With a shift toward a people-first attitude, designers seek to create one-of-a-kind experiences that stimulate and certainly capture the imagination.
Just as most of us want the newest phone, car or computer, Architectural Products readers, in following up for further product information from the magazine, have always gravitated toward what’s frankly “cool.” That said, their clients feel the same, as one of 2019’s biggest buzzwords was “experience”—specifically, architectural clients, or their clients’ end users, are looking for something special as they enter a space, be it a store, a restaurant, a theater, their residences, and now, the office, too. This trend, as we observed in our annual look back at this past year, could fall under other trends we spotted, “wellness” or even “customization,” in that the end goal is also a desire to deliver something that pleases an occupier of a space. But what is crystal clear is that colorful and dynamic spaces are now table stakes. Interestingly enough, in taking in a recent webinar on city spaces, one of the speakers noted the human mind, as our bodies walk down any street, need some kind of major stimulation every four seconds, or in the course of a given day, 1000 stimuli per hour. There’s certainly a lot more action happening on the streets than in the office or the classroom, so it looks like there’s a need for a lot more creativity everywhere, including getting people outside on a regular basis during the course of their work day.
Below are some of the indoor/outdoor products catching the attention of your fellow readers as observed in our “Readers’ Choice” report.
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