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It’s interesting how many business owners are so interested in the what I affectionately call the “band-aid approach” to their facilities. It stems from not wanting to spend capital dollars on their space, but what happens is a bunch of haphazard design decisions that become layered on each other, resulting in increased money over time. [...] As I drove to work this morning, one big rain drip hit my windshield, then another, followed by another. I pulled into the parking lot and made my way into the building before sheets of rain started barreling down bringing with it tremendous wind and a black sky. We began commenting on the elegance of [...] Have you ever approached a new destination, walked through the door and was shocked with the interior? Nestled into a strip mall near my office is a little restaurant. It’s a franchise that I had never heard of before, yet my new coworkers rave about. It was described to me as being small and a [...] It’s interesting being an interior designer and having to go through the move and swing space process that we coach people through everyday. Usually I am on one side of that table explaining the plan for where people are supposed to sit, when they are moving and how they are getting there. This time I [...] I am married to a web designer, one of the best as far as I am concerned (I’m a little biased), and while I have learned much about web design, it doesn’t mean that I know how to design a web site. How does this correlate to interior design? I have met more than a [...] There is something so beautiful about a space interacting with nature on a deep level. In the past we have seen architecture and interior design having to battle with nature, but as the green movement gains momentum, we see architects and interior designers pushing to accommodate nature, even at an inconvenience to the design process. [...] Many interior design clients involve the interior designer later than they should. When an interior designer is involved later in the stage of the project, decisions have already been made that effect the project and budget. Many times an interior designer can help facilitate these decisions which results in a better project once complete. Tunnel vision undertakes us each and every day. People believe that their piece of the pie is the most important, and that extends into interior design as well. When designing a space and meeting with various departments, department heads usually regard their function as the most important in the entire company. While in a way [...] Good lighting is never noticed. This was a lesson I learned before my interior design career fully launched and I was doing lighting design at for a local church. The first lesson I was taught regarding lighting design was to stay in the background and not be noticed, to enhance what the program was trying to convey, but [...] Visiting a client today I was reminded how simple being a little more green can really be. My client, located in a skyscraper in Chicago, doesn’t occupy their entire rented space, the parts that are not occupied are kept dark. It’s just that simple. The blinds are drawn and the lighting sections in that area [...] |
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