Posts about Places

Putting Holiday Spirit into Retail

The shopping season is upon us. CRTKL’s Joan Insel talks retail branding and how the smartest retailers will stand out this year. While Silent Night may be a time-tested holiday classic, silent nights are perhaps a retailer’s worst nightmare. As technology and online shopping expand their grip, retailers are looking for new ways to attract […]

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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 […]

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Cnidaria Halitus: Harnessing the Sun and Tides for Potable Water

CRTKL’s Pablo La Roche, John Eric Chung, Danxi Zou, Jingyan Zhang and Tianyi Deng discuss their latest green innovation and explain how it can produce potable water for California. With climate change becoming more dramatic and California’s drought continuing to worsen, I often find myself asking: How can I use design to mitigate the effects […]

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