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Mic
While design has always been at the forefront of a restaurant, beautiful backdrops that take into consideration the lighting, the colors, and the utensils are now becoming just as important as the food. When restaurateurs talk about design, Nils Norén, co-founder of restaurant and beverage advisory company Absolute Culinary by Asil, said there’s one big question on everyone’s mind: "What’s going to be your Instagram moment?"
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Interiors + Sources
The responsibility of designers to not only create for clients and end users, but to do so in a way that will better society and the world overall, is a conversation that has occurred for more than a century, particularly in times when technology has advanced. For William Morris, the concern for those involved with the newly industrialized production process was paramount.
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Skift
Hilton has designed a new room category for its full-service brands that brings the fitness center into the guest room. Called Five Feet to Fitness, this new room type includes more than 11 pieces of fitness equipment and accessories that make it easier for travelers to work out privately in their own guest rooms. Hilton isn’t the first hotel company to include fitness equipment in the guest room, however, the types of fitness equipment Hilton is placing in the room, and the way it’s being utilized in a standard room setting is unique, said Ryan Crabbe, senior director of global wellness for Hilton.
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Fast Company
At LAX’s Tom Bradley International Terminal, architect Curt Fentress designed a massive digital art installation in front of the gates. The installation, which has 12,000 feet of LED tiles that display swirling graphics, contributed to 33 percent more retail spending in the surrounding area than was originally projected. The suggestion? Imbuing airports with the sort of vibrant amenities that make cities feel like cities could be good for the bottom lines.
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Building + Construction Network
Heineken USA’s new headquarters in White Plains, New York, consolidates the beer maker’s corporate offices from two other locations. Spector Group, the primary interior architect for the redesign project, focused on two primary improvements: the expansion of the company’s bar and social zones, and the enhancement and densification of the existing 60,000-square-foot bi-level office space. Employees and guests enter the building and are immediately greeted with a palette of simple, raw materials – brick, wood, white walls, and ceilings.
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If you could design a wall pattern, what would it look like? Enter your pattern into the Acrovyn by Design® Patterns Contest for a chance to win $5,000 and be added to the Acrovyn by Design Pattern Collection. For contest rules and information, click here.
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Interiors + Sources
Every year since 1969, as America pulls itself out from its winter haze, the design industry comes alive with the hustle and bustle of preparing for NeoCon. The monolith tradeshow brings together tens of thousands of designers for a three-day extravaganza during which more than 500 companies show off the latest and greatest products they’ve prepared in the last year. Here, Interiors + Sources presents some of the best products you’re bound to see across the Merchandise Mart, and just the smallest taste of what trends you can expect to pop up all the way through 2018. From acoustic paneling to rocking office chairs, you’ll find it here.
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Dexigner
Glenn D. Lowry, Director of The Museum of Modern Art, revealed the completed renovation of the east end of the Museum's campus and unveiled the full design of a multi-year expansion project, developed by MoMA with architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Gensler.
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Quartz
In 2011, on an overcast day on the Norwegian island of Utøya, far-right terrorist Anders Behring Breivik opened fire on a summer camp, killing 69 children and counselors. The massacre marked the deadliest attack in Norway since World War II. Swedish artist Jonas Dahlberg came up with a radical idea to pay public respect to the victims through design. He proposed "Memory Wound," a memorial to the victims in the form of a 11.5-foot-wide slit in the Sørbråten peninsula, which faces Utøya.
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IIDA
Join IIDA at the third annual IIDA Advocacy Symposium in Chicago for a three-day weekend of sessions, speakers, and panels focused on the advocacy topics that matter most to commercial interior designers. Learn critical skills, including how to build relationships with decision-makers, work with other stakeholder groups, and promote grassroots involvement. Connect with passionate, dedicated, and persistent commercial interior design advocates from across the country. Space is limited. Register now.
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Our dedicated Architectural Reps provide Designers with professional-grade color visualization and presentation tools to help your design come to life. And via our website, access Behr Color Trends, downloadable color palettes, and the Autodesk® Revit® design tool. To receive your comprehensive Behr Architectural Color Box, CLICK HERE.
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Rebusiness Online
Subway debuted its new Subway Fresh Forward design at the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) RECon show in Las Vegas. Along with a new Subway logo, flooring, wall coverings, wall art, a curated music program, and lighting, the operational flow of the restaurants is changing as well. The workspace will be updated to be more efficient, while additional pieces of equipment, like an exhaust ventilation system, will help maintain temperatures and improve air quality.
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Food Dive
Scaling back center store, reducing labor, investing in store technology, and playing up convenience are just a few trends retailers are trying to capitalize on these days.
Most grocers take gradual, incremental steps toward these opportunities, but some choose to dive into innovation head first. Here are a few retailers offering intriguing takes on the industry's most prominent trends.
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This unique and diverse line of extruded aluminum trims was designed to enhance all practical aspects of drywall construction and transform it into a design medium that can make it the feature, the focus and the most impactful element of a well-designed space.
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The Huffington Post
A recent Fast Company article starts with, “The tectonic plates of the fashion world are moving.” This is a beautifully dramatic lead-in, and, fascinatingly, much of what the article goes on to discuss could parallel major changes afoot in the Contract Interiors market, which was built upon specification of cubicles and panel systems but is drifting into a world of ancillary that may fundamentally change core elements of how this industry operates. Here are three shifts to track in 2017 and beyond.
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Kansas University
With baby boomers moving toward their golden years, the need for effective long-term care facilities, particularly for those with dementia, is growing at a rapid pace. Now, University of Kansas School of Architecture, Design & Planning lecturer Farhana Ferdous has won a grant from the Toyota Foundation to study how the physical layout and spatial configuration of such facilities can best support residents’ well-being.
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Harvard Business Review
Most new managers quickly see things they’d like to change. New leaders are advised to take some time to listen and appreciate what is, rather than make their own mark at the risk of appearing self-centered or authoritarian. But what should you do when the need for change is profound and urgent? How can you minimize resistance while honoring your fundamental duty?
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Fast Company
How often do your meetings go on for way too long? Actually, don’t answer that – here’s a better question. How often do your meetings end exactly when they need to? Yeah, thought so.
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