2024 Crafted - Navigating Design Trends

In this episode of Workplace Crafted, Timothy Hawk, FAIA, and Alex Nyktas, AIA, discuss the blurring lines between the workplace and community environments, and how flexibility, technology, and the digital space impact design.

In this episode we discuss the blurred lines between the various demands on educational space, and how many of the same challenges we're grappling with in workplace design are being considered in academic settings.   

In this episode of Workplace Crafted, we are joined by WSA Design Manager, Kurt Miller, AIA. The conversation dives into the philosophical approaches and creative challenges that architects and designers face when dealing with adaptive reuse and urban intervention. 

In this episode of Workplace Crafted, we consider the broader issues impacting our planet, and the architects role in helping solve those issues. With Sustainability being a core value, we hope this episode sparks discussion on how architects and designers can be more impactful and take a new approach to practice. 

In this episode of Workplace Crafted, we are joined by Quality Managers, Kai Raab, AIA, and Geoff Gay, AIA. This conversation focuses on the impact of Technology on architectural practice, and the changes within the profession that are emerging, as we grapple with the acceleration of technological change. 

In this episode of Workplace Crafted, we're joined by Aleah Springer, AIA, a WSA project architect, Tyler Hatton, Assoc. IIDA, a WSA interior design specialist, and Ben Moody, a WSA architectural design specialist. The conversation focuses on crafting narratives in design. As designers from different backgrounds and in different stages of their careers, we ask our team how they approach storytelling through design.

Timothy Hawk, FAIA, and Lauren Miller, AIA, hold a discussion on how we deal with design trends, adapt to change, and how deep research can improve the design process.

In our second episode of Season 2 of Workplace Crafted, we talk about the "exurbs" as an office destination. Joining us on the episode is Andrew Boyd, President of Blue Label Packaging Company. Andrew talks about how the unique location of Blue Label between metropolitan Columbus and Appalachian Ohio has impacted recruitment, and how they've been able to provide a world-class destination for their employees. 

Ryan Gann, AIA and Timothy Hawk, FAIA discuss the impact of the workplace on a larger scale. How do workplaces shape our sense of place? How do they shape our cities? And how do they become destinations? 

Join WSA team members R. Todd Boyer, AIA, Lauren Miller, AIA, and Amber Aitken for a conversation on corporate culture in a post-pandemic world, and how to create tailored environments with culture and behavior in mind.