Viewpoint Magazine: The Seven Key Insights For A Modern Workplace
The office remains unparalleled for fostering connections, and both employers and employees recognize its role in professional growth. As the workplace landscape continues to change, offices must adapt to accommodate and empower these new ways of working. Workplace Design Leader Elizabeth Levine shares 7 key trends in today’s modern workplace.
Read more in the June issue of Viewpoint Magazine here.
AD Week: Men’s Wearhouse Gets a High-Tech Upgrade in 3 Next-Gen Stores
To complement more than 30 new digital capabilities introduced during the pandemic, Men’s Wearhouse recently opened the doors of what it calls its first next-gen stores, which reimagine the physical space at the heart of its transformation. Read more with AD Week.
Work Design Magazine: Sweet Success! Ferrara Candy Company’s Innovation Center
NELSON Worldwide adds an Innovation Center to Ferrara Candy Company’s Chicago Headquarters.
Read more with Work Design Magazine here.
Retail TouchPoints: Designing A More Inclusive Retail Experience
In a recent article with Retail TouchPoints, teammates Kristin Cerutti and Meredith Seeds discussed their thoughts on how discussions surrounding neurodiversity and inclusion have long occurred in the workplace, but they are beginning to take shape in the retail sphere.
Since the start of the pandemic, the prevalence of anxiety, stress, depression and PTSD amongst all age groups has skyrocketed — igniting more conversations around mental health. Subsequently, the term “neurodiversity” has sprung up in multiple conversations surrounding the way we interact with our environments. Neurodiversity celebrates the differences in how people’s brains take in and process information. Think of those who experience a traumatic brain injury or are prescribed medication that temporarily affects how their brain functions. Read the full article here.
NELSON Named #6 Architecture In The Nation
Consulting-Specifying Engineer: Weekly merger and acquisition update
Architecture and interior design firm Daroff Design Inc + DDI Architects (Philadelphia, PA) merged with architecture, design, and strategy firm NELSON Worldwide (Philadelphia, PA). Read more with Consulting-Specifying Engineer here.
WorkDesign Magazine: NELSON Worldwide Gives Corix A Colorful Chicago Headquarters
Corix tasked NELSON Worldwide with renovating their new corporate headquarters in downtown Chicago, Illinois. The company, dedicated to the implementation of sustainable water, wastewater, and energy utility infrastructure solutions, was relocating from their suburban headquarters to the new downtown Chicago location to improve the recruitment and retention of employees.
NELSON transformed their new offices to create an entirely different atmosphere from their previous space. Corix’s original offices were compartmentalized with minimal opportunities for collaboration. In contrast, the new space utilizes fewer private offices creating a more transparent environment, while functional furniture and moveable walls create natural partitions while still offering opportunities for collaboration. Read more here.
Business Wire: Men’s Wearhouse Unveils Next-Gen Stores
Men’s Wearhouse, an industry leader that has been unapologetically obsessed with providing the best tailored and casual menswear assortments for nearly 50 years, recently opened the doors to its Next-Gen store locations in Shenandoah, TX and Buford, GA. Read more with Business Wire.
Mergers & Acquisitions: Nelson Worldwide Merges with Daroff Design
NELSON Worldwide, an architecture and design firm, has merged with Daroff Design Inc + DDI Architects, an interior design and architecture firm. The firms come together to solidify their commitment to creative design services that respond to client objectives. Read more with Mergers and Acquisitions here.
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce: As demand for industrial properties continues to elevate, so does their design
Industrial real estate was one of the few winners of the pandemic and in Washington demand for industrial buildings shows no signs of slowing down.
Read more with Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce here.