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James McCown
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Viewpoints
An MIT Study Shows Design Can Increase Engagement
A group of researchers at MIT found that the right level of crowdedness led to more chance encounters and more frequent communication across disciplinary boundaries.
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Viewpoints
Three Firms Chart the Future of Architectural Work
SOM, CannonDesign, and Rapt Studio sketch out a vision for how the next generation of designers will practice.
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Programs
Designing for the Happiness Ecosystem
A Think Tank Panel explores how designers can help create positive outcomes in the workplace.
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Programs
Designing the Welcome Back
Workplace design takes lessons from hospitality and vice-versa as interior designers prepare for the great return to work.
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Programs
Can the Workplace Cure Burnout?
A Think Tank panel investigates how design changes can impact workers’ experiences in the office.
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Programs
The Far-Reaching Tentacles of Work
A recent Think Tank panel investigated how changes in the way we work will impact design.
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Programs
Designing Workplaces for the Human Experience
As companies search for ways to lure employees back to the office, cutting-edge workplace design puts the human element first.
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Programs
Designing for Gen Z and Beyond
The next generation’s tastes, demographics, and political awareness are already having an impact on design, from educational spaces to workplaces.
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Developing Healthy Communities
Health-care development experts ask whether design can play a bigger role in community health.
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Programs
Third Spaces and the Future of Work
In offices and apartment buildings, new places to get work done bring a new set of challenges.
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Programs
Designing for Productivity and Equity
A Think Tank panel discusses how interior design can have a positive impact, from universities to offices.
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Products
With 3D Digitization, Material Bank Aims to Provide Designers with Even Simpler Specification
A partnership between sampling platform Material Bank and Vizoo, a Munich, Germany–based leading digitization company, could be the beginning of the end of the material sample slush pile.
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Projects
A Development Hopes to Bring 24-Hour Energy to Atlanta
Located in Atlanta’s West Midtown neighborhood, Star Metals offers mixed use with an emphasis on cultivating offbeat tenants.
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Profiles
Ali Ucer Discusses How Graphics Can Engage Workers
Part of Metropolis’s Specify Hot List 2021 IA Interior Architects’ experiential graphics design director uses technology to create experiences that become a part of the space.
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Profiles
For Merge Architects, Interiors Matter as Much as Facades
Part of Metropolis's Specify Hot List 2021, this Boston-based firm makes no distinction between architecture and interior design when it comes to attention to details and environmental impact.
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Programs
Moving Towards Circular and Regenerative Design
A Perspective: Sustainability panel looks to a regenerative future of architecture and design that outsmarts waste.
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Interior Solutions to the Climate Crisis
A Perspective: Sustainability panel examines how interior design can make an impact in a climate-conscious era.
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Profiles
Canadian Design Firm Ivy Studio Is Revolutionizing Contract Interiors
Part of Metropolis’s Specify Hot List 2021, this Montreal-based firm specializes in custom work for stylish clients.
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Programs
Understanding the Whole Life Impact of Buildings and Interiors
A Perspective: Sustainability panel discussed the carbon (and human) impacts of renovation and construction.
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Programs
Designing a Healthier Building
A Perspective: Sustainability panel untangles the complexity of healthy material selection.