Posts about Interiors

May 23, 2017  by

Exploring the New-Old Landscape

CRTKL’s David Curtis explores recent developments in building repositioning. Urban centers are growing—and quickly. But as people flock to cities, the scarcity of available land is leaving developers at a loss. When there’s no buildable land left, how do we even begin to accommodate the swelling number of city-dwellers? Well, our first step is to […]

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May 16, 2017  by

Bigger Isn’t Always Better

CRTKL’s Billy Plummer and Alfredo González discuss why big box retailers like Target are opting for smaller format stores in the age of online retail. If you glance at today’s headlines, you might conclude that doomsday is near for retail. The classic American mall is dying. Online retailers are taking over. Corporations are announcing cuts. […]

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May 2, 2017  by

Scenes from Salone: Inspiration and Installations from Milan

Senior Associate Bridgette Hyde takes us inside her inspirational finds from Milan Design Week 2017 and Salone del Mobile. This April, I attended Milan Design Week and Salone del Mobile. As a retail designer, these events offered endless inspiration. Below are installations that are still on my mind and already influencing my work:   YET […]

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April 6, 2017  by

One Size Does NOT Fit All

CRTKL’s Bonnie Toland talks cultural diversity in workplace design. Workplace design faces challenges and opportunities as multinational companies expand globally.  Standards developed in US or European offices are often applied directly to international offices, but when these companies hire employees from diverse places, the same practices aren’t always successful. It would benefit companies, employees and […]

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March 16, 2017  by

Disruptor or Retro-Invention? Putting the Human Touch Back Into Design

Nick Hyams discusses why “what’s old is new again” can sometimes be all the innovation we need. Sometimes the synapses ping and pop, the metaphoric lightbulb sparks an idea, a notion or an explanation pops out of the mental soup: so it was for me, stuck on a station platform waiting for yet another disrupted […]

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