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When working as an interior design consultant for small businesses, I notice a common trend. Sometimes they don’t understand why commercial furnishings cost more than residential furnishings and what makes them a smart investment choice. Commercial and residential furnishes vary in their construction and how they are represented based on their anticipated usage. Commercial furnishings most [...] Being an interior design professional, part of my job includes visiting clients. The only way I am able to help them efficiently is if I know what I am working with. Recently I visited a corporation that I was helping to relocate, and was very troubled at their response to my presence. While the people [...] Companies are in business to make a profit. This is not something new, but something that often gets lost as the business journey is underway. As companies progress and they are strategizeing how to win more business and increase margins, they can also focus efforts on unifying their business strategy with the [...] One of the great things about New York was that there was such a great mix of people and they were all at different levels of oblivion. Walking though the streets of Manhattan I came to realize how important it is to safeguard environments to cater to the oblivious guest for their own safety. Seeing people [...] During my New York City trip one thing that stuck out to me was the high level of light pollution infiltrating the night sky. This shouldn’t be a new concept, or something so surprising seeing New York is such a large city, however I shuddered walking through Times Square in the middle of the night [...] When remodeling a home or corporate space, most of the money and materials is spent in the public spaces. By re-looking at the interior space, you can create a sanctuary, a place to get away and invest in you. Investing in the private spaces in a home creates a place of refuge to recharge and [...] Interior design is approached differently by everyone. There is one thing that I think all interior designers agree on though, and that’s not designing for the exception, rather the rule. It never fails that I walk into a small business and they want to design the entire space around one person, or a set of [...] On a recent trip to the nail salon I picked up a magazine to flip though. It seemed weathered, but I thought nothing of it and continued to read, when I noticed that things didn’t quite make sense. Flipping the magazine around, I discovered that it was from almost three years ago. It seemed as though [...] I know we are a couple weeks past NeoCon, but I still can’t seem to shake how seating products have evolved and even become less ergonomic. Perhaps it’s just that I am more sensitive to proper lumbar support needs, but at NeoCon more than not I was disappointed with the new seating products. Currently I sit [...] Yesterday as thousands of people stood in line to get their reserved iphones, I couldn’t help but think how technology has changed our lives and shaped who we are and how we communicate. Technology and interior design have this in common: they are constantly advancing and being used as a tool to help us work [...] |
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