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With the Right Design, an Office Space Can Delight Customers and Employees For an organization like HRI, a leading manufacturer’s representative to the food service industry, an office space must fulfill a tall order. It must surprise and delight visitors, providing no less than a full sensory experience of the latest technology and trends in […]

The Scott at Brush Park

An Oasis for Urban Living At the heart of downtown Detroit’s residential renaissance, one building has found the sweet spot. The Scott is a modern, mixed-use development with high-end amenities among the restored gems of historic Brush Park. To carry out their unique concept for the interiors, the architects at Neumann/Smith partnered with NBS to […]
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July 23, 2018

HRI

With the Right Design, an Office Space Can Delight Customers and Employees For an organization like HRI, a leading manufacturer’s representative to the food service industry, an office space must fulfill a tall order. It must surprise and delight visitors, providing no less than a full sensory experience of the latest technology and trends in […]

July 16, 2018

Power Education Spaces with Steelcase Thread

Students Need Technology. Technology Needs Power. Mobile devices have multiplied over the last decade, resulting in the need for additional power in the spaces where learning and work happens. This has become clear in today’s leading education settings where more technology than ever before is being used in classrooms, media centers and in-between spaces. Traditionally […]

June 27, 2018

NBS Supports Gensler Detroit in Annual City Year Project

NBS jumped at the chance to support Gensler Detroit for the second year on their classroom renovation with City Year Detroit. The two organizations have been partnering for years to transform classrooms in lower income cities to provide students the opportunity to learn in inspiring and productive environments. They recently completed their latest project at […]
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Ideas, Inspiration, Information

Managing all the details, no matter how small, is essential to creating great commercial spaces. The job can be made a little easier with the right tools and reference materials. We’re launching an on-going project to collect and present those A&D resources here. We’ll be creating a pathway to valuable content, a convenient starting point for those who need planning and design ideas; COM, performance, sustainability and LEED calculators; reference libraries for finishes, metals, fabrics; computer symbols for furniture, and much more.

June 9, 2016

Steelcase: It’s In Our Blood

Shared by Interior Designer, Angela Dabbs

You might think that the above photo was completely staged. You might even think that it took a lot of planning and coordination, but the truth is actually much simpler.

On May 5^th, 2016, we hosted an Open House at our beautiful new Bay City office. It was a long day of setup and preparation, eating and drinking, and entertaining and touring clients throughout the showroom!

Just as it was beginning to get dark outside, a big familiar blue truck unexpectedly pulls into our parking lot. Without missing a beat, everyone yells, “Tim (our warehouse manager), a Steelcase truck is here for you, go out back and unload it!” Never mind that it’s 8:30PM at night!! Three people from NBS immediately ran outside to greet the Steelcase driver and offer him something to eat. A minute later, I decided to go out too.

As I was walking to the truck, I noticed that something looked a little “off”. The three people from NBS were standing underneath the rainbow-colored Steelcase logo, but the color of the shirts that they were wearing didn’t match the color of the letters in the logo. As an interior designer, I can’t help but notice things like this. It’s in my blood!

An idea began to swirl around in my head and then I instantly realized, “I need to get everyone outside RIGHT NOW for a picture before it gets too dark!”

Because our Open House was Cinco de Mayo-themed, we all agreed to wear bright colored shirts. It didn’t matter what color, it just had to be bright! So now, with everyone outside, I could finally see whether or not my idea could come to fruition. I thought, “We just might have enough of the right colored shirts to pull this off!” Because the party was now going on outside, it was a struggle to keep everyone together and hold their attention. So instead of trying to explain to them what I wanted to do, I just started grabbing people and moving them into position. And by sheer luck, a classic photo opportunity was born!