When DesignGroup staff are asked to bring food, the results are super tasty!

Yesterday, our internal departments competed in our 6^th annual Chili-Cookoff. But our chili competition doesn’t only include chili. We compete for the best side dish, dessert, costume, and theme. And needless to say, when you get a bunch of architects competing against one another, the results in both food and décor, are absolutely stunning. The themes get more and more elaborate each year! The teams: Read More …

Decoregg event poster

You’ve seen what happens when you give a bunch of DesignGroupers grapes and toothpicks to build bridges (if you haven’t, check out our ‘DesignGroup Launches Services in Fruititecture‘ post). So, what happened when they were presented with an egg shell, some sharpies and dye?  Imaginations ran wild! Here are some of the very non-traditional and cleverly decorated eggs:

Official decoregg egg - printed on my eggbot

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Two teams from DesignGroup bowled to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Ohio on Saturday morning, together raising $1,350.

Okay, so the cheesy Grease 2 reference may have been lost to many, but on Saturday, March 3rd, 10 DesignGroupers braved the early morning and Bowled to Benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Ohio at the Columbus Square Bowling Palace. Read More …

Students in the Exploring Architecture Program working on a modeling/drawing exercise at the Center for Architecture

The Exploring Program is a national career education program which provides hands-on activities in a particular career field for young students who are 14 to 21 years old. In Columbus alone, the Exploring Program partners with 40 businesses and organizations to provide a variety of experiences for students to explore their career interests during their high school years. The programs offered range from the Arts and Humanities, to Engineering and Technology, to Skilled Trades. The Columbus AIA, which is a Chapter of The American Institute of Architects, happens to be one of the partners of the Columbus Exploring Program. The derivative, the Exploring Architecture Post 909, offers a series of lectures and engaging activities for high school students who are interested in the field of architecture, design, and the related industry. Read More …

Architects can build bridges out of anything!

Last week, the DesignGroup Fun Team challenged the firm to partake in a bridge building competition. For many of us, it immediately took us back to the days of architecture school when we had to design, calculate, and fabricate bridges out of balsa wood and glue. The bridge that held the most weight without destruction won. For others, the daunting task at hand reminded them of building pamam dendrimer molecular structures in college chemistry. While building a structurally capable bridge out of wood and glue is difficult in itself, the Fun Team decided to make the competition juicer by making the teams build bridges out of a pound of red and green grapes and a box of toothpicks. The five teams had forty minutes to design and construct their masterpieces (and eat lunch!). Read More …