As the summer heat sets in and energy demands rise, lighting becomes more than just a design detail. Lighting plays a significant role in enhancing workplace efficiency, comfort, and cost savings.
Over the past few years, Arium’s helped bring dozens of start-up breweries to the region. As the craft beverage market continues to expand, it’s with great pleasure we announce our first Cidery. Capitol Cider House will be opening in the Petworth region of Washington DC on Georgia Ave in 2018. Arium’s “brewer’s table” design concept beat out a number of design firms competing for this exciting project.
Arium designed a flexible open plan adjacent to more traditional private offices for this client. Systems furniture that provides flexibility and user control are critical in these types of arrangements.
The media has seen a recent flurry of discussion and articles focusing on the validity and broad application of open office plans. Over the past year, Forbes, Business Week, and the Huffington Post have all published criticisms, but the most damning research on open-office design is referenced in the New Yorker article “The Open-Office Trap”:
While designing Jailbreak Brewing Company’s new Howard County Brewery, we happened upon a time-lapse video of local artist Chris Yoon in action. Occasionally, clients will request that we assist them in artwork selection for their new spaces. In this case, we just couldn’t help ourselves. We knew Chris’ style was a perfect match for Jailbreak, and so we jumped at a chance to introduce him to our client.
The need to design in flexibility is a priority among many of our projects. Arium is constantly looking for ways to increase the functionality of spaces for our clients. Conference rooms, which are often slated as multipurpose spaces, often require technical problem solving to allow for the full range of uses our clients desire in the spaces.