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David Gestetner (March 20, 1854, Csorna, Hungary – March 8, 1939, London) was the inventor of the Gestetner stencil duplicator, the first piece of office equipment that allowed production of numerous copies of documents quickly and inexpensively.
The speakers in 2009 have included: Paul Hatch, TEAMS Design; Pierre Dorion, Artist; Maud Lavin, Art Historian; Peter Nicholson and Tiaa Hansson-Tuntland, The Foresight Initiative and IKEA; Jonathan Shaun and Elizabeth Redmond; 3.Zero and Independent Sustainability Consultant; C.E.B. Reas, Artist; Paul Murray, Herman Miller, Inc.
Products certified by MBDC’s C2C (Cradle 2 Cradle) product regimen are a perfect example, like certified office chairs from Herman Miller, Mebelluks (Russia) and Steelcase.
New York designer Gilbert Rohde crafted several lines of modular casework for the Herman Miller Corporation in the 1930s and 40s; like De Koninck, Rohde standardized the units in dimensions, materials and configurations to facilitate mass production and interchangeability.
With Danish engineer Hildaur Neilson, he invented the Rolodex desktop rotating card file and other office equipment.
The Energy Star program has helped spread the use of LED traffic lights, efficient fluorescent lighting, power management systems for office equipment, and low standby energy use.