Ideoli’s Invigorate Your Community initiative is a great way for the team to get involved to help make a difference. Last year, God’s Love We Deliver prepared, package and delivered 2.1 million meals for 8,300 clients, children and senior caregivers. The Ideoli team volunteers at God’s Love We Deliver in Soho, New York City. The Ideoli team is busy today packing 1,000 meals for dinner and doing it as a team together. These medically tailored meals are proven to reduce hospitalization, improve health outcomes and keep people healthy and happy in their homes, as per God’s Love research. It is really important to support your local community and the people. Ideoli continues to have a community footprint the same way we have an international footprint.
Our clients are quite intriguing to say the least. We asked esteemed dermatologist and Ideoli lighting client, Dr. Bobby Awadalla, to share his background, the importance of lighting and working with us. ” I’m a board certified dermatologist. I focus on general, cosmetic and surgical dermatology. Practicing mostly in the Southern California area,” says Dr. Bobby Awadalla, board certified dermatologist. Top of his game and partnering with Ideoli. “We contacted Ideoli for a solution. We said we need nice even lighting. A bright white light that can give us the ability to do a skin exam without having to rely on flashlights or gomastic scopes,” says Dr. Bobby. How important is lighting in your exam rooms? “When you have too bright a light, it kind of whitewashes the skin so it makes exams really difficult. When you have too dim a light, it does the reverse. You can’t really see the shadows that created by certain lesions. And so, you really just need that perfect amount of light that gives you a perfect skin exam. They really found that balance and allow us to do skin exams much more comfortably and with a lot more confidence,” says Dr. Bobby. An example of how we partner with leaders in their own space to customize lighting products for them. Thanks, Dr. Bobby! Facebook-f Linkedin-in Tumblr Envelope
At Ideoli, it’s valuable to reflect upon the past year and what we’ve learned during that time. We asked some of our team members “what lesson did you learn working at Ideoli last year?” Here is what they had to share… “Being detailed oriented makes a difference in all projects,” says Georgios, Ideoli’s Product Designer. “I learned how awesome we are and how truly amazing we can be in our capabilities working together,” says Janeen, Director, Project & Client Relations for Ideoli. “Working in such a fast pace projects and getting creative in no time, it’s like a learning curve every day,” says Vito, Ideoli’s 3D Renderer. “I’ve learned that communication is very important. To make sure that everyone is on the same page about projects and to make sure you do updates about the timelines and the status of the project,” says Kathleen, Ideoli’s Marketing Manager. “I’ve learned there is always room for improvement. You can never really finalize something,” says Armando, Ideoli’s Applications Engineer. “…more importantly teamwork and how we all work together to get everything done,” says Abby, Ideoli’s Operations Coordinator. “Working with people from different cultures create a wonderful and unique mosaic,” says Kostas, Ideoli’s Content Producer. “I’ve learned to be more effective in my communication,” says Matias, Ideoli’s Graphic Designer. Based on the teams’ reflections, it is going to be a very productive year at Ideoli!
George Stroumboulis, Co-Founder and CEO of Ideoli, goes to the airport to pick up our other Co-Founder Chris Hartswick, which results in some great commentary!
Improvisation? You mean, like getting on stage in front of people and acting? Are you serious? Ideoli’s team gathered in New York City for some powerful team building. Part of this included an evening at an improv studio in Manhattan – which of course was surprisingly fun, spontaneous and a great team-building experience. When you step outside of your comfort zone, great things happen. Being pushed to think on the spot, interact with your peers in a new setting and laughing along the way does wonders for a team… and the individuals. At ideoli, we are always looking for new ways to have fun, be creative and bond with our global team.
Starting the year off right, we are working on a new “Invigorate Your Community” initiative. The Ideoli team has been volunteering at “God’s Love We Deliver”, a charitable organization based in Manhattan, New York. This charity serves the local Burroughs by raising money, preparing meals and making home-delivers of nutritious, medically-tailored meals for people too sick to shop or cook for themselves. Today we are here with the entire Ideoli team, every one flew in from around the world and we’re here down in Soho at God’s Love We Deliver. Today the Ideoli team is packing over 1,000 meals for dinner and doing it as a team together. When we come together to do good, we become better as a team. Every time we get together we take on this initiative, so we are really excited to get our hands involved and help where we can. Invigorate your Community is a growing charitable initiative we take pride in.
Ideoli is the recipient of another award for our LED Diamond Chandelier. We won the 2019 GOOD DESIGN Award by the esteemed Chicago Athenaeum – which is a Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. It’s exciting to be acknowledged in such a talented group of innovative lighting product designers. The LED Diamond Chandelier measures almost six feet in diameter, and it represents the exact cuts of a GIA diamond. Ideoli created this effect through a unique construction process using high quality materials from around the world, including an advanced, color-changing LED lighting system. The Chicago Athenaeum creates awareness for amazing designs and honors both products and industry leaders in design and manufacturing for innovative, modern products and designs. “We’re thrilled and honored to win this prestigious award,” says George Stroumboulis, CEO and Co-Founder of Ideoli. We appreciate the recognition and look forward to creating new innovative designs in 2020!
We love creating new products for special places. And today we visited a very special place in Athens, Greece. “We are on top of the Acropolis right now, Chris’ first time. How are you feeling?” asks George Stroumboulis, Ideoli CEO and Co-Founder. “We’re standing in front of the Parthenon. Unbelievable. It’s inspiring. I think back 13 years ago in school, sitting in a dreary lecture hall. Learning about this stuff and wondering what the point is. But now standing up here, the perspective you get going on site and seeing these things,” says Chris Hartswick, Ideoli CPO and Co-Founder. Appreciating history and its accomplishments… one ancient site at a time.
The design award goes to…IDEOLI! Ideoli’s LED Ring Chandelier was selected from an international group of incredible lighting design products. We won the 2019 GOOD DESIGN Award by the esteemed Chicago Athenaeum – which is a Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. We are honored to be recognized in such a talented group of innovative lighting product designers. The Chicago Athenaeum creates awareness for amazing designs and honors both products and industry leaders in design and manufacturing for innovative, modern products and designs. We couldn’t agree more! We are thankful to our partners for giving us the opportunity to design and manufacture for them. Let’s celebrate Innovation, imagination and inspiration!
We love sharing the good and we love sharing the not so good. We are not perfect and sometimes meetings do not go as planned. The boys do a brief recap here… ”Today we had a big meeting in London. And sometimes things don’t go as perfectly as you want during a meeting. Sometimes they go great. Today was one of those, you know, our first meeting. Describe how it went, Chris.,” says George Stroumboulis, Ideoli CEO and Co-Founder. “So, we were there with the client, we were there with the installers, we were there with the inspectors. You know, we were working with everyone together. The information was good and the information was there. The downside of that is having too many people in the room, nobody wants to make a decision. Kind of gets a little heated at times, people start pointing fingers a little bit. Overall I think it was good,” says Chris Hartswick, Ideoli CPO and Co-Founder. Learning from every interaction is key.
“I was recently promoted to sergeant. It’s really exciting because that was a goal of mine when I first enlisted in the Marine Corps,” says Bruno Maldonado, Ideoli Marketing Intern. Meet Bruno, a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corp Reserves and also an intern in our Marketing Department. Let’s learn a little more… “I’m a marketing intern at Ideoli and I’ve been working here for the past six months,” says Bruno Maldonado, Ideoli Marketing Intern. You’ve been busy. “I was recently promoted to sergeant. It’s really exciting because that was a goal of mine when I first enlisted in the Marine Corps,” says Bruno. Very cool. Tell us a little more? “I enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserves in 2013 and it’s something I always want to do to continue on the legacy of my family. Both my grandfather and uncle served in the Peruvian military,” says Bruno. There you have it, not only talented at helping Ideoli builds its brand, but also serving our country. Well done, Bruno.
“What do you estimate the step count to be…. 2,600 there and back?”” says George Stroumboulis, Ideoli CEO and Co-Founder. In between meetings in Athens, Greece the boys took 2 hours out of their schedule to head up the Acropolis to experience the Parthenon. “We are at the base of the Acropolis and we’re doing the challenge,” says George The city looks beautiful but what have these guys gotten themselves into??? “What do you estimate the step count to be from where we started to up here? There and back,” says George. “I’m going to say 2,600,” says Chris Hartswick, Ideoli CPO and Co-Founder. “2,600 there and back? Not even close,” says George. “So, we are on top of the acropolis now. Chris’ first time. Aside from sweating your you know what off, and 3,000 steps later, what are your thoughts?” asks George. “Unbelievable, going through ruins like this. Whether you are here or anywhere else in the world. Trying to think how they accomplished these things,” says Chris. Way to prep, boys!