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GIVING VOICE TO THOSE WHO CREATE WORKPLACE DESIGN & FURNISHINGS07.15.19 GIVING VOICE TO THOSE WHO CREATE WORKPLACE DESIGN & FURNISHINGS
Eat Well Seated: Andreu World Examines Gastronomy & Design
On the 12th floor of theMART during NeoCon 2019, the 1871 coworking space served as backdrop to Eat Well Seated, a food-and-design discussion hosted by Andreu World. The Eat Well Seated event was hosted in conjunction with Andreu World’s release of a new book of the same title. Of course, we were excited to attend an event with such a tantalizing topic, and with a perfectly curated group of panel participants. This week, we offer an account of the discussion, and of the foremost trends in restaurant design today.
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Does the Workplace Influence Your Employees’ Professional Identities?
Coworking spaces were originally created to offer individuals and young companies a space outside of the home to work. At its most basic level, they offer a physical space – like any other office. But, we know traditional offices offer their tenants much more than just desks and meeting spaces; if designed and used well, they can offer employers and employees a sense of culture, community, and professional identity. Can coworking spaces do the same? A research effort from design firm HLW and iconic coworking OG WeWork tackles the presence and power of coworking spaces.
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Concurrents – Environmental Psychology: Offices, Alternate Locations, and Working
Fresh evidence indicates that our professional performance varies in different sorts of spaces and that office-type environments are probably still generally the best places for us to work. As we spend more time working in non-office spaces and technology improves to support us as we do so, this may change; but at this moment in human history the office-performance link seems important to consider. officeinsight columnist Sally Augustin reviews new research on the topic.
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CITED:“WE, THE PEOPLE, RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES AS WELL AS RIGHTS; THAT OUR DESTINES ARE BOUND TOGETHER; THAT A FREEDOM WHICH ONLY ASKS WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME, A FREEDOM WITHOUT A COMMIT-MENT TO OTHERS, A FREEDOM WITHOUT LOVE OR CHARITY OR DUTY OR PATRIOTISM, IS UNWOR-THY OF OUR FOUNDING IDEALS, AND THOSE WHO DIED IN THEIR DEFENSE.” —BARACK OBAMA
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Event Panel, L-R: Chef Doug Psaltis of Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Gensler Chicago Co-Managing Director Kristen Conry, Simeone Deary Design Group Principal Sara Talleux, and Andreu World CEO Jesús Llinares. Photography: courtesy of Andreu World
On the 12th floor of theMART, during NeoCon 2019, the 1871 coworking space served as backdrop to Eat Well Seated, a food-and-design discussion hosted by Andreu World.
Traveling through 1871 space back to the panel presentation created an alluring experience for attendees; the hall was lined with museum-like instal-lations of Andreu World chairs and cor-responding photographs of their use in restaurant designs all across the world.
The Eat Well Seated event was hosted in conjunction with Andreu World’s release of a new book of the same title. From the publication’s debut announcement:
“Designing and cooking have a lot in common. To start with, both designers and chefs need raw materials. Some find it in the forest and others in the market. They make it in workshops or
kitchens with the help of specialized workers, who have specific tools and machinery for this, either in wood-working or working with food at low
temperatures. This elaboration has much craftsmanship, and the result of both processes ends up being found at the restaurant table.”
“There is a parallel between these two disciplines that have evolved dramatically in recent years driven by creativity and good vocation. In some cases, they have even gone hand-in-hand, simultaneously creating the con-tainer and the content. No chef today opens a restaurant without considering the decoration and to offer a high-level dining experience requires attention to all the details, which are many, but there are two things that cannot fail: the dish has to be delicious and the chair comfortable.”
“Andreu World manufactures the chairs, lounge chairs, stools, and ta-bles of many restaurants developed by professionals who know of the impor-
Eat Well Seated: Andreu World Examines Gastronomy & Designby Mallory Jindra
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a&dtance of eating well seated. The idea of reflecting on this is the basis of this publication that combines gastronomy with design. It includes fifty superb examples across four continents and the opinions of fifteen well-known chefs who together have no less than 39 Michelin stars, from José Andrés to Gastón Acurio, two of the most influen-tial chefs in the world.”
“The publication surveys fifty restaurants from around the world developed by top professionals: Nor-man Foster, Frank Gehry, Conran and Partners, Carlos and Borja Ferrater, Andrés Alfaro Hoffman, Fernando Amat and Jordi Tió, Cul de Sac, Javier Mariscal and Fernando Salas, Francesc Rifé, Juli Capella or Patricia Urquiola entre otros.”
47 Ronin restaurant, Madrid, Spain
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Ambivium restaurant, Valladolid, Spain
Ikea restaurant, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
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Of course, we were excited to attend an event with such a tantalizing topic, and with a perfectly curated group of panel participants.
Moderated by Interior Design’s Managing Editor Helene Oberman, the Eat Well Seated panel discussion included Chef Doug Psaltis of Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Gensler Chicago Co-Managing Director Kristen Conry, Simeone Deary Design Group Principal Sara Talleux, and Andreu World CEO Jesús Llinares.
The discussion was fruitful, provid-ing a base for thinking about how design and food, and the experience of preparing and eating food, can come together to make a more meaningful experience for restaurant patrons. Be-low, find the finer points of the panel:
>The idea of restaurant as escape – a quick vacation away, an entertainment option – is contributing to ever-more lavish, experiential restaurant design.
>The rise of “culinary tourism” – travel taken with the primary pursuit of “indulging in unique cuisine in foreign lands” [words by Le Cordon Bleu cu-linary institute] – has placed immense pressure on, and simultaneously created amazing opportunities for both large-scale restaurateurs and mom-and-pop, hole-in-the-wall dining gems. People are seeking out dining and food destinations that go above and beyond the normal, and are spending their money and time to get to and take part in those experiences.
>The reason for going to a restaurant for the first time is one of two things – ambience or food – or both. “20 years ago, ambiance alone would have never been the reason. It’s a sea change.”
>Restaurateurs are asking for the ability to change configurations within a space more often, even daily. Just as in the workplace, tenants and end users of restaurants want the ability to
Mextico restaurant, Barcelona, Spain
Kith Quayside Caffe, Senosa Island, Singapore
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customize the space according to their needs. And, as culinary customer ser-vice continues to mimic that of a hotel experience, flexibility to accommodate any and all patrons’ requests becomes more important. “Today it’s not so different for us to design a residential building now, because it’s so much like a hotel now. The lines are blurring into restaurant design as well.”
>In crafting both menus and interiors, regionalism holds a tremen-dous influence on the success of a restaurant. Studying how people eat – the cuisine, atmosphere, formality, demographics, eating style and meal times – in the region, city, and neigh-borhood where the new restaurant will be located, is a critical to its success.
>The collaborative process between design firm and restaurant client falls into two categories: One, a design pro-
cess with the chef already in place; or two, a design process where the chef has not been selected. With a chef already in place, the design process can often be more personal, and more collaborative. The other side, before a chef is involved, presents a more conceptual design brief, i.e. “We want to do an Italian restaurant.”
>The open kitchen – with chefs pre-paring meals in front of guests – is an engaging experience for patrons, but it also opens the door to less appetizing kitchen secrets. “Some of the action and interiors of a restaurant kitchen are not sexy to look at. We have to work at how to show just a peak of the kitchen. How do we show the fun, entertain-ment part of it, but conceal other func-tions. Also, cooks can’t hear each other often in open kitchens, which contrib-utes to less-than-efficient results.”
The Eat Well Seated event was held at the coworking space 1871, on the 12th floor of theMART in Chicago.
Andreu World CEO Jesús Llinares at the Eat Well Seated panel event
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Björk restaurant, Hemavan, Sweden
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Dar Hamad restaurant, Kuwait
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a&d>”The culinary world is extremely
competitive, and sometimes that climate can result in restaurant design that is too trendy.” The challenge lies in how to keep neutrality and timeless-ness, and materiality is a big piece of that puzzle.
>The two biggest challenges in res-taurant design are lighting and acous-tics. The perfect concoction of each of these elements is different for each proj-ect, and striking the right balance can mean the life or death of a restaurant trying to make it in a cut-throat market.
>Restaurant projects require design-ers to link space efficiencies directly with the goals a restaurant wants/needs to hit. Table and chair design, comfort, height, and placement all contribute directly to the bottom line for these clients.
>Sustainability efforts – both in the dishes being served and in the restaurant interiors – are becoming more focused. Patrons have eyes for it, and forward-thinking restaurants are eager to be a leader in sustainable restaurant operations.
The Eat Well Seated publication was edited by Andreu World and published by Planeta Gastro; directed by Ramón Úbeda, a design specialist who likes to eat well; written by the journalist Álvaro Castro, a lifestyle journalist who likes good design; and illustrated by Antonio Solaz.
The pages within are a delight to both the eyes and the taste buds – make sure to have a reservation booked for after browsing! n
Valbuena Monastery Hotel, Valladolid, Spain
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WeWork, Peachtree Street, Atlanta
Coworking spaces were originally created to offer individuals and young companies a space outside of the home to work. At its most basic level, they offer a physical space – like any other office. But, we know traditional offices offer their tenants much more than just desks and meeting spaces; if designed and used well, they can offer employers and employees a sense of culture, community, and professional identity.
Can coworking spaces do the same? To uncover the shifting landscape of coworking spaces,
design firm HLW and iconic coworking OG WeWork, with the help of collaborators at the University of Michigan, set about answering the question, “How do highly curated coworking cultures and traditional offices impact the professional iden-tity of members, employees and their organizations?”
Between 2017 and 2018, Pete Bacevice, Director of
Research at HLW, and his team collaborated with WeWork to survey “over 1,000 of their new individual members in the United States with a goal to study member identity. Their findings suggest that when organizations take the time to choose a coworking space that aligns with the image they want to project – about their employees and about their busi-ness – workers will experience higher levels of thriving, and the organizations will benefit as well, causing employees to identify even more strongly with their purpose and values.”
The study reveals multiple points of guidance in the power coworking interiors have on their member companies and individuals, providing a sense of culture and meaning-ful interaction, just like traditional offices.
In a Harvard Business Review article detailing the study, Mr. Bacevice and his team wrote:
Does the Workplace Influence Your Employees’ Professional Identities?by Mallory Jindra
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a&d“Since the first coworking space
appeared in 2005, over 14,000 have opened around the world. While the earlier generation sought to provide independent workers with resources and support that couldn’t be found at home, coffee shops, or other nomadic locations, today’s spaces have evolved into businesses that also support the needs of large organizations. Some use it to house employees located in re-mote locations, relieving them from the expense of a long-term lease. Other small businesses and early stage ven-tures that have uncertain headcount projections or business growth rates operate entirely from coworking spaces due to the spatial flexibility.”
“Over the past several years, we have studied how these environments impact individual workers, taking into account the amenities, branding, aes-thetics, and unique cultures created from diverse people and companies working together under one roof. We have found that workers benefit from coworking spaces more than traditional offices. They experience greater levels of flexibility and thriving (defined as vitality and learning at work), a greater ability to network, as well as a stronger sense of community. However, up until now, we have not known how this impacts the businesses they work for.”
“We wanted to know to what extent members identify with the culture of
WeWork Los Angeles WeWork, Playa Vista, Los Angeles
WeWork Chinatown, Washington, D.C.
WeWork Chicago
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a&dtheir coworking space and whether or not this impacts the extent to which they identify with their company or employer. After all, organizations invest valuable resources nurturing connectivity among employees and developing work cultures. But, in a coworking space that houses multiple organizations, there are several mes-sages, norms, and values, competing for members’ attention.”
NYC offices of a confidential HLW tech client. Photography: courtesy of HLW
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a&dRelationship to WeWork vs. Relation-ship to Organization
“Mr. Bacevice detailed his analy-sis: “Mr. 71% worked full-time for companies that are either located in
a WeWork office or use WeWork for remote individuals and teams. The re-maining 29% included business own-ers, contractors, sole proprietors, and part-time workers. Through a survey,
we asked members to indicate their level of agreement with statements like “I have a lot in common with others at WeWork” and “I have a lot in com-mon with others in my organization” to
WeWork, Wall Street, New York
WeWork, Ponce de Leon, Miami
WeWork, Seymour, Vancouver
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a&ddetermine how much they identify with WeWork versus their organizations. Identity was defined as the extent to which one feels emotionally, psycho-logically, and subjectively bound to an employer (or any other platform they work for) and was measured on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being the lowest association and 5 being the highest.”
“We found that members strongly identify with their work organizations, with the majority scoring over 4 points, even after working in the WeWork office for a long period of time. In general, members identify less so with WeWork, with the majority scoring more than 1 point lower on the same 5-point scale. This difference in iden-tity scores intrigued us and led us to explore why.”
The Why and How: Coworking & Pro-fessional Identity
Mr. Bacevice, in an officeinsight email interview, pointed to four specific reasons behind the idea that cowork-ing spaces, just as much as traditional offices, can provide their members with a sense of professionalism and creditability:
>People can demonstrate professional behavior regardless of where they work.
>For some people, depending on the nature of their work (for example, people who regularly meet face to face with clients), certain symbols are necessary for demonstrating profes-sionalism to others. Clients choose to work with certain people and certain organizations. A well-designed work environment is one of many symbols
that convey messages about an organi-zation’s values.
>For workers who don’t have access to a traditional office, coworking can provide them with the symbolism of a workplace that working from home might not provide.
>Some remote workers want to feel connected to other professionals and feel a sense of community or energy that comes from working in a profes-sional setting. Coworking spaces can provide those elements.
Regardless of where a company’s employees work, how do you ensure those employees feel valued, accord-ing to Mr. Bacevice?
>Maintain open lines of communica-tion, whether through virtual means, face-to-face, or a combination of both
Jupiter Asset Managers, UK, designed by HLW. Photography: courtesy of HLW
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>Mentor them>Involve them in decision-making>Set realistic goals that people can
meet, trust them to do the right thing in achieving those goals, and hold them accountable for performance
The Harvard Business Review article continued: “At the end of our study, we asked members to describe how WeWork affects their professional identity. Some respondents replied neutrally, “It’s just a space.” These members derive benefits from the more practical elements of member-ship, such as spatial amenities or con-venience of location. Other members, however, said that WeWork plays an
active role in shaping their professional and organizational identities. These members had higher identity scores for both their work organizations and WeWork (though the gap between the two remained). They also experience higher levels of thriving and productiv-ity at work.”
“The results of this study rein-force a key theme from our years of research: the choice to work in a coworking space is based on both practical, financially-driven variables as well as experiential, and culturally-driven variables. At a basic level, coworking is a service that simplifies the transaction of accessing and oc-
cupying a workspace. However, it is also a social product that nurtures a sense of belongingness to its mem-bers. In addition to spaces that target a full range of member demograph-ics, there are, for example, niché coworking spaces for women, people of color, social ventures, lawyers, architects, and fashion businesses. Because switching costs among coworking spaces are relatively low due to the lack of long-term member leases and the availability of differ-ent service providers, members can choose a space that reflects their identity and the identity they want to cultivate for their business.” n
Capital One Digital Labs, NYC, designed by HLW. Photography: courtesy of HLW
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concurrentsENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGYOffices, Alternate Locations, and Workingby Sally Augustin, Ph.D.
Fresh evidence indicates that our professional performance varies in different sorts of spaces and that office-type environments are probably still generally the best places for us to work. As we spend more time working in non-office spaces and technology improves to support us as we do so, this may change; but at this moment in human history the office-performance link seems important to consider.
Moskalluk, Burmeister, Cress and their colleagues have studied performance in more usual sorts of offices and in alternative locations.
Moskaliuk, Burmeister, Landkammer, Renner and Cress published a paper in 2017 which
compared performance “in a traditional office on company premises” and “in the home or in other environments that were never originally conceptualized for working, such as parks or hotel lobbies.” They “used virtual 3D environments to examine the impact of a work-related (characteristic office) vs. a non-work related context (Tuscan garden) on attention, concentration, and decision making…compared to the non-work context, participants in the work context (1) had marginally faster reaction times in an attentional task (2) were more accurate in completing a concentration test, and (3) made decisions that were more risky.”
All tasks completed by study participants were similar to typical knowledge work. The virtual reality spaces used were described by the researchers: “In the non-work context condition, participants browsed through a garden resembling a Tuscan landscape showing peaceful nature. Participants were able to walk around the cottage house and to look through the window…In the work context condition, the virtual environment consisted of office equipment, like a desk, a laptop, and other typical work-related artefacts from an office setting.”
In a 2018 paper, Burmeister, Moskaliuk and Cress reported that,
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concurrents“Mobile workers perform tasks that require high concentration not only in their traditional office but also within environments that are typically related to leisure (e.g., in a park or in the living room)…In two studies…results indicated higher work-related concentration when surrounded by an office compared to a leisure environment.” During study 1, participants worked in either a virtual office or garden: “The office environment showed a typical office room, furnished with office equipment, such as a desk, a desk chair, a computer, or writing utensils.
Participants were not able to leave the room but had a view from the window towards a busy street. The leisure environment showed lush green garden scenery with a view of mountains, a river, and a small cottage. Participants could look into the cottage, but not enter it.” In the second study, data were gathered as people worked in their actual (physical) office or in a leisure environment that the worker selected. Interestingly, all but one study participant chose an indoor space at their home as their leisure environment.
This pair of studies indicates that it’s too early to replace all of our
workplaces with idyllic garden spaces, etc. – but as people’s experiences and expectations regarding offices evolve, so will the best places for us to work. n
Carolin Burmeister, Johannes Moskaliuk, and Ulrike Cress. 2018. “Office Versus Leisure Environments: Effects of Surroundings on Concentration.” Journal of Environmental Psychology, vol. 58, pp. 42-51.
Johannes Moskaliuk, Carolin Burmeister, Florian Landkammer, Bettina Renner, and Ulrike Cress. 2017. “Environmental Effects on Cognition and Decision Making of Knowledge Workers.” Journal of Environmental Psychology, vol. 49, pp. 43-54.
Sally Augustin, PhD, is the editor of Research Design Connections (www.researchdesignconnections.com). Research Design Connections reports on research conducted by social and physical scientists that designers can apply in practice. Insights derived from recent studies are integrated with classic, still relevant findings in concise, powerful articles. Topics covered range from the cognitive, emotional, and physiological implications of sensory and other physical experiences to the alignment of culture, personality, and design, among others. Information, in everyday language, is shared in a monthly subscription newsletter, an archive of thousands of published articles, and a free daily blog. Readers learn about the latest research findings immediately, before they’re available elsewhere. Sally, who is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, is also the author of Place Advantage: Applied Psychology for Interior Architecture (Wiley, 2009) and, with Cindy Coleman, The Designer’s Guide to Doing Research: Applying Knowledge to Inform Design (Wiley, 2012). She is a principal at Design With Science (www.designwithscience.com) and can be reached at [email protected].
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r-d connectionRESEARCH-DESIGN CONNECTIONSubject Matter and Art Preferencesby Sally Augustin, Ph.D.
Levitan, Winfield and Sherman evalu-ated responses to representational visual art and found, not surprisingly, that people prefer paintings whose subject matter they like. The Levitan team reports that, “Prior research has demonstrated that color preferences are driven by preferences for objects
associated with those colors (e.g., that the sky is blue or that feces are brown influences preferences for blue and brown; Palmer & Schloss, 2010)…Our work demonstrates that, despite the seeming subjectivity of art preferences, subject matter significantly influences the formation of preferences…art preferences can be, at least partially, predicted by one’s preferences for the objects depicted in the art.” n
Carmel Levitan, Emily Winfield, and Aleksandra Sherman. “Grumpy Toddlers and Dead Pheasants: Visual Art Preferences Are Predicted by Preferences for the Depicted Objects.” Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, in press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/aca0000240
Sally Augustin, PhD, a cognitive sci-entist, is the editor of Research Design
Connections (www.researchdesigncon-nections.com), a monthly subscription newsletter and free daily blog, where recent and classic research in the social, design, and physical sciences that can inform designers’ work are presented in straightforward language. Readers learn about the latest re-search findings immediately, before they’re available elsewhere. Sally, who is a Fellow of the American Psycho-logical Association, is also the author of Place Advantage: Applied Psychol-ogy for Interior Architecture (Wiley, 2009) and, with Cindy Coleman, The Designer’s Guide to Doing Research: Applying Knowledge to Inform Design (Wiley, 2012). She is a principal at Design With Science (www.designwith-science.com) and can be reached at [email protected].
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Architects. She also held multiple leadership roles in Healthcare at Herman Miller for six years, and she was one of the founders of Nurture, Steelcase’s Healthcare busi-ness during a successful 16-year career there. She has held numerous professional affiliations including Chair of the Planetree Visionary Design Network, a member of the AAHID Advisory Board and for The Center for Health Design, Goetz has served as a member of the EDAC Advisory Board, a found-ing member of the Built Environment Network and a co-author of the first EDAC Study Guide. She is currently affiliated with the College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs at the University of Texas, Arlington, holds an EDAC certificate through The Center for Health Design and is an Evidence based Design Mentor. In addition, she serves as President of Women in Healthcare Texas, is a jurist for the Touchstone Awards for the Center of Healthcare Design, and is Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certified. Read More
>Dimple Manghani is Principal-in-Charge of MBH Architects’ newly opened Denver regional office. Relo-cating from the firm’s Alam-eda, CA headquarters, she is tasked with translating MBH’s firm culture, knowledge, and experience to the new office. In addition, three long-time employees from MBH’s headquarters in California will be moving to Denver to serve as the foundation of this new office: Bonnie Russo, Project Architect and Associate; Joe Irwin, Project Manager and Senior Associate; and Corey Russo, Project Manager and Associate. The firm’s physical presence in this region is an important step towards enhancing relationships with clients, as well as being able to better support local con-struction. MBH expects that this opportunity will also allow them to tap into a promising talent pool, while investing in new and upcoming technolo-gies that will help further their practices. Read More
>Kari Stringfellow was ap-pointed ASID Vice Presi-dent, Member Experience. In this role, she will lead the ASID Education, Student, and Chapter teams, building
member communities, culti-vating forward-thinking learn-ing experiences and member engagement, and working to improve both the ASID mem-ber and chapter experiences. Ms. Stringfellow has more than 20 years of experience as a facilitator, coach, consul-tant, and association leader, and specializes in managing the strategic intersection of learning experiences and member engagement. Her experience leading organi-zational training and devel-opment initiatives includes nonprofits, higher education institutions, and Fortune 500 companies, including Estee Lauder Companies, George Mason University, and the National Automobile Dealers Association. Her passion lies in creating relevant, forward-thinking, and innovative initia-tives that not only meet the needs of the industry today, but where they need to be prepared to go in the future. She will be based out of ASID headquarters in Washington, DC. Read More
>Rebecca Williams was promoted to Healthcare Specialist for Kimball’s Ohio Valley Region. Reporting to Aneetha McLellan, Direc-
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officenewswiretor of Kimball Health Sales, Innovation and Design, Ms. Williams is transitioning from the role as Market Sales Manager for the past six years with Kimball. She has been positioned in the top 10 sales performers of the company – demonstrating her ability to build relationships, strategic planning, and creating brand awareness to grow the busi-ness year after year. During her tenure, she has pro-vided strategic account sales leadership for the healthcare segment – developing one of the largest healthcare annuity accounts for Kimball through West Virginia University Medicine. Prior to coming to Kimball, as owner of an inte-rior design firm, she offered over 20 years of fast- track corporate and entrepreneurial experience in design, project management, business devel-opment, and client manage-ment. Read More
>Herman Miller’s Cosm, designed by Studio 7.5, received the Red Dot Best of the Best Product Design Award—the competition’s top distinction— in the Office Chairs category. This award rounds out Cosm’s
first year of success on the market, taking home a suite of awards for its revolution-ary design. Herman Miller introduced Cosm in Milan coinciding with Salone Del Mobile in April 2018, and the chair officially hit the market in fall of 2018. Today, Cosm chairs have been sold to more than 1,700 compa-nies in 90 countries around the world—including more than 4,200 chairs to direct consumers in North America alone. Prior to the announce-ment from Red Dot, Cosm’s awards and certifications since its introduction include #MetropolisLikes Award, Best of NeoCon Gold, and Interior Design HiP Award – all at NeoCon 2018 – plus Cradle2Cradle Silver Certifica-tion in 2018, Fast Company Innovation by Design Award 2018, Dezeen Workplace Design Award Shortlist 2018, Orgatec Innovation Award at Orgatec 2018 and New York DRIVENxDESIGN Gold Award 2018. Read More
>HLW’s Madison, NJ office was named one of NJ Biz’s Best Places to Work and Managing Director, Kim Sacramone was named as a new board member of the United Way of Northern New Jersey. In her 25-year career, Ms. Sacramone has played a key role in shaping the culture and business direc-tion of the firm’s New York City headquarters and New Jersey interior architecture practice. Along with her new role as board member, she has also been involved with United Way as a member of the United Way Commercial Real Estate Network Steering Committee where she helps plan an annual luncheon that recognizes the commercial real estate industry. Read More
>Interior Design, a SANDOW company, is now accepting entries for the 2019 Best of Year Awards. Now celebrating its 14th year, Interior Design’s Best of Year continues to honor the best in product and project design globally. The categories comprise a carefully curated list built from core sectors, industry favorites and current trends.
New categories this year include product: sustain-ability, product: innovation, greater world: environmental impact, office: co working, building façades, retail pop up, and project: innovation. Submissions close on Sep. 20 and a public voting period for products begins on Oct. 7. Fi-nalists will be announced on Nov. 15, and winners will be announced live at an awards ceremony and party on Dec. 6. Read More
>Sherwin-Williams named the winners of its 9th Student Design Challenge, an annual competition for design students across North America. First-, second- and third-place winners were awarded in both the residen-tial and commercial catego-ries, in addition to two Face-book fan favorites who were chosen by the public. This year’s competition marked the most entries ever with more than 750 students sub-mitting color renderings of a residential or commercial in-terior space using a minimum of three Sherwin-Williams colors. Andre Silvestre of Suf-folk University won first place in the residential category and was also the Facebook fan-favorite winner. His design, titled “A Symphony of Color,” used the 2019 Sherwin-Williams Color of the Year, Cavern Clay SW 7701, as the main inspiration in a New York City luxury condo located steps from Carnegie Hall. Saman Jamshidi, a student at Texas Tech University, won first place in the commercial design category for his project
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depicting a patient’s room at a medical facility. His design used Silvermist SW 7621 from the Sherwin-Williams Acute Care collection as the main color to help reduce stress and increase patient satisfaction. Read More
>Versteel’s Maker Project was named a winner in the 2019 Architzer A+ Awards. It won the popular choice selec-tion for in the Furnishings – Contract Furniture & Systems category as voted by design practitioners and enthusiasts from around the globe after a 10-day campaign garnering over 400,000 votes. Featuring integrated wire management solutions, The Maker Project brings an urban industrial aesthetic to community areas including collaborative, hospi-
tality, dining, and educational spaces. Robust construc-tion, simple aesthetics and handmade impressions all combine to provide the utmost in utility and function with the collection. Available in work, counter and stand-up heights, the Maker Table is the center of a series which includes benches, stools and a presen-tation whiteboard. Read More Read more about the 7th Annual A+Awards, with link to the full list of winners, here.
RE-SITED>Lissa Marshall joined the Kimball Health team as the new Research and Training Manager. In this role, she will focus on the development
and management of thought leadership and training to support Kimball’s health-care goals, objectives, and initiatives. With 22 years of experience, Ms. Marshall has focused on education and healthcare markets in the architecture, engineering, and construction industries for the past 10 years. Most recently, she has been working with subject matter experts and executives to develop and communicate compelling arguments for thought leader-ship that influences business growth. She has developed strategies and executed com-munication plans for local, national and international companies of all sizes, includ-ing Mutual of Omaha and DLR Group. Read More
>Michael Orr joined HMC Architects as Managing Prin-cipal of the firm’s Bay Area office. Previously serving as Managing Principal for HDR in its San Francisco office, Mr. Orr’s move comes at a time when HMC is taking impor-tant steps to invest in the future of its Bay Area studio and aggressively grow the overall position in the region. With this appointment also
comes a forthcoming move for the firm from its current office in Oakland to a new lo-cation in the City and County of San Francisco. In his new role, Mr. Orr will be respon-sible for setting the strategic direction for the practice, as well as lead the design studio in developing strong teams with diverse areas of expertise to deliver inspiring design solutions for clients in the area. Mr. Orr has more than 20 years of experience as an architect, management consultant, and leader. He initially worked as an architect at two international design firms, followed by a position at a healthcare management consulting firm. He also served as a director at a non-profit organization that serves the design and construction industries. Orr has been ac-tive in the AIA and the Urban Land Institute, and he served as a volunteer for the NAPA County Landmarks where he advised clients on design strategies to repair buildings following a 2014 earthquake. Read More
Sherwin-Williams: Student Design Challenge commercial category winner by Saman Jamshidi
Versteel: Maker Project
Lissa Marshall
Michael Orr
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officenewswireENVIRONMENT>Allsteel Inc. and The Gun-locke Company LLC, sister brands under HNI Corp., achieved WELL Certified™ Gold in the Retail Pilot Pro-gram for their shared Chicago showroom in the Merchandise Mart. The 20,000sf space is the first furniture showroom in the Merchandise Mart to achieve WELL Certified™ Gold. “The Allsteel-Gunlocke Chicago showroom is one of six spaces in Chicago that is WELL Certified™ and the first to achieve WELL Certi-fied™ Gold in the Retail Pilot in Chicago,” said Courtney Moline, Sustainability Manager at Allsteel. “Like the WELL Building Standard, we believe in designing for humans. We consider what workers need to work in a healthy and produc-tive way, and how to support them physically, mentally, and emotionally.” The Chicago showroom is Gun-locke’s first and Allsteel’s third space to achieve WELL Certi-fied™ Gold in the Retail Pilot. Other spaces were the Allsteel Los Angeles and Boston show-rooms, which are both WELL Certified™ Gold. Read More
PROJECTS>HLW and Studio Other (formerly Tangram Studio), along with other collabora-tors, were honored with a 2019 Calibre Design Award in the Work/Medium category from the IIDA Southern California chapter for their Procore Technolo-gies headquarters renovation project. Based in Carpinteria, CA, Procore is a leading pro-vider of cloud-based applica-tions for construction that connect people, applications, and devices through a unified platform. For Procore’s new oceanfront headquarters, HLW’s Los Angeles-based design team established a planning principle of ac-centuating views to provide orientation, connection to the outdoors, and drama. Allowing the space to feel both uplifting to employees and welcoming to visitors, the design takes full advantage of the beautiful campus sites, providing plenty of access to greenery and natural light. Further supporting Procore’s mobile, agile and paperless employees, HLW provided a variety of work areas beyond
traditional, assigned desks — each workplace suited to service different needs and moods. Objectives for the project included supporting and accommodating the firm’s visual brand standards as well as creating a foundation for future growth. A clean, industrial style of furniture was achieved, establishing the visual groundwork for a company expanding in both clientele and staff. Close collaboration between HLW, Procore and Studio Other resulted in an innovative set of height-adjustable worksta-tions, meeting tables, confer-ence tables, and credenzas. The desks were designed with a matte-black lami-nate tabletop and exposed multi-ply edges on powder coated steel legs. Paired with free-standing acoustic divider panels in a classic gray and a clean power management solution, the workstations achieve a fresh industrial feel. Conference tables feature wood laminate and exposed multi-ply edges with an orange divider stripe reflect the signature Procore color.
Meeting tables include built-in power and C-channel steel legs, adhering to the aesthetic standard established by the workstations. Credenzas were crafted in hot-rolled steel to tie in with the C-channel legs and as a nod to the raw mate-rials used in construction. Read more in the HLW press release here and the Studio Other press release here.
>Teknion’s redesigned Toronto Collaboration Hub, expanded with help from consultants Vanderbyl De-sign and PearsonLloyd, now encompasses approximately 19,000sf on the 20th floor of the Bremner Tower in downtown Toronto. “The Hub is a window into the future of the workplace,” said David Patterson, President, Canadian Sales. “Teknion has created a destination that embraces current and still-evolving work strategies, one that allows guests to feel comfortable and inspired as they experience various work-styles first-hand – focused, collaborative, or social. The Hub also speaks to well-being and productivity through
Allsteel-Gunlocke: Chicago Showroom
HLW and Studio Other: Procore headquarters
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officenewswirebiophilic elements woven throughout the showroom. Our new space really elevates the client experience.” Across the showroom, three distinct areas demonstrate creative approaches to planning for diverse styles of work. Each has its own look and feel, color palette and materiality. The Astute area is designed to support focused, heads-down tasks with slightly higher privacy barriers. Fabrics and finishes in muted tones, along with subdued lighting, endow the space with a calm, quiet quality. Primed for both individual and team-based work, the Aligned area is animated by a fresh, light color palette. Benching and team-oriented individual workspaces, together with Studio TK soft seating and casual tables create a multi-faceted space for personal tasks, impromptu meetings or a relaxed social gathering. Agile, the newest area, is open, fluid and community-based. Worktables and fur-
nishings can be moved about freely to demonstrate the concept of agility in a work-space. Floor-to-ceiling Luum Textiles draperies emphasize the 11-foot (3.35m) height of the space and are used to control light, divide space and enhance presentations. Biophilic design elements in-clude floor-to-ceiling windows that admit a plenitude of natural light and permit vistas of the urban landscape and Lake Ontario. Custom overhead lighting simulates sunlight in a float-ing, glass-enclosed confer-ence room, the Aquarium. Warm wood cladding, wood accents and flooring allow
guests to appreciate the pat-terns and textures of natural materials. “The showroom does more than display furniture, as important as that may be,” said Michael Vanderbyl. “Our intent was to create a space that is experienced not only visually, but also viscerally. The design speaks to the intellect and to emotion. Ideas are visible and felt. Every element conspires to manifest the Teknion philosophy: The true measure of a space is how it makes us feel. The showroom succeeds by realizing the insight and intelligence of that human-centered concept.” Located on the 20th floor of the LEED Gold Bremner Tow-er at 120 Bremner Boulevard, the showroom is LEED Gold and WELL Silver certified. Teknion is actively working towards achieving higher certification. Read More
EVENTS>The Architecture & Design Film Festival will launch its 11th season in New York this October. ADFF:NY is the festival’s anchor event that takes place during Archtober – New York City’s Architecture & Design month – with a pre-view event (Short Films Walk) in SoHo’s Design District on Oct. 2 and five-day festival at Cinépolis Chelsea Oct. 16-20. With more than 25 films, filmmaker Q&As, panel discussions with high-profile speakers and interactive installations, ADFF creates an opportunity to educate, enter-tain, and engage all types of people who are excited about architecture and design. The festival will then head to Vancouver and Toronto for the first time, followed by DC, LA and New Orleans with other satellite events throughout the year. Film highlights include: -City Dreamers (U.S. Pre-miere) – Phyllis Lambert, Blanche Lemco van Ginkel, Cornelia Hahn Oberlander and Denise Scott Brown are four trailblazing architects who became accustomed to being the only woman in
Teknion: Toronto Collaboration Hub
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officenewswirethe room. Through original interviews, archival material and stunning cinematogra-phy, documentary filmmaker Joseph Hillel uncovers how each of these strong, inde-pendent thinkers has shaped the cities we live and work in. -Gateways to New York (NY Premiere) – Director Martin Witz tells the story about the great Swiss structural engineer Othmar H. Am-mann, who emigrated to New York in 1904 and whose work (including the George Wash-ington, Bayonne, Triborough, Bronx Whitestone, Throgs Neck and Verrazano-Narrows bridges) redefined the art of bridge building in America. -The Human Shelter (NY Pre-miere) – The film is an epic, poetic journey investigating how we, as human beings, design and build our homes. Director Boris Bertran ex-plores the concept of “home,” and how humans express themselves creatively within
that sacred space, whether it’s a lagoon settlement in Lagos, a refugee camp in Iraq or a six square-meter dwelling in Tokyo. -A Poetics of Living (NY Premiere) – On the shore of the Pacific Ocean in Chile, a young architect, who nar-rates this contemplative film, returns to the landscapes that are close to her heart. She guides us on an architectural exploration of Ciudad Abierta (The Open City) to reveal a collaboration of architects and artists where habitable space becomes poetic concept. Read More
>Chicago Build 2019 (Sep. 19-20, McCormick Place) is the leading and largest construction & design show for the Midwest – officially supported by the Mayor of Chicago. It features 12 specialized summits, AIA CES approved workshops, 200+ speakers, 200+ exhibitors, 10,000+ attendees (contrac-
tors, architects, engineers, developers, government, and construction professionals) and plenty of exciting enter-tainment. Read More
>CIFF Shanghai 2019 (Sep. 8-11, National Exhibition & Convention Center in Shang-hai Hongqiao) represents the entire furniture supply chain. More than 1,500 exhibitors have been selected to repre-sent the theme ‘A Paradigm for Global Living’. They will offer visitors new concepts for living and working while being surrounded by high quality products and new business opportunities. The objective of CIFF is to make foreign mar-kets more aware of the quality and variety of Chinese design. Highlights include: -‘Contemporary Design Hall’ incorporates innovative mod-ern design brands for home furnishings. -The fifth edition of the EAST Design Show promotes high-end Asian design while com-bining creative and business perspectives. -The second edition of the Design Dream Show offers in-novative trends and highlights
the credibility of Chinese design while promoting the international competitiveness of Chinese industry. -During an event held at the Pritzker Architecture Prize Forum, the renowned Portu-guese architect Alvaro Siza will hold a discussion about his career and will provide an insight into contempo-rary design as an acclaimed architect. -‘International & Lifestyle’ will focus on international design. - The M + China Top Interior Design Award is a journey through high-end interior de-sign projects for the Chinese lifestyle. -ATG-Macalline Life Space presents different lifestyles and defines future life scenes. -The North Hall will be dedi-cated to lighting in response to the current demand from the Chinese middle class for high quality lamps. ‘Inter-national Lighting’ will bring together international lighting brands. -Hall 6.1, will be divided between outdoor furniture, fabrics and home acces-sories, giving life to ‘Outdoor & Leisure, Homedecor &
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officenewswireHometextile’. -Hall 5.2 ‘Sleep Center & Din-ing Room / Living Room’, hall 6.2 ‘Sofa’ and hall 8.2 ‘Fashion Office’ will offer complete solu-tions for export to international markets ranging from home to work environments. In conjunction with CIFF Shanghai 2019, the second edition of the Shanghai Inter-national Furniture Machinery & Woodworking Machinery Fair will take place in halls 7.1 and 8.1. Read More
>The London Design Fair 2019 (Sep. 19-22) will present an inspirational, hand-picked line-up of superlative contemporary design. This highly creative exposition will once again transform the much loved Old Truman Brewery into a thrilling center of original, innovative and aesthetic design. This year’s Fair will
host an extensive range of brands, global country pavil-ions, and a fresh edit of new components. International design collaboration Adorno will present Crossovers, a showcase of dynamic works selected by ten curators from ten countries, in what is billed as ‘a cross-cultural collect-ible design journey’. The International Craft Pavilion
will make its debut at the Fair, taking the place of the British Craft Pavilion. Established just three years ago, the British Craft Pavilion became the must-see exhibit for high-end craft during the London Design Festival. In 2019, the newly named International Craft Pavilion responds to a call for the greater global representation of craft. An
entirely new element of this year’s Fair is The Bathroom Gallery. In partnership with ELLE Decoration UK, this be-spoke exhibition will spotlight some of the world’s foremost bathroom brands, including Laufen and Roca. Now in its third year at London Design Festival, creative lighting exhi-bition [d]arc room has a new home at the Fair. Read More
London Design Fair: Adorno Crossovers – Photo credit Farg & Blanche via v2com
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businessBUSINESS AFFAIRS>HNI Corp. announced the election of Dhanusha Sivajee to its Board of Directors. Ms. Sivajee is the Chief Market-ing Officer of The Knot Worldwide. Operating in 15 countries around the world, The Knot Worldwide is the leading digital wedding planning marketplace. Previously, Ms. Sivajee was Chief Marketing Officer at AOL Brand Group; Vice President of Global Marketing at Bloomberg Mobile; and Director, Advanced Product and Digital Marketing at Home Box Office. Ms. Sivajee brings to the Board extensive strategically-driven marketing and transactional marketplace experience with over 20 years work-ing across media and e-commerce industries.
“Dhanusha is an influential leader of digital business growth and transformation. As we drive our businesses with a cus-tomer first mindset to deliver effortless winning experiences, her background and insights will be highly valued,” said Larry Porcellato, Chairman of the Board, HNI Corporation.
The Board of Directors of HNI Corporation consists of eleven directors - ten independent outside directors and the Chief Ex-ecutive Officer of the Corporation. http://investors.hnicorp.com
>HNI Corp. will host its quarterly conference call for investors to discuss second quarter fiscal 2019 results on Thursday, July 25, 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (10:00 a.m. Central; 8:00 a.m. Pacific). To participate in the call, please dial 1-877-512-9166 (Toll-free); Conference ID: 8295057. A live
webcast of the call, and an archived replay after the call, will be available on HNI’s website at http://www.hnicorp.com (under Investors – News Releases and Events). A telephone replay will also be available through Thursday, Aug. 1, 10:59 p.m. Central Time, at 1-855-859-2056 or 1-404-537-3406 – Conference ID: 8295057. HNI plans to release its second quarter fiscal 2019 results on Wednesday, July 24 after market close. http://inves-tors.hnicorp.com
>Interface, Inc. intends to release its second quarter 2019 results on Thursday, July 25 after the close of the market and host a conference call Friday, July 26, 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Presdient and CEO Jay D. Gould and Vice President and CFO Bruce A. Hausmann will host the call, which will be webcast live as well as archived for one year beginning approximately one hour after the call ends. https://investors.interface.com.
>Knoll, Inc. plans to report financial results for the second quarter 2019 on Wednesday, July 24 following the close of the market, with a conference call scheduled for Thursday, July 25, 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Knoll also plans to launch a video presentation on Wednesday, July 24 following the close of the market. In addition, the company announced that it has partnered with Say, the fintech startup reimagining shareholder communications. Say directly verifies all shareholders and al-lows them to submit questions to the Knoll management team, who will answer a selection live on the conference call. With Say, Knoll expects to make its investor Q&As more transparent and engaging.
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Knoll 23.5 23.0 18.9 16.4 23.5 20.8 -3.3% 8.1%
Leggett 39.0 38.4 42.2 35.8 43.8 44.6 -16.6% 3.3%
Mohawk 151.1 147.5 126.2 117.2 175.4 214.3 -33.0% 2.8%
Steelcase 17.5 17.1 14.6 14.7 18.5 13.5 -9.4% 3.9%
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Virco 4.2 4.7 4.3 4.1 4.9 4.4 -20.8% -2.5%
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DJIndust 27,332 26,600 25,929 23,062 26,458 24,271 0.0% 4.2%
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businessKnoll shareholders can link their brokerages through Say’s platform via say.com/qa/knoll, and securely verify their shares, submit a question, and upvote other questions. The conference call will be webcast live on the Investor Relations page of Knoll’s website. It may also be accessed by dialing (844) 778-4138 (North America) or (661) 378-9550 (International0; Passcode 667 4375. A replay of the webcast can be viewed by visiting the Investor Relations section of the Knoll, Inc. corporate website. In addition, an audio replay will be available through Aug. 1 by dialing (855) 859-2056. International replay: (404) 537-3406 (Passcode: 667 4375). www.knoll.com/investors
>Mohawk Industries, Inc. plans to issue its second-quarter 2019 earnings release on Thursday, July 25, with a confer-ence call scheduled for Friday July 26, 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. To participate, please dial 1-800-603-9255 (US/Canada) or 1-706-634-2294 (Int’l) or 1-253-237-1879 (Int’l); Conference ID: 8037996. To listen to the webcast online, please visit http://
ir.mohawkind.com/events-and-presentations/upcoming-events. For those unable to listen at the designated time, the call will remain available for replay through Aug. 25 over Mohawk In-dustries, Inc. investor relations website or by dialing 1-855-859-2056 (US/Canada) or 1-404-537-3406 (Int’l/Local) and entering Conference ID # 8037996. http://ir.mohawkind.com/
>Steelcase Inc. held its annual meeting of shareholders on July 10. At that meeting, shareholders voted on three proposals presented in the company’s Proxy Statement dated May 29 re-lating to the annual meeting. They elected ten nominees to the Board of Directors: Lawrence J. Blanford, Timothy C. E. Brown, Connie K. Duckworth, James P. Keane, Todd P. Kelsey, Jen-nifer C. Niemann, Robert C. Pew III, Cathy D. Ross, Peter M. Wege II, Kate P. Wolters. They also approved, via advisory vote, named executive officer compensation; and approved ratification of the company’s independent registered public accounting firm http://ir.steelcase.com/financial-information
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