Stay or Go: Considerations for Renovating or Relocating Office Space

October 29, 2025

One client, whose relocation…allowed them to establish a new headquarters in a new part of the city. The location has become a beacon for top tech talent, and…also allowed the company to accommodate its personnel growth.” - Evan Rusinowitz, Vocon Workplace Strategist 

Explore Cisco’s Smart Approach To Hybrid Culture

September 29, 2025

“By starting with the employee experience, using real data on how work actually happens, and running every decision through our four design pillars, we created spaces that attract, engage, and inspire.” - Bob Cicero, Cisco Leader of Future Proof Workplaces Practice

Better Future New York Design Awards 2024 - Interior Design, Corporate & Commercial Category

August 14, 2024

“This award celebrates innovative and creative building interiors, with consideration given to space creation and planning, furnishings, finishes, aesthetic presentation and functionality.” 

MUSE Design Awards 2024 Gold Winner - Interior Design, Commercial Category 

“Classic furniture and high-end materials create the ultimate, refined hospitality experience for this iconic New York office building.”

Vocon and MdeAS Architects Polish Up Eero Saarinen’s ‘Black Rock’ CBS Building in New York

April 8, 2024

“What had been the CBS mail room and storage is now a stylish place where managers can hold town halls and employees can grab a cappuccino in the morning, a salad at lunch, and, eventually a glass of wine in the evening.”

Former CBS home Black Rock nearly 90% leased after amenity-filled transformation

April 7, 2024

“Tenants can enjoy a cellar-level amenity suite including a state-of-the-art fitness center, a yoga room and a cafe” 

Designing the Office For The Hybrid World

“Spanning 59,000 square feet in the heart of midtown Manhattan, Cisco’s New York City Talent and Collaboration Center is designed specifically for the realities of hybrid work.” 

Commercial Observer | Awarded as one of Commercial Observer’s Top Young Professionals of 2023

November 30, 2023

Perspective Summit 2023

Panelist during the Perspectives Summit 2023 discussing social consciousness, sustainability and Gen Z to Millennial insights in the A&D industry.

Designer Round Table - Future Thought Leaders

Participant on the Designer Round Table - Future Thought Leaders discussing insights and experience from the A&D Industry 

Don’t Call It An Office: Cisco Aims To Draw Workers—And Customers—To New ‘Experience Centers’ With A ‘Return On Commute’

April 19, 2023

“Cisco isn’t calling it an office, but…a customer experience center or collaboration center. With a similar space in New York…Cisco gains a sleek showroom for touting its hybrid work products and solutions…Some 650 customers toured the New York space in the last year.”

Wall Street Journal | Inside Cisco’s NYC Office, Where 5,000 Data Points Are Being Collected

November 29, 2022

“Cisco’s redesigned New York office is both a showcase of the company’s technology and an example of how it sees the workplace evolving”

Interior Design Magazine | Awarded as one the 30 Under 30 Interior Designers in New York City, Class of 2022

November 22, 2022

Bloomberg | What Happened When a Wall Street Investment Giant Moved to Nashville

May 11, 2022

Alliance Bernstein project photography featured

Design as A Vehicle for Change

2020 Gensler Design Excellence Award Winner | Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

“Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, an out-of-the-box law firm design in New York City that the jury felt represented a calibrated balance between a minimal, stripped down aesthetic, comfort, and formality”

Featured on Gensler NYC Instagram | Lupa Systems

“The space takes cues from the neighborhood’s storied architecture and fashionable vibe. There’s an unexpected and unique way the space embraces a purposeful vintage feel of the city mixed with contemporary use of traditional materials.”

Interior Design Magazine Award Winner 2020 | NYC x DESIGN Awards - Corporate Office

Frankfurt Kurnit Klein + Selz (FKKS)

New York Business Journal | Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz unveils new HQ

September 24, 2019

“It’s going to be a great a home for our New York office for many years to come”  - Jeffrey Greenbaum, FKKS Managing Partner 

IIDA Illinois RED Awards | 2019 Best Workplace Under 10K SF

Tronc (Tribune Publishing)

IIDA Illinois RED Awards | 2019 Best Workplace Over 10k SF

Chicago Tribune

Crain’s Chicago Business | Coolest Offices in 2018

Chicago Tribune

Office Snapshots | Project Feature

Camping World

Los Angeles Times | Fox News

“More than 200 of the network’s producers, writers and production assistants have been moved from a bleak basement at 1211 Avenue of the Americas to a bright, airy workspace steps away from where top management is located”

Mikel Welch Designs Unveils Redesign of B2 Harlem

“The gut renovation transformed the site of a former local restaurant into an upscale setting with historically influenced charm.”

Curbed | Imported From Detroit: Shinola Settles Into Taubman Center

"Reaching out to local resources, Shinola hires CCS students to design everything from the company's twelve-seat reclaimed-wood conference table to the antique-filled cabinets lining its lobby."

Cool Hunting | Shinola - The brand plans to relaunch in Detroit with watches, bikes, cola and notebooks

"CCS' students and their forward-thinking design talent are also of interest to Shinola, which has enlisted their help in everything from designing their office to assisting in product development."