We are excited to announce that David Cooke & Candy McDowall will be at the Columbus Convention Center on September 11th to give a talk at the LeadingAge, Ohio Annual Conference & Trade Show.  The topic for discussion will be, "Changes in Interior colors for Senior Living". 

Learn more about LeadingAge Ohio by clicking here to visit their website.

Celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, LeadingAge Ohio is a nonprofit organization that represents approximately 400 nonprofit long-term care organizations located in more than 150 Ohio towns and cities, as well as those providing ancillary health care and housing services. Member organizations serve more than 50,000 elderly Ohioans daily and employ more than 20,000 persons statewide. 

Prior to unlocking the doors on opening day. City Barbeque sent us this photo of the latest project we have completed with them in Carmel, Indiana. This “joint”, as they refer to their locations, can be found in the newly renovated The Center Shopping Center on South Range Line Road.

We have enjoyed working with the wonderful people at City Barbeque on many projects over the past several years.  With six new restaurants (number seven now under construction) and updating of six existing joints. We wish them great success in Carmel!

New Business Affiliation Expands DCI Competiveness in Markets Across North America ONE Global Design Platform to operate with 15 member companies

Design Collective Incorporated (DCI), regularly named by Interior Design magazine as one of the “Top Giants” in the U.S. will partner with 14 similarly successful North American design firms to provide coast to coast services for businesses seeking superior, consistent interior design solutions in multiple markets. The group will form the ONE Global Design Platform with offices in Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Calgary, Charlotte, Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Toronto, Vancouver, and Washington, DC.

“We are very excited about this new collaboration. It will give our clients a platform for instant access to ‘best in class’ architectural and design firms in America and Canada who are known for their design innovation and customer service. This strategic collaboration will allow us to bring together a team of professionals who know the client, the market, and have the specialized expertise to create a first-class finished product,” said David Cooke, Principal, Design Collective Incorporated.

“With all of the mergers and realignments of the past decade, we recognize the importance of serving our clients affordably as they expand into other markets,” says Eugene McHugh, Principal, Design Collective Incorporated. “As a founding member of ONE Global Design Platform, we now can serve our clients in every major city in the United States and Canada, including major markets on the east and west coasts.”

The ONE approach will provide a consistent, principal-led team who will know a company, its brand, its standards and its overall business goals. The local, core team will provide the design and delivery while the ONE Global Design Platform members will bring city-specific knowledge, code compliance and ready access to the project site. The combination of 15 member firms will assure a high level of creativity, experience and wisdom as clients move into other markets, and seek consistency and creativity in their offices and other commercial interior projects.

Founded in 1969, Design Collective Incorporated is an independent, interior architectural firm providing design services for hospitality, corporate offices, senior living, and retail users. Now in its fourth decade, the firm has a national reputation and client base.