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Brief Northwestern Mutual The Identity Center illustrates the history, missions, and goals on Northwestern Mutual for both employees and the community. This approximately 11,000 square foot space consists of many large environmental graphics, artifact cases, and multiple interactive experiences. Custom conservation grade cases dive into the history of NWM, displaying historical documents, artifacts, and scale [...]

Brief Airbus | Experience Center The Airbus Experience Center utilizes state-of-the-art technology and interactive displays, providing elements of discovery along the way to help elevate the conversation to a place where we can discuss the ways in which we are all now connected. As the global industry leader, with a focus on the future, Airbus [...]

Brief Conagra Brands | Corporate Headquarters When Conagra Brands decided to relocate their corporate headquarters from Omaha to Chicago’s Merchandise Mart, they partnered with Perkins+Will and Xibitz to get the job done. The design approach was to divide the very large floor plan into four different neighborhoods, with a connecting north/south axis at the center [...]

Brief University of Tennessee Research Foundation | Solar Educational Exhibit Creating an educational exhibit that will engage multiple audiences requires a team that can leverage its combined strengths imaginatively and effectively. Perkins+Will Branded Environments and Xibitz employed a collaborative design/build approach to develop this new immersive and interactive exhibit. Working with The University of Tennessee [...]

Brief Universities Space Research Association | Headquarters Interactive Lobby Exhibit Crossing the threshold of the new headquarters of the Universities Space Research Association (USRA), you get the sense of entering another dimension. Highly reflective surfaces like black glass, automobile-finish white panels and glossy grey floors create a feel of expansiveness and depth, echoing the infinite [...]

Brief Newell Rubbermaid | Design Center With brands as diverse as Sharpie and Levolor, and 2013 net sales of $5.7 billion in more than 100 countries, Newell Rubbermaid continues to set its sights higher. To facilitate achievement of this goal, its new Design Center gathers the industrial, graphic and usability designers from all of its [...]

Brief General Electric | GE Innovation Centre The first of its kind for GE in North America, the GE Innovation Centre in Calgary leverages the company’s global expertise, industrial breadth and technology to address challenges across the energy, healthcare, transportation and finance sectors. To provide workspaces with access to state-of-the-art technology, focused on commercial innovation, [...]

Brief A Big Four Firm When one of the “Big Four” networks of firms offering audit, tax and advisory services reinforced its commitment to Chicago with a new headquarters, the global giant sought a design providing social, collaborative and personal space while optimizing real estate to control costs. Designed by Perkins+Will, the result features a [...]

Brief TD Ameritrade | Corporate Headquarters In opening a new headquarters, TD Ameritrade brought together its corporate, technology and operations teams, who had been dispersed throughout the Omaha metropolitan area. The result, using an open-plan floor plate, accommodates these business units’ continuously changing needs, offers improved workspaces and enhances collaboration. HOK with Xibitz support achieved [...]

Brief Consumers Energy | Connections Learning Lab Consumers Energy (CE) had lofty goals for its new Leadership Center: provide a single hub for leadership training sessions, employee orientation and more; differentiate it as a company, and position it as an employer of choice in Michigan. Within this new training hub, the utility needed a Learning [...]