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Smart Company
Open plan offices seem to have become the default design for workplaces. This is due largely to pragmatic advantages like cost savings and utilization of floor space. However, just because they are popular doesn't mean they are best. According to a University of Leeds review of over 100 open plan studies, staff do tend to feel more sociable and included in such environment.
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Architizer
An office's atmosphere influences the way its inhabitants feel, think, act, create, and collaborate. To keep up with shifting employee needs, companies must assess their current workspaces and make the changes necessary to keep pace with the rest of the world. As a leader in these pioneering technological developments, HP is making it possible for offices to meet their full potential for being innovative and future facing. How well office inhabitants perform influences the success of the business as a whole, so it's important to create a space tailored to the modern worker with a few global trends in mind.
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Dezeen
Universal Design Studio has designed a slatted-timber pavilion in Shoreditch for this year's London Design Festival to offer office workers a retreat where creative juices can flow. The On Repeat structure is slotted between two buildings on Rivington Street in east London, a hub of creative businesses.
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Chain Store Age
A tech-savvy retailer with an unusual business model is expanding its brick-and-mortar footprint nationally. b8ta stores are designed to give shoppers a hands-on demonstration of cutting-edge tech products and gadgets — most of them from start-up companies that lack the resources and/or know-how for entering traditional retail channels. Indeed, most of the featured companies (or "makers" in b8ta speak) sell products directly on their websites or through crowd funding campaigns. Each store feature a mix of more than 100 products, and customers are encouraged to see, touch, and try out the products.
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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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High Profile
Workplace strategy focuses on marrying three important aspects of the modern workplace: 1) applying better space utilization metrics; 2) optimizing real estate costs; and 3) updating an office space to meet current trends in design and technology. Factoring in employee satisfaction and a company's ability to attract and retain top talent, there is a clear business objective to creating a work environment that inspires, motivates, and connects employees.
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Business News Daily
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, Americans spend over 90 percent of their time indoors. The great outdoors can make a positive difference in your attitude and mental state, but when you work in an office, it's not always easy to find time to step outside. That's why biophilic design, which blends nature into your personal indoor space, is becoming more popular among desk workers.
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Co.Design
Most designers have a set of principles upon which they loosely base their work. Dieter Rams, famously, had 10. But how often do you satisfy all of these tenets of your practice at once? Once in a while, if you're lucky. So we asked eight prominent designers who were either judges of or honored in the 2017 Innovation By Design Awards: What if you really had to boil it down? What is the one principle you never compromise on? What design tenet do you live and die by? These are their responses.
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Hospitality Net
In a debut that's as provocative and confident as its name suggests, Moxy Times Square's opening represents a disruptive shift in scale. Transforming a historic building into a dynamic, design-driven hotel, the property is welcoming, surprising, instantly comfortable and — with 612 bedrooms and over 22,000 square feet of flexible event space — remarkably intimate.
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IIDA
The IIDA Foundation, in partnership with the Interior Design Educators Council Foundation, Inc., is pleased to announce that applications are being accepted for the 2nd annual IIDA Foundation Diversity Award. This award recognizes an educator who is actively advancing diversity in the Interior Design industry. The recipient will receive $5,000 on behalf of the IIDA Foundation. Completed application packets are due October 27, 2017.
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IIDA
The IIDA Leaders Breakfast is an annual international event series that celebrates design's importance in the global marketplace by honoring the people who are both the legacy and future of design. Each breakfast features a renowned keynote speaker and recognizes one city-selected honoree who has made significant contributions to the design industry. Tickets are available for Chicago, Dallas, and Toronto.
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MultiBriefs
In an effort to enhance the overall content of Spectrum, we'd like to include peer-written articles in future editions. As a member of IIDA, your knowledge of the industry lends itself to unprecedented expertise. And we're hoping you'll share this expertise with your peers through well-written commentary. Because of the digital format, there's no word limit, and our group of talented editors can help with final edits. If you're interested in participating, please contact Ronnie Richard to discuss logistics.
Altro
Altro Serenade acoustic flooring has been engineered for demanding areas with noise and foot traffic. In busy hospital and school corridors, this 3.9mm thick flooring provides comfort underfoot, making life easier on the feet of students, patients and staff. The 54 IIC rating (19dB sound insulation) limits sound transmission between floors, ensuring the steps above don’t interrupt those relaxing below.
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Building Design + Construction
Because hotels can take as long as six years to complete, spotting trends — and differentiating them from fads — is tough when tastes and systems change so rapidly. Before it commences a hotel's design, WATG and Wimberly Interiors conducts in-depth market research to understand who the end users are going to be. Chinese travelers, for example, prefer group travel, shorter lengths of stay, and higher spending on retail and activities.
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Building Design + Construction
The idea of "maker spaces" is a popular trend related to active learning. Originating in the non-academic community, maker spaces are loosely defined as physical locations or studios for hands-on experimentation, building prototypes, and otherwise testing ideas. The maker space usually provides tools, the space to work and build, and often expert advice, allowing people to work in a communal atmosphere.
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If sitting at a desk all day has got you down, the Kick™ Balance Board from Mayline®-Safco® can help you kick the habit of the sedentary workday. This sleek balance board helps promote more movement and features an anti-fatigue mat surface for additional comfort.
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Forbes
Most professions have a licensing board that is charged with ensuring that people in that profession maintain and improve their skills. This is true for pharmacists, attorneys, engineers, and physicians. What if those in leadership positions in every company or public-sector agency were also required to periodically show that they had taken active steps to maintain and improve their leadership skills?
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Value Walk
The correlation between employee engagement and productivity is undeniable. As this graphic by Villanova's Online Tax and Business Programs shows, highly engaged employees are more likely to go the extra mile with their work performance. In fact, those companies with highly engaged employees outperform those who lack engagement by over 200 percent — and with performance comes profit for the company.
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