Continuing Education Units

The Active Design research journey began in 2014 with the creation of nine principles. New research takes us to present day. The shift from wellness to well-being represents a true migration into how workplace design practices have changed in recent years. Seven new Active Design principles offer pragmatic ideas designers can use to implement and foster a culture of organizational well-being through interior design practices. It’s about an active body and mind.

Explore the driving factors of educational spaces designed to adapt and respond to the needs of diverse learners, specifically students with disabilities. Develop a greater awareness of the Universal Design for Learning framework that can impact the learning experience for students with disabilities. Apply this knowledge to communication, design, and engagement within K-12 and Higher Education.

Examine how fixed seating solutions for lecture halls and auditoriums improve and enhance the efficiency, sustainability, and safety of the renovation or new construction process. Learn more about the differences between custom millwork and modular furnishings, including designing for wellness and total cost of ownership.

Examine how demountable and storefront walls can aid in the safety, sustainability and overall well-being of those who are working in high-performance buildings.

A discussion and review of how to identify clients who would benefit from or require innovative furniture solutions. Learn to identify opportunities and leverage a manufacturing partner’s unique modified/co-created furniture processes.

With recent advances and innovations, choosing the right textile for the right application can be daunting. And with so many textile options touted as “high-performance,” making sense of that label is equally challenging. This CEU will review the progression of textiles and explore the three elements that collectively define high-performance – durability, cleaning and maintenance, and fibers and finishes – to help you make the right selection.

In a world where securing top talent is a competitive business advantage in the workplace, employers spend time devising ways to attract and retain an exceptional workforce. As companies look to recruit the best and brightest from college campuses, they often overlook the one ideal recruitment strategy...the campus design itself.

Despite the transformations necessary to equip students with 21st century skills, planners and decision-makers at schools and institutions continue to design classrooms and campuses that reflect outdated modes of teaching. This CEU examines the opportunity to explore educational space design using a “learning per square foot” concept, thereby improving student success, creating a community of learning and strengthening our country’s competitive position for the future.

High-tech companies are changing so quickly on the inside that they are determining the rate of change on the outside. Their pace makes industry iterate faster and identify weaknesses more quickly. High-tech companies aren’t discovering new ways of offering the same product. They are identifying a completely new service or product.

A discussion and review of true learning influences over 2,500 years and the impact on the changing world of education. During this course, the attendee will discover the power of “Play” within learning, understand how “Making” fosters collaboration, and discuss how “Design” transcends disciplines and silos.

The paradigms of architecture and neuroscience are merging as we begin to understand the impact of the environment on our cognitive ability to learn and our sense of safety, curiosity and belonging. The question shifts from how do we teach here to how do we learn here? The buildings in which we learn are now understood as fundamental catalysts for deep learning. Understanding the connection allows us to design spaces that are good for our bodies, minds, and souls.

The shifting paradigm of education necessitates understanding the changes driving learning and learning place design as well as adopting an integrated approach to large-scale change management. This involves identifying change models, including barriers and stages for successful adoption of new spaces and teaching practices and implementing a framework that aligns the learning environment with pedagogical approaches and learner needs

Discover how to adapt existing spaces to be more flexible, accessible, and engaging using fixed seating solutions. Learn to design multifunctional areas, maximize space, and leverage technology to create dynamic, collaborative learning experiences. Enhance your expertise and stay ahead of the curve in creating inclusive, future-ready spaces.