January 28, 2012
Magnusson’s Muse
Teknion’s cre8 is all about collaboration and sharing, and bringing you ways to inspire clients with the power of design. In this spirit, we’re showing you the world through the eyes of award-winning* inventor and industrial designer Carl Magnusson. Mr. Magnusson has designed products for numerous companies (including yours truly), has offices in New York [...]
November 23, 2011
One for the history books
Sure, a Gold Rush–era buggy-manufacturing facility may prove an odd workspace for 70 high-tech engineers. But, in downtown Denver’s historic district, Time Warner Advanced Technology Group (ATG) found itself in exactly that. The building’s raw beams and exposed brick create an intriguing (yet effective) architectural backdrop for the company’s distinctively non-19th-century work style. The trouble [...]
November 17, 2011
This facelift goes more than skin deep
We often talk about giving a space a “facelift”—new window coverings, some new chairs, a fresh coat of paint. But Teknion was involved in a special kind of facelift: a radical one that, going far beyond the cosmetic, demonstrated the true ability of design to improve lives. San Francisco’s largest homeless shelter, St. Vincent [...]
December 12, 2011
After Greenbuild: A view to the future
With 1,700 exhibitors, 23,000 attendees and countless ideas, it’s official: This year’s Greenbuild International Conference & Expo in Toronto was a resounding success. Of course, we’re still beaming a little. Our product-free booth—which illustrated our sustainable processes, achievements and goals—was called “refreshing” and “museum-esque” by visitors and was awarded a USGBC Green Exhibitor Award at [...]
November 16, 2011
Putting collaboration to work
When put into practice, abstract principles really can become intriguing realities. Check out these four mini case studies, where real workplaces tackle barriers to collaboration head-on. Investing in the ’hood Friendly, easy-to-navigate neighborhoods were the design inspiration for Russell Investments (Seattle, Washington), a 200,000-square-foot, 900-employee firm that said good-bye to enclosed offices and hello [...]
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