Shop Talk
05/08/2020
RBW
This week, we catch up with Lisa Tvrdy, creative director at the Chicago-based interior design and architecture firm Partners By Design, on how she’s navigating the juggle of work and life as a new mother. We spoke to Lisa just as she was scheduled to return from maternity leave—a transition that segued into the office’s new remote work policy, as shelter-in-place orders began to take place in the Windy City.
Shop Talk
05/03/2020
RBW
In this interview series, Shop Talk, we chat with friends and collaborators of Rich Brilliant Willing on the ideas, discoveries, and inspirations that drive their design process.
Shop Talk
04/30/2020
RBW
This week, we catch up with our friend Kevin Lee Yi, an interior designer at Rockwell Group, about juggling various projects in different countries, time zones, and vendors around the world—and why it has been necessary to stay nimble and adaptable as the ongoing pandemic evolves, taking one day at a time from his apartment in Astoria, Queens.
Shop Talk
04/22/2020
RBW
As a co-founder and principal of the San Francisco–based lighting firm PritchardPeck, Kristin Peck was suddenly tasked with not only readjusting her own workday, but those of her team and staff, as well, as the city’s shelter-in-place order quickly took effect last month. Here, she shares how she’s managing the responsibilities and pressures of running a business—all the while strategically balancing it with motherhood and finding time to squeeze in a self-care ritual each morning.
Shop Talk
04/16/2020
RBW
This week, we chat with Dan Weissman about how he’s finding a balance and routine between working and parenting at home, as a senior associate who manages multiple projects and junior staff, and as a husband and father of two young kids, ages 2 and 4.
Shop Talk
04/06/2020
RBW
In our first installation of this micro-series, we catch up with Colin Williams, a product designer on our team here at Rich Brilliant Willing. Over a Google Hangout on a recent afternoon, we spoke with Colin to ask how he’s adjusting to the ongoing closures at our studio and throughout New York City, making do with his home office setup in his Brooklyn apartment—and keeping sane in the company of three housemates.
Shop Talk
11/21/2019
RBW
Carissa Mylin, a senior associate at SERA Architects, shares her thinking behind this extensive project and tells us why well-designed workspaces can make or break the creation of a great idea.
Shop Talk
09/18/2019
Gary Bouthillette
Workspaces are evolving faster than ever, and architectural lighting is developing at a similar pace. However, one category of lighting used in corporate and workplace design has some catching up to do and that’s decorative lighting.