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Realtor.com
Rising wages, loosening credit standards, and demographic shifts are all creating momentum for owning rather than renting. The homeownership rate rose from the prior year for the fifth consecutive quarter in 2018, according to U.S. Census data released Thursday. It held steady at 64.2 percent, unchanged from the prior quarter and its highest level since 2014. The share of Americans who own a home rose from the prior year, from 63.6 percent in the first quarter of 2017.
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Do you aspire to be a leader in the design industry? ASID will give you the tools you need to make your dreams realities. The Leadership Experience: Presented by ASID (EXP) will teach you to lead yourself, your team, your firm, and your profession. An accomplished line-up of leaders in business, policy, media, and design will guide you to become a strong leader through dynamic workshops, while special events will expand your network and provide the inspiration you need to meet your personal and professional goals. Learn more.
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When it comes to interior design for a residential scheme, an office, or a public space, color can be a powerful tool, helping people to navigate more easily - especially those with visual impairments. Our latest CPD, sponsored by Dulux Trade, explores why color is important when it comes to designing for inclusivity and meeting the requirements of the Equality Act.
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Ottawa Citizen
Jon Coaffee is a professor of urban geography at the University of Warwick in England and an expert on the impact of terrorism and other security concerns on the functioning of urban areas. We asked him about what can help mitigate hostile vehicle attacks.
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Healthcare Design
It’s hard to watch the news these days. Although there’s more good than bad in this world, when bad things do happen, causing substantial loss and leaving sadness in their wake, we might feel overwhelmed and helpless. But as healthcare design professionals who contribute to shaping our communities and buildings, there are ways we can help prevent devastating events from occurring.
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Healthcare Design Magazine
Research has long proven that providing patients access to views of nature and natural light improves outcomes, length of stay, and satisfaction. The benefits of introducing nature to healthcare environments don’t stop there, either, with staff and families also positively impacted by elements of the outdoors—especially in reducing stress.
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ASID
The 2018 Transform Grants, supported by the ASID Foundation (ASIDF), will award up to $100,000 to research projects that examine the knowledge and evidence-based design principles necessary to improve the human experience within space, making a notable impact on lives. All are welcome to propose a project that empirically investigates the issue of choice; generates results that provide metrics on the impact of design; and translates the findings into actionable design recommendations, guidelines, and/or tools that designers can apply in their design projects. Deadline is June 27. Review the RFP.
Livingit
Design, culture and quality are some of the words that describe the Salone del Mobile Milano, the leading international and trendsetter furniture and design event. “There is just nothing like it," says Marva Griffin, head of the SaloneSatellite, the event’s space dedicated to under-35s talented designers.
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Architectural Digest
“People might have liked what I was doing, responded to it, bought it, eaten off of it, but it had nothing to do with being an artist—it was about being a craftsman,” reflected Betty Woodman in an interview with The Guardian. Woodman, who died this year at 87, was a career potter until, in her early 50s, she began to sculpt the type of multimedia art that landed her a retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum just over a decade ago.
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The Independent
If you’re looking to freshen up your home and inject it with some positive energy then you might want to explore the tenets of kanso – a Japanese interior design concept that’s all about minimalism. Similar to feng shui, kanso – which means simplicity – focuses on the flow and movement of energy within a space and is one of the seven principles of zen alongside Fukinsei (asymmetry), Seijaku (silence), Shizen (naturalness), Koko (austerity), Datsuzoku (freedom from wordly attachments) and Yugen (subtle profundity).
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Curbed
A sophisticated palette of striking colors imbue this 19th century Victorian weatherboard house in the Camberwell suburb of Melbourne, Australia. Designed by interior designer Danielle Brustman of the Stylesmiths, the renovation of the so-called Matlock House is the owners’ second one in eight years. This time, they wanted to transform the kid-friendly home into something more grown-up.
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inhabitat
Washington-based company Handcrafted Movement is making quite the name for itself with custom-made tiny homes. The company’s latest micro dwelling — called the Coastal Craftsman — is so gorgeously designed that you’ll forget it’s only a mere 238-square-foot space. The energy-efficient tiny home has a stunning interior design that is not only open and airy; it is also handcrafted with various reclaimed materials.
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Architectural Digest
“I love visuals, but visuals are nothing more than what special effects are in a -movie. Design, though, is an ethos. It’s all about the mix—these disparate elements coming together to create excitement,” says Ian Schrager, Schrager has demonstrated this commitment since 1977, when he and Steve Rubell established the famous Studio 54 in New York City.
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Interiors + Sources
With branding all around us in both the physical and digital world, corporate identity has seeped into nearly every aspect of daily life. In the 21st century, we have to ask ourselves: how can a brand establish a unique identity without getting lost in this information overload? How can a brand evoke industry values of technology, hard work, and innovation through the lived experience of its physical spaces? How can an office create a positive response from users through branding?
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Colorado Real Estate Journal
Healthcare design and development will need to continue to adapt to meet the demands of the ever changing health care industry. The evolving health care landscape includes changes to amenities and types/locations of hospital services, including clinics in retail facilities, more accessible outpatient facilities, free-standing emergency departments and micro-hospitals. The year ahead will see continued developments in how health care providers expect the architectural industry to design and equip their facilities to meet both patient and market needs.
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EdSurge
When educators first consider redesigning learning spaces, they might immediately conjure up mental images of free-flowing Starbucks lounges or something out of the Cult of Pedagogy blog’s Classroom Eye Candy series. Yet the impulse to tackle aesthetics first is often premature, according to Rebecca Hare, who teaches art and design in St. Louis and has served as a design consultant for various schools.
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Architectural Record
The shooting rampage that left 17 Florida high school students dead in February triggered a massive response by young people across the country demanding meaningful gun policy reform from legislators. But architects have been working to design safer facilities for years, shaping the built environment to contend with the brutal reality that the nation has seen at least 239 school shootings since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012.
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At The Tub Studio, we try to think outside the box when it comes to the presentation of our high quality, thick acrylic transitional and vintage bathtubs. We only offer tub packages that are stimulating, innovative and beautiful. From gilding to specialized finishing, we think we have what you need.
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Vogue
Whether you long for a window desk, are pining for more greenery or just want a comfortable chair, dreaming about a would-be office space is a common pastime for workers across the world. So what would you do if eight of the best interior designers decided to overhaul your office, Milan Design Week-style? Celebrate, we’d imagine. For members of Vogue Italia’s staff, the dream came true this week as part of Salone del Mobile 2018, when editor-in-chief Emanuele Farneti enlisted the help of experts to overhaul the publication’s Milan headquarters.
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Interiors + Sources
Between work deadlines and juggling personal responsibilities, it can be tough for employees to maintain stability in their life. Finding a healthy work-life balance can help improve one’s overall well-being, ultimately making employees more productive and happier in their work environment. Companies that invest in employee support and satisfaction tend to succeed in generating happier workers. A 2015 study by economists at the University of Warwick found that happiness led to a 12 percent spike in productivity, while unhappy workers proved 10 percent less productive.
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InteriorDesign.net
School connections can be integral to professional success. Take British architect Nick Leith-Smith. After completing studies at Glasgow’s Mackintosh School of Architecture and a stint at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, he went on to earn his graduate degree at London’s Architectural Association. There, his fellow classmate Kristina Blahnik Hulsebus introduced him to her uncle, Manolo Blahnik—a household name even before Carrie Bradshaw’s obsession with his stilettos on Sex and the City. And the rest, as they say, is history.
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The San Diego Union-Tribune
For Stephanie Lee, good hospitality design comes down to two key factors: respecting the wishes of the client and ensuring the design can withstand the test of time. As lead designer for the expansion of Viejas Casino and Resort, Lee kept those two thoughts in mind during the entire process of helping turn one of the San Diego area’s premiere casinos from merely a gambling destination to what’s now an R&R oasis in eastern San Diego County. Since it first opened on Sept. 13, 1991, Viejas has expanded its offerings from gambling to include restaurants, a hotel, spa and concerts.
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