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Every spring, school districts face the same challenge: real facility needs, real dollars to spend, and not enough time to navigate traditional furniture procurement.
Hosted with partners Bridgitte Alomes of Natural Pod and Ashanti Bryant with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the conversations asked a demanding question: what would it look like if every space genuinely honored the communities it serves?
The 18th Annual IIDA Silicon Valley Culinary Challenge benefitting Interim Inc of Monterey was nothing short of incredible. Design firms from across the Bay Area brought their creativity and their culinary skills to life around this year's theme: Rooted in Community.
What came through clearly is that physical learning spaces do something AI fundamentally cannot: they hold space. They give students somewhere to be that doesn't require a purchase, a login, or a screen. They provide a community to belong to.
LPA Design Studios’ ONEder Grant research reframes the classroom as a connected learning ecosystem in an AI-rich world. Researcher Rachel Nasland and learning space designer David Jakes share with us how AI is beginning to reshape skills, pedagogy, and student agency, and why spaces must evolve beyond 1980s classroom models. Together they explore flexible ecosystems, respite zones, and technology choices that deepen human connection rather than replace it. Listen in for a great overview of the LPA 2025 ONEder Grant research for educators and learning environments designers.
The office as charging station, not depletion station, is a mindset shift available to any organization willing to ask what their people actually need.
Technology is designed to remove friction, but when every trip is seamless there's no unexpected connection, no story, no opening. "When you remove every rough edge, you remove every opening."
lounges, and in-between areas, play a critical role in shaping the student experience. When designed with intention, they become platforms for connection, collaboration, and community.
What if the most important outcome of a learning environment isn’t just achievement, but belonging?
In this episode we sit down with educator, author, and founder Marita Diffenbaugh to explore what it truly means to design learning around the human experience. Together, we unpack the shift from content delivery to learning as a service, one rooted in listening, relationships, and real-world application. From rethinking how we measure success to creating environments that foster curiosity, agency, and belonging, this conversation challenges conventional models of education and invites us to see learning as a lifelong, deeply human endeavor.
Across the country, Career and Technical Education (CTE) is being reimagined and reenergized. From the innovation corridors of San Francisco to rural districts in Eastern Washington, schools are seeing students lean into learning pathways that feel ...
Healthcare today is under enormous pressure. Care teams are stretched thin. Burnout is real. Expectations for care are rising, even as resources tighten. In this context, the role of the built environment becomes more than functional. It becomes emotional.
2025 marked a milestone year at One Workplace—one defined by big ideas, bold collaboration, and spaces that truly put people first. Whether supporting healing, learning, community connection, or the future of work, our projects proved again that when design starts with people, the outcomes speak for themselves.
Three defining projects highlight how priorities—and solutions—have evolved over the past 30 years. Together, these transformations reflect our ongoing commitment to delivering spaces that truly serve the patients, families, and care teams who rely on them.
In this episode of the ONEder Podcast, CCB sits down with Julie Maggos from Interior Architects’ AIRIA team to unpack what it looks like to use AI as a real design partner—without losing the human edge. They uncover where AI is already helping (faster ideation, smoother workflow, stronger client collaboration), where humans must stay firmly in the driver’s seat (vision, judgment, empathy), and how to adopt these tools responsibly. If you’re curious what’s hype, what’s working, and what’s next with AI in design, this one’s for you.
