Professor Emeritus Stphen R. Kellert of Yale University’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies sets out five conditions for the effective practice of biophilic design, with each underscoring what is—and is not— biophilic design.
Four Seasons Hotel Boston: It's All in the Details
Discover the NEW Homepage of The Good Design Studio
We’re delighted to announce that www.thegooddesignstudio.com has a fierce new homepage. It’s officially impossible to visit the new site and not know that ASSA ABLOY is a force for Good Design, an innovative thought leader, and a stand-alone resource for differentiating Decorative Door, Frame and Hardware Solutions.
Wayfinding: Guide The Way With Color
I would like to share this article on color and wayfinding. It ran last month in Facility Executive magazine:
By Sandra Matheny
Color has always played a role in how we react to the world. In our daily lives, we may avoid traffic routes lined with orange traffic cones or yield to the flashing red lights that alert us of an emergency. In architectural environments, colored materials and surfaces can be deployed as informational design elements to save lives or simply to point us toward a parking garage. We might not consciously remember learning the color code, but it’s undeniably central to how we navigate our environments. It is a wayfinding tool as well.
Read the full article here: facilityexecutive.com
Learning by Design
At The University of Utah, the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute has been supporting students with startup aspirations by providing grants, advisors, and the ability to realize ideas into prototypes at no cost. But when the institute celebrated its 10-year anniversary in 2012, its administration wanted to take the program to the next level.
Open Offices: One Size Does Not Fit All
Interiors Are Noisy Places But Buildings Can Be Retrofitted to Ensure Acoustic Comfort and Privacy
There’s little doubt today’s commercial interiors—from corporate offices to hospitals, schools and hotels—look and function better than ever. It’s no wonder either; project teams tend to focus a great deal of attention on efficiency and appearance to ensure occupant comfort and productivity, particularly in the workplace.
Join us and Raise a Glass: Champagne Celebration in Booth #1207 at the AIA Conference
Raise a glass and join the celebration! The ASSA ABLOY “Finish Strong” exhibit will showcase our stunning, new Champagne, Titanium, Rose Gold, Carbon, and Dark Bronze PVD custom finishes, as well as our distinctive oxidized silver, brass and copper plated custom finishes. Take-home samples will be available for your vision boards.
Champagne Celebration
Your Custom Connection
Commercial Doors and Door Hardware as Design Elements
I’ve been wondering: who typically selects the commercial doors and hardware for the projects you’re working on? I really want to know. In fact, I’ve been asking this question in the Architectural Practices and End User Organizations I’ve visited across the U.S.
Based on the responses I’ve gotten, I can tell you who’s not typically selecting commercial doors and hardware: Designers.
Looking Forward to AIA 2018
Let the countdown begin! One week til the 2018 AIA Conference on Architecture at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City. It’s a “Super Bowl” for Good Design, and something my colleagues and I look forward to every year.
2018 Workplace Design Predictions
2018 Color Trends for the Healthcare Segment
The use of color in healthcare settings has evolved over the last five years, influenced by a variety of factors, including global design trends, consumer research, patient satisfaction studies and market drivers from other segments. When it comes to healthcare facilities, we’re seeing less of the stereotypical institutional colors, and more healthcare systems that are influenced by residential design, as well as taking color cues from the hospitality and commercial markets.
Attack Resistant Openings From ASSA ABLOY Win Design Award
The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design in cooperation with the European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies presented ASSA ABLOY with a 2017 GOOD DESIGN™ award for Attack Resistant Openings in the Building Materials category.
ASSA ABLOY Glass Solutions
Space Can Change Everything Webinar
INSPIRATION FROM THE SHOWROOM FLOOR - LIVE BLOGGING FROM NEOCON EAST 2017!
Day two of NeoCon East 2017 is here and I was finally able to sneak away from our ASSA ABLOY Mobile Showroom to cruise the show floor. I blogged previously about the importance of NeoCon East as a means for collaborating and sharing ideas with our architectural and interior design “inspirers.” But there are LOTS of ways to be inspired at this show, and that includes by other manufacturers. Great as it is to be ASSA ABLOY, it’s not all about us!
