Interior Design
Not Your Typical Office Environment
Design for human connection.
Interior design focuses on sensory details — touch, feel, acoustics, and composition. These are the elements that shape how people feel in a space. We believe the human experience can be enhanced through good interior design, and not only solve problems but create functional beauty and a sense of identity unique to each opportunity.
Leading with empathy, experience, and evidence-based principles.
Create an Emotional Connection to Purpose and Place
We seamlessly align interior design with architecture and engineering to achieve a single vision that combines real-world function and stunning aesthetics into a cohesive whole.
Deeply Experienced and Accredited
Our designers hold a variety of certifications and accreditations, offering expertise in a wide range of markets, from healthcare and education to workplace and civic.
The Benefit of Full integration
Not all architecture firms have a complete interior design studio in-house. DesignGroup has for decades, because we consider it a crucial part of what we do. Our teams are not siloed or self-contained – we design space, solve problems, and execute collaboratively in every phase.
Reflect Your Personality, Elevate Your Culture
Interior design should reflect the unique personality and mission of your organization. We will guide you to uncover your true identity and how to visually represent what that means to you.
Aesthetics That Are Functional
We also improve functional needs such as wayfinding, noise reduction, and more. We work closely with clients to listen to their needs and create win-win solutions. Space that’s smart and beautiful? You can have it all.
A Learning Hub in the Heart of the Community
Closely integrated, creatively inspired.
Interior design can provide immersive experiences that alight every human sense. Or it can minimize and streamline those elements for a different context. In every case, it’s about functional solutions on a personal scale. From wayfinding to comfort to fixtures, our Interior Design team works seamlessly with our architects to create elevated experiences for specific user needs.
Elevated Interior Design
Successful interior design is about three-dimensional place making, which includes intuitive wayfinding, material and finish selections, lighting solutions, and supporting functional needs.
Experience Mapping
We lead you through exercises to understand how you currently use your space and identify key locations and pain points to inform your desired future state.
Space Planning & Programming
We work with you to build a program that is seamless, from planning to programming. Interiors come to life as program elements define and shape your environment.
Interior Standards
Documented standards create consistency and efficiency. Our depth of experience allows us to develop a strong aesthetic to meet your performance needs.
Furniture, Artwork, Signage, and Brand Integration
To take your space to an even deeper level of integration we can include furniture selection and specification, signage, art integration, environmental graphics, and donor recognition.
Tenant Fit Outs and Improvements
Our team can help you find the right space, validate floor plate requirements, and navigate building standards. So you can make decisions quickly and efficiently, with confidence.
Improving Design for Substance Abuse Victims
Personal experience can inspire better design—even when that experience was challenging. DesignGroup Interior Designer Heather Clark found inspiration in tragedy. And today, detox patients in rural Pennsylvania have a resource uniquely designed to help them heal.
Rethinking the Patient Experience For Blood and Marrow Transplants | Part 1: The Inpatient Unit
Blood and marrow transplant (BMT) patients often face an isolated hospital stay that can last weeks. Because they’re highly immune-compromised, they’re often confined to clean environments with little to no physical contact with friends and family. Feelings of loneliness and a lack of control are common — all at a time when their life may hang in the balance.
Meet the interior design team.
DesignGroup interior designers ask good questions, listen intently, and build strong collaborative relationships. This is a thoughtful, client-centric team you’ll love to work with.
Riley Zollars
NCIDQ, Associate IIDA, LEED AP
Associate Principal, Senior Interior Designer
Take Your Next Step Here
This could be the start of something great. For your organization. Or your career.
We encourage you dive deeper into our thought leadership or contact us to start a discussion.