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The Huffington Post
For anyone who follows workplace trends, it’s no secret that health and wellness are becoming all the rage when it comes to designing for the built environment. It seems that as a society, we have turned the corner from looking at sustainability as something inherent in a building (LEED) to extending that sustainability story to HUMAN sustainability. The underlying premise is this: People ultimately are an organization’s largest expense. If we can help employees live healthier and feel better, then they will create better work products.
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Work Design Magazine
Work Design Magazine brought their general "choice in the workplace" TALK theme back to D.C. recently, but this time, they gave it a twist: They didn't just talk about choice. Instead, they stacked the panel with designers only, and talked about designing for it. Cheryl Durst, the executive vice president and CEO of IIDA, the International Interior Design Association, joined Work Design Magazine as guest moderator, and CallisonRTKL hosted the event in their big, bright office, where early-arriving attendees got to tour the new Arcadis space upstairs.
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Kontor
At Cards Against Humanity's 12,000-square-foot Chicago headquarters, the founders of the self-proclaimed "party game for horrible people" are equipped to do it all. "In a single day, I can go from recording a podcast to cooking lunch to pulling screenprints in the studio," says Cards co-founder Max Temkin, who shares the space not only with his own team, but with dozens of other independent artists, designers, comedians, journalists, and musicians who sub-lease desks there. The open-plan, co-working office concept stems from the idea that cross-pollination breeds creativity, and as such, they've outfitted their space to foster as wide a range of creative endeavors as possible.
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Health Facilities Management
Preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) is a top concern of all healthcare organizations. Beyond their traditional role in cleaning and disinfection, environmental services (ES) professionals are playing an ever-larger role in determining which surfaces are selected for healthcare interiors. This not only ensures that these finishes won't degrade under rigorous cleaning regimens, but they also will be easier to disinfect in the first place.
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The Guardian
"One of the first things we did when we moved into the office was issue everyone with toy Nerf guns," Paul Harris gleefully admits. The co-founder of BrightHR explains that he wanted the Manchester, England office to be an environment where if people were feeling overwhelmed, pressured, or tired they could easily step away from the desk and have fun or simply relax. So as well as space hoppers, scooters, games consoles, and a ping pong table, there are football nets for impromptu penalty shoot outs and a 60-foot lawn in the middle of the oval-shaped office with bean bags and tents for staff to crash in.
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The New York Times
There’s a downtown vibe to the newest 21c Museum Hotel. Contemporary artworks fill the public gallery spaces in a former factory building. The restaurant features an open kitchen, white subway tiles, and stout concrete pillars. Guest rooms above look like lofts with platform beds and floor-to-ceiling drapes to draw across expansive steel-framed windows. A trendy boutique hotel in New York or Los Angeles, perhaps? Try Oklahoma City, where the rates start at the comparatively modest $219 a night.
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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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Curbed
Designed in the early Art Deco style, the Central Library’s "monumental simplicity serves as a backdrop for an ambitious program of decorative sculpture," such as those that adorn the Flower Street entrance. As the pyramid atop the library suggests, the design includes hints of Egyptian influence, as well as "Egyptian, Roman, Byzantine, and various Islamic civilizations," and revival styles like Spanish Colonial, says the Los Angeles Conservancy. Its interior is also richly decorated, featuring murals, elaborated paintings, and an incredible hanging ironwork piece in its gorgeous rotunda.
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Architectural Digest
The stunning restaurant on Lafayette Street in SoHo, New York City, "is truly representative of the food – elegant, simple, larger than life," notes chef Daniel Rose. It’s also surprisingly complex and curious, with layers of design choices that leave the rooms looking both raw and lavishly styled. In order to best match the simplified elements of Rose's cuisine, remnants of the building's past lives were all removed. The majority of the brick walls are actually reinterpretations inspired by one lone raw wall on Lafayette Street that managed to survive.
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Fast Company
The new 560,000-square-foot expansion to Lego’s headquarters in Billund, Denmark, will include long-term stay facilities for traveling employees and a massive, multitiered atrium that will relieve cramped quarters for the company’s 4,000 local employees. "There's no slide. Fair enough," says Claus Flyger Pejstrup, SVP for Lego Business Services, with a laugh, alluding to the two-story steel tube in Lego's existing headquarters. Instead, the space is modeled to engender playful productivity and encourage collaboration face-to-face, away from desks.
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Travel Pulse
One of the most important factors in new airport construction: Flexibility. With security demands on airports constantly in flux, Reuters.com pinpoints one of the most important concerns among designers, discussing how they meet the changing needs of travelers and how they plan to keep them safe.
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WBUR
July 9 saw the unveiling of the newly renovated and refurbished Boston Public Library’s Johnson building. Emphasizing natural light, color, open spaces, and natural wood, the new design evokes a brighter mood. And beyond its aesthetics, the building is now home to a suite of more forward-looking, digitally-informed library services.
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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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Health Facilities Management
When Nacogdoches (Texas) Memorial Hospital (NMH) implemented a $40 million renovation, which included a new surgery center and Women's and Children's Center, it wanted to address the internal appearance of the hospital to provide patient comfort and improve employee recruitment and retention. This renovation included lighting specifications for both tasks and ambiance. While task lighting is essential in every healthcare facility, NMH paid careful attention to aesthetic lighting as well.
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IIDA
Join IIDA at the second annual IIDA Advocacy Symposium for three days 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, and connect with passionate, dedicated, and persistent commercial interior design advocates from across the country. Register now and receive early bird pricing. IIDA members must login prior to registering to receive the IIDA discount. Register today.
IIDA
The 5th annual Healthcare Interior Design Competition honors and celebrates outstanding originality and excellence in the design and furnishings of healthcare interior spaces and is open to participants worldwide. Any design professional practicing legally within his or her jurisdiction may submit project(s) for consideration via the competition website. Projects submitted must have been completed in or after June 2014. The deadline for entries is Thursday, Aug. 11.
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Tech Insider
Cubicles are so 20th century. A growing number of people can now work remotely, and want the flexibility to do that wherever they want. That's the motivation behind the Greenpod, a futuristic office design concept with walls that can project different surroundings. The idea comes from Neste, an oil refining corporation that produces a renewable diesel fuel from raw materials. The Greenpod is part of Neste's "Pre-order the Future" initiative, which envisions five innovative products made from sustainable materials, Neste's head of communications, Osmo Kammonen, tells Tech Insider.
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Interior Design
Impressed with the new generation of co-working spaces, Yves Behar is offering his own take. The legendary designer recently unveiled CANOPY, which aims to merge the latest in contemporary design with the fundamental goal of making professional environments friendlier, more accessible, and optimal for serious workers of all walks.
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PSFK
A new store named The Clearport has recently opened in Jersey City, New Jersey. Designed by owner Haytham Elgawly, this airport-themed space brings consumers a new shopping experience, albeit more positive than its inspiration. Check-out lines are a nod at airport security, meanwhile clothing is divided by terminals. In an innovative twist, shoppers are able to see arrivals and departures screens featuring new items and those recently sold as soon as they walk in. The typical grey security bins are also placed around the store, only here it's for costumers' convenience. They can fill them with any extra items they carry as they browse through the racks.
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Business 2 Community
It’s wisdom practically as old as the hills: Always treat your employees as well as you want them to treat your best customers. And when it comes to ROI, employee engagement is an integral part of driving and maximizing your revenue.
It’s difficult, if not impossible, for an organization to achieve success without the backing of a dedicated team of employees. Employee engagement is particularly relevant for companies with a large group of frontline staff. Your customers are, after all, human, and people connect with people, not businesses.
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Forbes
When it comes to leadership, you can’t lead others – effectively – until you know how to lead yourself. Here are a few lessons in leadership that are simple in concept, but difficult to live.
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