ASID Foundation Announces Call for Submissions for Workplace Design Research...
The ASID Foundation is pleased to announce the third annual interior design research grant program, Transform, to be awarded to design-related initiatives that address critical gaps in industry...
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Foreign Products Making Waves in the U.S.
Creativity, ingenuity, relevance. Three key factors each manufacturer is keenly aware of as they develop a new product. Here, we highlight a few new products making their way through the design world....
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Ameliorating Symptoms of Dementia at St. Francis Country House:...
Q&A with Dr. Eugenia Victoria Ellis, research team lead at Drexel University What was the inspiration for your research? My firm, BAU Architecture, has been working for the past five years with...
View ArticleGreen Grows Up: As the U.S. Green Building Council Turns 21, Sustainable...
Wherever you turn in the built environment industry these days “green” and “sustainable” are on everyone’s lips. Given how mainstream these concepts have become, it’s difficult to believe that only 10...
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Goodwill Goes Uptown: Pop-Up Boutique Boosts Sales, Lifts Community
Thrifting has become a staple for young people in urban enclaves. The appeal of putting a unique stamp on an outfit, finding a vintage treasure or recycling a perfectly good outfit are just a few...
View ArticleSmart Buildings and Smart Cities Will Take Center Stage in 2014
There is an old Irish joke in which a traveler asks for directions to Limerick and is told, “Well, you wouldn’t want to be starting from here.” That is the major problem facing the clean tech industry...
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Panel Discussion Promotes ‘Generative Spaces’
Panel Discussion on ‘Generative Spaces’ with (L-R) Tama Duffy Day, Gensler, Nancy Pallesen, Arlington Free Clinic and BJ Miller, CCIM. Feature Image provided courtesy of Perkins+Will. Photo Credit: Ken...
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A New Spirit of Work Life Place
Workplaces now include spaces and amenities meant to bring the comfort of home to the office. Image © Gensler The lines between home and work are blurring. Work, lifestyle and community — once...
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Renovating and Creating the “Third Place” To Boost Business
When you go to buy a new phone, you are given a spiel about the many wonderful things the phone offers, from high-speed Internet access to advanced photography, video streaming to data storage — and...
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Designer of Distinction: Tama Duffy Day
Tama Duffy Day, FASID, FIIDA, LEED AP BD+C, has been a designer of distinction throughout her career but now she’s one officially! ASID has named her its 2014 Designer of Distinction, THE premier award...
View ArticleHues for Healthcare Spaces
The latest color trends for healthcare spaces can help architects, designers and specifiers maximize design to deliver functionality and a positive patient experience. Color influences mood and helps...
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The New Normal for the Workplace
Nothing shows the radical change in how work is getting done more than the workplace. Work has been redefined from someplace we go to something we do. Innovations in technology, employee engagement and...
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What Makes a Workplace Healthy?
Evidence keeps piling up that healthy workplaces produce big benefits for employers. Studies show offices and other work areas designed to enhance worker health and wellness not only reduce employee...
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Maximizing Design Resources for Innovation
Interdisciplinary design helps solve complex design problems by bringing together various players in the built environment and other disciplines to create designs for the total human experience (see “A...
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Virtual Reality, Actual Results
Virtual reality (VR) once seemed like magic. Initially esoteric and novel, VR, or immersive multimedia, has worked its way out of research facilities and has become integrated into everyday life. Have...
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Personalized Learning Spaces
The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Foundation awards up to $100,000 annually for research through the Transform Grant. This year, a multidisciplinary team from the Center for Advanced...
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Standing Desks Can Improve Office Productivity and Mood
The workplace setting has become a key target for innovative wellness programs to encourage healthier and happier lifestyles. With the increase of sedentary behavior, encouraged by our televisions,...
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Does Your Online Branding Need a Facelift?
As a designer, your level of taste is judged every day. From the clothes you wear to the spaces you create. It’s no surprise then that your website is a big part of what informs a client’s decision to...
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A Surprising Value-Add for Interior Designers
Designers are always looking for ways to enhance the value of their services in the eyes of consumers and provide additional incentive to hire them. A recent consumer study suggests designers may be...
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Designers Beware – The Terrible 10 Selling Sins
When it comes to selling, many interior designers have discovered the hard way that avoiding the wrong steps can be as important as taking the right ones. Those design professionals whose sales results...
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