i+s (Interior+sources)

4 days ago | iands.design | Lauren Brant |Carrie Meadows

The New SustainabilityAcross the architecture & design community, i+s has heard a number of sentiments regarding “sustainability,” from positive declarations like enforcing firm-level specification requirements for manufacturer partners, to wariness in terms of what constitutes “greenwashing” versus measurable progress toward more eco-friendly systems and materials. As a product concept, we don’t think the “S” word has lost all meaning yet! Allow us to elaborate.

1 week ago | iands.design | Vasia Rigou

As the workplace continues to evolve, so does our understanding of what inclusion really looks like. And increasingly, interior designers are being asked a new question: How do we create spaces that support how people think—not just what they do? By some estimates, nearly one in five adults are neurodivergent—meaning they have ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia, or other cognitive variations—and for those individuals, traditional office environments often fall short.

1 week ago | iands.design | Janelle Penny

The fluid and ever-evolving nature of U.S. tariffs on its trading partners has interior designers wondering what’s next. On April 10, President Donald J. Trump suspended for 90 days import taxes on dozens of countries—taxes which he had announced less than a day earlier.

1 week ago | iands.design | Robert Nieminen

With nearly 30 years of experience—much of it based in Los Angeles—architect and designer Andrea Keller is no stranger to the ebb and flow of trends and technologies that impact the built environment. However, she finds that many trends have shifted design too far from the core purpose of improving the human condition, by minimizing our connection with the natural exterior world.

1 week ago | iands.design | Carrie Meadows

“Different does not mean deficient!”I remember clearly how those words, spoken by my high-school Spanish teacher Señor Binaghi, struck me as pivotal wisdom. One of the few gems he would reiterate time and again in English, that phrase has turned over in my mind—and come out of my mouth—across many scenarios. For our adolescent brains, this phrase meant “press pause” on our human tendency to reject or make fun of that which does not meet the societal or cultural norms that we are used to.