Youthful by Design

I had the pleasure of attending the Build Boston show down at the World Trade Center last week and got to see a lot of really beautiful design work by some excellent local architects. Every year they honor area architects by posterizing images of their local projects at the show for everyone to see. The show is mainly for architects and design professionals to attend seminars catered to the field, local field trips and a large trade show. The highlight for me was seeing the depth and breadth of the work done by local design firms. I wasn't the only one drawn to the images of the projects, I noticed lots of other attendees who were taken in by the scope and power of the work.

Over the next few weeks I'm hoping to find the time to do further research into some of the firms whose work I was inspired by and share some photographs and links of what I've found. Here are some images of a recent project by Boston firm Spagnolo Gisness & Associates for Dunkin' Donuts Corporate Headquarters. It seems to embody some of the characteristics that I think are appealing to kids: Bold color, interesting and unique use of materials, cool furniture and lighting and comfortable, homey finishes. Probably not a whole lot different than many adults would appreciate!

Blessings!

Jeff