September 9, 2011
One of our favorite projects each year is promoting the Electrolux Design Lab competition. This year’s theme, “Intelligent Mobility,” challenged design students from around the world to create home appliance concepts that could conceivably exist with current technology. Yesterday, the top winners were revealed and the U.S. finalist, Matthew Schwartz from Long Beach, Calif., won the People’s Choice Award (taken
September 2, 2011
In the Mix…Remembering 9/11
Today, Oakbrook Center paid a special tribute to the New York City Fire Department Ladder 3 Battalion 6, which lost 12 firefighters in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Long-time Oak Brook resident Ed Donnelly spoke of his brother, Lieutenant Kevin W. Donnelly, who perished that day. In honor of Lt. Donnelly and others, Oakbrook Center donated $5,000 to the
August 30, 2011
In the Mix…Lighting Up Local Media with The Bacon Brothers
LCWA has gone Hollywood! To support Aurora’s Paramount Theatre and drum up publicity for tonight’s concert with The Bacon Brothers (comprised of popular actor Kevin Bacon and his brother Michael), we helped local media get one degree closer to Kevin Bacon by setting up interviews. Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald and Kane County Chronicle all ran stories in anticipation of the
August 29, 2011
In the Mix…A Timely Article in Wake of Hurricane Irene
With buildings flooded this week up and down the East Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, we hope facility managers are reading this four-page article we placed for client Polygon published in the current issue of Building Services Management. The topic: how to restore critical documents damaged by water. It’s bylined by Summer Street, document sector head with Polygon,