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Shea Teams With Houzz on Design Center Ideazz
To better prepare Shea Homes customers for their design studio appointments, Shea recently joined the popular, online platform called Houzz.
Modernist Design Competition Winners
Out of the 12 entries in this fairly new residential design competition, six recently were awarded cash prizes totaling $6,000.
Six Artisan Design Pieces for Interiors
Independent designers and studios put a twist on standby materials.
Robot Design and Policy
Brookings Institution fellow Heather Knight describes a series of important choices that humans face in designing robots that they will actually want to use and engage with, emphasizing that design considerations today can foreshadow policy choices in the future.
America’s Leading Design Cities
CityLab’s Richard Florida worked with occupational data provided by the labor market data and research firm EMSI to study the design sector nationally, and identify its major geographic clusters and locations.
Woodside Designs a New Approach for Folsom
Sacramento Business Journal staffer Ben van der Meer reports on Woodside Homes’ design approach to the homes it’s starting in the Folsom master-planned project, east of Sacramento.
The Winners of Inc.’s Best-in-Class Design Contest
Eat your heart out, Apple. Inc.’s John Peabody introduces the winners of Inc.’s inaugural Best In Class design contest.
Seven Key Green Building Trends
The Hanley Wood Sustainability Council offers up seven business opportunities and needs in high-performance design and building.
A Quick Primer on Universal Design
Here are the resources to tap, and ideas to use, to convert a design philosophy into profitable work.