Did you know that Tom has also written magazine articles? Here is one for the Journal of Light Construction detailing the design process of updating a cramped, maze-like shotgun apartment into a modern, airy flat.
To see the whole article download the pdf. For more information on the Chicago Shotgun Flat design and renovation, please see our case study.
Read Moremarquardt+ developed a complete interior and exterior brand overlay presentation system for 11 of Tetra Pak’s North American facilities, as part of the implementation of their new international rebranding strategy. New elements included approved interpretations of the new Tetra Pak logo, messaging and packaging displays in environmental graphics, wall treatments, landscape design, flooring lighting, painting and furniture strategies and intranet information portals. The initial implementation shown has been implemented to their Denton, TX facility and portions of the Vernon Hills, IL US Headquarters.
Tetra Pak also asked m+ for help with a Green Information Portal. This was an area in each facility that could work like a bulletin board for all things sustainable, and encouraged everyone of any level to engage in the process of making the company greener.
See more of the brand overlay and the green information portal at our website!
* work performed as Design Collaboratives
Read MoreQuick! Before it ships to Manhattan to be installed in the fabulous Maya Romanoff New York Showroom, here is a sneak peek at the corridor identity/display signage column – designed by marquardt+. It is custom-formed metal with stand off metal letterforms backlit over Romanoff Bedazzled Geode Flexible Glass Bead Wallcovering in “Scotch N Soda”.
The face of the column is designed so that Romanoff can periodically recover the surface in other products, updating the sign with new product introductions, colors and/or styles. This creates a flexible hallway product display unit out of what is normally just an identity sign. Illumination comes from newly released Environmental Lighting Dimmable LED Side View Strips (Soft White). This is LED tape that actually edge lights off the edge of the tape, not the face like typical LED tape lights, so it is perfect for dimensional letterforms and other tight lighting conditions traditionally un-lightable!
See more of the showroom on our website!
Read MoreFor NeoCon 2012, CF Stinson again hired marquardt+ to provide design updates to the Merchandise Mart showroom and apply their new brand logo to the space. In addition to being responsible for updating the product signage, designing new product line signage, and creating a new logo application on the glass storefront, m+ also designed a temporary display to promote the new Michael Graves collection. This included a mounted poster at the store front and a storage display for a Michael Graves designed poster that was both functional and elegant.
Additional 2012 work included a printed NeoCon invitation for their cocktail party and Michael Graves poster signing, digital invitation and digital reminder based on their new print advertising.
See the rest of the showroom at our website!
Photography by Jaysen Goranson
Read MoreTime for another Atlas update! marquardt+ did the original design over 10 years ago, and we have been refreshing it every year since. As the space was built to be modular and shifting, we have been able to affect change without changing out the bones, saving both money and resources.
We also provide full accessorization and floral + plantings work if requested! Don Kimpling, our resident landscape architect, did these beautiful plantings for the NeoCon 2012 showroom.
See the rest of the showroom at our website, along with the plantings + floral!
Photography by Jaysen Goranson
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marquardt+ was asked by HON to develop the direction and budgeting for renovation of their three floor, 68,000 sf headquarters in Muscatine, IA. We developed multiple bubble diagrams, adjacency studies, fit tests, as well as sweeping architectural moves and extensive environmental graphics. The most interesting challenge was creating a single space out of two adjacent buildings with different floor plates, joining them together with an entry lobby and circulation tower over what used to be an old railroad track.
In addition, we were also asked to to propose and budget price a new construction headquarters facility as an alternative to renovation of the existing buildings. The design team implemented a complete architectural design and space planning package and provided preliminary square foot construction estimates for a pre-fabricated “steel line” building, to be considered on a vacant lot HON had acquired in Muscatine, Iowa.
See more of the headquarters and core + shell at our website!
* work performed as Design Collaboratives
Read MoreOkamura is Japan’s largest manufacturer of high end commercial furniture. As one of our newest clients, we were asked to revitalize and update their showroom, including creating large scale environmental graphics, custom product art, and a lighting overhaul to LED fixtures. If you weren’t able to make it to the space, here’s a taste!
See the rest at our website!
Photography by Jaysen Goranson
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