Posts about Interiors

Biotrack Your Shop

Sabrina Hilfer, a specialty retail designer, talks about the integration of biometrics in the retailscape.   It’s no secret that shoppers’ habits are being tracked and targeted more than ever before. These new insights and sometimes controversial capabilities lend themselves to the recent growth in biometric tactics mixed into the retail environment. This isn’t new technology, […]

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Stuck in the Middle—What can save the average American mall?

Erich Dohrer doesn’t want to talk about the “dead mall” or the great mall success story—he wants to talk about design solutions for the ones that are just getting by. American malls are having an identity crisis. On one hand, we’ve all heard of the major decline in suburban shopping centers—too much retail square footage […]

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Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks: 3 Trends Changing the Future of Pet Retail

Nadya Liebich and Ryan Benson discuss what’s next for this steadily growing market According to Wired, more than 60% of Americans have a pet and 90% of dog and cat owners think of them as members of the family. With younger people, specifically Millennials, now the largest pet-owning group, it’s safe to say that pet […]

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The End of the Desk

Bonnie Toland explores how the traditional desk may be holding us back and a vision for the future. Centuries of conditioning have led us to an unhealthy relationship with the desk. The desk, although pervasive, is not historically universal. Many societies found a variety of ways to read, write, and create without desks. The modern […]

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A Vehicle for Change

Mark Palmer explores the use of autonomous vehicles to close major gaps in the American healthcare system.    It’s estimated that 62 million Americans have no or inadequate access to primary care, but the rise of autonomous vehicles (AVs) could change that. Healthcare in America has a longstanding relationship with vehicles and the mobility they […]

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