office '06, constitutes nothing less than a harbinger That's a bold assertion in need of explaining, I know, but it chiefly relates to the behind-the-scenes mechanics of our editorial selection process. Vetting--that dread...

The future is calling: Vonage looks ahead at a central New Jersey headquarters by HLW.
May 1, 2006... Mention Vonage to the telecomsavvy, and you'll get an earful about bringing phone service through the Internet's fat pipes. To many others, however, Vonage simply means that color. The young tech company's brash tangerine graces an avalanche of...

Small screen, big time: MTV Networks, Los Angeles, gets a rockin' expansion by Shimoda Design Group.
May 1, 2006... MTV Networks outgrew its Los Angeles office soon after it was completed in 1997. Subsequent expansions, though, mostly involved production facilities in other locations. That changed when an entire floor became available in the same building....

Optical illusion: don't let the facade fool you--this beaux arts bank in Galicia now houses an experimental arts and cultural, foundation by Mansilla + Tunon.
May 1, 2006... The province of Galicia, in the northwest corner of the Iberian peninsula, is one of four Spanish regions that have famously been granted semiautonomy. Like the feisty, independence-minded Basques and Catalonians, Galicians adamantly preserve...

Fit for a Medici: Simone and Roberta Micheli reign over a 15th-century stable in Florence, Italy.
May 1, 2006... Lucky are the Italians. Especially those who lay claim to a quattrocento building in Florence. Architect Simone Micheli was willing to sacrifice the picturesque views from his first office, in the hills of Fiesole, when he discovered a...

L.A law: no, it's not McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney & Kuzak--it's Heller Ehrman's immaculately cool new office by Studios Architecture.
May 1, 2006... When Studios Architecture principal. Christopher Mitchell showed a Jonathan Adler white ceramic sunburst to the powerhouse attorneys at Heller Ehrman, he nearly lost the job of designing the firm's Los Angeles office. "What we saw was light and...

By invitation only: during NeoCon West, six Los Angeles firms competed to bring products together for "west edge: spaces of unlimited creativity.".
May 1, 2006... FIRM HOK CONTRACTOR INNER SPACE CONSTRUCTORS ENVIRONMENT RETAIL The mission of HOK's retail. space was to take the piousness out of sustainability and make recycling more mainstream. Vice president Clay Pendergrast says his...

Please don't feed the animals: Richard Hywel Evans treated London ad agency DFGW as a study on the concept of enclosure.
May 1, 2006... No stodgy conference rooms. Especially not those run-of-the-mill glass boxes. When Richard Hywel Evans's namesake architecture and design firm was commissioned to outfit a London headquarters for the advertising agency DFGW, that was a major...