Materials and Resource Library
Location
75 Arlington Street
Boston, MA 02116
Bottom Floor
617.994.4282
General Information
The New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk University offers a resources library of materials and finishes for current interior design students. Students have access to an array of current samples of interior design materials provided by top manufacturers. These samples include textiles, wall and floor coverings, plastic laminates, wood and glass products, hardware, and paints, and they are all cataloged in the CSI format like a professional design library.
List of Manufacturers
We are constantly adding new products to our library, therefore this list may not always be up-to-date. Please visit the material and resources library to view the most recent products.
| 3-Form | Nevamar | Next Door Company |
| A & B Wood Designs | Nevamar | Niedermaier |
| Abet Laminati | New England Classic | Nienkamper |
| Advent Lighting | New England Classica | Nitco |
| Advent Specification Grade Lighting | Fine Line Importers Ltd. | Octopus Products |
| Alivar | Finland Color Plywood Corp | O’Henry House Ltd. |
| Alkco | First Circle | Ohio Grating’s Inc |
| Allermuir Limited | Flexco Inc. | Opening Doors Systems |
| Alloy | Flos | Outwater Architectural Products |
| Allstate Rubber Corp | Focal Point Inc. | P & P Artec |
| Allsteel | Focal Point Lighting | Pallas Textiles |
| Allusions | Forbo Industries | Panache |
| Altro Safety Floor | Formica | Panolam Industries |
| Alusion | Forms and Surfaces | Patcraft Commercial |
| Ambico | FP Smith - Wire Cloth | Patina |
| American Fluorescent | FPM Incorporated | Paul Brayton Designs |
| American Olean | Frederick Cooper | Peerless |
| American Seating | Frewil Inc. | Pemko |
| American Standard | Fritz Industries | Perry Design & Manufacturing Inc |
| Amstrong World Industries | Fypon Ltd. | Perry/Fuld |
| Andersen Windows | Gaetano | Petmal Inc |
| Andre World America | GE Lighting | Phillip Jeffers L&D |
| Ann Sacks tile & Stone | Get Real Surfaces | Phoenix |
| Antiquity Tile | Gieger | Phoenix Wire Cloth |
| Arakawa hanging Systems | Glen Eden | Pinecrest Inc |
| Arc Com | Glidden | Pittcon Industries |
| Architectural Forest Enterprises | Global Connections | Pittsburgh Corning |
| Architex | Goldsmith | PL Abet Group |
| Arcobel | Gordon | Plank |
| Arcways | Grange | Pollack |
| Armstrong | Green Mountain Soapstone | Porteus |
| Arper | Grohe America | Pratt & Lambert Paint |
| Arroyo Craftsman | Gunlocke | Preform |
| Artemide | Gypsum | Presc-Lite |
| Artistic Frame | HA Framburg & Company | Prince Seating |
| Ashburyhides | Hag | Prismatek |
| Astra | Hager Companies | Pullware |
| Atelier International Lighting | Handbasin Collection | Pulp Studio |
| Atlas Carpet Mills | Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Assoc. | Pulp Studio |
| Atta inc | Harrington & King | Putnam Rolling Ladder Co Inc |
| Aurora Mobile | Harter | QFI |
| Avonite | Harter | Quaker Furniture |
| Avonite | Haworth | Ralph Lauren |
| Axminster | HBF | Raybern Co |
| B & B Italia | HBF Textiles | Reeve |
| B & M Finishers Inc | Henry Hall Designs | Rejuvenation |
| B K Barritt | Herman Miller | Richlite Company |
| B&N Industries | Hess America | Rigidized Metals Corp |
| Bacon Veneer | Historical Arts & Casting Inc | Riverstone |
| Baker | Hoboken Floors | Rixson Specialty Door Controls |
| Bellbridge | Holland and Sherry | RK International |
| Bendheim | Homasote Company | Robinson Iron |
| Benjamin Moore & Company | Horm | Rocky Mountain Hardware |
| Bentley Prince Street | Howard Kaplan Antiques | Rodman Industries |
| Bentley Prince Street | Hubbel Lighting | Rossi |
| Bently | ICON | Royal Mosa |
| Berman Rosetti | IES | Ruckstuhl |
| Bernhardt | IFC Group | Rudy Art Glass |
| Bernhardt Design | Indoff | Safe Guard |
| Beverly | Innovations | Samuel Heath |
| Bigelow Commercial | Innovative Glass Elements | Sandler Seating |
| Birdair | InterfaceFlor | Sannini |
| Bisazza | InWood Office Environment | Savoy Studios |
| B-K Lighting | Italamp | Schumacher |
| Blenko | J & J Commercial | Screenflex |
| Blue Slide | J. Robert Scott | Sedia |
| Blueridge Carpet | Jeup | Shaw Tek Carpet |
| Boyce & Bean | Jim Thompson | Sheldon Slate |
| Boyd Lighting | Joel Berman Glass Studio | Shelman |
| Bradley | Jofco Int. Collection | Shep Brown Surfaces |
| Brandrud | Julius Blum & Co Inc | Sherwin Williams |
| Brayton International | Junkers | SierraPine |
| Bright | Juno | Simpson Strong Tie Co Inc |
| Brookside Veneers Ltd. | Karastan | Sina Pearson |
| Brosco | Karastan Contract | Sitag |
| Brueton & Bonaventure | Karastan Durkan Carpet | Skyfold |
| Brunschwig and Fils | Kaufman | Smoke Guard |
| Buchtal | Kawneer | Solnhofen |
| Buddy Rhodes Studio | Keilhauer | Southland Stone |
| Burkemercer | Keiver-Willard Lumber Co | Southwood |
| Cable Design Inc | Keope | Spec |
| Cabot Wrenn | Kepor | Spectra Development Corp |
| Cambridge Wire Cloth | Keramos | State Industries |
| Carnegie Textiles | KI | States Industries |
| Carvart | Kichler | Steelcase |
| Casella Lamps | Kim Lighting | Stickley |
| Cassina | Kimball Office | Stoller Architectural Specialty Products |
| Casual Lamps | Knoll | Stoneline Designs |
| CBC America Corp | Knoll Textiles | Stretch Wall |
| Ceres Flooring | Kohler Interiors | StretchWall |
| Certainteed Roofing | Koroseal | Stylex |
| Charlotte | Kravet | Stylmark |
| Chemcrest | Kravet Furniture | Summer Hill Ltd. |
| Chemetal | Krisch-Cooper Industries | Superlite |
| City Wire Cloth | Laminart | Sylvania |
| Clarence House | Landscape Forms | Tab |
| Cole Lighting | Lano | Tabu |
| Collins & Aikman | LBI Lighting | Tacchini |
| Columbia | Leucos | Taco Metals Inc |
| Con-Tech Lighting | Levolor | Tandus Carpet |
| Cooper Industries | Libas | Tapestria |
| Cor Products | Light Blocks | Targetti Group |
| Corbin Bronze | Lighting Control & Design | Taylor Companies |
| Corian | Lightolier | Tekno |
| Cortina Leathers | Lines and Curves | Tempur Pedic |
| Councill | Liri America | The Mohawk Group |
| Country Life | Livers Bronze Company Inc | The Original Cast Lighting |
| Couristan | LM Scofield Company | The Wicker Works |
| Couturier Iron Craft Inc | Lockhart & Collection | Theatre Solutions |
| Crassevig | Loewenstein | Thonet |
| Crossley Carpet | London Tile | Thos Moser Cabinetmaker |
| Crossville Ceramics | Louis J. Solomon Inc. | Times 2 Speed Files |
| Crown City Hardware | Louis Pculesen Lighting | Times Square Industrial |
| CSI Creative Systems | Lowenstein | Toli |
| Cultured Stone | Luminaire | Transwall |
| Dakota Jackson | Lumsden Corporation | Trespa North America |
| Datesweiser | Lumux | Tuohy |
| Dauphin | Lutron | Tylinter Haver |
| Dauphine Mirrors | Lutron | Ultrasuede |
| Davis | Magis Design | Unifor |
| Davis | Maharam | Unika Vaev |
| Décor Cable Innovations | Majestic Mirrors | USG Interiors |
| Dennis of Ruabon | Manning Lighting | Vecta |
| Design Weave | Mannington Carpets | Veneman Collections |
| Designtex | Mansland Carpet | Ventec |
| Designtex | Many Aluminum Foam | Vernin |
| Diamond Manufacturing Company | Marathon | Verona Marble |
| Doellken-Woodtape | Mariette Himes Gomez | Versteel |
| Donghia | Marinoware | Vibieffe |
| Donghia | Martin Brattrud | Vicrtex |
| Dooge Veneer | Martin Fireproofing Corp | Vidrotil |
| Drytac Corporation | Martin Senour | Villi Glass |
| Dunbar Furnishings | Mats Inc | Visa Lighting |
| Dunis Studio | Matteo Grassi | Vitria II |
| Durkan Commercial | Maya Romanoff | Vogue |
| Durkan Hospitality Carpet | Mayer Fabrics | Volterra Stone |
| Duvinage Corp | Mechoshade | Vulcraft |
| Eco Stone | Metro | Wagner |
| Ecophon | Micapel | Walltalkers |
| Edelman Leather | Migo/Bufkin | Watson Desking |
| Egan | Milliken Carpet | Wausau Tile |
| Egan Visual | Mirage | Wholesale Tile |
| Ekkita | Mirra | William Switzer |
| Elmes Door Hardware | Modernfold | William Switzer |
| Emeco | Momentum Textiles | Wilsonart International |
| Emtek Products | Monterey | Wizard Ceramic |
| Endura | Morrison | Woodfold |
| Epic | Moz Designs | Workrite Ergonomics |
| Eurofase Inc. | National Cathode Corp. | Wylie Systems |
| Eye Lighting International | Natural Cork | York Spiral Stair |
| F Raymond | Neidhardt | Zodiag |
| Falcon | Neo Ray Lighting | Zolatone |
| Fiherstars | Neon & Cathode Systems | Zumtobel Staff |
| Nessen | ||
| Neudorfer | ||
How the Library is Organized – The CSI Format
- NESAD’s Materials and Resource Library is based on the CSI (Construction Specifications Institute) format. The CSI has developed a master list of numbers and titles for organizing information about construction requirements, products and activities into a standard sequence.
- All materials and resources in this library are arranged into 17 Divisions. The Divisions are color coded by the Library Color Code Key - posted on table in library. Within each Division, the products and materials are further clustered by having an identifying characteristic in common.
- To look up the classification of a product, a student can use the "Interior Design Product File Headings" sheets (located on the table). These sheets list all products alphabetically as well as by their 6 digit CSI number.
- All catalogs and large material samples held in the library are organized alphabetically by manufacturer within each Division.
- The product files (brochures, pamphlets and other product information) are also filed using the CSI format.
Product Samples
- Fabric and other smaller product samples are stored in the filling cabinets and the other loose bins throughout the library. Samples of art glass are kept behind the librarian’s desk. Ponite, Wilsonart and Nevamar laminate samples are found on the hanging boards .
Circulating Items
Certain samples and product information binders can be checked out of the library for up to 2 days. Students can check up to 4 product samples at a time. As always, students must return the materials on time or they will have to pay a late-fee fine.
Other Resources
- The library is equipped with a scanner and color printer for any students use. Any product or sample can be scanned and printed here or saved and printed later at a Copy Cop or Kinko’s (for higher quality prints).
- Every catalog has the name of the rep and their contact information – reps can be contacted for further information. Some reps have also donated product reference guides on CDs which can offer additional information.
- The library also carries a broad range of interior design and product magazines that students can use (and check out) to find current materials and designer information.
The library has a give-away bin outside of the main door into the library – anyone is allowed to take these free samples at any time.