Steelcase Health partners with KwickScreen to address infection control and flexibility in healthcare spaces Nobody goes to a healthcare facility to get sick. Yet Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) impact millions of people each year and exacerbate the already-overburdened system by making some patients sicker and causing longer recovery times. At the same time, administration is searching…
A unique curved shape creates a more inclusive and collaborative hybrid meeting for people on both sides of the camera. Collaboration is one of the top reasons people want to come into the office. But most meetings today will include at least one, or several, remote participants. And too often, teams are trying to collaborate…
Shaping more positive work experiences for members of the LGBTQ+ community through culture and place For Melina Sinigos, simple things like going to work can involve a series of calculations – an analysis of whether she can be her authentic self – informed by where, when and even with whom she’s interacting. As a global…
The Center for Health Design, UW Health + Steelcase Health share ways healthcare spaces can support today’s needs. We know the space around us can have a profound impact on health outcomes — influencing the overall wellbeing of everyone involved in the complex work of care. It’s within these settings that people go through a…
How the star of Netflix’s Queer Eye turned an outdated L.A. house into his team’s new home office. Bobby Berk is known for custom, jaw-dropping (and often tear-jerking) designs on Netflix’s reality makeover show Queer Eye. Off camera, he runs a full-service interior design and creative firm that tackles renovations and new build construction along with a…
New carbon neutral high-performance seating promotes environmental wellbeing and helps people work better. There is no denying it: Our planet is in trouble. Our global economy is based on pulling resources out of the Earth, using energy to make something, consuming it and then discarding it. It’s a tension that touches everyone, including makers like…
Designer’s personal experience with cancer punctuates need for shift in the health space. James Killinger never devoted much thought to healthcare spaces. The senior West Elm designer was far more familiar with cozy couches and warm interiors than busy waiting rooms or clinical exam spaces. But that all changed in October of 2017, when his…
4 Ways Learning Spaces Need to Change Imagine plying the ocean depths first-hand to explore exotic underwater worlds, manning the controls as you rocket off to distant planets, walking alongside and talking with historical figures, or taking the crucial measures that save the world from a nuclear meltdown – and doing it all from the…
Six tensions we learned about healthcare waiting spaces after hearing from real patients across the U.S. “We went for an emergency unrelated to an illness and we were surrounded by people coughing and sneezing – it was gross,” said an anonymous patient. “It was crowded, and I almost couldn’t even find a seat,” said another.…
Understanding How UDL Can Address Barriers in Education Research shows the way people learn is as unique as their fingerprints. Classrooms are highly diverse and curriculums need to be designed from the start to meet this diversity. But, when students struggle in the classroom the focus historically has been on the students’ perceived limitations. The…