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ChicagoInno
Workplace design is more than just armchairs and lobby couches: Studies have shown that a well-designed workspace and furniture can boost employee productivity and happiness (all which can impact the organization's bottom line). So what's the latest in workplace design trends?
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Arch Daily
One of the world’s most recognizable landmarks, the Seattle Space Needle, is set to undergo a $100 million renovation project focused on the structure's preservation and the enhancement of the visitor experience by opening up spaces to dramatically improved views. Designed by Olson Kundig with interiors by Tihany Design, the scheme will intensify the Observation Deck experience through the addition of floor-to-ceiling glass on both the interior and exterior spaces, creating unobstructed 360 degree views of the Puget Sound and Seattle skyline.
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Quartz
A new frontier for office space wellness — a technology that some believe will make employees more alert, productive, and healthier — is already on the market for consumers. Priced at $130, the Philips "Hue White Ambiance" starter kit contains three LED light bulbs and everything you need to tweak their brightness and color temperature via a smartphone.
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If you could design a wall pattern, what would it look like? Enter your pattern into the Acrovyn by Design® Patterns Contest for a chance to win $5,000 and be added to the Acrovyn by Design Pattern Collection. For contest rules and information, click here.
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Interior Design
A warehouse was what they wanted. What they got was a class-A tower. Regardless, they turned to their favorite design firm, Gensler. Shall we say the 15,000-square-foot project came front-loaded with dualities? There had to be a warehouse feel despite the lack of an actual warehouse, plus a celebration of Nokia’s Finnish roots while cementing its San Francisco ties.
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Work Design Magazine
Buildings are by far the most permanent part of the workplace. With an average lifespan of about 80 years, many buildings outlive the occupants they serve. Recent construction trends favor wild designs, featuring buildings that push the boundaries of engineering, market return, and consumer popularity.
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Our dedicated Architectural Reps provide Designers with professional-grade color visualization and presentation tools to help your design come to life. And via our website, access Behr Color Trends, downloadable color palettes, and the Autodesk® Revit® design tool. To receive your comprehensive Behr Architectural Color Box, CLICK HERE.
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IIDA
The Spring/Summer 2017 issue of Perspective magazine examines how designers are working to heal deep rifts in communities around the world; offers insight into how institutions of higher education are designing for the next generation; and explores the growing trend of pop-up spaces. Read the issue online.
IIDA
Join IIDA in Chicago for the IIDA Advocacy Symposium beginning September 22, 2017, for a three-day weekend of sessions, speakers and panels focused on the advocacy topics that matter most to commercial interior designers. Learn critical skills, including how to build relationships with decision-makers, work with other stakeholder groups and promote grassroots involvement. Connect with passionate, dedicated and persistent commercial interior design advocates from across the country. Space is limited. Register now.
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This unique and diverse line of extruded aluminum trims was designed to enhance all practical aspects of drywall construction and transform it into a design medium that can make it the feature, the focus and the most impactful element of a well-designed space.
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CNN
While the healthcare system in America is in a state of crisis, the hospitals, care centers, and research facilities that make up the industry — in the States and abroad — have never looked better. Gone are the days of sterile spaces, shared rooms, and buildings that could be confused for corporate offices.
Instead, we've seen a new class of hospitals that are more like hotels, with private rooms, gardens, and art installations.
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Caesarstone
Caesarstone has launched four new colors that are sophisticated, expressive and defy the norm. Montblanc, Moorland Fog and Turbine Grey feature intricate veining with a refined surface. Rugged Concrete brings texture to the forefront as its grey base is camouflaged by billows of white. Caesarstone quartz has a timeless quality that blends function and beauty while delivering superior durability.
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PSFK
IKEA is always looking for new ways to innovate its products, but this new collection is sure to be out of this world. IKEA designers will soon spend time at the Mars Desert Research Station, a simulation of what an astronaut would experience on the red planet, to come up with new flat-pack furniture to fit in the smallest of spaces, including NASA space shuttles but with an eye toward customers' homes.
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Upgrade your site and email address or start fresh with a new .design domain name. IIDA members get their first year free at www.IIDA.design - join the likes of kohler.design and airbnb.design with this hot, new development. MORE
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Building Design + Construction
Technology pundits have pushed the benefits of 3D printing and additive manufacturing for years, but outside of a few pilot projects, the technology has remained more concept than reality for the AEC industry. The Office of the Future in Dubai represents the most audacious project to date. Dedicated in May 2016, the 2,600-square feet, fully functioning office building kicked off Dubai's strategy to make the city a 3D printing hub by 2030.
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HR Technologist
Human nature is such that humans like to feel valued and special for what they are and what they do. This basic psychological tenet is applicable in the workplace as well, and forms the basis for rewards and recognition. While some organizations prefer paying a premium to make employees feel valued, others believe in a more culture-centric way of making employees stick.
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