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Commercial
Designing for commercial spaces is an exercise in balance: often there are tight budgets and timelines, but if you don’t get it right while staying true to your brand, you risk having uninspired clients who don’t come back in again, or employees who’d rather work elsewhere. We love designing inspired spaces, and here you’ll find all things commercial (projects, blog posts, recognition, and more) at Board & Vellum.
Our commercial posts.
Commercial, Other Tangents
Love and Capitol Hill’s 15th Ave. District
Board & Vellum loves 15th Avenue on Capitol Hill – it's our home! Here, Sara gets into the details of what really makes it great for her.
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Commercial
Ada’s: A Burst Of Light and a Custom Mobile
Ada’s Technical Books & Café is a project that will always be near and dear to us. And, one of our favorite details (both to design and to make) is the custom mobile of book pages. This is the story of how it came to be.
Learn more.Ask a Designer, Commercial
How Do We Design Office Spaces?
While designing commercial office spaces is a different animal from designing single-family homes, there are some key things that carry through, and those are some of the exact things that make for some of the best office spaces.
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Commercial
Windows for Ada’s
We are big advocates for parcelling out your budget so that you put your money where it really matters, and not towards things that just won't have much of an impact on the design. In the case of Ada's Technical Books & Café, the street-level windows are really important. Here's why, and how we designed them.
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How to Use Social Media When Designing a House or Retail Space
There are so many social media platforms out there these days. Which are the most helpful when you are planning an architecture, interior design, or landscape project?
Learn more.Ask a Designer, Commercial
Top 3 Acoustical Considerations for a Retail or Restaurant Space
Don't make a grave mistake and neglect to consider acoustics in your new space. Unpleasant noise can ruin a venue for a lot of clientele who would otherwise stick around (bringing you revenue!). Here are three crucial things to consider for acoustic design.
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Our Story
Client-centered authenticity is our north star, and we continue to prove that great design doesn’t require great ego.
A Total Fabrication with Mike Marian of Marian Built
There are a bunch of big, high-profile projects being built in Seattle, but it’s the smaller custom projects where the magic really happens, and PNW makers, artists, and fabricators are making it happen here every day. How do they make these small custom projects memorable, and through experiencing them, perhaps even revive the soul of the city of Seattle?
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