{"id":205600,"date":"2023-01-11T14:10:14","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T19:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=id_project&#038;p=205600"},"modified":"2023-01-11T14:10:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T19:10:17","slug":"rivian-news-experiece-center-normal-illinois","status":"publish","type":"id_project","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/rivian-news-experiece-center-normal-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"Rivian Converts a Repair Workshop and Gravel Yard into an Indoor-Outdoor Experience Center in Normal, Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-sandow-article-header article-header\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-header\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget03-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-205610 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget03-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget03-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget03.jpg 1500w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget03-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-205610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget03-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget03-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget03.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column article-header_meta is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><p class=\"article-date\" aria-label=\"Post Date\">January 11, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-sandow-byline byline size-regular\"><span>Words: <\/span><a href=\"\/tag\/lisa-di-venuta\">Lisa Di Venuta<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-sandow-byline byline size-regular\"><span>Photography: <\/span><a href=\"\/tag\/jasper-sanidad\">Jasper Sanidad<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column article-header_content is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<h1 class=\"size-small wp-block-heading\">Rivian Converts a Repair Workshop and Gravel Yard into an Indoor-Outdoor Experience Center in Normal, Illinois<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/award\/interior-designs-2022-best-of-year-award-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2022 Best of Year Winner<\/a> For Budget<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Located at the electric vehicle maker\u2019s manufacturing plant\u2014an erstwhile Mitsubishi factory\u2014is a playful 4,900-square-foot delivery center where customers go to receive their new cars. In keeping with the brand\u2019s adventurous spirit, <a href=\"https:\/\/rivian.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rivian<\/a>\u2019s in-house team, spearheaded by former Studio O+A design director Denise Cherry, converted a repair workshop and its gravel yard into a skylit indoor-outdoor social hub and <a href=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/jennifer-kolstad-ghafari-associates-ford-experience-center-michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">experiential center<\/a> vivified by a colorful 50-foot-long exterior mural by Joe Swec. Inside and out, custom communal tables made of hickory invite employees and customers to relax. There, they can indulge in complimentary vegan chili served from the pull-out camp kitchen of the company\u2019s R1T truck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget04-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"a group conference area with a wooden table and chairs and skylights above\" class=\"wp-image-205612 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget04-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget04-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget04-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget04.jpg 1500w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget04-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"a group conference area with a wooden table and chairs and skylights above\" class=\"wp-image-205612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget04-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget04-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget04-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget04.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget02-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"an outdoor hang out space is seen in front of an open field\" class=\"wp-image-205613 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget02-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget02-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget02.jpg 1500w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget02-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"an outdoor hang out space is seen in front of an open field\" class=\"wp-image-205613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget02-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget02-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget02.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"896\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget01_2-896x1024.jpg\" alt=\"a woman walks toward a colorfully painted shipping container building\" class=\"wp-image-205614 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget01_2-896x1024.jpg 896w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget01_2-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget01_2-768x878.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget01_2-1344x1536.jpg 1344w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget01_2.jpg 1500w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 896px) 100vw, 896px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 896px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 896\/1024;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"896\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget01_2-896x1024.jpg\" alt=\"a woman walks toward a colorfully painted shipping container building\" class=\"wp-image-205614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget01_2-896x1024.jpg 896w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget01_2-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget01_2-768x878.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget01_2-1344x1536.jpg 1344w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget01_2.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 896px) 100vw, 896px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget03-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"the exterior of Rivian's Normal, Illinois experience center\" class=\"wp-image-205615 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget03-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget03-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget03-1-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget03-1.jpg 1500w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget03-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"the exterior of Rivian's Normal, Illinois experience center\" class=\"wp-image-205615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget03-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Interior-Design-Rivian-Illinois-idx230101_boy_Budget03-1-300x200.jpg 300w, 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