Better Product Selection = Better Projects

In testimony I gave over thirty years ago to a Congressional committee investigating building failures, I stated the following to explain how design professionals learn from their mistakes: “Good judgment is the product of experience and experience is the…

Your product library is collecting dust, but not much else.

For the more than 35 years, I’ve had the pleasure of working with architects, designers, and engineers. One thing that I’ve found fascinating is the pace at which they and their firms adopt technology (hint: they are not the…

Your product catalogues are collecting dust, but they aren’t doing much else.

For the more than 35 years, I’ve had the pleasure of working with architects, designers, and engineers. One thing that I’ve found fascinating is the pace at which they and their firms adopt…

Busy is the new normal

I’ve never been busier. 
I go home breathless every night. 
I just don’t have time to think about anything new.

Dispatch from the AIA Convention — part 1

Last Thursday, I travelled to Philadelphia for a day at the AIA Convention. In the morning keynote, Fresh Air’s Terry Gross interviewed Julia Louis-Dreyfus — an unusual choice to open a convention of architects and building design professionals. But her…

Featured Products #30: The Touchless Restroom

Fewer germs, less mess, and a whole lot easer on the user 
 
I’m no germaphobe…

Products to build luxurious spa experiences 
 
We’ve been drawn to sublime and luxurious public bathing spaces since well before the Baths of Caracalla. Modern temples like Peter…

Featured Products #32: Site Furnishings

Seating, planters, tables, lighting — even ping pong! 
 
I can hardly believe it’s already…

We just added thousands of new products to our library! 
 
I have some exciting news: we just added the catalogs of over 30 top plumbing fixture brands to our Global Library.

We’ve…