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Integrating Technology With A Centuries Old Craft Nestled in the San Jose Mountains is a company you would not expect to be changing the design industry. Situated between organic berry farms and foothills that take your breath away (especially if you hike them) is a more than 30-year-old tile company that is challenging the way…
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Faces of Design: Designing Your Own Future
Breaking Out Of The Mold Interior designers are often stereotyped as those obsessed with glamour and extravagance. While designers do appreciate the finer details in a space, they often are not lauded for the behind the scenes work it takes to get to the finish line. For every glossy spread in Interior Design Magazine,…
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Faces of Design: Life of an Architect
This article is the second in a series of profiles on architects and designers who are challenging the status quo and tackling problems worth sharing. A Curious New World Architects are inherently creative and curious beings – often opting to roll up their sleeves and learn new methods, technologies, or explanations for the world around…
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Faces of Design: Jonathon Kemnitzer
This article is the first in a series of profiles on architects and designers who are challenging the status quo and tackling problems worth sharing. Sometimes the best partnerships are born from solving real-life problems. That’s how co-founders of KEM Studio Jonathon Kemnitzer and Brad Satterwhite started working together almost two decades ago. Fast…
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From Measuring Memory to Measuring Thinking: How Simulation-Based Learning Could Reshape Higher Education
As artificial intelligence continues reshaping the workforce, higher education faces growing pressure to demonstrate its value beyond content mastery. According to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report, employers expect 39% of workers’ core skills to change or become outdated by 2030, while 69% identify analytical thinking as the most essential workforce skill. As…
The Future of the Trades Depends on Mentorship and Industry Veterans Passing Down the Craft
Across the United States, industries are grappling with a skilled labor shortage. According to industry research, millions of trade jobs are expected to go unfilled in the coming years as experienced workers retire faster than new ones enter the field. At the same time, trade school enrollment has steadily increased. The conversation around skilled trades—once…
From Power Shopping to Place-Making: Tanger’s Stephen Yalof on the New Outlet Experience
For decades, the outlet trip had a familiar rhythm: get in the car, drive beyond the city, hunt for deals and come home with bags full of discounted finds. But that old model is giving way to something more layered. As retailers reinvest in store experiences to give consumers more reasons to visit, outlet…
How Relationships Build a Career, Deepen Service and Define Purpose
In a workplace still shaped by hybrid schedules, remote communication and shifting expectations around professional growth, relationships have become more than a soft skill — they are a career advantage. Gallup’s latest workplace reporting shows that global employee engagement has fallen to 20%, reflecting a broader challenge for organizations trying to keep people connected,…