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What Starbucks taught us about redesigning college campuses

What Starbucks taught us about redesigning college campuses


March 15, 2011

Equating education with a cup of coffee might seem like a stretch, but your choice of college, much like your choice of coffee, says something about the ability of a brand to transform your day, and for that matter, your life. When Perkins + Will was offered the chance to help re-think the learning spaces of Miami Dade College, we started by thinking about how our choice of morning coffee has changed over the years, and how we could apply those lessons to education.

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