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Interior Design
A truly global network, the International Interior Design Association has 15,000 members representing 58 countries. But its nerve center has long been linked with a Chicago landmark, the Mart. As explained by executive vice president and CEO Cheryl Durst, an Interior Design Hall of Fame member, "We've had presence there since the 1960's." That's decades' worth of inertia, discouraging the IIDA from leaving the Windy City's foremost design hive. Still, with the most recent lease about to expire, the association deliberated whether to move its headquarters to another space in the ginormous building or to venture outside it.
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Singapore Business Review
In Singapore (and the world), the business strategy of hotels is changing — because the way people use hotels is changing. With the rising popularity of the sharing economy, growth of millennials, and digital disruption, travelers are increasingly savvy today. A hotel's interior design goes beyond the painting of a wall to a certain color and having it become a feature wall. It also focuses on creating exceptional social space and providing quality lodging amenities.
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Curbed
Say goodbye to the insidious rocking of a cafe table! Brilliant inventor and geometry wiz Chris Heyring has devised a four-legged bistro table that won't wobble. Known mostly for designing innovative suspension systems, Heyring set out to tackle a simple-but-thorny puzzle: Three-legged tables will always sit flat, but risk tipping, while four-legged tables will invariably rock when placed on uneven surfaces.
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Design Milk
While some hotels love to be flashy and extravagant, the newly opened One Suite Hotel located in Srebreno, Croatia, takes the opposite approach. You won't find an intricate facade outside or lavish amenities inside. Instead, the beauty and draw of the One Suite Hotel is the green and healthy lifestyle it promotes, one that I think you'll be happy to adopt once you check-out.
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Work Design Magazine
Activity-based working is often mentioned in conjunction with cost savings. Executed well, this workplace design typology — wherein employees forego dedicated seats in favor of moving between different areas suited to particular tasks — can indeed save organizations money on real estate and office furnishings. However, ABW's biggest benefits don't show up on the bottom line as quickly or succinctly as those line items.
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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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CNBC
When it comes to picking a hotel room, millennials prefer a deal on a picture-perfect room they can share on social media over saving money on a cheaper room, according to data from mobile travel app HotelTonight. "Fundamentally they are different as a generation, which extends to how they travel and how they really travel for business," said HotelTonight CEO Sam Shank.
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IIDA
Join IIDA in Chicago for the IIDA Advocacy Symposium beginning September 22, 2017, 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. Connect with passionate, dedicated, and persistent commercial interior design advocates from across the country. Space is limited. Register now.
IIDA
IIDA is pleased to announce the opening of the 5th annual IIDA Best of Asia Pacific Design Awards competition. This competition honors innovation and design excellence in interior design/architecture throughout the Asia Pacific region in 15 categories. Projects must be located in the Asia Pacific region; however, the design firm may be based outside of the region. The deadline to submit is Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017. Enter the competition.
Building Design + Construction
After 11 years of designing medical-surgical nursing units, I recently had the opportunity to spend a day observing one nurse through most of a shift. Don't get me wrong, I had a solid grasp of the fundamentals of the typical nursing routine, thanks to years of learning from experienced colleagues and user-group meetings. But in eight hours of direct observation, I saw and learned things that had never come up in past conversations. Here are eight valuable lessons I learned from observing a nurse I'll call Angela.
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Caesarstone
Caesarstone has launched four new colors that are sophisticated, expressive and defy the norm. Montblanc, Moorland Fog and Turbine Grey feature intricate veining with a refined surface. Rugged Concrete brings texture to the forefront as its grey base is camouflaged by billows of white. Caesarstone quartz has a timeless quality that blends function and beauty while delivering superior durability.
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By Bambi Majumdar
 Hotel industry stalwarts have admitted that Airbnb has forced them to compete with "people's living rooms" and replicate that experience to sell their brands. Changing customer demands have given rise to a new generation of hotels where the rooms are getting smaller, and the common areas are getting bigger and better. The focus is on creating small and cozy rooms, along with sleek and stylish lobbies, lounges, cafes, and bars that beckon guests to spend time and interact with others.
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Upgrade your site and email address or start fresh with a new .design domain name. IIDA members get their first year free at www.IIDA.design - join the likes of kohler.design and airbnb.design with this hot, new development. MORE
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Co.Design
Every year, the Association for Computing Machinery hosts a conference called Siggraph where artists, researchers, designers, and developers show off their work on computer graphics. Since the 1970s, the conference has offered an annual glimpse at the latest techniques and tools for creativity in the digital world. This year's conference — going on this week in Los Angeles — shows how rapidly creative technology is evolving today.
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Business Tech
Recently, Grapnel Property Group opened the doors of their first Perch Co-Working Space in South Africa. Perch explained that co-working spaces allow people to become nomadic workers and have a non-committal relationship with their work spaces. Perch Rosebank is accessible to a membership community who subscribe on a monthly basis, and it is also open to walk-ins through day passes and week passes.
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Forbes
If you're unhappy with your current job, you're not alone. A report released by Gallup reveals that 51 percent of Americans are either unhappy or feel somewhat disengaged in their jobs. Another 16 percent are actively disengaged in their jobs. Yikes!
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Inc.
Becoming a better leader happens over time, and takes deliberate practice to improve at. Being, "born with it," will only take you so far. Great leaders are continual learners and practitioners. In fact, top CEOs have reported reading four to five books per month. Learning is synonymous with great leadership. Learning what not to do, and what to drop from your routine is just as important as acquiring new skills.
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