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Chicago Tribune
A Ping-pong table and W Hotel-style furnishings don't guarantee that an office is a meaningful space for employees. Office design crimes can take many forms – from too-bright lighting to squeezing employees into a too-small space. But mistakes can go deeper than furniture and carpet, even as firms devote money to upgrade their surroundings.
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Work Design
Now that corporations are back on campus, they are looking for two things that were not available in the corporate campuses of the past. One is a new idea, the other is an older one. The new idea involves integrating new technologies with new workplace strategies. A new work setting provides the opportunity for a fresh start with office designs that help them accelerate the integration of technology. The older idea is quite simple. Recall the feeling you had while walking across your college campus quad – the knowledge that you stood in a historic place defined by the legacy of those who came before you and the sense of optimism about the future because of what you could contribute. That spirit and sense of belonging are the emerging ideas behind new campuses.
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Science Daily
The need for intensive and intermediate care will increase, and hospitals must be developed to meet future needs. "The international trend is that the need for intermediate care in particular is increasing. More and more demanding methods are being used for treating patients, and the share of elderly patients is increasing," says Kari Saarinen, Project Manager of the EVICURES project and Chief Physician at ICU, Hospital District of South Ostrobothnia.
The EVICURES project developed a new design model on the basis of Seinäjoki Central Hospital's needs for intensive and intermediate care facilities using evidence-based design (EBD), which is built upon evidence, research results, or strong practical experience.
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Homepolish
Quotidian Labs provides a collaborative workspace in the heart of New York's "Silicon Alley" for the companies under its umbrella. But after two years of making do with the bare essentials in the space (think stylish chairs and a mishmash of art), it was time to make the eighth floor office truly their own. With a dark and moody vibe, navies and shades of black dominate the space. Large, seemingly worn leather sofas sit on antique rugs. Phone booths are covered in a wallpaper that is cleverly printed with a pattern that looks exactly like distressed tin... as if you're stepping into a shady New York speakeasy.
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inhabitat
Inside a cleverly-converted barn is a stack of timber beams that serve as a shelving system, seating area, library, and a staircase all in one. The renovated barn is tucked away in West Flanders, Belgium, where the old structure was converted into a contemporary office that marries modern design with rural architecture. Inside, large wooden beams are stacked to form a multi-functional structure, which forms a small mezzanine workspace with two decks. This central element references the structure's original purpose and can be used as a library, seating area, and a staircase.
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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.
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KCCI-TV
A hotel intended to appeal to healthy and eco-conscious travelers has broken ground in the West Des Moines, Iowa, resurgent Village of Ponderosa development. The 110-room hotel is designed to focus on healthy options for travelers from the Rise breakfast to the wind-down Relax evening wine receptions – both complimentary. Studio and one-bedroom suites offer fully stocked kitchens.
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Recruiter
Recruiters and other employers using open-plan offices as workspaces should use neutral colors and natural materials to help employees work at their best "in a world that shouts," says a leading office furniture designer. Visiting London for Clerkenwell Design Week, Spanish designer Manel Molina told Recruiter that "freedom" is another key component of providing a nurturing, supportive environment in which workers can be creative.
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designboom
Titled with practical appropriateness "wash coffee," a unique project that combines a laundromat and patisseries into a single interior, comes from the client – a French pastry connoisseur – who wanted to provide quality delicacies. Industrial materials (form works, piping) were paired with reclaimed items (freight container door, metal halide lamps). Finishes were removed from most walls, and mismatched furniture – including an OSB couch – helped evoke an understated homeyness.
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IIDA
IIDA offers NeoCon attendees engaging workshops, opportunities for designers to participate in discussions with industry professionals and thought leaders, and special events that underscore the value of interior design. Join us beginning Sunday, June 12, for the IIDA Annual Meeting; get a glimpse of IIDA Student Charette on Tuesday, June 14; get inspired by keynote speakers and expert panels throughout the event; and much more!
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IIDA
IIDA is accepting submissions to the IIDA/Contract Magazine Showroom and Booth Design Competition at NeoCon 2016. This competition honors originality of design, visual impact, effective use of materials, and the outstanding use of space, color, texture, lighting, and graphics in showrooms and booths at NeoCon.
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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.
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Fast Company
As with many virtuosos, David Brenner, founder of the San Francisco-based living wall experts Habitat Horticulture, makes his creative process seem intuitive and effortless. "Like designing anything, it starts with parameters that help define the aesthetic," he says. But unlike the parameters of product design (dimensions, materials, and fabrication capabilities) or architecture (site conditions, budget, and permits), his parameters are often more ephemeral. Brenner's most recent project is a 4,400-square-foot living wall for the San Francisco Museum of Art, which is part of the art institution's three-year renovation.
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Interior Design
As a thriving financial, educational, and creative hub of the region, Singapore, with its advantageous geographical location and high living standards, has emerged as an attractive destination for many international and regional companies looking to establish their presence in Asia in the last couple of decades. In the recent years, the appeal of Singapore to global companies has also created a demand for innovative office designs, transforming the notions of traditional corporate workspaces as companies continue to strive for long-term sustainability in their businesses.
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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!
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Design Milk
"If your most interesting, well-traveled friend just visited Tokyo and Stockholm, what would he/she bring back?" This is the premise of travel brand Away's new concept store in New York. On one end of the store, visitors will enter through the "Stockholm" entrance and on the end other end, the "Tokyo" entrance. Geometric accents, wood vs. tiled furniture, and a dual-color painted floor distinguishes the two destinations within the store.
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Sourceable
There are various evidence-based design strategies that produce the kinds of modern healthcare and aged-care facilities that communities expect today: strategies to improve mobility and accessibility, patient and visitor comfort, and occupants' health and satisfaction, as well as strategies that reduce risks of falls and injury, spread of infection, occupant stress or anxiety and noise. If we take the example of flooring products, there are a great many aspects to the product that will determine whether a certain product is a sustainable solution for a particular facility.
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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.
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Design:retail
Anthony Deen, Creative Director, Branded Environments for CBX, looks at new retail trends in convenience store design. With a focus on coffee and food offerings, c-stores are now poised to take on mainstream QSRs and coffee shops as prime destinations.
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Fast Company
RollBottom is a mutable piece of furniture in which the roll-top of the desk also doubles as the seat of a chair. Now on view as a part of Chamber gallery's Progressland show, designer Ian Stell's desk is built on a steel framework that takes its typology from a roller coaster track. When the tambour is opened to expose the desk, it slides along the metal tracks and can be latched to the other end to form the seat of the chair.
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Metropolis
What is it about uncomfortable moments that unleashes creativity? Is it something magical or mysterious? Hardly. Rhode Island School of Design's President Rosanne Somerson believes it is boredom, pure and simple – something all of us (and artists and designers in particular) need more of in our lives. When curious minds are given enough time, space, and freedom, the imagination has room to roam. We all harbor imagination, but most adults are trained to rein it in – so much so that it falls asleep. So we need to give it time and space to reawaken.
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Forbes
There's "Go" and then there's "Let's go." There's "Do this" and then there's "Let's do this." As a supervisor, which are you more likely to say? If it's not the latter, you may want to keep reading. Five prominent executive and leadership coaches from Forbes Coaches Council discuss the key differences between a boss and a leader, and how you can make the transition yourself.
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