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Join host Carolyn Clark Beedle (“CCB”), OWP Director of Audience Development, for thought provoking conversations with designers, architects, makers, thinkers and other visionaries around the connections between human behavior, the workplace, and how design can shape them both.
As the cost of housing development continues to increase across the Bay Area, the homeless community also continues to grow. Additional pressure from the pandemic has only amplified the need. Dr. Brian Greenberg from Life Moves, a non-profit providing interim housing and supportive services for homeless families and individuals, shares his observations on the immediate need to scale these services and program resources.
There’s a growing mental health crisis in the US, and a growing need for behavioral health resources. Listen in to this fact and experience filled conversation with a provider, Charity Holmes from the University of Washington Behavioral Health Services and a behavioral health designer/planner, Lori Epler from SRG Partnership. Learn with us more about their challenges, their successes and their hopes for the future of behavioral health resources.
Curious about the latest thinking in digital healthcare? Want to know how your family might access specific types of health services in the not-too-distant future? Spend thirty minutes with Megan Zweig, COO of Rock Health, and learn what challenges creators and developers are thinking about and working on. The conversation is fast paced, expansive and informative, enjoy!
Need an energy boost? Listening to Debra Levin talk about her passion for improving health design is much better for you than caffeine or Red Bull. The story of how the Center for Health Design came to be, all the work it accomplishes and the good it has done for the professions of health care and design will bring you a boost of wellness and optimism beyond belief.
A design strategist, a data strategist and an architecture professor walk into a bar…no they’re talking about research and reflections on creativity and how creative intelligence might be positively impacted by the workplace environment. It’s a mind-expanding course in environmental psychology and nuance definitions of creativity. Get in a comfortable spot to listen in.
What are the best activities available to engage varied stakeholders? Experts on public design projects at Noll + Tam share their detailed evaluation of decades of their own work to identify a comprehensive engagement toolkit to consider during the design engagement process.
Designer Kelly Hendrickson and NAC had a vision for a space to help reduce trauma in children, a place to make children and their parents/caregivers feel calmer and gain a sense of control. Hear how they partnered with Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery in Spokane WA to deliver a Stay Play Learn Indoor Garden and bring this vision to reality.
The conversation about social interaction and building community in the workplace has dominated the landscape recently. Is it why people are coming back to the workplace? Gensler design strategists Amin Mojtahedi and Oliatan Awomolo test that hypothesis and take a look at what people mean by social interaction in the workplace from a Social Network Analysis perspective. And are there more desirable networks of work that can evolve if employees are invited to help build them? This conversation is rich and relevant.
The creation of caring, inclusive, participatory communities fosters deep learning and a sense of well-being in learning environments. The Artik research team shares their insights and perspectives with us on how built environments can support the creation of a sense of community. And they review evidence-based interventions and strategies to support this which can be found in a website they built for the design and educational communities.
Interested in future of retail brick and morter, the mashup of retail, workplace and hospitality, or the future of urban downtown areas? If so, you’ll want to listen in to some great stories in this episode. Brand strategist, consumer trend expert, architect and master storyteller, Joan Insel, meanders with us through her delightful observations and well informed experiences.
You want the places where you work to support your health and wellness, right? Workplace strategist Kelly Griffin chats with us about the evolution and the science behind creating healthy human workplaces. From our beginnings in the savannah, molecular biology Brain Rules, and the 90:15 equation, there’re some great nuggets here to help make your workplace more human.
Grab a cup of coffee. Architect, Interior Designer, Educator, Author, Editor and Advocate, Annie Chu shares her passions about the evolving balance between architecture and interior design, the state of design education, new and changing definitions for space and place, the economic and class discrimination aspects of the Interior Design licensure, Unmentionables and so much more.
Devin Liddell spends all day thinking about what’s coming next, what the future might hold for his clients, their businesses and each of us. And when he’s talking about mobility, the seemingly limitless possibilities range from moving people, materials or information using emerging technologies and the impact that may have on place. If you’re interested in the metaverse, vertiports, autonomous mobility, or the Jetsons, don’t miss this podcast!
AIA SF Future Classroom Competition winner Richard Berliner joins us to share how firm is transforming the landscape of education and meeting the challenges in today’s learning environments and their communities. Spoiler alert: the Magic School Bus plays a part.
Our conversation with James Pease, Executive Director - Design and Construction at UCSF Medical Center will energize you. A passionate advocate for LEAN Construction and Integrated Project Delivery, James is committed to driving down the cost of construction to do his part in increasing access to quality healthcare for all.
Healthcare and senior living design firm Boulder Associates explored the challenge of measuring the impact on the person from human-environment interactions and then visualizing that data as a journey map. Meredith Banasiak and Jenny Hastings share their research into mood mapping a cohort of remote workers to evaluate impacts from their environments and activities.
Justice and healing after violence is critical to the health and future well-being of survivors. Since environmental design impacts health in many ways, how might the design of spaces used by violence survivors while seeking justice and support services impact their ability to heal? Tola Thomas from Designing Justice shares the surveys, interviews and workshops they conducted to identify and recommend types and qualities of spaces for survivors.
Putting their equity and diversity intentions into action, AP+I designers developed and implemented an afterschool Introduction to Interior Design program for low income, underserved high school students of color. You’ll hear how the joy in learning was experienced by students and instructors alike, and how to access the program curriculum if your firm is interested in replicating in your community.
ONEder Grant 2020 Team EHDD tackled Reimagining Learning Environments for Higher Ed. Thinking beyond the classroom to an ecosystem of space, resources, amenities and environments that support the unique community of students and faculty and staff, they proceeded with the understanding that learning is social, innovation is social. And we can’t design campuses for the next generation without their input and their ideas.
Carbon curious? Dedicated sustainable building practitioners Larry Siegel and Lori Ferriss discuss development of an easy-to-use tool for comparing the embodied, operating and avoided carbon impacts from reusing and upgrading existing buildings compared to constructing a typical replacement building. Listen in and learn how it might apply to your work.
Two workplace architects/product/curricula/software designers, interested in the application of network science to information access, urban policy and planning, and the built environment, talk about their research, think through some complex theories, and contribute knowledge to improve workspace design output. Their conversation will create an appetite to learn more.
Want a crash course into solutions for challenges facing people in the workplace today? Our conversation with Dr. Tracy Brower, author, work sociologist and Principle with the Steelcase Applied Research and Consulting team is fast paced, informative, filled with tips and references to relevant research. You’ll walk away from this episode better prepared to have a good day.
If the Maker Movement shifts people from passive consumers to active creators and increases the value and appreciation of the intentionally crafted, then Fred Dust has secured his place in the Maker Hall of Fame. Artist, architect, strategist and author of Making Conversation; 7 Essential Elements of Meaningful Conversation, Dust shares thoughts on the parallels between making place and making conversation.
Many people today are thinking about the intersection between the boundaries of personal safety and comfort and the ability to connect with people and nature. Our conversation with Daniel Krivens explores the years of thought he’s given this challenge and the architectural solutions he has made to nourish and celebrate that connection.
While human life began outdoors, we now spend 90% of our time indoors. If you’re interested in the movement to spend more time outdoors, whether socially or while working, join our conversation with Thomas Wynants and Ashless Anvik from Extremis to learn more our relationship with nature and new ways to bring us together.
Art speaks to all of us in many different ways, and artists follow many different paths to make connections. The movement from realism to the abstract in the making of art shows mastery of multiple styles and speaks to a broad range of viewers. Aritist Mary Vidnovic shares her journey through photography, photorealistic painting to abstract portraiture and the connections she hopes her work can make with individuals and groups.
Community can be defined as a feeling of fellowship with others, the result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals. Creating heart felt wedding and lifestyle photography for people of color and the LGBTG+ community is what Cristal Veronica does with her art. Listen in to learn more about why the connection between photographer and subject is so critical, and how that connection creates greater community.
Want to know the upside of the impact of Covid19 on the workplace? Join Gerry Taylor and Nathan Hurley from Orangebox for a truly upbeat conversation about their Smartworking research, the gift of time to think and their intention to bring people back into the workplace with vitality, with new energy and positivity.
Nearly 80 million people will need senior housing in the next 20 years and design models are evolving to impact whole person wellness. In our conversation with senior housing design leader, Leslie Moldow, architectural principle with Perkins Eastman, she shares her experience, her energy and her commitment to developing architecture for senior living that creates a strong sense of community, wellbeing, and a strong social impact.
What behaviors, technologies and environments might keep us safe and connected in the workplace today, tomorrow and into the future? Learn some practical tips in our conversation with Brandon Cook, founder of the Workplace 2030 initiative and Dr. Maureen Miller, consulting epidemiologist/medical anthropologist from Columbia University. This will make captivate you.
Leader + Designer Susie Wise shares her ideas about design for belonging, a powerful way to think about the human connections and feelings we want to create within our groups and our communities. Listen to a story of exploration and tool crafting, of a journey leading to awareness and lifelong commitment, and of the recognition that belonging is a way to define the powerful, creative and nurturing connections we hope for in our learning environments and many other structures within our society.
What would a world without prisons look like? Can we build the infrastructure to end mass incarceration by addressing it at its root causes and using the tools of architecture and real estate? Deanna Van Buren shares with us the mission, vision and work of Designing Justice Designing Spaces to create peacemaking environments.
Colleges and universities face unprecedented social, demographic, and technological shifts. Change is constant: how students learn and access services, how faculty teach and conduct research, how staff work. Lower engagement and satisfaction scores are also present in education today. Listen to Elliot Felix share how brightspot strategy helps institutions meet these challenges with innovative tools, a proven process, and a talented team.
When Williams-Sonoma saw the potential in crossing from living spaces into work spaces, they partnered their West Elm modern home furnishings with Steelcase to create the fastest growing new brand, West Elm Work. Learn about the design, new business strategy, and growth curve with Paulo Kos, West Elm Work VP Design, and Cheryl Carpenter, West Elm Work VP Business.
Born in Denmark, online B2C lifestyle business Bolia, celebrates New Scandinavian design interpreted by international designers. Two decades into global sales, Bolia introduces a multisensory retail experience complete with exclusive chocolate, playlists, and coffee, and introduces ‘resimercial’ offerings with a global Steelcase partnership.
When Blu Dot founders wanted to buy well designed affordable furniture as recent architecture grads in the ‘90’s, none was available. John Christakos and Maurice Blanks tell us the story of helping to found a design/manufacturing company to build their own, and offer it to the market. 20 years later, these Cooper-Hewitt Design Award winners have thousands of items in their catalog, and stores around the country.
Original, unexpected, eclectic, rebellious, sophisticated, and always on the edge of commercial reality and cultural interest, Robin Bevers and Martien Valentijn take us behind the curtain into the extraordinary life of Dutch lifestyle brand, Moooi.
The universal allure of light and the history and technology of Italian lighting design as explained by Jack Scheur, CEO FLOS North America. This 20-minute crash course interview reviews current design and technology enabling such marriages as that of hand blown glass and LED lighting to create high design light sources. Famous designers from the Castiglioni brothers in the 1960’s through Phillipe Starck, Jasper Morrison and Konstantin Grcic today, illuminate the human experience.
Hewlett Packard, Toyota, Herman Miller and many other companies call Laura Guido-Clark when they need an expert consultant on color, materials and finishes for their products. Laura takes us on her design journey, to discover the humanity and science of color which lifts and empowers individuals and communities and explores the connection between color and love. Listen in to hear Laura share the Optical Optimism so dearly needed today.
While multisensory design includes all five senses, the most overlooked may be the most powerful. Learn the intriguing history, science, and art of scent as told by Dannielle Sergent, architect, artist, and scent making founder of Cognoscenti.
As humans, we use more air than just about anything else in our daily lives. Collin Cavote, Biome founder, talks with us about how plants in the workplace are beautiful and calming to our senses, and how they introduce beneficial bacteria into the places we work and live to combat viruses, VOCs, and decline in our cognitive function.
Andrew Blotky believes the strong cultures at the core of all great, high-performing organizations, are built by confident, inclusive leadership and open, clear, authentic communications. Andrew’s book “Honestly Speaking” is the foundation of our conversation about communication, culture, and connection.
Join host Carolyn Clark Beedle (“CCB”), OWP Director of Audience Development, for thought provoking conversations with designers, architects, makers, thinkers and other visionaries around the connections between human behavior, the workplace, and how design can shape them both.