Here’s what some of our clients have to say about Xsense:
Hill Glazier Architects - Robert Glazier
“Xsense is exactly what’s always missing in projects. It’s the glue that keeps things together so that projects don’t fall apart”
Albert Boswijk, European Centre for the Experience Economy, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Uta Birkmayer) is an important contributor to our international Experience Academy Executive Course in Europe. She and her team give life to our theme of Value Creation through Experience. Extracting meaningful experiences exactly fits our view on a new
perspective on the Experience Economy. Xsense approaches experiential design not as marketing trick but as an important process that has the ability to transform our lives. This is an important reason why we invite Uta Birkmayer to contribute to our course and develop a multicultural executive course in the USA.
Deni Ruggeri - Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, Cornell University PhD
“The Xsense process brings together marketing, social science, and design knowledge into a holistic approach to placemaking that is unique and unprecedented. At a time when many academics are discussing the true nature of place and struggle with finding methods to capture its essence, Uta has distilled a set of practical and innovative tools to make the places in which we live healthier, more resilient, meaningful and beautiful.”
DTJ Design - Steven James, AIA, Principal
“As Director of Community Design, responsible for the “vision” of lifestyle architecture, site design, and landscape, I was impressed and intrigued by the personal connection and innovation that Uta and the Xsenseteam brought to our “Envisioning” process. Through reconnaissance, insight, and inspiration, expressed in words, visuals, and mementos, Xsense guided the crafting of a relevant story of place through collaborative design. Our client will benefit from their unique “kit of ideas” to better position and foster a distinctive “lifestyle culture” for the community.”
http://www.dtjdesign.com/
Williams+Paddon - Stuart M. Grinstain, AIA, Architect
“Collaborating with Xsense has reinforced for us the notion that great place making requires the ability to integrate design concepts with local customs and cultures into understandable, compelling, and memorable experiences for a project’s end users. The staff at Xsense works extremely hard at going beyond the superficial aspects of a storyline, creating experiences of depth and nuance for a project.”
http://williamspluspaddon.com/
Wimberley Allison Tong & Goo - Perry Brown, Vice President
“WATG is proud of our reputation as a world-class, multi-disciplinary firm. So we have been delighted to work with Xsense, whom we regard as a professional peer. Xsense truly brings the ‘X’ factor to the design process by extracting a core theme for the development that focuses on the people, their culture, history, environment, traditions, and customs. Our designers derive great benefit from the Xsense team’s vision and the 'story’ that is derivative of their research. This coupling of their work with ours helps us to ground the key design elements to make the project truly unique with respect to its location. And, our collaboration with Xsense enhances the design result to enable us to reach ‘touchpoints’ that make a sometimes magical connection between the native population and the guests of the resort that is being created. Many would consider this
the ultimate outcome in the architectural profession.”
http://www.watg.com/