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Our 2024 Design Week concludes with the exploration of AWE and its impact on INNOVATION. Awe can shift our focus to something greater than ourselves and fuel a desire to go beyond what is expected. Our discussions today include an examination how the integration of color and innovative technology impacts our ability to innovate and a discussion about what we’ve heard this week and how it can impact our design thinking. Thanks to Valerie Corcias of mycoocoon | Color Sensory for joining us today to share her thoughts on how the science of color can influence our emotions and behavior. #designweek #kahlerslater #dw24 #innovation #design #enrichinglife #powerfulresults

We continue our exploration of INNOVATION during this year’s Design Week by recognizing the impact of JOY on the creative process.  Experiencing joy often results in positive energy, a sense of purpose, and the confidence to embrace innovative thinking. Our discussions continue today with brain boosting exercises and a discussion on research on neurodiversity and the emerging field of neuroaesthetics. We wrap the day with sensory explorations for our teams in Milwaukee, Madison, Richmond and Chicago. Thank you to today’s presenters: Author of The Canary Code, Ludmila Praslova, Ph.D., SHRM-SCP, Âû, MillerKnoll’s Joseph White, and our own Pediatric Practice Leader Julia Dutton Jude.  #designweek #kahlerslater #dw24 #innovation #design #enrichinglife #powerfulresults 

Each year, Design Week offers topics that propel our passion for design, our people, and our projects. This year’s theme of INNOVATION includes exploring how PLAY can be a driver for discovery, how it fits into the human experience, and how to embrace the opportunities that can happen when we are driven by enjoyment. Today, we begin with an exploration of the “adjacent impossible”, how our roles as designers are evolving, and how industry-leading teams thrive in fast-paced change. Thanks to our speakers and panelists: Thomas Stat, Trudy Watt, Randy Deutsch FAIA, Erin Daniels, Tom Erickson Design Week Co-chairs: Trina Sandschafer, AIA, Riley Atlas, Daniel Causier, AIA   #designweek #kahlerslater #dw24 #innovation #design #enrichinglife #powerfulresults

Kahler Slater Design Week 2024 begins today. This annual event dedicates time for our team to expand design beyond our walls, explore connections, and reinforce our culture of creativity and curiosity. This year, we are excited to be exploring all facets of INNOVATION. From strategies on how to encourage and foster innovative teams, to understanding how color, materials, and neurodiversity spark innovation, our collaborators will be sharing ways to enhance our design thinking. Curious to learn more about Design Week? Follow along on our social feeds as we share highlights from each day across all our offices. #designweek #kahlerslater #dw24 #innovation #design #enrichinglife #powerfulresults

Kahler Slater is exhibiting at the Wisconsin Hospital Association’s Wisconsin Rural Health Conference in Appleton next this week. Stop by table #7 to connect with Dave Sheedy, Bill Steed, Melinda Pogwizd-Nerad, AIA, and Josh Derginer, AIA, LEED AP to learn more about how we are shaping the future of rural healthcare. Visit the conference website link in comments for more information. #wihospitals #WHA #ruralhealth #designsolves #kahlerslater

Join Kahler Slater's Trina Sandschafer, AIA at the Bisnow Multifamily Annual Conference Midwest. She will be sharing her perspective on how residential designers, developers, and operators are collaborating to deliver fresh and in-demand experiences during the Mixed-Use, Construction and Development Panel. Learn more about the event via the link in the comments. #kahlerslater #multifamily #development #mixeduse

Congratulations to our client, ThriveOn Collaboration. Kahler Slater led the branding, public art, signage, and wayfinding efforts for this project along with office space design for the Medical College of Wisconsin and Greater Milwaukee Foundation. We partnered with ThriveOn to elevate the Collaboration’s vision while empowering and engaging the local community. 

As one of the only fieldhouses of its kind in Nebraska, the Columbus Community Hospital Fieldhouse was designed to bring fitness and wellness together under one roof to benefit the health of the entire community. “The Columbus Fieldhouse will be a game-changer for our community because there truly is something for everyone. The team has done an excellent job ensuring activity opportunities are available for individuals of all ages and skill levels. I’m excited to see the positive impact the facility will have on our community.” - Rob Marshall, Director Kahler Slater partnered with local firm TSP, Inc. - Architecture | Engineering | Planning to deliver this project. Photographer: Thomas Harris

We are pleased to share Frank Freeman has joined our Healthcare Team as Project Leader. Based in our Charlotte operations, Frank brings 25 years of healthcare architecture experience in hospitals, senior living, medical office buildings, and physician practices. He will provide leadership to our team as we design healthcare environments throughout the Mid-Atlantic and the US. #welcome #healthcaredesign #architecture #charlotte #midatlantic #kahlerslater