EMILY CLINGMAN
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WHAT'S NEW...Emily Clingman's published works
in print and around the web 
CUSTOM DESIGNS GROWING IN VALUE AS TREND SHIFTS TOWARD AUTHENTICITY
The Maker Movement is emerging as a key influencer in interior design. Small-scale furniture businesses are finding space among the corporate giants, answering the call from clients wanting custom pieces for their own businesses. Read more ... 
CLASSIC AND SIMPLE: M.A.D. FURNITURE COMPANY DISRUPTING ASIAN FURNITURE INDUSTRY Taking cues from the Bauhaus Movement of the 1920s, m.a.d. furniture company is bridging the gap between art and industry as corporate design trends call for more informal and comfortable furniture. Read more ... 
PRODUCTIVITY PROBLEMS LINKED TO MULTITASKING
Multitasking has been in the hot seat lately. Mounting data is proving that juggling tasks in the office is fuddling the brain and killing productivity. Read more ... 
SERIES ON HEALTH: Northern Colorado and Boulder Valley are great places to love, but are we victims of our own success? Read Part 1 Read Part 2 Read Part 3 
REFINING REEFER Cannabis culture in the workplace brings focus and creativity to a higher level Dr. Dustin Sulak will be the first one to say that using marijuana in microdoses to ease anxiety and chronic pain or boost focus and activity has not been proven scientifically, but he’s an advocate for its therapeutic use nevertheless. Read more ... 
WHO ARE YOU, WHO, WHO, WHO WHO? Companies need to dig deep when it comes to rebranding Change is a constant. As soon as one thing is developed, something new is happening in the industry, any industry. “It puts us in a unique spot,” said Steven Lang, president and CEO of Dancker. “We are in the middle of integration between furniture, technology, and architecture.” Read more ... 
BENDING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE TIME CLOCK
Flexwork is gaining momentum in the workplace The American workplace is increasingly shifting gears when it comes to employee satisfaction. Emerging out of the Industrial Era and the traditional five-day, 40-hour work week under a top to bottom hierarchy structure, companies are offering flexible work schedules to employees. Read more ... 
THE SCIENCE OF FEELING
More and more, philosophy and sacred science is making its way into the contemporary interior design process. Carolyn DiCarlo, a New York City interior designer is breaking through the barriers of traditional design standards with integrative architecture. Read more ... 
MONARCH HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR EARNS FOURTH EAGLE PALM, RARE ACHIEVEMENT MADE POSSIBLE WITH HELP FROM ENCOURAGING ADULTS Reed Coker's recent 18th birthday ushered in more than adulthood. Aging out of his eligibility to be a Boy Scout, he leaves behind a local legacy. Coker ranked among the only 4 percent of Eagle Scouts to be awarded a fourth Eagle palm — a distinguished recognition beyond Eagle, the highest level a Boy Scout can achieve. Read more ... 
BE A BETTER PERSON: TAKE A VACATION
WORK MARTYRS ARE HURTING THE WORKFORCE AND THEMSELVES According to the Project: Time Off coalition, American workers have subscribed to a philosophy that prizes hours worked over true productivity and a belief that not taking a break will reap greater professional success. Research shows this is simply not the case. Read more ... 
DIY LUXURY STYLE: EMERGING CUSTOM FURNITURE DESIGNER FINDS HIS NICHE
Sometimes a side hustle really pays off like it did for Donnie Criswell. The owner of Design It Yourself Custom Furniture has turned what started out as a whim into a million dollar company. Read more 
A PLACE OF THEIR OWN: HERMAN MILLER AND IBOTTA TEAM UP TO CREATE IDYLLIC LIVING WORKSPACE
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a few words are worth a thousand feelings when it comes to describing Ibotta’s new office in downtown Denver. Read more 
LAFAYETTE MAN LEADS EFFORT TO HELP HAITI It's hard to know how to rally round Haiti. One local man has a solution. Wynn Walent of Lafayette has been living in Haiti since 2010 and he wants to tell the story of what's happening there and why he now is back home in Colorado. Read more 
JOHNSTOWN AND MILLIKEN PRIMED, READY FOR GROWTH
Ask Mayor Scott James how he feels about the future of his town and he’ll tell you it’s a great time to be Johnstown. When James considers growth, the biggest limiting factor is water. James said Johnstown is in a great spot though. “We are water wealthy,” he said. “And will be for the next five decades at least.” Read more 
DIVIDED VIEWS ON MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE AMENDMENT This November, Colorado voters will decide if the state’s minimum wage should be increased or stay at the current $8.31 an hour. Amendment 70, also known as The $12 Minimum Wage Amendment, proposes to incrementally raise minimum wage each year to $12 per hour by 2020. Locally, members of the community are divided about it ... read more 
STRETCHING THE LIMITS OF WORKPLACE WELLNESS, CUBEFIT BRINGS YOGA TO THE OFFICE After working 10 years in sales and marketing in the Dallas area, Shanna Lee noticed her job was taking a toll on her body and attitude, but her schedule made it difficult to place any emphasis on personal wellbeing. “I never intended to teach yoga,” Lee said. “But I saw the difference between employers who really wanted to keep their employees happy and those who were ... " read more 
WORKPLACE WELLNESS
Studies have shown that employees are increasingly dissatisfied with their jobs and careers. From working long hours and experiencing health problems to feeling unappreciated, American employees are sensing the crunch of a corporate system that desperately needs an overhaul ... read more 
TRANSGENDER IN THE WORKPLACE
It’s been a landmark year for 30-year-old Tru Jonkman. After living his whole life being known as a female, he made a life-changing decision recently to transition to a male identity. Jonkman, a manufacturing associate at Herman Miller in Holland, Mich. since 2014, had been thinking about transitioning to male for some time. When he finally came out as male, he did it at work ... read more 
OFFICER KILLED DURING BOTCHED EVICTION
Deputy Sheriff Nate Carrigan was shot and killed Wednesday morning carrying out a high-risk eviction with two other deputies at a home in Bailey around 9:15 am. The home at 36 Iris Drive, in the Friendship Ranch subdivision, was formerly owned by Martin Wirth, who opened fire on the deputies ... read more 
EMOTIONS RUN HIGH AT MURDER TRIAL
Visibly flustered, Langley was finally dismissed from the stand. He moved to a bench in the public viewing area. Moquist, seated with his defense team not far from Langley, stared straight ahead, showing no emotion. Langley, unable to fight back the tears rolling down his cheeks, had enough. He stood up and walked out of the courtroom shaken, the irony of the situation not lost on him ... read more 
ON THE LEVEL, BALANCE BOARDS IN THE OFFICE ENCOURAGE WORKPLACE FITNESS
Joel Heath is taking the upper stand when it comes to promoting body movement in the workplace. In an effort to alleviate the physical pain of sitting in an office chair 60-80 hours a week and to boost the morale of his staff, who were collectively longing to be more active, Heath developed a balance board to encourage less sitting and more standing at the desk ... read more 
FROM HOPELESS TO HAPPY, FORMER ADDICT WALKS ACROSS AMERICA
Remember when your pop, or maybe a coach, told you to, “walk it off,” when you got hurt playing around? Chris Bailey has taken that idea to heart at a much deeper level. On a foot journey from California to New York, the 33-year-old free spirit is literally walking away from a past of poor choices and pain. A year ago, he was not so free ... read more 
NATIONAL FOCUS ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAS LOCAL RELEVANCE
For three days, Karla lived in her car in a church parking lot while exploring her options. Leaving behind a well-paying job and most of her belongings, Karla decided there in that car, that she would not go back to her violent boyfriend ever again ... read more 
ROCKY MOUNTAIN LAND LIBRARY ONE OF A KIND IN AMERICA
Imagine rocking lazily in an old white chair on a covered porch, looking out over lush green hills. You’re reading a book about ranch hands of the Old West. The breeze is blowing gently beneath a deep blue sky and the smell of sage inspires your senses as you sip hot, sweet coffee ... read more 
A TRAIN HOPPER'S STORY
D-Rags was 17 when he first jumped the rails. Home life wasn't that great. High school wasn't his thing. He was living out of his car. Some friends of his threw out the idea of hopping a train to New Mexico. Having nothing else to do and an itching for deviance, D-Rags shrugged and tagged along ... read more 
FROM DIPLOMAT TO GROCERY BAGGER
Sosa, sometimes referred to as the hardest workingman in Johnstown, was once an influential government official in Mexico. He also directed programs that implemented sustainable farming practices in impoverished rural Mexican communities. He provided his expertise all over South America, the U.S., Canada and even Germany. It wasn’t until he became a third-shift employee at Target—yes, the department store—that he understood the significance of hard work ... read more 
FAMILY FARMING TRADITION SEEING ITS LAST DAYS
The son of a Mexican migrant worker, Mario Herrera is the only one of 12 children in his family to carry on the family farming tradition. 
Silver Fire paints sky orange
The Grant County Courthouse is basked in an orange glow as smoke and haze from the Silver Fire settles over the town Friday afternoon. (Emily Clingman for the Sun-News)
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