Specifying in a Pandemic
What's VVAS doing during the COVID-19 pandemic? We're writing specs, that's what! As a business owner, it's my job to keep my team safe,...
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Vivian Volz
- Jul 23, 2015
ADA! Hooray!
I hear from the Instagram grapevine that today is a day for celebrating 25 years of the ADA. So it's the perfect day for a quick post...
Vivian Volz
- Jul 24, 2014
Mockups for Range—for Glass?
We all expect natural materials to vary in color, pattern, and texture. Concrete, too, and other things that are, let's face it, made of...
Vivian Volz
- Sep 27, 2013
You might be a specifier!
I'm in a rewarding design career that I love. I'm in demand. At 45, I'm one of the younger members of my specialty. While, in some...
Vivian Volz
- Aug 26, 2013
Zero-VOC: Beyond the Headlines
Did you catch the news back in March that the Federal Trade Commission had settled with PPG and Sherwin Williams over zero-VOC claims for...
Vivian Volz
- Jun 21, 2013
Off the Schneid Again
In honor of the NHL Stanley Cup finals, and because it's been a while since I posted, I thought I'd give you an update to my...
Vivian Volz
- Mar 1, 2013
Perot Museum: Mistake or Science Lesson?
I visited the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas with my family this week. Among the fantastic interpretive signage and...
Vivian Volz
- Feb 23, 2013
Naïve Design
We technical designers make a sport of bemoaning the cluelessness of aesthetic designers. My colleague Louis Medcalf tweeted a common...
Vivian Volz
- Feb 5, 2013
Anderson Todd
Perhaps I did have an inkling that Anderson Todd was important during my years at Rice. I spent some time at my dad's house this week...
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