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1968 |
Klaus and Beatrix Nienkämper purchased 300 King Steet East with Don Wallace and restored the 1845 building to house the first showroom.
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1970 |
Peter and Robert Haussmann provided the first Swiss Design pieces to be manufactured under license in Canada.
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1973 |
Klaus sponsors the Ultra Mobile collection to be exhibited at the ROM and at the Art Gallery of Ontario.
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1974 |
Knoll appoints Nienkämper to be their licensed manufacturer for the Canadian market until 1987.
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1976 |
The Canadian Government with Arthur Erickson commissions Nienkämper to build the furniture for Prime Minister Trudeau’s office.
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1982 |
Thomas Lamb is appointed as Nienkämper’s design director and principal designer.
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1985 |
Mark Müller Joins the company and later becomes design director and principal designer.
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1986 |
Nienkämper furnishes the Commissioner General’s suite at Expo 86. Klaus and Beatrix attend the official functions with the Prince and Princess of Wales at the invitation of the Prime Minister.
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1989 |
The Canadian Government with Arthur Erickson commissions Nienkämper to build the furniture for the Embassy in Washington.
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1992 |
George Yabu and Glen Pushelberg design the Carlisle Chair and Sofa series with the Virso tables.
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1994 |
Nienkämper expands its marketing and sales operation in the U.S. by joining the ICF Group.
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1995 |
Mark Saffell and David Ritch designed the first lounge chairs for Nienkämper in 1995, which were extensively used in the Air Canada Lounges. The most recent addition is the AYA™ executive swivel tilter chair with a revolutionary new mechanism.
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1998 |
The Design Exchange holds a 30 year retrospective exhibition attended by Canada’s major architects.
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1999 |
The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design holds Nienkämper 30 year retrospective.
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2000 |
Nienkämper receives the Federal Government’s National Export Award from Prime Minister Jean Chretien.
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2003 |
Klaus receives the Entrepreneur of the Year award from Skills for Change.
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2005 |
Klaus joins the fund raising board at the Ontario College of Art and provides furniture.
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Brigitte Shim and Howard Sutcliff design the award winning HAB chair.
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2006 |
Karim Rashid adds the Kloud Collection to his other award winning designs for Nienkämper.
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2007 |
Daniel Libeskind collaborates with Nienkämper to design the Spirit House Chair for the addition of the ROM.
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2009 |
Nienkamper receives the 2009 Best Managed Company Award.
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