Good Bye “Plunk Art.”

Posted by on Nov 7, 2013 in Featured Artists and Inspirations
Good Bye “Plunk Art.”

“Plunk Art” a term coined by a well respected design professional, defines “plunk art”  as a practice that occurs when a remodel or new design occurs without the art program in place as part of the original plan and design.  When that happens, the art becomes an afterthought in the overall design.   Janell Baglien, […]

Children’s Hospital Halloween

Posted by on Oct 31, 2013 in Featured Artists and Inspirations
Children’s Hospital Halloween

Childrens Hospitals are helping kids enjoy Halloween with the help and donations made by Spirit Halloween and those that shop there. Below is a great video on one such hospital that hosted a Halloween parade for over 60 kids.  Because many of the children are on restrictive diets and cannot eat candy, nurses treated them […]

Featured Inspiration

Posted by on Oct 15, 2013 in Featured Artists and Inspirations
Featured Inspiration

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia A pioneer in targeted cancer treatments, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia developed a new therapy for patients with relapsed cases of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The hospital is also studying a way to treat certain types of lymphoma and neuroblastoma with a single pill. It offered the world’s first proton-beam therapy […]

Family Centered Care

Posted by on Sep 30, 2013 in Featured Artists and Inspirations

The following design is another great example of a refreshing solution to  healthcare’s specific design challenges…  Family-Centered Care. Seattle Children’s “Building Hope” project, completed in April 2013, includes a 330,000-square-foot expansion with a focus on family-centered care. Among desired outcomes for the project was a design that would eliminate waiting and maximize visibility. To that […]

Color Splash

Posted by on Sep 26, 2013 in Featured Artists and Inspirations
Color Splash

Several new thoughtful design approaches have emerged in Healthcare Architectural and Interior Design.   Each new approach stands out both for it’s form and function. In Healthcare design there are specific design challenges that must be addressed.  Things like patient comfort, family comfort, visibility and nurse and doctor mobility all need to be taken into […]

Latest Advances in Hospital Design: The New Parkland Hospital

Posted by on Aug 26, 2013 in Featured Artists and Inspirations

Last week  Healthcare Design Magazine, American Institute of Architects, Academy of Architecture for Health, and The Center for Healthcare Design hosted a conference in Dallas, bringing more than 125 architects, engineers and designers from around the country to learn about the latest advances in hospital design. Dallas was the chosen location because the conference hosts wanted to […]

Cheery Atmosphere Helps Cancer Patient

Posted by on Aug 20, 2013 in Featured Artists and Inspirations
Cheery Atmosphere Helps Cancer Patient

“One day all the stress of coping with cancer hit me at once.  I dropped onto the edge of my bed and felt my courage and energy desert me.  Then I lifted my eyes to the painting on my wall, the ones I had created in the painting group.  There was my courage, inspiration, strength, […]