Category Archives: Culture

Partners by Design is a Crain’s Best Place to Work for 2025.

We’re honored to share that Partners by Design has been named one of Crain’s Chicago Business 2025 Best Places to Work! This recognition reflects the energy, creativity, and dedication of our incredible team — the people who bring design excellence … Continue reading

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Partners by Design is proud to be announced as a FINALIST in AIA Chicago’s Lerch Bates People’s Choice Awards.

Partners by Design is proud to be announced as a FINALIST in AIA Chicago’s Lerch Bates People’s Choice Awards. Vote for the Greater Chicago Food Depository in the Community & Civic category by Friday, September 12 at 5:00pm. Only one vote … Continue reading

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PBD & Relativity at NeoCon 2025! WATCH NOW.

Truly a lovely experience attending this panel at NeoCon 2025. As the future of work continues to evolve, it’s more important than ever to move beyond simply “designing” space—and instead focus on understanding what businesses truly need to thrive. Thank … Continue reading

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Partners by Design Honored with Three Awards at 2025 CREA Awards

We are proud to share that Partners by Design was named Architecture Firm of the Year, Interior Design Firm of the Year, and received the Special Achievement Award for the Greater Chicago Food Depository at the 2025 Chicago Commercial Real … Continue reading

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Greater Chicago Food Depository in Interior Design Magazine

    We are honored to have PBD’s work featured in Interior Design magazine. The article showcases our transformative project for the Greater Chicago Food Depository, where PBD developed a visionary masterplan to expand the organization’s production capabilities. Our design … Continue reading

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Greater Chicago Food Depository | The Vision Behind the Mission

We’re proud to share our new video highlighting PBD’s transformative work with the Greater Chicago Food Depository, marking the completion of a ten year journey. PBD developed a comprehensive masterplan that significantly expanded the Food Depository’s production capacity, enabling the … Continue reading

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Backstreet is Back! For Diffa!

Oh my god they’re back again. Our team brought the era of Boy Bands to life with their epic performance at DIFFA Lip Sync for Life. Thank you Henricksen and Allsteel for living the legend with us and helping raise money for … Continue reading

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PBD Aeron Hockey fundraiser is here!

It’s Game Time! Team PBD is gearing up for the annual AeronHockey Tournament – an epic chair hockey showdown bringing together 40 teams from the A+D and CRE communities! Originally hosted by Interior Investments and now by Continua Interiors, this … Continue reading

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PBD and Skender win the Corenet Chicago Community reinvestment awards.

We are excited to announce that our Greater Chicago Food Depository project has taken home the CoreNet Chicago, Community Reinvestment Project of the year award. The Greater Chicago Food Depository’s expansion through the Nourish Project exemplifies a deep commitment to … Continue reading

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The PBD Highlights 2024!

2024 has been an exciting and rewarding year for PBD, full of milestones and achievements! We’ve had the privilege of working on a variety of impactful projects with amazing clients such as Wilson Dow, Greater Chicago Food Depository, Pinterest, Relativity, … Continue reading

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