Chronicling subjects germane to building better, the Landwave Monitor posts tweet-ish length abstracts with the occasional essay.
Jane McGonigal has an infectious attitude and an arresting thesis: games are the cure for what ails us. We developed these cards from her 2011 “Reality is Broken” title as reminders and rut busters.
I love typography. I hate fonts.
Putting the ‘Map’ in Enterprise Mapping
As a facilities owner, how well prepared are you to meet the challenges of building?
Faster custom cropping.
A fresh take on the non-profit presence.
Chinook Systems provides facilities commissioning and quality management services for mission critical facilities owners. Landwave built their web presence refresh.
Insight into drummers and their gear.
Getting workspaces right for the 2010 Decennial Census field work.
When a door is not a door.
This quick study posited that sparklines could be useful in spotting equipment failure trends.
This graphic combines a broad, strategic view with business unit task detail. Strategic and practical. Better.
When Blink was ready to let the world know they existed, Landwave helped them build their web presence.
Being prepared, organized, swift and sure are investments well worth the effort.
Much has changed in the design since the late February renders.
First round of renders for the redesigned ground floor.
A satisfying phone stand can be hard to find, a joy to use.
If you belong to one of these groups you have leverage to make significant change.
When does it become common knowledge how to reduce building energy consumption by 80%, at the same cost, compared to the building code?
I’ve been designing for a long time. I have seen patterns of assumptions, decisions and implementation that bring us shy of our goals. It bothers me.
If you renovate today and don’t reduce your energy consumption radically, are you preventing yourself, and us, from future gains?
Questions I’m asking to fill holes in my knowledge.