A large IT company needed to provide secure storage for their employees but metal lockers did not fit the decor or company image – so they looked to NOS to help them create the right solution. Laminate lockers proved to be the best solution and allowed for...
“Ergonomics” is a term often used to describe the posture-supporting comfort of a desk chair or a driver’s seat. Your posture certainly plays an important role in your health and productivity, but it seems that posture also has a significant effect on your attitude....
Is this you? You’re bootstrapping your startup. You and your team are working out of your studio apartment. You hold client meetings at a nearby Starbucks. The business is starting to take off, and you have no time to sleep, eat, or shower. Finding the right office...
If you’ve ever been hospitalized, perhaps you noticed how a cheerful paint color or a bouquet of flowers brightened up the room’s sterile design. Now researchers studying psychoneuroimmunology – the connection between mental and physical health – are finding that...
‘Tis the season for joy, and Design Management Institute’s Dan Saffer offers ways to incorporate moments of joy into designs of all kinds, discussed in this video presentation. Within each product or process are little design details which Saffer terms...
Form vs. function has always been the big balancing act that designers strive for. A building, an interior, a public space – each has a unique and vital function, but in order to fulfill the function, they must attract users through good esthetics. Too often, says...
As health care continues moving out of critical-care facilities and into consumer-friendly settings, designers are picking up a few design secrets from the retail industry. Writing in Health Facilities Management, Sarah Bader presents six retail design techniques that...
All business managers look for overhead efficiencies, and legal practice managers are no exception. They’re reducing their real estate costs by thoughtfully combining new technologies with modern design styles and innovative space planning. Liam La Guerre, writing in...
The competition to enroll top-tier students gets fiercer each year. To attract tech-oriented star students, forward-thinking universities are creating tech-rich facilities – new or re-purposed buildings offering the latest in technology connectivity for students’...
All art lovers know Paris’ Louvre Museum, but may not realize that there are more than 250,000 works of art that are not on display in the iconic palace-and-pyramid. These priceless works have been stored at a variety of facilities around Paris, creating an...
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