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Forbes
The workplace of the past is gone. We are now talking about homing from work, not working from home. The most recent Leesman Index was released in November 2015 and shredded many myths about the physical work space. It found that there is no difference on how work spaces impact gender and that age does have an impact, but it is not generational. The report also showed that natural lighting is preferred over artificial, informal areas are more effective, and other important factors. However, one-dimensionally planned spaces never work.
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Healthcare Design
Today, health systems are beginning to focus more on becoming wellness destinations – convenient places that the public wants to visit to proactively manage their health. While traditional hospital services such as the emergency department, imaging, surgery, and medical offices are still necessary, the wellness component spans a healthcare campus to include numerous functions that focus on healthy living and community activities.
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PSFK
Modeling and Big Data startup Ekimetrics has unveiled a redesign of its Paris office with a very interesting solution for extra meeting room seats. Instead of tucking away chairs in a backroom, a wall was built to display them. On the wood finish wall, each stool has its own little hole. The hourglass-shaped stool comes in different colors and gives the room a sort of sculptural wall mural.
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Lonny Mag
French café Le Bilboquet took its traditional bistro-vibe and to-die-for Croque Monsieur down south, with an outpost in Atlanta’s buzzing Buckhead neighborhood. Nestled in the center of the upscale shopping mecca, the freestanding bistro looks more like a sidewalk café in Saint-Germain than a restaurant in the peach state. The sun-blasted space, courtesy of a wall of floor-to-ceiling windows, features classic white-clothed tables accompanied by cozy blue velvet banquettes and coordinated wooden seating. Matching stools belly up to a traditional pewter bar set up in an inviting U-shape, with a steady arrangement of fresh flowers on view.
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The Straits Times
Although the term "design" may often be associated with artistic activity, it can be more broadly viewed as engaging in activities to translate ideas into blueprints that would improve the quality of life. First, design puts the user at the center. Although students are the end users of schools and the education system, more often than not, school buildings and curricula are designed for industrial-style, efficient education rather than student-centric education.
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The Acrovyn Wall Panel line provides designers the opportunity to reset their standards with extensive new design selections that install in half the time previously required. New trim and edge options, panel depths and endless finishes create a unique space that is both protected and easily cleaned.
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IIDA
IIDA is now accepting submissions to the IIDA/Contract Magazine Showroom and Booth Design Competition at NeoCon 2016. This competition honors originality of design, visual impact, effective use of materials, and the outstanding use of space, color, texture, lighting, and graphics in showrooms and booths at NeoCon.
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IIDA
IIDA proudly announces Marlene M. Liriano, IIDA, LEED AP ID+C, as the 2016-2017 President of the IIDA International Board of Directors. Primo Orpilla, FIIDA, will serve as President-elect. Also elected to the board as Vice Presidents are Julio Braga, FIIDA, LEED AP; Gabrielle Bullock, IIDA, FAIA, NOMA, LEED AP BD+C; Susana Covarrubias, IIDA; and Scott Hierlinger, FIIDA, LEED AP ID+C. All will be inducted during the IIDA Annual Meeting on Sunday, June 12, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago.
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Inhabitat
The patient-centric, regionally-focused cancer research center in Oregon brings a healing, spa-like environment to a clinical setting. The facility was designed as a true place of healing that allows patients to receive treatment in an outdoor infusion garden.
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CultureMap
One of the Galleria's most popular lunch spots will be making some big changes in 2016. As part of the renovations that will see Saks Fifth Avenue relocate to a new, two-story, 210,000-square-foot store, its restaurant 51Fifteen will have a new home, too. The restaurant's interior features a palate of white, black, gray, and brass with mid-century modern pieces that will give the space "a one-of-a-kind" look. Whether that look is appealing or not may be as controversial as the company's recently shuttered steakhouse Mr. Peeples, but it certainly won't be the same old Edison bulbs and reclaimed wood that dominates much of Houston's restaurant design.
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Any environment you design that integrates a Corian® solid surface can get a boost from Corian® Charging Surface. In an airport, a high-rise, office spaces, hospitals, hotels or more, you can now offer customers a solid surface that charges smart devices wirelessly. Learn more about specifying Corian® Charging Surface.
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Dezeen
Students from the Lund University have collaborated with the co-founder of Danish brand Hay to produce a range of experimental office furniture especially for small-scale workplaces. "On the grounds of economy of scale and for sheer convenience, the office furniture industry has focused on large-scale offices," student André Gunnarsson told Dezeen. "The small-scale office has remained a somewhat mystery to the furniture industry."
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Growth Business
Office design has not traditionally been an issue discussed in the boardroom – indeed, a recent report by the British Council for Offices found that more than half (57 percent) of the senior executives surveyed said that property-related issues were not regularly discussed in the boardroom. However, increasingly we are seeing more C-suite senior management regarding this as a costly mistake and investing more of their time and the firm's resources in ensuring that they have the offices that best suit their workforces to ensure they maximize the business benefits.
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Introducing ECONYL® StayClean fiber - a solution dyed nylon 6 fiber made from 100% regenerated nylon. Intrinsically stain-resistant yarn with unique polymer characteristics that last the entire lifespan of the carpet, guaranteeing an easy water-only treatment. Stain-free carpets have never been so easy!
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The New York Times
"The big reveal," the fashion designer and high-end furrier Dennis Basso announced one afternoon last week, flinging open the doors leading to his latest redecorating project – a chapel. "Those are planters from France," Mr. Basso said in a gravelly voice that seems to know only one volume level, booming. "The carved candleholders are from Italy." And the chapel – officially the Leland Eggleston Cofer Memorial Chapel at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center on the Upper East Side of Manhattan – still had that new-carpet smell.
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Metropolis
Sandy Hook School, where 20 children and six adults were fatally shot in 2012, will reopen in August of this year. The goal of the renovation was to create a space that harbors security and pride while also incorporating nature into the school’s design. Glass is important to create a feeling of a welcoming entry. Literal "transparency" to indicate an open and transparent educational environment. The school did not want to lose that in the concern for security – and in fact, the ability to see people approaching the school is a recognized, sound security practice.
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Entrepreneur
Great leaders ask great questions – have you ever wondered why? Do great leaders intentionally develop the art of asking great questions because they know it's an essential leadership skill or do people who learn to ask great questions eventually become great leaders? Honestly, the best leaders don't get tangled up in this debate. They just know asking great questions is a powerful leadership tool.
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By Alan Kelsky
According to a new survey, employee engagement is the top concern for employers for the fourth straight year. In 2015, only 14 percent of employers self-identified employee engagement as being successful, but that number nearly doubled to 26 percent in 2016. If you are in the 26 percent of doers, your reward is that you can stop reading this now. But, if you are among the 74 percent who don't believe your employee engagement plans are working well for you, please read on.
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Snowsound commercial interior acoustic panels feature innovative technology that mimics the sound absorbing qualities of freshly fallen snow. Snowsound’s utility and design creates an artistically pleasing interior space with acoustic comfort. Experience the difference. Learn more.
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