In the September/October 2022 Issue of iS Magazine, author Elise Nicpon dives into changes to the workplace and the need to better adapt to more hybrid and flexible work styles. When redesigning or planning a physical office or corporate space …
By Darby Gracey, Interiors + Sources Magazine In the September/October 2022 Issue of iS Magazine, author Darby Gracey dives into workspaces and the needs of those returning to the workforce. Returning employees must be able to connect with their company’s …
By Elise Nicpon, Interiors + Sources Magazine. Photo by Michael Firsich Photography. The September/October 2022 Issue of iS Magazine shines a spotlight on the business of design. Author Elise Nicpon reports on the top 7 rooms that businesses should consider …
For the first time in history, there are five generations in the workplace. Think of all the experiences they have weathered. The Great Depression, World War II, the invention of the internet, and the Civil Rights movement. The AIDS epidemic, …
Annually, IDO saves our clients a significant amount of money by repurposing or reusing existing furniture they have on hand. We are often tasked with reconfiguring existing furniture or building new furniture layouts for groups. However, instead of buying everything …
If ‘Form Follows Function’, then is Designing Good Workflow in Laboratory Spaces important too? – Yes! In all that we do as space planners and designers, there is some element of organization to how we do it. In the life …
Laboratory spaces of yesteryear are fading away in place of newer, more efficient flexible spaces. But what does this entail? At IDO, we’ve had the honor and privilege of working with these types of mission-critical environments for the past 30 …
In my most recent post, I used our IDO office design of 15 years ago as a reference point for discussing our design intent regarding flexibility and adaptability. Acknowledging that, in the context of our pandemic-altered world, “that was then …
Our IDO office, shown here, was originally designed in 2006 and for the most part, was well planned with the intent to reflect our company’s values, brand, and functionally to serve our IDO team long into the future. Then, the …
We are hearing a lot of buzz around how much COVID-19 has and will impact our physical work environments. From office, retail, entertainment, healthcare, manufacturing, research facilities, places of worship, K-12 schools, colleges and universities, and so on, things will …