For the Week of May 23rd

Management Changes:

Mancini*Duffy (New York architecture and design firm) announces the following promotions: Bill Bouchey, Alan Dandron, John Sadlon and T. Lee Trimble, to principals; Louise Sharp and Yves Springuel, to senior associates; and Ginger Gilden, Heather McConkey, Colin O'Malley, Thomas Scarda, Keith Conn Scott, Lili Wu and Ibi Yolas, to associates.

Econoco Corp. (Hicksville, N.Y., manufacturer of store fixtures and display products) announced that Neil Carpentier, director, creative services, will retire June 30. A 27-year veteran of the company, Carpentier's career included stints as a sales representative; vp, sales; fixture designer; and trade-show manager.

nParallel (Minneapolis brand communication, merchandising strategy and display agency) has hired the following: Karen Burnham and David Johnson, account planners; and Robyn Kallenbach and Susan Brose, account managers.

Infinite Dimensions (ID3, Atlanta fabrication services firm) has hired Lance Madden as a business development manager.

WHR Architects (Houston) has promoted Mary Le Johnson and Sam Williamson to principals and shareholders of the firm.

MBH Architects (Alameda, Calif.) has hired the following: Michael Williams, senior project manager, retail studio; Michael Switalski, project manager, retail studio; Jingtai Liu, job captain, retail studio; Ana To, senior drafter, special projects studio; Vivian Lin, drafter, restaurant studio; and Noel Del Rosario, CAD studio.

Relocations:

Outwater Plastics Industries Inc./Architectural Products By Outwater LLC to 24 River Rd., Bogota, NJ 07603. Outwater Plastics: 800-631-8375, 201-498-8750; fax: 800-888-3315; 201-498-8751. Architectural Products: 800-835-4400, 201-498-8787; fax: 800-835-4403, 201-498-8788; e-mail: info@888outwater.com

Business Briefs:

GRID2 (New York design firm) has opened an office in Shanghai to handle its Asian clients, including City Supermarkets, NET, HCG China and HOLA.

Clarity Visual Systems (Wilsonville, Ore., provider of large-scale digital display systems) announced that Bellco Credit Union has installed Clarity displays in all 12 of its Denver-area branches. The displays offer product, service and entertainment content.

RTKL Associates (Baltimore architecture, engineering, planning and creative services firm) provided the interior architecture and environmental graphic design services for the food courts and retail concessions in the new Southwest Airlines terminal at Baltimore-Washington Intl. Airport.

Dillon Works! Inc. (Mukilteo, Wash., design and fabrication company) recently installed several design elements in the expanded Red Wind Casino in Olympia, Wash. Dillon's installations include faux metal salmon sculptures along a pedestrian bridge, faux wood column capitals in the gaming area and translucent faux glass panels in the nightclub.

Tierney Bros. (Minneapolis provider of LCD/DLP projectors, systems integration and audio/visual communications solutions) has been named exclusive distributor of the digital projectors and related accessories from Boxlight (Poulsbo, Wash.) in the following states: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota.

Vista System Inc. (Sarasota, Fla., signage firm) has unveiled the eLearning program, a web-based version of its “sign school” program. For more information, go to www.vistasystem.com.