Couristan has hired two leading sales executives to serve the Manhattan and Southern California markets. Troy Corey will ensure that dealers in New York, New York, have access to Couristan’s leading residential broadloom and area-rug collections, while Nick Maugeri will be responsible for the Southern California region.

Both bring the company more than 30 years of experience in forging relationships with specialty and high-end retailers and will report to Len Andolino, executive vice president of Couristan’s Residential Division. Andolino says, “We are committed to developing the strongest sales force to bring our collections to market, and both Troy and…

Peter Kalshoven joins OFYR Grills as national sales manager. in this newly created role, Kalshoven will be responsible for developing and growing the OFYR dealer network. Kalshoven brings extensive business-development, sales, and managerial skills to the company.

Gerry clothier, vice president of sales, says, “We are pleased to welcome peter to our sales team. He has over 25 years of experience in the hearth and grill industry. With his background and eager, positive demeanor, Pete will help us continue to grow.”

phifer inc. has launched an online tool designed to take the guesswork (and stress) out of choosing the perfect outdoor fabric. The outdoor Fabric Visualizer allows website visitors to mix, match, and coordinate outdoor-furniture fabrics before making purchase decisions.

The easy-to-navigate tool first prompts users to select a residential or commercial setting before customizing the look with wall and floor swatches and furniture frames that most closely match their current outdoor spaces. From there, visitors can click through phifertex®sling and GeoBella®cushion fabrics, applying them to their virtual outdoor settings (including pillows) to see how different colors, textures, and patterns…

artist and designer marc ange used luxe sunbrella®upholstery fabric for his art installation, “Les Araignées et le Refuge,” during art Basel in miami Beach, Florida, in december 2017. The installation combined le refuge, a pink daybed fresh from its milan design Week debut, and les araignées, a collection of sunbrella-upholstered armchairs evoking the shapes of spiders.

The armchairs feature circular seats on hemispherical bases suspended by many metal legs in gold, silver, and copper. ange selected sunbrella for les araignées due to the upholstery fabric’s legendary performance, which allows the chairs to be used indoors and outdoors.

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memphis Wood Fire Grills has hired david carpenter as its territory representive for the northeast. carpenter brings years of experience to memphis from the solar industry, as both a regional sales manager and a sales consultant. an avid foodie, carpenter has even written his own cookbook. carpenter will be supporting and growing the memphis dealer network in the region. carpenter will cover Virginia through maine and joins memphis’ growing team of territory representatives, who cover the southeast, south central, midwest, and northwest regions.

Sharla Wagy, general manager, says, “We are very happy to have dave on board and look…

Twin-Star International has announced additions to the company’s executive team: James Junker, vice president of product management; Lisa Cody, vice president of marketing; and Todd Outten, vice president of sales. Lori Gonzalez, CEO, says, “These three executives bring incredible knowledge and experience in understanding consumer insight, product design and innovation, and marketing and sales.”

Junker brings to his role 20 years of experience in product management, brand development, design-rich thinking, and marketing strategy, with a focus on the consumer-products industry. He will lead initiatives related to new-product innovation and the product portfolio, focusing primarily on discovery and innovation, as…

The outdoor Greatroom company’s employees volunteered their time in november to pack healthy-meal boxes, called matterboxes, for families in need in minneapolis–st. paul, minnesota. This event supported matter, an organization providing access to health locally, nationally, and internationally. a part of that goal is providing healthy, balanced meals to needy families.

This companywide event included all outdoor Greatroom company employees, who packed 160 meal boxes in two hours. each box fed a family of four over the holidays, providing 640 total meals. The company’s charitable-giving committee, outdoor Greatroom cares, hosted a Thanksgiving meal drive, providing 394 pounds of food…

celebrated designer richard Frinier shares his strong respect and appreciation for the importance architecture plays in society with a new collection of sunbrella®fabrics. The architexture collection, which debuted at showtime®in december 2017, echoes architectural elements found in surface and facade design.

“i became inspired by the architectural movement taking place that involves the surfacing and resurfacing of buildings around the world,” Frinier says. “i am captivated by the many unique layers and materials, such as metals, glass, concrete, and other new and repurposed materials, used to create these remarkable architectural facades. The outcome is compelling.”

Architectural impressions continued…