This message was sent to ##Email##
|
|
|
|
|
Fast Company
Office chairs that adjust to your body based on biofeedback. Walls that slide, shift, and change color according to worker needs. Three-dimensional printers that produce food and replicate office supplies. These are some of the possibilities in the "office of the future." Plusnet, a U.K. Internet service provider, interviewed a dozen futurists and office design experts about the office circa 2030. The consensus is that workspaces generally will become more flexible (to accommodate different types of employees), more collaborative (this is the way work is going), and more natural.
READ MORE
Interior Design
If anyone knows Miami’s thriving design scene through and through, it’s Marlene Liriano. So it’s no wonder that when IA Interior Architects opened a regional office in the Florida design mecca earlier this year, it tapped Miami native Liriano as its managing director. Before joining the firm, Liriano served as principal and vice president of HOK’s Miami office and was a principal and interior design director at Perkins+Will for more than a decade before that. Here, Liriano talks about the one project that changed her outlook on design, her love of classic cars, and why Miami’s design scene is about to get hotter than ever.
READ MORE
Hotel News Now
Hotel room designs are changing to more compact rooms built for functionality and technology-savvy travelers. Several new brands are reflecting the changes and other brands are following suit as they renovate their properties. Hotel design, such as the one used for Hilton's new Tru by Hilton brand, has the functionality of space in mind, said Phil Cordell, global head of focused service and Hampton brand management for Hilton Worldwide Holdings. Those designs – which eliminate larger desks for more mobile, flexible tables, and remove bathtubs in favor of showers – have another benefit for new hotels.
READ MORE
|
Promoted by
|
|
|
|
 |
Health Facilities Management
Cutting edge is not a term typically attributed to a building with more than a decade under its foundation, but that’s just how those involved in the planning, design, and construction of Northwestern Memorial Hospital describe the 1999-built facility. NMH begins with an eight-story podium spanning two blocks. From that podium rise two towers: The Feinberg inpatient tower and its outpatient tower, Galter, which now has three floors of inpatient beds. While a typical 1990s design separated inpatient services from outpatient services, this design leverages a common diagnostic platform for both.
READ MORE
Lonny Magazine
Mariam Naficy, founder and CEO of Minted, asks an important question: Why do people make offices feel like offices? If we spend so much of our lives at work, why is it that office décor is so uninspired? Say what you will about the startup culture, they are the ones challenging this conundrum. Minted, the startup stationery company turned worldwide e-marketplace for all things design, is one of those companies setting the bar high for beautiful workspaces.
READ MORE
 |
|
The Acrovyn Wall Panel line provides designers the opportunity to reset their standards with extensive new design selections that install in half the time previously required. New trim and edge options, panel depths and endless finishes create a unique space that is both protected and easily cleaned.
|
|
Stuff
The hottest places to dine don't always serve the best food. Backtrack to The Future Laboratory's Food and Drinks Future Forum held in Melbourne. London-based trend forecasters Chris Sanderson and Martin Raymond gave a mesmerizing presentation to the food industry about international trends in food and drink, including sharing their list of 10 of the most innovative restaurants and food outlets, in terms of design, around the world. One of the restaurants mentioned was Tetchan, by architect Kengo Kuma, in Tokyo. The popular yakitori bar uses recycled materials such as LAN cables to give the room a shaggy, distressed look.
READ MORE
Metropolis magazine
Throughout 2015 Metropolis’s publisher and editor in chief Susan S. Szenasy visited leading architecture and design firms across the country as part of the Metropolis Think Tank series of discussions on key issues surrounding human-centered design. On Aug. 27, she talked with the principals of WHR Architects, the Houston-based healthcare practice group of EYP Inc., as well as the clinical and operational healthcare experts they invited to participate in the discourse. They focused on the changes in healthcare and the process of designing healthy environments, for patients, their families, and clinicians alike.
READ MORE
IIDA
Celebrate two decades of product design by entering the 20th annual IIDA/HD Product Design Competition. Winning products will be announced at the HD Expo, and the Best of Competition winner will be awarded at the HD Expo Social Hub during a special reception. Winning products also will be featured in Hospitality Design magazine, on the IIDA website and social media networks, and more. The deadline to enter is Friday, April 15.
READ MORE
IIDA
IIDA, in partnership with Alessi, announces the fourth annual Best Interiors of Latin America and the Caribbean Competition. This competition recognizes interior design/architecture projects that reflect the highest levels of creativity and excellence from Latin America and the Caribbean. The deadline for entries has been extended to April 8.
READ MORE
|
Promoted by
|
|
|
|
 |
Fresh Home
Located in the town of Schorndorf, just outside Stuttgart, Germany, an industrial-inspired office is the result of an extensive renovation that resulted in the first level of an industrial building converting into a creative showroom and workspace for Movet, a conveyor-belt manufacturer. The various functional areas were divided using aluminum mesh partitions. They’re in tune with the industrial character of the building and define spaces without completely blocking out the natural light.
READ MORE
Hotel News Now
When planning design changes to a property, hoteliers must consider how to balance what’s trending and what will have the greatest impact on guests.
Speakers on the "Design to inspire: Creating the unexpected" panel at the Hunter Hotel Investment Conference stressed the importance of choosing designs with shelf life, hiring the right people and bringing contractors in early on in the process to create designs that last.
READ MORE
 |
|
Any environment you design that integrates a Corian® solid surface can get a boost from Corian® Charging Surface. In an airport, a high-rise, office spaces, hospitals, hotels or more, you can now offer customers a solid surface that charges smart devices wirelessly. Learn more about specifying Corian® Charging Surface.
|
|
Work Design Magazine
Condé Nast Entertainment office’s newly designed space not only includes desks, but also many other areas for work and informal gatherings: Welcoming common zones with couches and upholstered chairs, lounges, kitchens, casual meeting spaces, and a variety of conference rooms. Vibe-wise, CNÉ said they wanted something that felt like a "San Francisco loft" with a rustic, industrial look.
READ MORE
Forbes
A visitor who steps off the elevator at CBRE’s lauded downtown Los Angeles global headquarters hoping to find the kind of office theatrics tech headliners are known – and derided – for will be disappointed. Though the office has garnered attention for its innovative design, there aren’t any foosball tables. There aren’t any beanbag chairs, either, or taps serving craft beer, or hallways inexplicably lit in neon colors. This office, whose design has drawn more than 200,000 curious visitors since it opened, looks like, well, an office. It's spacious, quiet, conspicuously devoid of clutter, and well-lit.
READ MORE
 |
|
Introducing ECONYL® StayClean fiber - a solution dyed nylon 6 fiber made from 100% regenerated nylon. Intrinsically stain-resistant yarn with unique polymer characteristics that last the entire lifespan of the carpet, guaranteeing an easy water-only treatment. Stain-free carpets have never been so easy!
|
|
Healthcare Design
Twenty years ago it was a "forgone conclusion" that some patients would contract a healthcare-associated infection (HAI), said Linda Dickey, senior director of quality, safety, and infection prevention at the University of California Irvine Medical Center. Today, thanks to public reporting, reimbursement payments tied to HAI rates, and regulators expecting prevention measures to be put in place within healthcare environments, that perspective has changed a whole lot and the number of infections is on the downturn.
READ MORE
Entrepreneur
Most of us are rational optimists; we believe in our teams and more than likely make one of the easiest assumptions that is frequently violated: The assumption that you'll always remain enthusiastic and energized about your role. The truth is, burnout is a real and common phenomenon.
READ MORE
 |
|
Snowsound commercial interior acoustic panels feature innovative technology that mimics the sound absorbing qualities of freshly fallen snow. Snowsound’s utility and design creates an artistically pleasing interior space with acoustic comfort. Experience the difference. Learn more.
|
|
Forbes
One of the cornerstones of solid management is the importance of firm but fair accountability. However,research shows that many managers, even senior managers, are surprisingly weak at accountability. According to one study in Harvard Business Review, for example, 46 percent of high-level managers were rated poorly on the measure "holds people accountable – firm when they don't deliver." Yet "delivering" is what management is all about.
READ MORE
|
Missed last week's issue? See which articles your colleagues read most.
|
Don't be left behind. Click here to see what else you missed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7701 Las Colinas Ridge, Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063
|
