https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/2387 en-us Lentzl@bnpmedia.com (Linda C. Lentz) Developed to appeal to a creative labor pool, the year-old Newell Rubbermaid Design Center lies within southwest Michigan's hub of industrial design, just a stone's throw from internationally acclaimed manufacturers Haworth, Herman Miller, and Steelcase. 

]]> 1508-newell-rubbermaid-design-center-perkins-will-byce-and-associates.asp Sun, 16 Aug 2015 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7710-newell-rubbermaid-design-center Newell Rubbermaid Design Center Daylight filters through a dropped trellis from skylights in the high ceiling, while circular fixtures illuminate the materials library behind reception. Photo © Steve Hall/Hedrich Blessing Photographers Newell Rubbermaid Design Center FSC-certified ash slats—used to delineate room numbers on the immersion rooms and craft a dropped trellis ceiling—create a warm counterpoint to the polished-concrete floors and white color palette. The design team suspended a total of 210 linear fluorescent fixtures throughout open work areas and common spaces, inserting them into the 15-foot-high trellis above the center's 'main street.' Photo © Steve Hall/Hedrich Blessing Photographers Newell Rubbermaid Design Center Image courtesy Perkins+Will