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Fast Company Design
Some 544,000 people in the United States have no shelter every night, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Homeless families make up over one-third of this total.
Beyond exposing them to weather, crime, and unsanitary conditions, homelessness can also damage people’s self-esteem, making them feel helpless or hopeless. Being homeless is a traumatic experience, in part because of the stigma associated with this situation. Research has long demonstrated that physical spaces affect human moods and behaviors.
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Design Milk
Berlin-based Carmeq GmbH, part of the Volkswagen Group, needed an office update to allow the employees more flexibility with how and where they worked. Actincommon was hired to solve the problem and they gave them an open layout that housed both a place to work and a section to lounge. The new, light-filled workspace was designed to stimulate and increase creativity and is filled with a range of furniture that can be moved and configured into endless setups as needed. The area allows for team brainstorming, group meetings, or just a comfortable place for individual employees to get some work done.
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No matter what market or environment you are designing for, Acrovyn by Design can reproduce virtually any image, message or color onto your walls without the concern of damage. Forge a new aesthetic with a selection of ready-to-print patterns, or customize with stunning graphics. Create something beautiful and protect it for years to come.
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Interior Design
A successful store needs its customers to linger and wander. For the second outpost of Montreal stationery shop Baltic Club, architecture firm IvyStudio encouraged shopping and exploring. Working with a 10-feet-wide space, architects Philip Staszewski and Gabrielle Rousseau inserted curving, playful displays inspired by the company’s wares. The design of the additions led to a distinctive experience, despite it being a small shop.
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Dexigner
BDG architecture + design was appointed by MoneySupermarket Group to create a transformative scheme at its new 34,000 square foot London office. The space, now home to approximately 250 employees, is a collaborative, smart, and people-centric space with a focus on employee interaction. The lack of social areas in its previous office was identified as an issue for MoneySupermarket Group, who expressed a desire to create a more flexible workspace in order to promote productive social interaction between coworkers.
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Boutique Design
The 1,450-room Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo will update its 10 universal-design guestrooms on the 30th floor and add three new rooms of this type in an effort to offer higher levels of satisfaction to customers with varying medical and other special needs.
The original design was launched in 2002 to help increase accessibility and functionality for travelers with disabilities or specialized requirements. All of these accommodations are wheelchair accessible and supply ample space to move. Some of the features include an electric reclining bed, an electric chair, a closet with a lowered bar, a desk with space to roll under and a bathroom equipped with grab bars and a slip-proof mat.
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Chain Store Age
Nike is launching a format that breaks new ground in using technology to provide a shopping experience that caters to local tastes.
The new concept, called Nike Live, is inspired by — and built as a hub for — local members of the company’s NikePlus loyalty program. The first one, Nike by Melrose, will open on July 12, on trendy Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. It has pop-up vibes and a streamlined interior, and will operate as an experimental digital-meets-physical retail pilot. The products and services in the store are based on a deep understanding of the neighborhood, according to Nike. More neighborhood-specific locations will open in cities around the globe, including Tokyo, next spring and beyond.
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New members* save 50 percent on IIDA membership by joining before August 31. IIDA membership provides you a support network that connects you to peers, clients, and educators while offering you the opportunity to advance your career through continuing education, industry recognition, and relevant research. IIDA works for you to advocate for design excellence, legislation, leadership, accreditation, and community outreach to increase the value and understanding of interior design as a profession that enhances business value and positively impacts the health and well-being of people’s lives every day.
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Get your submission materials together for the 6th annual Best of Asia Pacific Design Awards. Seeking to recognize and honor the highest level of creativity and design excellence in interior design and/or interior architecture projects from Asia Pacific countries, you’re invited to enter this competition to receive the accolades your outstanding project deserves. IIDA encourages you to enter starting July 16, 2018 for an opportunity for international recognition in design. Winning entries will be published in an issue of Contract magazine, on the IIDA website, to the 300,000 IIDA social media followers, and in the official Winners Brochure.
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Interior Design
A spirits company must have a spirited office. Global architecture and design firm Gensler delivered just that for Edrington’s space in New York, in a project led by principal and design director Jean Anderson. Nods to company history and culture permeate the office and the wares are front and center. “In our design, upon entering the space, the visitor is welcomed by a display of their products in a bar setting,” Anderson explains. There, the company can entertain, host tastings, and conduct bartender trainings.
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Dexigner
Located on the 19th floor of No1 Spinningfields, 20 Stories opened this spring as D&D London's first restaurant in Manchester and is being billed as a 'garden in the sky' with the on trend restaurant, bar, and terrace.
The concept for 20 Stories was designed by New York based architecture and interior design firm CetraRuddy, with DesignLSM being chosen by D&D London to work in partnership as Executive Architects. The design draws on Manchester's industrial and agricultural past while embracing the restaurant's unique site.
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Boutique Design
High-profile designer Karim Rashid created a three-dimensional look at the new 476-room Park Inn by Radisson Amsterdam City West in The Netherlands. The property, which is dubbed the most colorful hotel in Amsterdam, opened earlier this month.
The hotel’s guest rooms and suites feature Rashid’s signature color scheme — described as bold, sensuous, and spacious — over the rooms’ curved walls. To realize the property’s vision, Rashid has chosen a different color for each floor of the hotel.
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BuzziSpark invites you to relax, observe and work in silence. The magic of  BuzziSpark lies in the allure of the unknown – the surprise of not knowing who you’ll meet around the corner. Available in different configurations ranging from one to three seaters.
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Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurs and small-business owners rarely clock in and out during regular business hours. They work weekends, take late shifts, and do whatever it takes to get (and keep) their companies running smoothly.
Unfortunately, all that work can lead to poor work-life balance for those at the top. A survey by Sage Small Business found that small-business owners today work longer hours than they did in 2012. Owners are even sacrificing their own pay to work longer hours and keep their companies afloat.
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By Simma Lieberman
 Everyone’s success in your organization is predicated on how you include employees in the mission of the organization, and how you instill the mindset that their work makes a difference. This is important, as you hire new people in your organization that may be different than the majority of your employees in some way; culture, race, age, gender, etc. Hiring a visibly diverse workforce is not enough.
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