CannonDesign has again been named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. This marks the second time in three years CannonDesign has earned this prestigious distinction. It is powerful recognition of the hard work our people do each day to amplify the power of design.

“A 20-person team at CannonDesign, called Yazdani Studio, acts as an experimental think tank that helps to drive innovation within the firm.”

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University of Utah’s Lassonde Studios has been named a winner in the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) inaugural Outcome of Design Awards. Metropolis profiled the winners online and will publish future.
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Signs of the Times published a story about collaborative design that focuses on the Anne Frank exhibit at the Los Angeles-based Museum of Tolerance.
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Mehrdad Yazdani will present as part of Architectural Record’s upcoming webinar on museum design February 21 at 2 p.m. ET. In the presentation, Mehrdad will showcase his team’s work with the Simon Wiesenthal Center and its Museum of Tolerance, a hands-on experiential museum focusing on the dynamics of racism and prejudice through unique interactive exhibits.
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“I was blown away by all the tools and technologies that people were using there,” Ben recalls. “The idea that you had the ability to harness complicated geometries through simple procedures really fit with my style of designing, and I decided that this is the way I wanted to practice architecture.”
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