Every summer, we engage with the local architectural and engineering communities by hosting interns in our Cleveland office and other office locations. During this pandemic, we were able to accommodate two interns, Abigail Denninghoff in our Tucson office, and Morgan Hordinski in our Cleveland office. We asked them what they thought about their internships this summer and what they learned.
Read MoreDesigning the Human Experience: Reflections on Life Space
Design impacts lives. We spend 90% of our lives indoors, thus our personal life space is extremely important since it can impact us in many ways. How we function in our space depends on how it is designed to support us. Our life space has different activities that require different environments to support our body, mind, and soul (emotions). With this new pandemic, we find that our spaces need adjusting. Some of us suddenly find ourselves adding another major element into our current space: our work environment. How do we incorporate that into our current life space quickly and efficiently?
Read MoreBreaking the Cycle of Poverty, Addiction and Trauma by Providing Opportunity: An Interview with Sue Tager, Executive Director of The Hitchcock Center for Women
Onyx Creative’s President, Mike Crislip, and Sue Tager both know each other from working with New Directions, an organization that provides mental health and substance abuse treatment for adolescents and young adults. Sue, who is the Site Director for New Directions, is also the Executive Director of The Hitchcock Center for Women. We called her one early, grey Cleveland morning to learn more about how The Hitchcock Center for Women helps recovering women with substance abuse issues and about her role as executive director.
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