Innovation Through Design
Our blog updates you on global product and interior
trends with insights from our experts.
Commercial Interior Design Trends for 2025
Our design experts cover upcoming commercial design trends for 2025.
Why Hire an Interior Designer for Your Restaurant
How does an emerging restaurant brand become and stay relevant in such a saturated market? Hiring design services will help.
How to Buy Stainless Steel for your Commercial Kitchen
Why is it important to use high-quality, food-grade stainless steel in your commercial kitchen? And what constitutes “high quality” when it comes to stainless steel?
Inside a Commercial Interior Design Studio
Unveiling the vision and techniques behind Elkay Interior Systems’ cutting-edge designs.
Commercial Interior Design and Its Phases
We spoke with an EIS design expert for an inside look at commercial interior design and why it’s so much more than colors and shapes.
2023 Restaurant Trends: An eBook
As industry leaders, it’s our responsibility here at Elkay Interior Systems to not only lead the commercial interior design industry, but to also allow others an inside look at the trends we’re forecasting for the coming year.
2023 Interior Design Trends: Restaurant Edition
As 2022 comes to an end, we find ourselves reflecting on the last few years and all they have encompassed. Over time, consumer needs and wants changed the restaurant industry.
How the Restaurant Dining Experience is Evolving
Below, we talk about how the consumer and COVID-19 forced restaurants and dining areas to evolve into trends that will be more permanent changes moving forward.
Sustainable Manufacturing is Responsible Innovation
The history of manufacturing is a story where growth followed challenges. COVID-19 proved to be a challenge that not only impacted production but changed manufacturing culture at its core.
3 Sustainable Materials for Your Interior Design
When humans spend as much time indoors as we do, looking at the design of indoor spaces and the materials used to build them is key. Why? Well, our well-being depends on it. We spend so much time inside that the way we design interiors is increasingly impacting our health and the environment.
Why Retail is Embracing Touchless Technology
We've all been there – you're in a rush and need to stop and grab one thing from the grocery store. You get your item and head to the register, but without fail, a massive checkout line crashes into your quick shop plans.
School Meal Programs Impacted by the Pandemic
As the coronavirus continues to keep many parts of the country shut down, schools have no choice but to remain closed in efforts to keep the virus from spreading.
The Rise of the Grab-and-Go Trend
Grab-and-go options have been part of hotel design in various forms for quite some time. The prevalence of options is a function of whether the hotel is full-service or select-service.
How COVID-19 Impacts Hotel Lobby Design Trends
As we continue to travel through the unknown landscape of COVID-19, perspectives are constantly shifting. There's much uncertainty surrounding short and long-term solutions to keep guests and staff safe in public environments.
Keeping the School Cafeteria Safe from COVID-19
As schools plan to reopen this fall, they face new problems: keeping students safe from COVID-19 or any future virus.