Since the semester is coming to a close and our projects are mostly over, I decided to look at Steelcase’s article “ Room for Error ”. Of course, none of our designs are perfect, so there are plenty of opportunities for us to learn from our mistakes. In this article, Steelcase points out the fact that pacemakers, Post-It Notes, as well as Cornflakes all came from failures. Glitches can become textile patterns or used in video art. Out of focus photographs can be considered high art. It is what you do with your failures that can turn into successes. This way of thinking reminds me of receiving critiques and continually being able to develop, refine, and better our projects. It’s nice that our profession allows us to constantly improve as designers. Part of developing as designers includes trying different types of design – whether it be residential, office, healthcare, education, hospitality, and so on. Office and healthcare design has stood out to me specifically for different...
This week, I decided to research an article looking back and focusing on how Steelcase views time spent in healthcare situations. In their article “ Making Every Moment Meaningful ”, Steelcase discusses how individuals experience healthcare and how, most of the time, they cannot make the most of their time because they spend so long waiting for direction, waiting for consultation, or waiting for results. Patients are squeezed into small waiting areas, anxious and uncomfortable because there are no direct sight lines to the caregiver nor is there a focus on privacy. It is obvious that most clinics and hospitals do not account for how patients will want to spend their time, and Steelcase wants to change that. They explain that people want control over how they spend their time, whether it be consulting with a physician, watching instructional videos, waiting for key information, or simply relaxing. There are other practical concerns, as well, such as the need for a place to stor...