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By Michael J. Berens
 Adhering to a familiar seasonal pattern, demand for interior design services softened somewhat in late summer, then picked up in the last two months. Designers are reporting an increase in projects and new inquiries, with an average project backlog of around five weeks. Growth is expected to taper off slightly, but remain positive, toward the end of the year. According to the latest Houzz Renovation Barometer, architectural and design services reported an uptick in business during the third quarter compared to the previous quarter.
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ASID
Join ASID at the Healthcare Design Conference (HCD), Nov. 10-13 in Phoenix. Devoted to the design of responsibly built spaces that impact the safety, clinical outcomes, and financial success of healthcare facilities, HCD highlights best practices and top healthcare design products. Network with design professionals, earn CEUS, and more. Learn More.
Reuters
U.S. homebuilding dropped more than expected in September as construction activity in the South fell by the most in nearly three years, likely held down by Hurricane Florence.
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Building Design + Construction
According to a new recently released survey from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), employees who work in LEED-certified green buildings are happier, healthier, and more productive than employees in conventional and non-LEED buildings. The survey also shows that a majority of office workers want to work for companies that are value-oriented, take stances on important issues like sustainability, and do their part for making a positive difference in the world. In fact, 84 percent of respondents prefer to work for a company that has a strong, concrete mission and positive values.
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ASID
In partnership with Herman Miller, NeoCon, and Metropolis, the ASID Outcome of Design Awards recognize the projects, designers, clients, and businesses who are leading the charge to quantify the outcome of design on the human experience through sustainable, humancentric, and socially responsible design. Post-occupancy research, occupant experiences, and design solutions will determine the most successful projects. Learn More.
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Acrovyn Wall Panels are the answer to the industry's need for a custom, easily installed wall panel system. A reimagined offering of functional and aesthetic improvements allows for use of Acrovyn Wall Panels in a variety of spaces with protective and decorative needs. From our solid color offering to our Chameleon™ simulated patterns and Acrovyn by Design®, interior environments have visual freedom when it comes to design possibilities.
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ASID
The third project in the ASID Impact of Design Series, Gradients of Green provides valuable data and insight on designing and building healthy, sustainable, smart, high-performing homes, and serves as a model of healthy design and building. Learn More.
Fast Company
The term inclusive design has been around for decades, but it was largely an academic practice until recently. When I first learned about inclusive design, very few companies were applying it to their work in a repeatable way. At Microsoft, we sought out mentors from universities. Most importantly, Jutta Treviranus and her team at Ontario College of Art and Design.
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ASID
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Metropolis
What comes to mind when you encounter the term “sensory design?" Chances are it is an image: a rain room, a funky eating utensil, a conspicuously textured chair. But the way things actually feel, smell, even taste, is much harder to capture. This difficulty points to how deeply ingrained the tyranny of vision is. Might the other senses be the keys to unlocking broader empirical truths? Does the ocular-centric bias of art, architecture, and design actually preclude a deeper collective experience?
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Realtor.com
Just like America itself, American interior design is a melting pot of inspirations from other countries. The style we know as midcentury modern, for instance, originally was a spinoff of the modernist movement in Denmark. Our version of feng shui, of course, takes its inspiration from the ancient Chinese philosophy that governs spatial arrangement and orientation and how it relates to good energy.
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Kitchen & Bath Design News
lutter-free kitchens continue to trend, and that makes cleverly integrated storage more important than ever, as homeowners seek functional, space-saving solutions for keeping their kitchen tools out of sight yet still easily accessible. Drawer storage continues to trend upwards, with growing interest in custom interior fittings that can be configured for the specific needs of the user.
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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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The Boston Globe
As in fashion, styles in home decor are cyclical. Don’t expect to see a resurgence of avocado or harvest gold kitchen appliances anytime soon — or ever — but do expect brass hardware and fixtures to eclipse chrome. Note that today’s brass is unlacquered, not the shiny, polished material of days gone by. Homeowners have been taking a shine to metallics overall.
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Building Design + Construction
Some of the smartest gamesmanship is taking place off the field, as professional and collegiate sports organizations aim to expand the fan experience. Little Caesars Arena, a multipurpose venue shared by the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings and NBA’s Detroit Pistons, anchors The District Detroit, a 50-block mixed-use development in the heart of the city. The arena’s lower main concourse is positioned at street level, and many of its amenities extend to an outdoor concourse that generates year-round activity.
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Interiors + Sources
Canvas sails on the rooftop are a visitor’s first visual clue that the Hawaii Convention Center respects its tropical surroundings.
The sails allow Hawaii’s trade winds to circulate throughout the building, providing passive air conditioning and venting excess heat out of the building naturally. Inside, a host of sustainable solutions ensures that the convention center performs efficiently and keeps guests comfortable.
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For construction projects that include curved features, indoors or out, which will require trim work, Flex Trim™ has the solution to finishing these areas. While such popular and attractive touches have been the bane of many builders in the past, creating elegant arches and curves might now be the easiest part of the job.  Learn More
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The Architects Newspaper
We’ve all been there—harsh lighting, outdated fitness magazines, uncomfortable chairs in windowless rooms—the truth is that dentist offices are often as ugly as they are fear-inducing. But every now and then, it’s possible to create medical offices that soothe rather than stress. To achieve this goal, some designers might focus on interesting wall detailing, access to daylight, or even innovative circulation.
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Interiors + Sources
Flexible design isn’t a new phenomenon. Nor is flexibility in healthcare environments. But the velocity and scope of technological changes, shifting consumer demographics, and value-placed health policy has sparked a renewed interest in the concept of a flexible, adaptable environment.
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Metropolis
“Design for humanity!” That was the plea of moderator Susan S. Szenasy, director of design innovation at Metropolis, during a freewheeling hour-long panel discussion at HDR’s Boston offices in early August. But it is humanity in all its forms that concerns Szenasy, hence the title of the panel: “Designing Inclusive Environments: Independence Beyond Social Barriers.”
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InteriorDesign.net
When audio agency Sonic Union’s squad of sound designers, engineers, creative producers, and composers grew out of their first “playground” in Union Square, New York, soundproof spaces with a loud identity were a must. Enter Revamp Interior Design, whose co-founders and principals Cece Stelljes and Danielle Fennoy loved the faceted, bright blue plywood cladding that RAW-NYC’s Raya Ani had planned for the 3,000-square-foot space just off Bryant Park.
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The Architect's Newspaper
Rockwell Group’s design for the recently opened Blue School in New York City falls outside the lines of traditional design for primary and secondary education, especially in the cramped Big Apple. While the school includes many basic elements such as closed-door classrooms and a sizable cafeteria, the one thing the architects were expected to uniquely incorporate for the private school, which was founded by alumni of the Blue Man Group, is color. Lots of color.
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Chain Store Age
The word “mall” derives from a croquet-like game that was played in alleyways across 16th-century Italy. Later embraced as a street name in London for social clubs, it eventually came to be defined as “a long and open area where people can walk.” Today’s mall shows little semblance of its Italian Renaissance roots, yet a remarkable shift in societal values has left us less inclined than ever to go to a mall to buy stuff and equally reluctant to pass leisure time there.
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designbloom
Today marks the opening of hotel Enso Ango, combining classical and modern design in five zen-inspired buildings that act functionally as one innovative hotel experience. The first dispersed hotel, in the ancient capital of Kyoto, Enso Ango immerses the traveler in the living culture of the city through activities such as zen meditation with the priests of Kenninji temple Ryosokuin.
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