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The Power of Art in Healthcare: A Conversation with Anne Carlyle
March 18, 2025
42 mins
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The Rise of Ambulatory Care and its Impact on Design
As medical advances make what were once complex procedures routine, we are seeing healthcare delivery methods shift away from the traditional hospital model of care.
April 27, 2023
5 mins
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Why the public library is becoming the most popular place to hang out and work
While many may think the library is a stuffy place filled with books and destined for obsolesce, public libraries have quietly been keeping pace with change.
January 12, 2023
3 mins
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Your office may be excluding the people you are trying to attract and retain: a look at Ambient Belonging and its impact on workplace design
An inclusive workplace values differences among individuals. It is a place where everyone feels welcome and accepted. A space where they can feel that they belong. As organizations and their employees place greater emphasis on EDIB (Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging), how a space is designed becomes even more crucial to supporting these values.
November 8, 2022
4 mins
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Great Expectations: Reimagining the Higher Education Experience Post-COVID
COVID-19 has shifted our expectations and expanded the conversation about what truly defines a valuable educational experience from a student’s perspective. While remote learning enabled students to continue with their education during the pandemic, it has proven to be no replacement for the campus experience that so many students covet.
May 10, 2022
3 mins
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Creating Better Learning Environments
From the front door to the classroom, how a learning space is designed can impact performance and influence how students feel when they're in school—as well as how they feel about their school. A study by McGill University has examined the direct connection between space and learning.
November 30, 2020
4 mins
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Global Provides Bedside Tables to COVID-19 Emergency Field Hospital in New Orleans
As the number of coronavirus cases in Louisiana continued their ascent on Saturday, crews rushed to put the finishing touches on a makeshift, 1,000-bed hospital inside the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, scheduled to open Monday to ease the strain on area hospitals.
April 9, 2020
3 mins
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Designing in Real-Time for an Ever-Changing Workspace
We know open-plan offices are here to stay, even as the way their space is allocated seems to keep shifting as the discipline of workspace planning matures.
January 10, 2020
3 mins
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The Psychology of Style: What Neuroscience Reveals about Education and Healthcare Design
Neuroscience can reveal much about the secret inner workings of the human brain—and now, it has set its sights on understanding how interior design affects our emotions and well being, even when we are not consciously aware of those effects.
October 24, 2019
3 mins
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The Psychology of Style: What Neuroscience Reveals about Workplace Design
Whether intentional or not, the interiors we design are coded with messages. A cocktail lounge may serve the same basic function as a sports bar, but differences in their interior design signal the type of customer each space is meant to attract.
July 4, 2019
4 mins
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Changing It Up: What Not to Miss on the 10th Floor at NeoCon 2019
Change is the constant that each new generation brings to the table. As we embrace the innovations in workplace, education and healthcare environments, Global continues to design products that provide meaning and value to people.
May 28, 2019
2 mins
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Is Benching Here to Stay?
With their love for technology, collaboration, and connections, Millennials have changed the workplace. From the moment this generation entered the workforce, companies made the transition from cubicles to benching to accommodate their need of working closely with each other.
March 14, 2019
4 mins
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"I'm not going to the home!" The Next Challenge for Architects and Designers
As the proclaimed "Me" generation, baby boomers have spurred the development of society, technology, architecture and design throughout every stage of their lives.
September 6, 2018
3 mins
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