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On-site NeoCon 2025 interview with Von

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Great Lakes By Design: Behind the Design of The Award-Winning Ellie Collection

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Yanko Design article: The Ellie Collection: How Neuroaesthetics and Biophilic Design are Revolutionizing Healthcare Spaces

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Archiproducts article: Seating Designed for Wellness in Care Spaces

Von's Neocon article on poetics of design and the wellness implication

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Authority Magazine interviews Von about designing for wellness

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Strategic Design Workshop with Wynton Marsalis

A fun blast from our past: Alexander Girard's La Fonda del Sol Restaurant in miniature

Play Orbit's approach is Deep Design

Play Orbit's approach is Deep Design

We may design “things,” but our approach focuses on the relationships between things.

Play Orbit's +Impact Studio is named one of “The Most Interesting New MBA Courses”

Play Orbit's +Impact Studio is named one of “The Most Interesting New MBA Courses”

A cybernetic perspective on being a designer

A cybernetic perspective on being a designer

Tyler Epson, a student of Von’s at CCS, surprised us with this video

Ross School of Business' Assistant Dean Jerry Davis on the +Impact Studio

Ross School of Business' Assistant Dean Jerry Davis on the +Impact Studio

Lynn Margulis: a radical living systems biologist

Lynn Margulis: a radical living systems biologist

Video: Symbiotic Earth trailer from Hummingbird Films

Wendell Berry advises all poets stuck in sticky times

Wendell Berry advises all poets stuck in sticky times

Video: How to Be a Poet read by Wendell Berry

Eyes and brains alone won't do it

Eyes and brains alone won't do it

Link to a wonderful article that reminds us just how multi-sensorially we connect and engage with our environment

The need for Radical Innovation in Healthcare

The need for Radical Innovation in Healthcare

Malay’s article makes the evidence-based case that, as Alex Drane says and I teach— in a wellness model “Health is life!” —health is lifestyle.

"Things and the Space Between"

"Things and the Space Between"

Video: Von talks about his design philosophy

A Designer’s perspective on Jim Hackett: Ford’s System Thinker in-chief

A Designer’s perspective on Jim Hackett: Ford’s System Thinker in-chief

From #playorbitstudio on instagram

Give a dog a flower pot and all is right in the world.

Life finds a way. Parking lot in Atami, Japan

Finding Kakezukuri (nail-free, through-joint construction), beautifully employed at various scales and across centuries:
— A small Shinto shrine to foxes ( neighborhood in Atami)
— Kiyomizu-dera Temple, a favorite of mine(Kyoto)
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@kwalufurniture We’re honored to share that the Ellie Collection, designed by Von Robinson of @playorbitdesign, has been recognized with a Best of NeoCon Business Impact Award and a Best of NeoCon Silver award.

And thanks, @kwalufurniture, for

Convergence of rooflines, Atami Japan