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Malasadas and the University of Tomorrow

How do culture, transit and the environment interact? What’s the role of higher education in that relationship? There are many things to look forward to when one visits Hawaii, but probably close to the top for me is eating Malasadas. The term “Malasada” in Portuguese means “undercooked,” and they are like donuts but better. They […]

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Guest Experience: Creating a Conscious Connection

This is the second in a series of exploratory posts by some of CallisonRTKL’s resident design experts on how design impacts the guest experience—from hotels to workplaces, retail stores, hospitals and everywhere in between—and the common elements and strategies we leverage to create spaces that are people-centric, experiential and memorable. At CallisonRTKL, we design buildings, […]

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Guest Experience: A Lesson in Flexibility

This is the first in a series of exploratory posts by some of CallisonRTKL’s resident design experts on how design impacts the guest experience—from hotels to workplaces, retail stores, hospitals and everywhere in between—and the common elements and strategies we leverage to create spaces that are people-centric, experiential and memorable. Designers are control freaks. Volume, […]

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Telemedicine: Checking In and Checking Up

CallisonRTKL’s Steve Juett explores how telemedicine brings hospitals into the future. In a day and age in which video conferencing and immediate informational transfers are the norm, telemedicine has become a buzzword that just won’t quit. Processes like gathering patient vitals, collecting symptoms and diagnosing simple problems have become increasingly automated—and they can now even […]

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Do It For The ‘Gram: How Instagram is Changing the Design Industry

The digital and physical worlds are colliding. How will social media platforms influence the way we design spaces? When planning for my upcoming trip to Europe, I did something interesting—something that betrayed exactly how much of a stereotypical Millennial I am. I googled, “most Instagrammable places in Amsterdam.” My parents would most certainly scoff at […]

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