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ALL STORIES
Discover the top stories about influential space makers in the industry.
Spring Into a Fresh New Space
Embrace spring and bring freshness into your workplace with Dauphin’s Lounge Vibes Collection.
California Dreaming
Our dreams just got a little bigger with the newest additions to Durasein’s Dreamy Collection — Ever After and Sun Kissed. Explore the new surfaces in the Forum.
Providing Ergonomic Solutions for 54 Years
Dauphin’s innovative products have provided flexible solutions for over 54 years using a human-centered design approach. Read on to learn more about their history and commitment.
A More Humane Future
Grace Farms Announces New Slate of Design for Freedom Pilot Projects and Partnerships at Second Annual Summit, Bringing Together Leaders to Advance the Movement to Design and Build More Humanely
The Game Changer
Louisiana State University wanted to create a place of respite and restoration for their football team, the Tigers, as part of a reimagining of their Football Operations Center. Together with OFS, they built an oasis for their players to connect and rejuvenate between games.
Minding the Gap
In this episode, Jen talks with Impact Icon Jane Rohde, Founder, and Principal at JSR Associates, a healthcare and senior living design firm developing programming, planning, and care models that focus on the desired outcomes of residents, patients, staff, family, and visitors. Jane believes in a global, cultural shift toward de-institutionalized senior living facilities through research, advocacy, and humanistic approaches to care. She is a consummate professional, a voracious consumer of knowledge, and so incredibly kind.
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2023 Colors of the Year
See how Feeney’s ColorEasy™ matches up with this year’s chosen colors from industry tastemakers.
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Powered for Growth
Design build firm Dacon creates the New England division location for Edwards Vacuum, a designer and manufacturer of technology parts for the semiconductor sector.
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The Great Connector
In this episode, Jen Levisen is joined by Impact Icon Jon Strassner of American Society of Interior Designers and Break Some Dishes. Jon shares his tips for doing business with friends, why sustainability isn't enough, and how we just need to get comfortable with being uncomfortable.
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Top Spa and Fitness Center Designs
A new class of spa and fitness center designs has emerged with high-design decor, luxe amenities, and unique touches sure to make experiences memorable for guests. Here are our editors' top picks from across Mortarr and ecomedes.
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Phoenix Rising
In our first Impact Icons episode, Jen talks with Brandi Susewitz, Founder and CEO of Reseat, an award-winning digital platform automating and transforming the process of reselling high-quality office furniture across the country.
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Greenbuild 2022 — Our Most Memorable
From a community beach clean-up, to the beta launch of mindful MATERIALS' Portal, to a data-driven happy hour — IRL has never been more impactful or heart-warming as it was at the 20th annual Greenbuild International Conference. Here are some of the Ecomedes, Inc.’s team’s top moments.
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Less Waste, More Waves
Ecomedes, Inc. kicked of the 20th annual Greenbuild International Conference + Expo with a happy hour and beach clean-up on San Francisco’s iconic Baker Beach. To help lead the clean-up efforts, we were joined by our friends at 5 Gyres Institute.
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Making Its Mark
Originally built in the early 1950's as post-war affordable housing, Atlanta’s The Kimpton Sylvan Hotel has been artfully re-imagined into a boutique urban retreat with a distinctive mid-century modern design. Feeney walks us through.
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Products That Work Wherever You Work
With the workplace continuing to evolve, Allsteel introduces the Forum to three new products that can work wherever you work — Mural, O6 and Pli.
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A Shopper’s Paradise
‘Tis the season to retail! Forum editors have curated their favorite retail spaces from Mortarr’s Inspiration feed, starting with Do Good Work’s Clash de Cartier. We all can dream, right?!
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A Symbiotic Affair
Advocating for human well-being is not only a question of ethics; it is essential to office productivity and our overall happiness. Now it is more important than ever to implement the tools and resources available to strategically enhance the well-being of all humans, wherever they may be. Dauphin HumanDesign Group shares more.
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A Degree in Creativity
Looking for material that’s as brainy as it is beautiful? Durasein’s solid surface is endlessly flexible and adaptable, empowering you to design a learning environment sure to inspire future generations.
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Big Potential
Porcelain tile panels are creating quite a stir in the tile industry lately. Why? Because designers and installers are learning more about the benefits of tile-over-tile installations. Tile-over-tile, you ask? Yes, and it gets better. Crossville has entered the conversation.
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mindful MATERIALS Takes Over Greenbuild
mindful MATERIALS launched the beta version of its new Portal and Digitized CMF at the 20th annual Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, Nov. 2 in San Francisco.
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Greenbuild 2022
From the beta launch of mindful MATERIALS’ new Portal, to Jane Fonda, to the Break Some Dishes crew recording live, Greenbuild 2022 is here! And we want to help you make the most of the three-day extrava-green-za in San Francisco.
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Construction’s New ABCs are DfMA
Conventional construction can’t satisfy the ever-expanding demand for space. That’s why in the last few years, many architects and general contractors (GCs) have looked for faster ways to build — without sacrificing quality or design aesthetics. The solution? Prefabrication and DfMA. DIRTT’S Richard Meacham explains.
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Rethinking What Museums Can Do for Communities — and How We Design Them
For centuries, museums were often experienced as cultural mausoleums — gatherers of artifacts and stories from our past. But today, they serve a greater purpose: beacons for a new future, a place to gather, learn, and be inspired. Gensler’s Robin Klehr Avia, Bevin Savage-Yamazaki, and Hans Neubert share more.
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Please Don’t Touch the Artwork
From world-renowned museums, to a skywalk 4,000 feet above the Colorado River, to a most impressive flagship Apple Store that also serves as a community center for learning, discovery, and creativity, Mortarr’s Inspiration feed is brimming with projects, products, and professionals sure to inspire your next project.
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Protecting Patients and the Planet
This UK-based company is committed to reducing the negative impact the healthcare industry has on the environment one hospital curtain at a time. Meet Kwickscreen.
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