Recent news, recognitions, and awards for Synecdoche, the studio, and team.
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OfficeLovin Feature: Llamasoft
Showcasing the best office designs as a resource for architects and interior designs to understand trends and strategies to implement design for the best spaces and experiences.
Bamboo featured in OfficeSnapshots
The studio delivered a wide array of workplace options at Bamboo‘s second coworking office located in Royal Oak, Michigan.
Sauve recognized for AIA Michigan Young Architect Award
Lisa Sauve, co-founder, CEO and Principal of Synecdoche Design Studio, has been honored with the 2021 AIA Michigan Young Architect Award. The award, recognizes those architects who have made substantial contributions to the industry early on in their careers and who have demonstrated outstanding leadership.
Detroit Design Incubator with Kickstarter
We're excited to announce we've been selected to be part of Design Core Detroit's Kickstarter incubator program as part of Detroit Month of Design! We'll be working through all the needs and improvements to get TruckTruck up and running to serve the community as a mobile design lab and pop up retail truck. Two complimentary uses to support creatives and small businesses!
Office Snapshot Feature: Modelon
The design of Modelon's Ann Arbor office layers the software brand throughout with tactical architectural elements that perform spatially while creating visual impact.
Super Temporary: Top 10 Favorite Pavilions by Archinect
Architect selected their favorite 10 pavilions and installations and included Synecdoche’s “SuperTemporary” as part of the list.
4M Podcast: On the Barge
For those who have given birth to a baby while in college without telling any of their family members and started their own award-winning design studio, this might not be interesting to you. For the rest of us mortals, this is a wonderful episode of motherhood, entrepreneurship, and perseverance.
Discard Detroit Featured on Design Boom
Discard Detroit featured on Design Boom
Five Women Making an Impact in Ann Arbor
Cofounder and CEO, Lisa Sauve, named among five women making an impact in Ann Arbor for International Women’s Day.
Forbes: Next 1000
Cofounder and CEO, Lisa Sauve, named among the inaugural list of Forbes Next 1000. The list highlights 1000 founders and entrepreneurs achieving success through hustle and drive on their terms without VC funding.
Architect & Developer: Interview
Synecdoche shares in an interview with Q&A the approach of investing in projects as partners for long term success with clients.
Synecdoche Named One of Best Retail Architects in Detroit
Everything is a process including your pivot. Lisa discusses launching and scaling products made locally, circumventing supply chain pain, and continuing to grow during a pandemic.
Pivoting Past 2020: Audio Conference
Everything is a process including your pivot. Lisa discusses launching and scaling products made locally, circumventing supply chain pain, and continuing to grow during a pandemic.
Artini at Home : Celebrity Bartender
A2AC announces it’s list of “celebrity bartenders” as part of the A2AC’s annual fundraiser Artini, including Lisa Sauve, Principal of Synecdoche. Each bartender will work with the Ann Arbor Distilling Company team to create a signature cocktail inspired by one of the A2AC Murals.
LLamasoft HQ is part of Archello's Best Projects of 2020!
The Best Of 2020 is a curated listing by our editorial team who reviewed over 3,000 submissions completed in 2020.
AIA CKLDP : Keynote
Synecdoche presents for the third time in four years for the AIA Michigan Christopher Kelley Leadership Development Program (CKLDP) on the topic of Entrepreneurship & Business Management.
Teulo : The Delve
Blog interview about how we've shaped our practice. This is part of an upcoming design event and panel in November, Teulo Talks.
Watch This Space: Public Art Symposium
A discussion about implementing public art projects, including our efforts for the A2AC Murals project.
Crain's Detroit: Notable Women in Design
Co-Founding Principal and CEO, Lisa Sauve is recognized amongst the 2020 Most Notable Women in Design by Crain’s Detroit.
Life on Brand: Podcast
Every business should follow the mantra: Do Good Work, and people will notice. How? By supporting community projects and partnerships through simultaneous understanding. Lisa talks about how the studio applies its vision, mission, and mantra to select projects.