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Bill Marriott: Where hotels are going
The Wall Street Journal
Bill Marriott, the 82-year-old chairman of Marriott International, the $19 billion hotel-management company, is done with flowered drapes and white tablecloths. In place of fusty bedspreads and fluffy carpets, he wants most of his 200 new luxury and lifestyle hotel projects to be filled with sleek flat-screen TVs, hardwood floors and hopping bars.
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Guests much more satisfied with hotels, study says
USA Today
Travelers have reached their highest level of satisfaction with hotels in years because of improvements in facilities and services, a new study from J.D. Powers and Associates has found. But there's one group of travelers that remains most critical of hotels: millennials, who are starting to travel more and spend more.
Staff support: Designing optimal healthcare work environments
Healthcare Design
From supportive staff workspaces to on-site fitness centers to business-class lounges, hospitals are responding to employee needs — by design.
10 office design tips to foster creativity
Inc.
On vacation, would you ever choose a hotel with fluorescent lighting and drab grey rooms? The answer is obvious. But plenty of small-business owners forget simple things when it comes to office design. Exactly how do the smartest, most collaborative small companies use office design to reinforce their culture and inspire creativity? Furniture maker Turnstone recently visited 19 of America's coolest small businesses to find out.
IIDA Foundation once again offers NCIDQ and LEED exam reimbursement
IIDA Foundation
The next round of funding for tuition reimbursement from the NCIDQ Tuition Reimbursement Fund and the Sustainable Design Education Fund is open. IIDA Associate Members who have taken and passed the NCIDQ exam administered in April 2014 may request consideration for NCIDQ tuition reimbursement. And, Professional and Associate Members who have taken and passed the LEED exam in the time period of Jan. 1 – June 31, 2014, may request consideration for LEED reimbursement. For more information, please visit the IIDA website.
Clock is ticking on 2 interior design competitions; enter today!
IIDA
IIDA presents more than a dozen competitions annually, each one celebrating a different aspect of Interior Design worldwide. Have you entered the two competitions that are now open?
● Healthcare Interior Design Competition: Entries due Friday, Aug. 1
● Best of Asia Pacific Design Awards: Entries due Friday, Aug. 22
Ziegler Cooper redefines the workplace — starting with its own
Interiors & Sources
Designed to be an inspirational space for both employees and clients, the new office of Ziegler Cooper features 65-foot-high cathedral ceilings over a highly open and collaborative studio space. This centralization of design studios places leadership in direct communication with professional staff.
Remanufactured furniture trends
Today's Facility Manager
Traditionally, facility managers have sought out remanufactured office furniture for its favorable price point. But increasingly, savvy buyers are considering remanufactured furniture for its inherent green attributes.
Lab allows designers to test efficiency of interiors before construction
GreenWire via Green Building Elements
Federal scientists have designed a rotating, customizable lab that allows commercial real estate developers to create mock-ups of planned buildings to test the energy efficiency of the interiors before a building is constructed.
Lean startup and design thinking: 5 takeaways from Eric Ries
The Huffington Post
There is a reason entrepreneurs call their companies "startups" and not "endups." The name basically designates a small enterprise that begins somewhere at the bottom of the unknown and then climbs. But as Eric Ries points out, it is the entrepreneurs' discipline that will ensure their business will end up and not down.
3 questions to measure your design effectiveness
Inc.
How effective is the design strategy at your business? Philadelphia University Strategic Design MBA Director Natalie Nixon lists three questions you can ask yourself.
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