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I Hear Design: the i+s podcastStorytelling, Hybrid Work, and the Future of Workplace Products with Gensler’s Brandon LarcomIn this episode of I Hear Design, host Robert Nieminen talks with Brandon Larcom, Global Director of Product Development at Gensler, about the strategy behind today’s most effective workplace products. Larcom unpacks how research, user personas, and storytelling guide the design process—and why “hackability,” flexibility, and hybrid work are redefining what products must do.
The discussion covers sustainability and circularity standards that are changing manufacturer partnerships, the role of emerging technologies in personalizing spaces, and how sensory experiences can strengthen culture and wellbeing. Larcom also offers practical advice for brands looking to collaborate with design firms mo...
2025-10-2740 minI Hear Design: the i+s podcastStorytelling, Hybrid Work, and the Future of Workplace Products with Gensler’s Brandon LarcomIn this episode of I Hear Design, host Robert Nieminen talks with Brandon Larcom, Global Director of Product Development at Gensler, about the strategy behind today’s most effective workplace products. Larcom unpacks how research, user personas, and storytelling guide the design process—and why “hackability,” flexibility, and hybrid work are redefining what products must do.
The discussion covers sustainability and circularity standards that are changing manufacturer partnerships, the role of emerging technologies in personalizing spaces, and how sensory experiences can strengthen culture and wellbeing. Larcom also offers practical advice for brands looking to collaborate with design firms mo...
2025-10-2740 min
Gensler Design ExchangeMass Timber: What It Is and Why We Need to Use a Lot More of ItIn this episode of the Gensler Design Exchange, host Brandon Larcom sits with industry experts to uncover what mass timber is, where it comes from, and why we should be using a lot more of it.
2022-09-1535 minGensler Design ExchangeMass Timber: What It Is and Why We Need to Use a Lot More of ItIn this episode of the Gensler Design Exchange, host Brandon Larcom sits with industry experts to uncover what mass timber is, where it comes from, and why we should be using a lot more of it.
2022-09-1535 min
Gensler Design ExchangeDesigned to Perform: Adapting a Champion's Mindset for Success at Work | Errick McAdams, Brandon Larcom, Madeleine CrippenWith the Olympics kicking off on July 23, we're talking with athletes to discuss how a lifestyle of health and wellbeing can help build up endurance in both the body and mind — positively impacting your workplace productivity and problem-solving abilities in the office. Guests include Errick McAdams, DC-based personal training expert; Madeleine Crippen, Gensler SE Marketing Director and Olympic swimmer; and Brandon Larcom, Gensler's Global Director of Product Development and former National Figure Skating champion and fitness product inventor. SHOW NOTES: bit.ly/genslerpod
2021-07-1532 minGensler Design ExchangeDesigned to Perform: Adapting a Champion's Mindset for Success at Work | Errick McAdams, Brandon Larcom, Madeleine CrippenWith the Olympics kicking off on July 23, we're talking with athletes to discuss how a lifestyle of health and wellbeing can help build up endurance in both the body and mind — positively impacting your workplace productivity and problem-solving abilities in the office. Guests include Errick McAdams, DC-based personal training expert; Madeleine Crippen, Gensler SE Marketing Director and Olympic swimmer; and Brandon Larcom, Gensler's Global Director of Product Development and former National Figure Skating champion and fitness product inventor. SHOW NOTES: bit.ly/genslerpod
2021-07-1532 min
UNION MARKET DISTRICT RADIOGensler Design Exchange Pt 2 - ArteIn today’s digitally empowered, time-starved, and relentlessly distracted world, it is fundamental that the design of the built environment begins and ends with: the human experience.
In episode one of the Gensler Design Exchange’s exclusive series with La Cosecha — the contemporary Latin marketplace, designed collaboratively by EDENS and Gensler, in Washington, D.C. — we talked with EDENS’ Senior VP Brand + Culture Norma Morales and Nova Bossa founder and CEO Carolina Furukrona on how La Cosecha is leveraging food, retail, and heritage to create a space that transcends the traditional “food hall” in favor of a dynamic marketplace and mission-driven...
2020-10-2837 minGensler Design ExchangeDigital Meets Physical: A Paradigm Shift In Higher EducationToday, our host Brandon Larcom sits down with Gensler experts Chuck Rudalavage, Regional Practice Area Leader for Higher Education, and Emily Fridman, Regional Director for Digital Experience Design, to explore the paradigm shift in the learning experience happening now across the globe. With Chuck's expertise in the physical design of learning facilities and Emily's experience creating meaningful experiences through digital solutions, we break down silos to discuss how educational institutions might embrace both a digital and physical future to offer students a comprehensive and impactful learning experience in a post-COVID world.
2020-05-2139 minGensler Design ExchangeDigital Meets Physical: A Paradigm Shift In Higher EducationToday, our host Brandon Larcom sits down with Gensler experts Chuck Rudalavage, Regional Practice Area Leader for Higher Education, and Emily Fridman, Regional Director for Digital Experience Design, to explore the paradigm shift in the learning experience happening now across the globe. With Chuck's expertise in the physical design of learning facilities and Emily's experience creating meaningful experiences through digital solutions, we break down silos to discuss how educational institutions might embrace both a digital and physical future to offer students a comprehensive and impactful learning experience in a post-COVID world.
2020-05-2139 minGensler Design ExchangeFrom Trendy to Timeless: A Conversation on Style with Nestor Santa-CruzIn today's episode, our host Brandon Larcom sits down with internationally recognized Gensler D.C. Design Director Nestor Santa-Cruz. With more than 20 years of corporate interiors experience, Nestor is noted for his award-winning designs, which have been published in Interior Design, Contract Design, Elle Décor, Architectural Record, and The Washington Post. Nestor has earned a reputation as a trendsetter whose designs appeal to a diverse and international audience. With his innate architectural style sensibility and expansive knowledge of design history, Nestor serves a wide variety of law, financial, government, association, hospitality, and residential clients to design projects of a...
2020-03-2644 minGensler Design ExchangeFrom Trendy to Timeless: A Conversation on Style with Nestor Santa-CruzIn today's episode, our host Brandon Larcom sits down with internationally recognized Gensler D.C. Design Director Nestor Santa-Cruz. With more than 20 years of corporate interiors experience, Nestor is noted for his award-winning designs, which have been published in Interior Design, Contract Design, Elle Décor, Architectural Record, and The Washington Post. Nestor has earned a reputation as a trendsetter whose designs appeal to a diverse and international audience. With his innate architectural style sensibility and expansive knowledge of design history, Nestor serves a wide variety of law, financial, government, association, hospitality, and residential clients to design projects of a...
2020-03-2644 minGensler Design ExchangeExperiential Retail & Placemaking: Exclusive Series with La Cosecha + EDENS | Episode 2: ArteToday, we're peeling back the next layer of La Cosecha's Mercado (market), Arte (art), and Cultura (culture) principles to discuss how the space's mindfully curated design and art selection establishes a cultural touchpoint authentically representative of today's Latin America. Our host, Gensler's Brandon Larcom, returns to La Cosecha's Estudio to talk with EDENS Managing Director Bill Caldwell, IBD Mural Artist Mariela Ajras, and Gensler Design Director Walter Trujillo about how the collaboration of EDENS, Gensler, and local artists and designers culminated in an eclectic celebration of Latin American arte.
2020-01-0937 minGensler Design ExchangeExperiential Retail & Placemaking: Exclusive Series with La Cosecha + EDENS | Episode 2: ArteToday, we're peeling back the next layer of La Cosecha's Mercado (market), Arte (art), and Cultura (culture) principles to discuss how the space's mindfully curated design and art selection establishes a cultural touchpoint authentically representative of today's Latin America. Our host, Gensler's Brandon Larcom, returns to La Cosecha's Estudio to talk with EDENS Managing Director Bill Caldwell, IBD Mural Artist Mariela Ajras, and Gensler Design Director Walter Trujillo about how the collaboration of EDENS, Gensler, and local artists and designers culminated in an eclectic celebration of Latin American arte.
2020-01-0937 minGensler Design ExchangeExperiential Retail & Placemaking: Exclusive Series with La Cosecha + EDENS | Episode 1: MercadoWe are excited to introduce a three-part series on the Gensler Design Exchange podcast in collaboration with EDENS. Together, over the course of the next three months, we will explore how contemporary Latin marketplace La Cosecha ("the harvest"), designed by EDENS and Gensler, transcends the traditional concept of a marketplace by planting the seeds for a wide variety of ripe cultural immersion experiences cultivated by a dynamic community in Washington, D.C.'s historic Union Market District. In this first episode Mercado, our host, Gensler's Brandon Larcom, sits down with Norma Morales Perez, Senior VP Brand + Culture for EDENS...
2019-12-0241 minGensler Design ExchangeExperiential Retail & Placemaking: Exclusive Series with La Cosecha + EDENS | Episode 1: MercadoWe are excited to introduce a three-part series on the Gensler Design Exchange podcast in collaboration with EDENS. Together, over the course of the next three months, we will explore how contemporary Latin marketplace La Cosecha ("the harvest"), designed by EDENS and Gensler, transcends the traditional concept of a marketplace by planting the seeds for a wide variety of ripe cultural immersion experiences cultivated by a dynamic community in Washington, D.C.'s historic Union Market District. In this first episode Mercado, our host, Gensler's Brandon Larcom, sits down with Norma Morales Perez, Senior VP Brand + Culture for EDENS...
2019-12-0241 min
Gensler Design ExchangeFurnishing The Future Workplace | An Interview with Barbara Nolan, Nolan BrandsTrends change fast with the influence of social media, but in architecture and design, a reputation and success is built over time. From glass walls to tables and chairs, chances are Barbara Nolan has helped influence your everyday surroundings. Gensler Director of Product Development Brandon Larcom speaks with Barbara Nolan, founder and principal of the Nolan Brands furniture showroom, today on her experience turning boutique brands into national names for more than 30 years. SHOW NOTES: bit.ly/genslerpod
2019-04-1120 minGensler Design ExchangeFurnishing The Future Workplace | An Interview with Barbara Nolan, Nolan BrandsTrends change fast with the influence of social media, but in architecture and design, a reputation and success is built over time. From glass walls to tables and chairs, chances are Barbara Nolan has helped influence your everyday surroundings. Gensler Director of Product Development Brandon Larcom speaks with Barbara Nolan, founder and principal of the Nolan Brands furniture showroom, today on her experience turning boutique brands into national names for more than 30 years. SHOW NOTES: bit.ly/genslerpod
2019-04-1120 min
Gensler Design ExchangeInsights Into What Makes an Effective Workplace | An interview with Tim Pittman, GenslerCreating a great workplace experience requires a focus not just on space and effectiveness. The best strategies align space, culture, interaction, and behavior to create a high-performance workplace experience that optimizes people's performance. On today's episode of the Gensler Design Exchange, Gensler's Brandon Larcom and Tim Pittman sit down to discuss major findings from the 2019 U.S. Workplace Survey, creating a path forward for the future workplace. SHOW NOTES: bit.ly/genslerpod
2019-03-2922 minGensler Design ExchangeInsights Into What Makes an Effective Workplace | An interview with Tim Pittman, GenslerCreating a great workplace experience requires a focus not just on space and effectiveness. The best strategies align space, culture, interaction, and behavior to create a high-performance workplace experience that optimizes people's performance. On today's episode of the Gensler Design Exchange, Gensler's Brandon Larcom and Tim Pittman sit down to discuss major findings from the 2019 U.S. Workplace Survey, creating a path forward for the future workplace. SHOW NOTES: bit.ly/genslerpod
2019-03-2922 min
Gensler Design ExchangeOne Workplace Does Not Fit All | An interview with Janet Pogue McLaurin, GenslerBrandon Larcom, Director of Product Development for Gensler's Southeast Region, interviews Janet Pogue McLaurin, Principal at Gensler, about global trends in workplace design. Janet is a workplace strategist, researching how design can impact office effectiveness, wellbeing, and innovation. Brandon sits down with Janet to discuss what a healthy work environment looks like, how to measure productivity, and where workplace design is headed. SHOW NOTES: bit.ly/genslerpod
2018-11-2127 minGensler Design ExchangeOne Workplace Does Not Fit All | An interview with Janet Pogue McLaurin, GenslerBrandon Larcom, Director of Product Development for Gensler's Southeast Region, interviews Janet Pogue McLaurin, Principal at Gensler, about global trends in workplace design. Janet is a workplace strategist, researching how design can impact office effectiveness, wellbeing, and innovation. Brandon sits down with Janet to discuss what a healthy work environment looks like, how to measure productivity, and where workplace design is headed. SHOW NOTES: bit.ly/genslerpod
2018-11-2127 min