Live Beautifully: Looking for a Fresh Design? Knock Down a Wall!
Patti Johnson loves the juxtaposition of the before and after comparison of a room when she finishes a design. “I really like to take walls out,” Johnson told Daniel Litwin...
People, Process, Service: The History of MStone Stone and Tile with Founder TJ Mehta
TJ Mehta started MStone Stone and Tile Company when he was only 22 years old, and now the company owns some of the largest quarries in India and sources...
Live Beautifully: Directing a Path Toward Your Passion
On this episode of Live Beautifully, a HanStone Quartz podcast, host Daniel Litwin spoke with Jordan Victoria, founder and principal at Atelier Jordan, a Georgia-based interior architecture design and...
Element Sessions: How Spokane Hardware Supply is Serving Customers in an Amazon World
How does an independent retail store survive in the time of Amazon.com? "Be true to your roots and know your strengths," said Andrew Northrop , President of Spokane Hardware Supply. Host...
B2B News Update: A Decade of Rent, and a Major Sports Acquisition
With just two weeks left in the decade, the data is in on just about every business category. Rent Café tallied the numbers on residential construction and found that 2.4...
How Space Design Software Makes Mockups Easy
We've come a long way from pencil and paper when it comes to design mockups and the virtual representation of the design process. Design software like 2020 Design has...
The Art of Design in Engineered Glass
In this episode of MarketScale's Architecture & Design Podcast, Jim Smith, director of Invisiwall Engineered Glass Systems, a Consolidated Glass Holdings company, joined host James Kent to discuss the ways...
Why Apartment Buildings Are Trending in One Direction
According to the latest research by Yardi Matrix and RENTCafe, apartments are reaching for the sky. High rise apartments continue to be more popular as cities get denser and...
People, Process, Service: The Secret to Designing Award-Winning Full-service Architecture
What do the Graha Tower in Indonesia, the Golden Tulip Holland Resort, the Amsterdam Bridge, and the Omni Dallas Hotel all have in common? They’re all projects completed by...
The Rising Popularity and Benefits of Using Glass in Building Projects
On this episode of Element Sessions, an Element Designs podcast, Nelson Wills, vice president of business development, and Sahaj Patel, president of Triton Glass, LLC, joined host Geoffrey Short...
Live Beautifully: Why Historic Buildings Have Texture You Just Can’t Buy
How do you live beautifully? Everyone has different inspirations and details that make their approach to design, life, and beauty uniquely theirs. A single color or architectural element can...
How AEC is Preparing for a Digital Future
Construct AEC Education and Expo recently concluded its 2019 event in National Harbor, Maryland after four days of learning and networking. Architects, designers, and construction professionals all had the...
Preserving Charleston Homes, One Wool Insulation at a Time
The New York Times recently wrote about an architecture critic's quest to bring alive the story of South Carolina's historic homes and real estate in the face of booming...
Live Beautifully: Every Corporate Interior Should Have Its Own DNA
On this episode of Live Beautifully, a HanStone Quartz podcast, host Daniel Litwin sat down with Joyce Fownes, principal, office director, and interior studio lead for Corgan. In her 40...
Element Sessions: Using Texture to Guide Design
Sight, scent, sound, taste, and touch: Of the five senses, we often overlook the powerful effects of touch. But at California Closets, the design team is putting texture at...
Live Beautifully: Designing Inspirational Homes With the Homeowner in Mind
In the age of Instagram and Pinterest, everyone fancies themselves as an interior designer. Though these digital media outlets are certainly ripe with visual inspiration, professional interior designers take...
Watson Career Opportunity: Transforming Tech in the Workplace as a Sales Account Manager
On this Architecture & Design Jobcast, brought to you by MarketScale, we sat down with Jessica Reiks of Watson, a furniture manufacturer creating user-centered, tech-ready, and future proof consoles,...
What Lies In Your Walls? Exploring the Healthy Alternative to Fiberglass Insulation
Today’s consumers are more and more concerned with their health and the health of the planet, and their buying choices reflect these holistic values. Construction materials, like insulation, are...
Communicating a Green Insulation Responsibility to Customers
As consumers develop an interest in healthy, high-performance building products, coarse wool products such as Havelock Wool are becoming the gold standard for a truly green insulation product. Today on...
Window Shades Create More Comfortable and Productive Workplaces
Summertime is primetime for the construction industry, but those summer temperatures and bright sunlight serve as visible reminders for how important solar control products are for buildings and their...
Metrocon 2019: Setting a Standard for Building Health and Wellness
Increasingly, buildings have adapted to the personalities of the businesses that inhabit them. Flexibility in the workplace has changed corporate functionality, but also brought about new challenges. Not only are...
Element Sessions: Which interzum 2019 Trends Will Head Across the Pond?
There is always a new interior design trend around the corner. Some designs last through the ages, while others fade away as fads; today we explore the ones that...
The Case for Maximalism in Home Design
Minimalism in home design has been all the rage for decades, and there’s no dearth of home renovation cable TV shows encouraging a simplistic lifestyle. But on this week’s...
From Dirt to Dishes in Record Time
When a restaurant group or retail chain wants to build a series of new locations, how do they go about securing the properties and completing the construction? There are...
Metrocon 2019: Quality Lighting Design Makes for Better Employees
Lighting control has come a long way over the years. While many still associate the term ‘control’ with the ability to dim fixtures to a custom level, the industry...