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November 10, 2016 by CallisonRTKL

Seeing Green: Biophilia and Retail are a Natural Fit

CRTKL’s Brendan O’Grady delves into the use of green spaces in retail interiors. Biophilia is far from a new concept, but the realization and application of its foundational tenet—that interior spaces can promote health, productivity and well-being by bringing the outdoors inside—is still being explored. Efforts to inject a little green into the built environment […]

October 18, 2016 by CallisonRTKL

Challenging Tradition: The Evolution of Law Office Design

This October, workplace interior designers Donell Ellis, Callie Reid and Stefana Scinta attended Work Design Magazine’s “The Evolution of Law Office Design” panel discussion. They returned to the office with new ideas about how to break barriers and challenge traditional hierarchies in law offices. Here’s what they learned about the design for the offices of […]

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October 4, 2016 by Webmaster Webmaster

What Bankers Should Learn from the Telecommunications Industry

Quick! Think of three words to describe the typical bank branch. If your list includes words like “old,” “tired,” or “lonely,” keep reading. Now think of three words to describe your local mobile phone store. If you came up with “energetic,” “youthful,” or “service-oriented,” definitely keep reading. Not long ago, mobile phone stores were […]

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September 1, 2016 by CallisonRTKL

Comfortably Lived In

Have we simply OD’d on all things shiny, bright and new? Or does online shopping, the glare of the computer screen and two-dimensional e-commerce make us long for the well-worn, the familiar and the comfortable? Originally published in design:retail Magazine. Tactile Experiences I’m seeing a break from the streamlined, high-tech environment we’ve been captivated by […]

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August 25, 2016 by CallisonRTKL

Designing Dongpo Kitchen: A Recipe for Sichuan Success

At CallisonRTKL, we’re used to complicated design challenges. But one of our latest jobs started with a list of unexpected ingredients: A famous 11th century Chinese poet who loved to cook A wildly successful Beijing restauranteur with a taste for US expansion An L.A.-based theme park icon …and the key to it all: Roast Duck […]

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