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Amanda Schneider

Amanda Schneider, LEED AP, MBA is a researcher, writer and founder of ThinkLab. Amanda is a strategic thinker with a strong background including industrial design, market research, product management, sales, and strategic launch practices with a breadth of companies within the interiors industry. Amanda’s creative process stems from her education in Industrial Design from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, while her natural business sense is augmented by her MBA from the University of Iowa. She is passionate about studying the latest workplace trends to make meaningful connections for the industry and regularly blogs about them in various industry publications. When she’s not busy working in her suburban Chicago office or visiting clients, you can find her trail running at freakishly early hours of the morning, dreaming about that book she’ll write someday, or ambushing her secret stash of dark chocolate and red wine.

“We believe the purpose of both design and designer is to guide. To provoke, to clarify, to move...
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According to the National Association of Realtors, “87 percent of buyers purchased their home...
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Since 2015, the volume of commercial real estate transactions has been on a steady decline. ...
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Intuitively, most people can see a well-designed space and say, “Yes, that looks nice.” But what...
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In the design industry, we talk a lot about pulling influences from other verticals. In corporate...
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It’s been said again and again—the biggest change coming to the A&D industry will be in the form...
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Staying on top of the latest design trends can feel like a full-time job. Not to mention the...
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Summer is here in full swing, and with it comes the desire to be outside. But for those of us...
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A recent survey conducted by CBRE estimates that the market for flexible office space will grow...
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