Haptik

8.16.10 - Sustainable Suite
Lodging Magazine

Lodging Editor Len Vermillion tours the Sustainable Suite at HD Expo in Las Vegas with its designers Rashana Zaklit and Grace Machado McClurg.
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8.02.10 - Sustainable Suite Design Competition: Unveiled
Green Life Style Magazine

The US Green  Building Council (USGBC) in conjunction with the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) and NEWH is pleased to announce the winner of the first-ever Sustainable Suite Design Competition - a competition for interior designers to showcase the best hospitality design strategies that boast environmental responsibility while enhancing guest experience.

The winning design came from the team of WATG, a destination design firm, who led the creative design and specification process, in conjunction with IDEO, an innovation and design firm who brought expertise on human-centered sustainability. Their suite, Haptik, a Greek term meaning to experience interactions based on sense of touch, created a juxtaposition between sustainability and luxury by redefining the guest experience without sacrificing either ideal.
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9.13.10 - Designing Green
Hotel Design Magazine

Bardessono was designed by WATG in Napa Valley, and is a LEED Platinum-certified boutique hotel-one of only three hotels to hold this distinction.
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6.17.10 - Haptik Blends Luxury and Sustainability
Jetson Green

In response to a design challenge issued by the USGBC, WATG and IDEO created "Haptik," a sustainable hotel suite that blends sustainability and luxury in a high-tech environment.  The suite, named after a Greek term for experiencing interactions based on touch, won the challenge and was built as a model at HD Expo 2010 last month.
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6.02.10 - Sustainable Suite Design Competition
U.S. Green Building Council

The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), and The Hospitality Industry Network (NEWH) are sponsoring the Sustainable Suite Design Competition to help drive green design practices within the hotel industry. This competition provides a platform for student and professional teams from around the world to present their approach to green hotel room interior design. Hospitality Design (HD) is an exclusive media partner of this competition.

The winning design is being built as a model guest room to be presented as an educational display for the design industry, hotel owners and brands, and corporate travel executives. The Sustainable Suite will be unveiled at HDExpo in Las Vegas, NV in May 2010. Please check back for updates.
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6.01.10 - Haptik: Works Better Than it Sounds
Architectural Products

Whether it's going to be a completely green space or just a conventional hotel room, the key behind designing a hotel suite to study how people use the hotel, say WATG and IDEO, co-designers of Haptik, the winning design of last month's inaugural sustainable suites competition during the Hospitality Design Expo. Haptik is a Greek term that means to experience interactions based on sense of touch. A product of collaboration between architectural firm WATG and product innovation from IDEO, the Haptik hotel suite experience combines sexy sustainability with a dash of sass.

6.01.10 - WATG award winning sustainable suite: Haptik
LA Examiner

Design firm WATG, in partnership with IDEO, took away first place in the first-ever Sustainable Suite Design Competition. The competition which was hosted by the United States Green Building Council, along with the American Society of Interior Designers and the Hospitality Industry Network was open to designers who have an interest in hospitality design with an underlying sustainable theme and was established with hopes to push the envelope in an industry that has fallen a bit behind the green ball. The winning project was built and on display at last month's annual Hospitality Design Expo and Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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5.22.10 - Design contest provides glimpse of 'green' hotel room of future
Las Vegas Sun

"The younger generation, as they're graduating and going out in the workforce and traveling, they're demanding these environmentally sustainable building types," says Rajesh Chandnani, director of strategy at WATG, one of two design firms that created the green room. Still, it's questionable whether the room would fly in Las Vegas, even with the naughtiness of its peek-a-boo shower.
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5.14.10 - Winning Sustainable Suite to be Showcased at HD Expo
Interiors & Sources

WATG and IDEO were announced as the winners of the first-ever Sustainable Suite Design Competition—an event that challenges designers to showcase the best hospitality design strategies that boast environmental responsibility while enhancing the guest experience. The team will build and showcase a full-scale mock-up of their winning suite design at the 2010 Hospitality Design Expo & Conference in Las Vegas, May 19-21.

The winning suite—Haptik, a Greek term meaning to experience interactions based on sense of touch—created a juxtaposition between sustainability and luxury by redefining the guest experience without sacrificing either ideal. The nuanced subtleties of the design were choreographed around individual moments that engage the senses, allowing the guest to discover how environmental responsibility can be achieved personally and collectively.
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5.07.10 - WATG & IDEO to Debut Award-Winning Sustainable Suite at HD Expo
Boutique Design

After winning the first-ever Sustainable Suite Design Competition in 2009, WATG and design consultancy, IDEO, are now set to debut a full-size mock-up of their suite at the 2010 Hospitality Design Expo & Conference in Las Vegas from May 19 to 21.

The competition, which awarded the "Haptik" with its first accolade, is sponsored by the ASID, USGBC, and NEWF, as part of their joint venture to encourage green initiatives in hotels.
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5.05.10 - WATG to showcase Sustainable Suite in Las Vegas
Sleeper Magazine

WATG, in conjunction with IDEO, are to build and display their winning design of the first-ever Sustainable Suite Design Competition at HD Expo in Las Vegas. The Sustainable Suite competition allows designers to showcase the best hospitality design strategies that boast environmental responsibility while enhancing the guest experience.
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4.22.10 - Hospitality Design Expo
Fast Company

A bike valet, a bathroom vanity made from recycled milk cartons, a shower system that warms water with solar energy -- in next-generation, sustainable luxury hotels, even the most mundane feature will be infused with eco-cred. Heavyweight design firms WATG and Ideo teamed up to win the U.S. Green Building Council's first annual Sustainable Suite Design Competition -- and their green suite of the future will be built full scale and unveiled at this year's Las Vegas expo.
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3.29.10 - Hospitality industry to show off its sustainable trends
Terracurve

The Hospitality Design Green Day Conference will open on May 18 in Las Vegas, touting the industry's strides in sustainable design and business practices.

One of the highlights during HD Green Day will be the unveiling of the winning design from the inaugural Sustainable Suite Design Competition, presented by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in conjunction with the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) and NEWH, Inc.-The Hospitality Industry Network.

Selected by a jury of industry experts from 65 entries, design firms WATG and IDEO will present their inventive suite, Haptik, a Greek term meaning to experience interactions based on sense of touch. The presentation will be made by WATG’s Raj Chandnani and Rhonda Rasmussen and will precede the inaugural exhibit of the winning entry at HD Expo, on display May 19 to 21, 2010.
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3.23.10 - HD Green Day Conference Returns to Vegas on May 18
Hotel News Resource

One of the major highlights during HD Green Day will be unveiling the winning design from the inaugural Sustainable Suite Design Competition, presented by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in conjunction with the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) and NEWH, Inc.-The Hospitality Industry Network. Selected by a jury of industry experts from 65 entries, design firms WATG and IDEO will present their inventive suite, Haptik, a Greek term meaning to experience interactions based on sense of touch. The presentation will be made by WATG's Raj Chandnani and Rhonda Rasmussen which precedes the inaugural exhibit of the winning entry at HD Expo, on display May 19-21, 2010.
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2.01.10 - Sensual Green
ASK Magazine

WATG in cooperation with IDEO that was one of the sixty-five submissions in the Sustainable Suite Competition. The competition was held by The U.S Green Building Council in conjunction with The American Society of Interior Designers. Haptik is the name for the winning design concept that was designed by WATG in cooperation with IDEO.

7.16.10 - Planet People: At WATG, green is a lifestyle, a culture, a business
Boutique Design July+August

WATG's Grace McClurg, Shaun Hannah, Rashana Zaklit and Krystal Solorzano on the cover of the July+August issue of Boutique Design.

Like many twenty- and thirtysomethings and like their colleagues at WATG, Solorzano, business development systems coordinator, and Zaklit and McClurg, interior designers, are determined to make eco-consciousness a front-burner issue in hospitality design. They're well aware they're going to have to do a lot of groundwork to make that happen, as does their fellow environmentalist Shaun Hannah, WATG's director of sustainability.
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2.16.10 - Now THIS is what a green hotel looks like
TerraCurve

Design firm WATG's new "Haptik Sustainable Suite" is redefining how a high-performance, energy and resource-efficient hotel suite should look and function. After a year-long competition that challenged designers to create their best and brightest vision for an environmentally-friendly hotel suite, attendees at HD Expo 2010 will have the unique opportunity to explore "Haptik" – the final winner of the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) first-ever Sustainable Suite Design Competition.

2.10.10 - USGBC's Sustainable Suite Winner Heads to HD Expo
Hospitality Design

Attendees at the 2010 Hospitality Design Exposition & Conference (HD Expo), May 19-21 at Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, will have a chance to explore the winning concept of the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) inaugural Sustainable Suite Design Competition. The Haptik suite, conceptualized by WATG, juxtaposes sustainability and luxury without sacrificing either ideal.
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2.10.10 - WATG Wins Sustainable Hotel Suite Contest
Hotels Magazine

The U.S. Green Building Council's Sustainable Suite redefines how a high-performance, energy and resource-efficient hotel suite should look and function. Conceptualized by WATG, a destination design firm, in conjunction with IDEO, an innovation and design firm, Haptik embodies the meaning of this Greek term-to experience interactions based on a sense of touch-with design that successfully juxtaposes sustainability and luxury without sacrificing either ideal. The USGBC Sustainable Suite will be built in full and showcased at HD Expo, taking place May 19-21 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas.

11.17.09 - Center Partner - WATG Wins Sustainable Design Competition
Cornell University Center for Hospitality Research News

Well-known destination design firm WATG has won the first-ever Sustainable Suite Design Competition, sponsored by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), in conjunction with the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) and NEWH. The competition allows interior designers to showcase their best hospitality design strategies that boast environmental responsibility while also enhancing the guest experience.
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11.06.09 - Haptik Sustainable Suite Design by WATG
Jetson Green

The USGBC, American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), and The Network of the Hospitality Industry (NEWH) together announced the winner of the first ever Sustainable Suite Design Competition. The purpose of the competition was to showcase the best hospitality design strategies that boast environmental responsibility while enhancing the guest experience. Out of 65 professional design entries, WATG and IDEO took the top prize for their suite, Haptik. WATG led the creative design and specification process, while IDEO contributed experience on human-centered sustainability for the design. Their creation, dubbed Haptik -- a Greek term meaning to experience interactions based on the sense of touch...
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11.04.09 - WATG, IDEO collaboration aims to redefine the guest experience
Hotel News Now

Haptik: an experience based on the sense of touch, that creates multisensory interaction that would stimulate and inspire with textures and finishes and materials. This was the concept behind WATG and IDEO’s winning submission for the Sustainable Suite Design Competition organized by the U.S. Green Building Council in conjunction with the American Society of Interior Designers and NEWH. The competition allowed interior designers to showcase the best hospitality design strategies that boast environmental responsibility while enhancing the guest experience.
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11.02.09 - The Sustainable Suite Design Competition Announces Winners
Eco-Structure

A joint team of destination design firm WATG and design firm IDEO took first prize in the inaugural Sustainable Suite Design Competition, sponsored by the U.S. Green Building Council, the American Society of Interior Designers and NEWH. The competition asked interior designers to showcase their best hospitality design strategies that boast environmental sustainability. Each of the 65 competition submissions aims to define how a high-performance, energy-and-resource-efficient hotel suite should look and function. Submissions were judged on three categories: design elements (water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, and indoor environmental quality); education (guest room attributes and guest practices); and overall design (integrated design approach, originality and innovation, general aesthetic, and financial feasibility).
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10.27.09 - USGBC Announces Winner of Sustainable Design Competition
Buildings.com

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), in conjunction with the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) and NEWH, recently announced the winner of the first-ever Sustainable Suite Design Competition—a competition for interior designers to showcase the best hospitality design strategies that boast environmental responsibility while enhancing guest experience. Because the hospitality industry is a large consumer of energy and water use, this competition aims to motivate sustainable practices industry-wide among newly built and existing hotels.
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10.27.09 - USGBC Announces Winner of Sustainable Design Competition
Interiors & Sources

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), in conjunction with the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) and NEWH, recently announced the winner of the first-ever Sustainable Suite Design Competition—a competition for interior designers to showcase the best hospitality design strategies that boast environmental responsibility while enhancing guest experience. Because the hospitality industry is a large consumer of energy and water use, this competition aims to motivate sustainable practices industry-wide among newly built and existing hotels.
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10.27.09 - WATG, IDEO Win Green Design Competition
Hospitality Style

WATG and IDEO have teamed to win the first-ever Sustainable Suite Design Competition sponsored by the U.S. Green Building Council. The contest called for interior designers to showcase the best hospitality design strategies that boast environmental responsibility while enhancing guest experience. IDEO and WATG dubbed their winning entry "Haptik," a Greek term meaning to experience interactions based on sense of touch. The USGBC said the suite created a juxtaposition between sustainability and luxury, by redefining the guest experience without sacrificing either ideal.
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10.27.09 - Design Competition Proves The Green Life Can Be The Suite Life
Hotel Chatter

Sixty-five professional and aspiring young designers entered the contest, which called on them to come up with a hospitality design that would fuse form, function, eco-friendly technology, and an overall attractive look. The winning team from WATG/IDEO took an all-out futuristic approach, including an "all-off" switch that switches off room lights based on infrared sensors, solar energy to heat shower water, and an irrigation system to filter shower waters to landscaping.
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10.22.09 - USGBC Announces Winner of First-Ever Sustainable Suite Design Competition
Hotel Interactive

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in conjunction with the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) and NEWH is pleased to announce the winner of the first-ever Sustainable Suite Design Competition – a competition for interior designers to showcase the best hospitality design strategies that boast environmental responsibility while enhancing guest experience. Because the hospitality industry is a large consumer of energy and water use, this competition aims to motivate sustainable practices industry-wide among newly built and existing hotels.
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10.27.09 - USGBC Announces Winner of First-Ever Sustainable Suite Design Competition
Contract Magazine

The USGBC in conjunction with the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) and NEWH is pleased to announce the winner of the first-ever Sustainable Suite Design Competition – a competition for interior designers to showcase the best hospitality design strategies that boast environmental responsibility while enhancing guest experience. Because the hospitality industry is a large consumer of energy and water use, this competition aims to motivate sustainable practices industry-wide among newly built and existing hotels.
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10.22.09 - WATG-IDEO Team Wins USGBC's First Competition for the Greenest Hotel Suite
Greener Buildings

A team entry submitted by design firms WATG and IDEO earned the top honor in the U.S. Green Building Council's inaugural Sustainable Suite Design Competition. The USGBC, which conducted the contest with the American Society of Interior Designers and hospitality industry group NEWH, announced the winner of their competition yesterday. The winning professional entry and the top student entry, an effort by a team called Starter Kits from the Parsons New School for Design, were among a pool of 65 entries in the contest.
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10.21.09 - WATG and IDEO win Sustainable Suite Design competition
Hotel News Now

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in conjunction with the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) and NEWH is pleased to announce the winner of the first-ever Sustainable Suite Design Competition – a competition for interior designers to showcase the best hospitality design strategies that boast environmental responsibility while enhancing guest experience. Because the hospitality industry is a large consumer of energy and water use, this competition aims to motivate sustainable practices industry-wide among newly built and existing hotels.
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10.21.09 - USGBC Announces Winner of First-Ever Sustainable Suite Design Competition
Green Lodging News

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in conjunction with the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) and NEWH announced the winner of the first-ever Sustainable Suite Design Competition—a competition for interior designers to showcase the best hospitality design strategies that boast environmental responsibility while enhancing the guest experience. Because the hospitality industry is a large consumer of energy and water use, this competition aims to motivate sustainable practices industrywide among newly built and existing hotels.
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10.22.09 - WATG Wins Inaugural Sustainable Suite Design Competition
Hospitality Design

WATG has won the inaugural Sustainable Suite Design competition, sponsored by USGBC, ASID, and NEWH, with Hospitality Design (HD) magazine as the exclusive media sponsor. The contest aims to showcase the best hospitality design strategies that feature environmental responsibility while enhancing the guest experience.
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10.21.09 - USGBC Announces Winner of First-ever Sustainable Suite Design Competition
Dexigner

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in conjunction with the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) and NEWH announced the winner of the first-ever Sustainable Suite Design Competition - a competition for interior designers to showcase the best hospitality design strategies that boast environmental responsibility while enhancing guest experience. The winning design came from the team of WATG, a destination design firm, who led the creative design and specification process, in conjunction with IDEO, an innovation and design firm who brought expertise on human-centered sustainability.
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