14 FEB 17 | valentines day

SHAKE IT UP MIX IT UP STIR IT UP Admittedly, one of our favorite pastimes at WORKSHOP8 is cocktail hour. We try to find every possible opportunity to have a drink: birthday and holiday celebrations, monthly money meeting, anniversary dates, stuffing valentines envelopes, cleaning the office. . . you get the gist. TRY ONE, OR […]

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8 DEC 16 | creative endeavors

stuff we do for fun If you are an avid reader of this blog, you already know that creating it is something that I really enjoy. Today I’m sharing with you some creative endeavors my team and I participate in that keep us rejuvenated. Melissa: Marketing Manger & Graphic Designer Mel is an amazing musician and plays in several local bands! […]

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28 NOV 16 | marital rating scale

month of modern 2016 wrap party On October 27th we all got dressed up in our mid-mod finest and headed over to BMoCA for the Month of Modern 2016 Wrap Party. Here are Chelsea and Melissa making a selection from the cigarette girl box. Photo by Poppies & Paisley. You can see a bunch more great photos here. let […]

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28 SEP 16 | abstract realism

white walls Today I get to brag about a dear friend’s new artwork! Sarah McKenzie is a Boulder-based artist and her latest body of work, White Walls, is on view at David B Smith Gallery through October 8th. Sarah’s work is particularly relevant to a WORKSHOP8 blog because her paintings explore architectural space, turning it from a volume to be inhabited into a […]

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8 may 16 | hope you enjoyed mother’s day

this one goes out to all you workin’ moms This is the best photo I could get of us today. Yesterday my daughter turned 15. She is an only child. She is smart, and cute, and funny. She’s a good kid in that she doesn’t party and she takes school fairly seriously. She’s not into […]

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18 APR 16 | be my guest

15th Street Design District Party 2016 just 11 days away Friday, April 29 5 to 8pm 15th Street in Boulder between Canyon and Arapahoe  Let us know if you are coming. Be my guest and party at the 15th Street Design District annual district crawl! Attendees are welcomed to visit the 15th Street Design District companies who open their doors […]

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8 APR 16 | having fun with animation

we love learning new stuff Back in February I showed off some cool renderings we did in-house just because we like to do stuff like that (yep, even when we don’t get paid. . . it is actually sort of a problem in our industry, but that is a story for another day). Today I […]

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18 MAR 16 | new graphics project

digital before and after Before Joseph and I started WORKSHOP8, I had a graphic design studio called blink creative. For years I’ve wanted to expand WORKSHOP8’s services to include graphic design, and that is why we added Melissa to our team of creatives. Her graphic design background allows us to help clients rehab more than […]

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28 FEB 16 | how to be an awesome client

Implement these eight strategies and you’ll be an AWESOME design client. Helping our clients be awesome is definitely a benefit to WORKSHOP8, but even more than that, it helps our clients get the best possible services on-time and on-budget. outline your needs and expectations Write up a project outline that describes what you want to accomplish. Be as detailed […]

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18 FEB 16 | what is conceptual design?

rist canyon event center case study One of the best parts of our jobs as designers is helping a client conceptualize a project. Architectural and Interior Design visualization services help developers determine the feasibility of the project, find investors, and shop for a bank loan. For the Rist Canyon Event Center project, we worked with the developer to find […]

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8 FEB 16 | #kissfaceselfie

we want your kiss what does a kiss face selfie have to do with architecture interiors, graphics and art? Well, technically nothing. . . but our annual valentines are a way to express our creativity and show you how much we love you. We hope you’ll play along and take your own kiss face selfie! guess […]

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8 DEC 15 | colorado gives day

Today is Colorado Gives Day. If you haven’t given yet, please visit the site right now and make a donation! For the first time ever, I asked each member of our team to select an organization and WORKSHOP8 made a $100 donation in their honor to each one. Melissa chose Karis Community Untreated mental illness […]

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18 NOV 15 | happy thanksgiving

I’m thankful for the excellent community of individuals we are surrounded by and fortunate to work with. Thank YOU to all our wonderful friends for this past year of project collaboration—to each of you, client, builder, sub-consultant, vendor, teams we’ve designed with and so many more—we couldn’t do what we do without you! We are […]

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