Archive for March, 2010

design in the moment: episode 40b

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Guests: Mark Greiner and Frank Graziano, Workspring. Mark and Frank join us this week for the conclusion to our discussion on office space. We talk more about our environments and how we can make them more collaborative. We also discuss the effect our space has on us and what we can do with more of it.

Vacant Office Space, Animal Collective at The Guggenheim,

design in the moment: episode 40a

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Guests:  Mark Greiner and Frank Graziano, Workspring. Today we have some great guests with us from Workspring, which is a division of Steelcase. Mark Greiner is the Senior Vice President, Chief Experience Officer (CXO) and General Manager, and has been managing the team since 2007. Frank Graziano is currently participating in the development and design of Workspring by leveraging research and experiences around projects focused on collaboration. We had such a great conversation, that it ended up needing two sections. This is the first half of our discussion. Look for the last half to come out next week. In this first part we talk to Mark and Frank about their experiences and their thoughts on the following topics:

Office Space and Productivity, Unused Office Space as Something else, Proposed Hospital Design,

design in the moment: episode 39

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Guest: Jim Heising, Founder of Red Foundry, Inc. Jim is a serial technology entrepreneur. At 19 he co-founded Click Commerce Inc. Since that time, he has incubated startups in technologies ranging from voice over IP to cutting edge search technologies. Jim also built a successful consulting firm called Codis, LLC, which focuses primarily on high-end iPhone development. His latest startup, Red Foundry Inc., is a web-based application builder for native iPhone applications. Today we chat with him about his companies and experiences, as well as:

iPhone Apps Breaking Through, Magazine Design for the iPadNY Art Beat AppWolfram Alpha, Sailboat Sharing Business, Dog Food Smelling AdsNike Recycling,

design in the moment: episode 38

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Guests: Mike Davis, Founder of The DAVIS Experience and Howell Malham. Howell sits in for Jim Jacoby as we talk to Mike. Mike started architecture early and by the age of 20, had completed a 30,000 square foot retail complex. He’s been living that life ever since. He started his own practice in 1991 and in 2001, acquired a former employer. That company is now the leading Architecture and Interior Design firm in the Southwestern United States. To date, the firm has completed over 75,000,000 square feet of projects valued at over $20,000,000,000. We chat with him about his journey as well as:

Fast Company’s Top 50, Helmet Modeled After Skin, Hubless Wheel, Clothes Washer for Developing Countries, Yeasayer Album: Odd Blood, An Umbrella Bar, Stacked House, The Davis Experience