2022: An anniversary year for TMC

Not only does 2022 mark The Material Collective’s 10th year, but many of our lines are also celebrating milestone years.

15 years of Parasoleil

The idea of Parasoleil arose in Founder Uriah Bueller’s mind in the canyons of the Grand Canyon from the question: “What do you do?” Uriah with uninterrupted time sitting in the canyon realized that his work centered around framing space to make people feel more welcome… and that is the origin of Parasoleil’s history. Since then, the company has evolved their products to help shade, divide and clad Architecture in interesting and artistic ways made to weather the storm and awe the public whenever the pass a panel, stair railing or overhead made by the company. A true “Oh the places you’ll go” story come to life and ever evolving and refining as the company’s story unfolds.

20 Years of Kirei

“Clean,” “pure,” and “truthful,” these are the multiple meanings of Kirei’s name. They started as a company making Architectural Recycled Panels for the A&D community to use in their designs, always exploring products recycled and sustainable in their offerings. Most recently they added Shoe waste in a collaboration with Nike, using Nike's post-consumer textile material, Nike Grind, a combination of manufacturing scrap and end-of-life shoes material, and added it into Kirei’s Air Baffle to create a baffle system that is 40% pre-consumer recycled content, and  100% recyclable. Most recently, Kirei joined the Carnegie fold in a mutually environmentally minded partnership with double the environmentally minded innovation sure to happen in the near future. Keep your eye on this pairing for further sustainable evolution. For more on Kirei’s 20 years and its intention beyond them, read this article.

40 Years of Integra

Integra’s reached their 40 year mark and have come a long way from offering just one lounge series. Today the company has grown into two buildings, the second a 52,000sf facility across the street from the original . The company still holds true to their component based design ideology and has continued to be a family affair, with Owners Monroe and Deena along with their children, Chandra Putnam, Tracey Putnam, and Jeff Putnam comprise the current leadership team and “look forward to new opportunities in the coming months and years to come,” to quote Monroe, as he reflected over the last 40 years and beyond. To read more on the company’s milestone year, read the press release here. 

For any of your Parasoleil, Kirei and Integra needs, contact me.