Healthcare Design Conference Recap
With a complex industry as its backdrop, passionate healthcare designers and professionals converged in Orlando in November of 2017 for the Healthcare Design Expo + Conference. Those dedicated to improving the healthcare experience through design of the built environment gathered to share best practices and top healthcare design solutions.
Steelcase Health was a presenting sponsor at this premier event, and showcased the Surround collection, which supports the family in every way, offering a place to spend time with one another, rest, be productive, host guests and communicate with clinicians. At the conference, Surround received the Innovation Award in the guest/lounge seating category.
Video 1 Surround – From the HDC Expo
Jason Vanderground, Steelcase Health brand communications manager, demonstrated Surround’s unique features that also made it a Best of NeoCon Gold award winner in the healthcare guest/lounge seating category and a finalist for the overall Best of NeoCon award.
Video 2 biophilia – Nature in Healthcare Spaces
Another evolving area in the healthcare built environment is the desire for biophilic elements. Biophilia is people’s innate desire to be closer to nature, promoting wellbeing and providing people with positive distractions in healthcare spaces. Vanderground spoke to Carmen Martinez from Designtex, a Steelcase brand focused on applied materials, about new designs that bring biophilia principles to healthcare. He also had the chance to ask her about Casper Cloaking Technology, a new architectural film for glass walls that balances openness and privacy.
Video 3 trends – Surface Materials
Vanderground also joined colleague Rae Reinhart in the Steelcase Health family respite area to discuss the evolution of healthcare spaces, including what new trends she has been seeing.
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