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Stephen Searer (officesnapshots.com): The story behind one of design’s most beloved websites. Jan 23, 2021

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Stephen Searer founded and runs one of the most popular office design websites in the world: OfficeSnapshots.com. In this episode, he shares his journey through entrepreneurship, how he almost lost his site with the click of a button, and his most powerful piece of advice for anyone aspiring to create something new. Learn more about Office Snapshots: https://officesnapshots.com/ Office Snapshots Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officesnapshots/ For more design stories visit: https://ofs.com/imagine-a-place Connect with Maria on LinkedIn. Follow Imagine a Place on LinkedIn. Click here to get your copy of Maria's children's book—Design Your World. Click here to get your own Imagine a Place Conversation Card Deck. Imagine a Place gathers industry-leading voices that can inspire the design community through storytelling and broaden our creative horizons. The goal of Imagine a Place is to further elevate the belief that the places we make and the ways we design them matter in our lives.

Andrew Alford (Andrew Alford Creative): Living Your Most Colorful Life Jan 16, 2021

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Andrew Alford is best described as a creative human, artist, and interior designer fighting a war against beige and boring. With more than twenty years of experience in the interior design and creative concept industries, Andrew has designed for some of the world’s most progressive hotel brands. Alford’s work has been featured in The New York Times, Newsweek, Hotels Magazine, Boutique Design Magazine, and Green Interiors Magazine. In this episode, he lets us into his thoughts and shares the career advice that you never knew you needed and how to live your most colorful life. From the very moment we connected to the end of our conversation, Andrew entertains. Learn more about Andrew Alford: https://www.andrewalforddesign.com/ For more design stories visit: https://ofs.com/imagine-a-place Connect with Maria on LinkedIn. Follow Imagine a Place on LinkedIn. Click here to get your copy of Maria's children's book—Design Your World. Click here to get your own Imagine a Place Conversation Card Deck. Imagine a Place gathers industry-leading voices that can inspire the design community through storytelling and broaden our creative horizons. The goal of Imagine a Place is to further elevate the belief that the places we make and the ways we design them matter in our lives.

Dr. Eve Edelstein (Clinicians for Design): The Intersection of Neuroscience and Architecture Jan 06, 2021

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If you are curious about architecture and you’re also curious about your brain, then it means that you are curious about Dr. Eve Edelstein. Eve lives at the intersection of architecture and neuroscience. She co-founded Clinicians for Design, an international consultancy whose research is guiding more thoughtful environments for healthcare. In this episode, we discuss artificial intelligence, new technologies, how we think and learn, and the exact moment when Eve came to recognize the responsibility that architects and designers have to save lives through design. Imagine a Place online: https://ofs.com/imagine-a-place/ Learn more about Clinicians for Design: https://www.cliniciansfordesign.com/ Connect with Maria on LinkedIn. Follow Imagine a Place on LinkedIn. Click here to get your copy of Maria's children's book—Design Your World. Click here to get your own Imagine a Place Conversation Card Deck. Imagine a Place gathers industry-leading voices that can inspire the design community through storytelling and broaden our creative horizons. The goal of Imagine a Place is to further elevate the belief that the places we make and the ways we design them matter in our lives.

The Imagine a Place Mission and Looking Ahead to 2021 Dec 28, 2020

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Host, Doug Shapiro, shares the mission behind the Imagine a Place podcast, what's ahead in 2021, and the one question he challenges you to answer. As a gift to our listeners, sign-up to receive your free Imagine a Place magazine: https://ofs.com/imagine-a-place Say hello and reach-out to host, Doug Shapiro: dshapiro@ofs.com Got questions or story ideas? Reach-out to the Imagine a Place team: imagineaplace@ofs.com Connect with Maria on LinkedIn. Follow Imagine a Place on LinkedIn. Click here to get your copy of Maria's children's book—Design Your World. Click here to get your own Imagine a Place Conversation Card Deck. Imagine a Place gathers industry-leading voices that can inspire the design community through storytelling and broaden our creative horizons. The goal of Imagine a Place is to further elevate the belief that the places we make and the ways we design them matter in our lives.

Bill Bouchey (HOK): Neurodiversity and Surviving the WFH Hangover Dec 13, 2020

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In this episode, Bill Bouchey shares the design strategies and thinking behind HOK’s latest research: Designing a Neurodiverse Workplace. We also learn his point of view on a new purpose for the once bustling office. Through our conversation, he unveils his uncommon work habits and the creative ways he organizes the information in his life. For more, visit Imagine a Place online: https://ofs.com/imagine-a-place/ Learn more about HOK: https://www.hok.com/ Link to HOK’s latest research: Designing a Neurodiverse Workplace: https://www.hok.com/ideas/publications/hok-designing-a-neurodiverse-workplace/ Connect with Maria on LinkedIn. Follow Imagine a Place on LinkedIn. Click here to get your copy of Maria's children's book—Design Your World. Click here to get your own Imagine a Place Conversation Card Deck. Imagine a Place gathers industry-leading voices that can inspire the design community through storytelling and broaden our creative horizons. The goal of Imagine a Place is to further elevate the belief that the places we make and the ways we design them matter in our lives.

David Galullo (Rapt Studio): The truth about great workplace culture. Dec 06, 2020

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David Galullo, CEO of Rapt Studio, shares the secrets and debunks the myths around great workplace culture. Rapt Studio has recently designed for Dropbox, Google, Ancestry, and Vans. As a multidisciplinary design firm, they describe themselves as a group of believers with big hearts, good instincts, and uncommon curiosity. David certainly lives up to that mantra. Today, he shares his thoughts on getting workplace culture right and what he’s learned through designing for some of America’s most recognizable brands. For more, visit Imagine a Place online: https://ofs.com/imagine-a-place/ Learn more about Rapt Studio: https://raptstudio.com/ Connect with Maria on LinkedIn. Follow Imagine a Place on LinkedIn. Click here to get your copy of Maria's children's book—Design Your World. Click here to get your own Imagine a Place Conversation Card Deck. Imagine a Place gathers industry-leading voices that can inspire the design community through storytelling and broaden our creative horizons. The goal of Imagine a Place is to further elevate the belief that the places we make and the ways we design them matter in our lives.

Amanda Schneider (ThinkLab): It's time to rethink our processes. Nov 29, 2020

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This week we welcome Amanda Schneider, founder of ThinkLab, the research division of SANDOW. Amanda and her team work to understand the trends, opportunities, and threats that swirl around the interiors industry. In this episode, we discuss those challenges and trends to discover what might be on the horizon for the profession of interior design. For more, visit Imagine a Place online: https://ofs.com/imagine-a-place/ Learn more about ThinkLab: https://thinklab.design/ Design Nerds Anonymous: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/design-nerds-anonymous/id1534887549 ThinkLab CBRE research referenced on this episode: https://thinklab.design/cbre-project/ Connect with Maria on LinkedIn. Follow Imagine a Place on LinkedIn. Click here to get your copy of Maria's children's book—Design Your World. Click here to get your own Imagine a Place Conversation Card Deck. Imagine a Place gathers industry-leading voices that can inspire the design community through storytelling and broaden our creative horizons. The goal of Imagine a Place is to further elevate the belief that the places we make and the ways we design them matter in our lives.

Donald Rattner (My Creative Space): Is your home limiting your creativity? Nov 10, 2020

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Want to be a more creative person? The answer might be right in front of you. Donald Rattner is an award-winning author and architect who spent years of his life exploring the deep instinctual connection between our environment and our creative self. His book: My Creative Space - How to Design Your Home to Stimulate Ideas and Spark Innovation is a collection of insights that, much like our conversation, we found to be unique, useful, and entertaining. Link to purchase Donald's book (My Creative Space): https://amzn.to/3eKNvEI Find Donald online: https://donaldrattner.com/ Visit Imagine a Place online: https://ofs.com/imagine-a-place/ Connect with Maria on LinkedIn. Follow Imagine a Place on LinkedIn. Click here to get your copy of Maria's children's book—Design Your World. Click here to get your own Imagine a Place Conversation Card Deck. Imagine a Place gathers industry-leading voices that can inspire the design community through storytelling and broaden our creative horizons. The goal of Imagine a Place is to further elevate the belief that the places we make and the ways we design them matter in our lives.

James Kerrigan (Jacobs): Culture, place, and tools: The future of place making. Oct 27, 2020

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James Kerrigan is a musician, designer, and a true global citizen. His career in design has carried him from Australia, London, Los Angeles, DC, and now Dallas. In addition to his masterful skill in guitars, and talented eye for design, James is a deep thinker. Like many of my conversations with James, he finds a way to stretch my mind. In this chat, we explore the future around the purpose of place and he encourages us to think bigger about the profession of interior design - to think outside the building and how the role of place and placemaking can go far beyond the typical four walls around us. Connect with James on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-kerrigan-5547b337/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrjameskerrigan/ https://www.jacobs.com/ Visit Imagine a Place online: https://ofs.com/imagine-a-place/ Connect with Maria on LinkedIn. Follow Imagine a Place on LinkedIn. Click here to get your copy of Maria's children's book—Design Your World. Click here to get your own Imagine a Place Conversation Card Deck. Imagine a Place gathers industry-leading voices that can inspire the design community through storytelling and broaden our creative horizons. The goal of Imagine a Place is to further elevate the belief that the places we make and the ways we design them matter in our lives.

Krystal Lucero (Edwards Mulhausen): Using the gifts you’ve been given to create change. - Ep. 14 Oct 14, 2020

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In this episode, we speak with Krystal Lucero, Sr. Designer at Edwards Mulhausen. In our discussion, she explores her personal history and journey as a designer, a Black American, and an active member in her professional community. Together, we discuss the historical role of place and the potential design has to unite us. Connect with Krystal on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krystallucero/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/krystallucero/ EdwardMulhausen.com: http://edwardsmulhausen.com/team/krystal-lucero/ Visit Imagine a Place online: https://ofs.com/imagine-a-place/articles Connect with Maria on LinkedIn. Follow Imagine a Place on LinkedIn. Click here to get your copy of Maria's children's book—Design Your World. Click here to get your own Imagine a Place Conversation Card Deck. Imagine a Place gathers industry-leading voices that can inspire the design community through storytelling and broaden our creative horizons. The goal of Imagine a Place is to further elevate the belief that the places we make and the ways we design them matter in our lives.

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