Top 5 Pool Design

With finals here and San Francisco's crazy bi polar weather at its best this week, we decided to look for the top five pools we would rather be at right now! Get your bathing suits ready... The…

Designing Healthy Workspaces

If you missed our lecture on ergonomics click on the link bellow to watch IAD Alumni Karolina Pormanczuk from Humanscale gives us a better understanding of the ergonomic concerns found in office and…

Monday Morning Photos(s) Hotel Edition

For today's Monday Morning Photo(s) we found a project by OVA Studio, a Hong Kong based architecture firm that has designed the Hive Inn, a "jenga" like hotel made out of dozens of recycled shipping…

Kvadrat and Raf Simons Textile Collection

Loving this design collaboration, between Danish textile company Kvadrat and Belgian designer Raf Simons. The Spring/Summer 2014 collection was shown at this years Milan Design Week, unveiling a…

Alumni Panel Discussion 2014

The IAD Department is hosting an Alumni Panel Discussion this Thursday, April 24th from 9:30-11:00am (PST). We will be joined by past IAD Alumni that have reached success within various areas in the…

Save the Date!

IIDA Northern California and Be Original Americas, would like to invite you to a conversation about Authenticity in Design, moderated by Pilar Viladas, Freelance Writer for Architecure and Design…

Monday Morning Photo(s) Office Edition

For today's Monday Morning Photo(s) we have an advertising firm in Atlanta- 22squared. A few interesting trends that we keep seeing in office design are part of the overall design of this office. The…

Interior/Fashion Easter eggs

For Easter Sunday we have some stylish eggs inspired by colorful interiors and fashionable Spring/Summer outfits. Did you know that the practice of decorating eggs is ancient, pre-dating Christian…

Chair Inspired by Japanese Calligraphy

The concept behind this chair design came from Japanese calligraphy, Italian based studio Infinity Design was in charge of the project, the Slinky Chair is a sculptural piece that is both functional…