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Fast Company
If you learned that you could increase your productivity by almost 50 percent by making one near-effortless change, you'd probably try it. But at what point would you question whether the advice was too good to be true? A recent study from Texas A&M University found that employees who used sit-stand desks were 46 percent more productive than those at traditional desks. Major news media ran with the eye-catching stat, and readers gobbled up the information, believing they, too, could be wildly more productive if only they had the right desk. Unfortunately, the research was far from a slam dunk, as Dr. Jack P. Callaghan, a professor at the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Waterloo, explained. "There was no randomization of the workers," he said, "and there were no historical performance data as a baseline."
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Dezeen
Brexit design summit: How has the EU referendum affected the U.K.'s architects and designers and what will Brexit mean for the sector? Dezeen convened a summit of leading practitioners, retailers, writers, and lawyers to discuss the implications and explore what action can be taken. One month after the U.K. went to the polls to vote on whether to stay in the EU or leave, over a dozen well-known figures from the sector came to Dezeen's offices in east London to share their experiences, their hopes, and their fears.
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Kontor
"An office is awesome when it provides an outlet for productivity, problem solving, and reflection. The best offices allow people to work in a variety of ways that suit different problems to be solved," says designer Blair Lambert. "My criteria has developed into open, airy spaces that allow movement and the ability to change work areas." Lambert's current workplace design trend obsession is activity-based work settings that allow for quick, impromptu meetings and discussions.
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The Columbus Dispatch
What do millennials want? That's become an increasingly important question for employers trying to compete for skilled young workers. Attracting and retaining these employees is a driving force behind a growing number of office moves and redesigns, according to professionals in real estate and office design. "It's the biggest trend we see: Companies using their space to compete for talent and retain the talent they have," said Michael Copella, managing director of the Columbus office of commercial real-estate firm CBRE Group. "Companies are looking at their space as another arrow in their quiver, along with basic elements such as pay and benefits."
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Fast Company
The project to build a new Dropbox headquarters started around three years ago when the San Francisco office was split up into two buildings. The goal was to merge the two halves into a coherent organism, in a space that was just like Dropbox the product: A combination of simplicity and function that was collaborative, but still felt individualistic and human. The finished Dropbox headquarters mixes public, semipublic, and private spaces, each catering to a different kind of employee mood. It looks almost like a warehouse of different classic film sets where employees can choose the world they want to work in that day.
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The award-winning Acrovyn Wall Panel system provides designers the opportunity to reset their standards with extensive new design selections that install in half the time previously required. With new trim and edge options, panel depths and endless finishes, designers can create unique spaces that are protected and easily maintained.
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Interior Design
An imaginative, sky-high recreation area for pediatric patients is the result of an underutilized rooftop space at the Hospital Materno-Infantil del Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre in Madrid. The 8,600-square-foot area is now a veritable wonderland paved with overlapping circles in bright red, pink, orange, and green rubber, micro-cement, and artificial turf. Attractions include a twisting path for toy bikes, a miniature soccer field, a fountain alive with fish, and swings shaded beneath a dome. Plants were chosen to withstand the strong sun.
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Fast Company
The American Institute of Architects recently announced seven new, stand-out structures designed to help heal patients, whether the focus is cancer treatment, reproductive health, or pediatrics. One constant that runs through these diverse buildings, though, is green space. As innovations in the medical field make their way from theory to practice, the architecture of healthcare facilities often follows suit. Today, architects of healthcare facilities are borrowing from a diverse range of sources, including Apple, Starbucks, theater design, and even luxury day spas.
But amid all of these clever new tricks lies an old saw: The power of plants to create an atmosphere that provides medical benefits.
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Architectural Digest
When it comes to embracing your surroundings, this open-air hotel room – courtesy of Switzerland’s Null Stern Hotel – is the ultimate outdoor experience. No walls, no roof, and complete exposure to Mother Nature’s weather patterns makes this accommodation truly one of a kind. The room was created for guests to experience a night with the stars, while showcasing the natural splendor of the Swiss landscape.
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Interior Design
Make the unexpected happen. Embrace the notion of accelerated serendipity. Emphasize transparency, especially following the last financial debacle. These were among the reams of ideas put forth by University of Kansas School of Business Dean and Professor Neeli Bendapudi. The four-story, 165,000-square-foot building now puts an emphasis on community, connections, and sight lines which are expressed distinctly by the central atrium. Near the base of the staircase, the atrium floor rises into tiered seating referencing Rome’s Spanish Steps. Like that beloved landmark, this is a place to hang out, see, and be seen.
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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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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. IIDA members must login prior to registering to receive the IIDA discount. Register today.
IIDA
IIDA and co-presenting sponsor Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong proudly announce the opening of the 4th annual IIDA Best of Asia Pacific Design Awards competition. This international competition honors innovation and design excellence in interior design/architecture throughout the Asia Pacific region in 14 categories. Projects must be located in the Asia Pacific region; however, the design firm may be based outside of the region. Submitted project(s) must have been completed after July 1, 2014. The deadline to submit is Thursday, Sept. 8.
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USA Today
Work's out and it's time for happy hour. Where to go for a stiff drink? One surprising destination of choice: Urban Outfitters. The hipster retailer has begun to offer customers much more than clothing at certain locations. Urban Outfitters' Space Ninety 8 in Brooklyn now includes pop-up shops, an Israeli BBQ restaurant, and a rooftop bar.
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USA Today
People love theme park rides. The lines that they have to endure in order to board the rides? Not so much. But when tens of thousands of visitors arrive at a park, all of whom want to experience its major attractions, waiting around is inevitable. Some park operators, such as Disney and Six Flags, offer virtual queue programs that allow visitors to reserve ride times and skip some of the lines. However, attraction designers have been designing queues that are so compelling, guests may not want to skip the lines.
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Dezeen
There's not a sharp edge in sight within Greek studio KLab's design for the Andronikos Hotel, which sits overlooking the Aegean Sea on the volcanic island of Santorini. The hotel was designed to mimic the "cave-like" houses in this part of Santorini, which is at the Greek island's highest point in the village of Imerovigli. The boutique hotel features exaggeratedly curved arches, pebble-like cushions, and blobs of flat color on the floor.
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freshome
Jamba Juice’s recently opened Innovation Bar in Pasadena, California showcases a fresh new design idea completed by Bestor Architecture, one that combines branding with local influences. The idea is to make stores stand out from the generic, repetitive experience found at most chains. Bestor noticed similarities between the bright colors used in Jamba Juice stores and those used by the late Deborah Sussman in her eye-catching Los Angeles designs from the 1980s. Bestor's design updated this palette of vibrant colors by blowing it up into supergraphics on the wall, which plays well with the restaurant's seafoam green walls and light wood accents.
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Forbes
What do potato chips, Post-It Notes, pacemakers, penicillin, and Silly Putty all have in common? They were all created by making mistakes. Failure, mistakes, mishaps – they all play a vital role in helping employees learn and grow, too. Unfortunately, organizations penalize mistakes and create employees who are risk-averse and too shy or nervous to try anything new. The best companies are those that encourage failure, embrace out-of-the-box thinking, and allow employees to make mistakes and see what happens.
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By Betty Boyd
 What do you value most as a leader – your accomplishments, your goals or your title? Better yet, how curious are you as a leader? Curiosity is the cornerstone of wanting to grow, explore, and investigate and is associated with all aspects of human development. People should never stop learning. We all have the capacity to be better today than yesterday. Do you have the desire to be curious? Do you want to learn and develop better skills and acquire knowledge?
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Forbes
For many of us, 2016 began with a promise – a promise that this year we will accomplish that which has eluded us. Often it’s the everyday things that prove most difficult – managing your schedule, treating people the way you ought to, and keeping things in perspective when chaos is at hand. There are two reasons why we’re so bad at reaching our goals: The first is that we bite off more than we can chew. The second reason most self-improvement efforts are doomed to fail is that our emotions have a nasty habit of hijacking our behavior. The good news is that you can address both problems and make the changes you desire by resolving this year to develop a single skill – emotional intelligence.
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