All Together Now…
Posted in Where We Work on June 24th, 2009 by Mark VanderKlipp – Be the first to commentCorbin Design is still unpacking from an office move at its downtown Traverse City location that provides more space while encouraging better collaboration by bringing the the staff closer together.
The firm moved into Traverse City’s historic Hannah Lay Building in 1986 (when we had just six employees). As the business grew over the next 22 years, our office space gradually spread across two sides of the building, separated by a public hallway. The firm’s 17 employees have now moved into a larger contiguous space on the same floor, with designers and project managers working face-to-face in adjoining sections of the office and new meeting and conference areas offering more opportunities for team meetings and client communications.
The picture below shows the main suite where most of our staff are now located. If you’re in the neighborhood, stop by for a tour!
Our work has been showcased as part of a series on “Placemaking” within Northwestern Michigan’s Second Wave online magazine. The article features several projects from our portfolio, and an explanation of the phrase “Good design goes unnoticed.”
We came across this gem on YouTube, an interview with our client Arthur Mullen, Director of the Mount Clemens DDA. Among the comments featured in this interview*:
“The wayfinding system is especially important because we have a lot of out of town visitors who are coming into the city and we have a couple different grid systems … and it makes getting around downtown for someone who’s… More...
For the Sept.-Oct. 2011 edition of Medical Construction & Design magazine, Corbin Design president Mark VanderKlipp researched and wrote an article that places wayfinding signage in context with the entire range of brand communications that a healthcare system engages. Using Scripps Health as a case study, the article addresses how internal teams can organize to best approach staff, volunteers, patients and visitors with simple messages that reflect an institution’s culture… More...
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